Union Machinists Debate Labor Ties at Draper Trial
In Pittsfield on October 10, the Machinists Union's seventh international vice-president Walter Ames joined labor leaders opposing Draper a Republican candidate for Lieutenant-Governor. The convention urged labor pledges against hostile lawmakers and pushed for eight hour day and closed shop supports. Resolutions favored labor labels tax exemptions repeal efforts and better protections for hazardous occupations while denouncing socialism and endorsing union labels. Nominations crowned Francis J. Clark for president and outlined multiple vice presidents and delegates to the AF of L convention in Pittsburgh.
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Eben
Draper
Taylor
Clark
Pittsfield
Walter Ames
Seventh International
Machinists’ Union
International Union
Machinists
Machinists’ Union of
Hopedale
South Framingham
East Boston
Employers’ Liability Act
People’s Church
New Haven
Mr. McFarland
Congregational Church of
Malden
Bramwood
International Typographical Union
Francis J. Clark
Brockton
Charles H. Winslow
Fitchburg
Edward Cohen
Lynn
Philip H. Sweet
Boston
Joseph Hurley
T. J. Durnin
Holyoke
C. J. Carmody
Worcester
W. F. Eagan
Dennis D. Lriscoll
No Seat in West End Cars
A writer recounts a 4:15 to 6:00 pm quest for a polite man to give up a seat on West End cars. Despite crowded trains to Bowdoin Square and various routes, not one man offers a seat to a standing woman, though several women stand on every car. The $10 reward remains unclaimed.
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Bowdoin Square
Washington Street
Post Building
West End
South End
East Cambridge
Lodge in Nahant Reflects on Public Life and Tariff
United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge relaxes at Nahant as he discusses platform speaking over interviewing. He defends tariff revision as needed by national interests, predicts GOP gains, and notes Canada reciprocity debates while praising his health and focus.
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United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
North Shore
Lodge
Europe
France
England
East Point
Nahant
Nature
Dr. Wealth
James
Lowland
Duncan
Lord Duncan
Earl of
Carperdown
Alaskan Boundary Commission
London
Canada
Japan
Kittery Navy Yard
Senator Lodge
Republican State Committee
Oyster Bay
Aldrich
Dominion
Cleveland
Boston
Whitney for Lieutenant Governor Draws Massachusetts Support
Ex Mayor James M. W. Hall of Cambridge vows to vote for Whitney and mobilize Republican and labor backing. He predicts a sharp campaign, says reciprocity supporters will show strength, and asserts Whitney’s lack of selfish aims while opposing Draper on tariff and policy lines. He blames the Republican resolutions committee for misleading rhetoric.
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Whitney
Hall
Mr. Hall
Republican Committee of 14
Committee of 100
Massachusetts
West End
Dominion Coal Company
Newfoundland Timber Lands
Draper
Lodge
Middlesex Club
Republican Committee On
McEttrick Files Independent Papers After Contested Race
Michael J. McEttrick of Ward 17 filed independent nomination papers after being tied with Thomas F. Curley in the recount for Representative. He is expected to wage a vigorous independent campaign and may appeal to courts over alleged fraudulent voting in the contest.
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Michael J. McEttrick
Ward 17
Thomas F. Curley
Democratic City Committee
Bogus ballot claims shadow Faneuil Hall recount
Claims from Michael Drew and anti Curley faction allege a ballot was unsigned by the secretary of the Commonwealth and later discarded by election commissioners. They also charge a Tammany club ballot marked official Democratic ballot but meant as a sample ballot. a sample ballot may have been used undetected. Officials cite club rights but avoid comment before formal review.
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Faneuil Hall
Michael
Drew
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Tammany Club
Rowley Seeks Republican Nomination for District Attorney
Clarence W. Rowley, a prominent Boston attorney, announces candidacy for the Republican nomination as district attorney.
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Clarence W. Rowley
Boston
Rowley Consents To Stand For Republican District Attorney Nomination
Mr Rowley announces after Morse withdraws that he has consented to have his name placed before the Republican convention for the nomination for district attorney. He cites that the present time is opportune for the party to nominate a Republican candidate.
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William A. Morse
Cummins to speak in Massachusetts on reciprocity fight
Governor Albert B. Cummins of Iowa, urged as a potential Republican candidate, is set to speak in Massachusetts on reciprocity during the Draper Whitney race for Lieutenant Governor. The Chamber of Commerce reports he will address reciprocity before the state election, bolstering support for Henry M. Whitney the Democratic nominee and heightening GOP activity.
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Salem
Curtis Guild
Eben Draper
Henry M. Whitney
Quincy
Republican State Committee
Draper
Whitney
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
United States
Massachusetts
Draper- Whitney
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Cummins
Governor McLane Receives Welcome at New Hampshire Club
At the New Hampshire Club rooms on Walnut street last evening a reception was held for Governor McLane of New Hampshire and his staff.
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N. H. Club
M’lane
New Hampshire Club
Walnut Street
McLane
Callender and Dewey Vie for Boston Mayor Nomination
The Republican mayoralty contest in Boston shows two declared rivals ex Judge Henry S. Dewey who sailed for Europe and Senator Edward B. Callender who recently returned. Dewey is a Dartmouth man and Callender a Harvard man drawing machine interest while ex Mayor Edwin V. Curtis is considered unlikely. Other potential candidates include Michael J. Murray HE Peabody Gerry and Alderman Edward J. Blomberg.
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Henry S. Dewey
Europe
Edward B. Callender
Dewey
Dartmouth
Callender
Harvard
Boston
Judge Dewey
Edwin VU. Curtis
Curtis
Michael J. Murray
HE. Peabody Gerry
Edward J. Bromberg
Bipartisan City Primary Scramble Tests Fitzgerald Donovan Rift
The West End split widens as Fitzgerald and Donovan allies avoid a conference slated for early next week. Judge Dewey prompts little reaction among Republicans while Callender eyed for party support, and Storrow may emerge as the citizens candidate if the rift persists. Donovan appears likely to gain regular organization backing, setting a lively contest with Fitzgerald.
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John F. Fitzgerald
West End
Mr. Fitzgerald
EB. J. Donovan
Dewey
Europe
Good Government Association
Edward B. Callender
Fitzgerald
Donovan
James J. Storrow
Storrow
Edward J. Donovan
Citizens
Senator Callender
Judge Dewey
Democrats In Fighting Trim In Tremont Temple Rally
Democratic city and State committees hold a joint ratification meeting at Tremont Temple with Governor and Lieutenant-Governor candidates to speak. Governor Douglas plans speeches, while the campaigns focus on vigorous advertising and a strong turnout in support of the Democrats.
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Tremont Temple
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Charles W. Bartlett
Henry M. Whitney
State Committee
Quincy
Gaston
Douglas
Sughrue's Friends Seek Republican Endorsement for DA
The county convention sees strong effort to back District Attorney Michael J. Sughrue with ex Police Commissioner Charles P. Curtis leading Ward 11 delegates. Melvin O. Adams also endorses Sughrue while Isaac F. Paul emerges as an objector and Sheriff Fred Seavey backs the candidate. John B. Moran has filed nominating papers and will contest at the polls.
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Michael J. Sughrue
Sughrue
Charles P. Curtis
Ward 11
Melvin O. Adams
Isaac F. Paul
Fred Seavey
Mr. Sughrue
John B. Moran
Post Courtesy Candy Feast Helps Over 100 Poor Children
Rev William B C Merry, Baptist City Mission superintendent and Monday's courtesy prize winner, says the $10 gift from the Post funded a candy feast for more than 100 needy children. He praises the Post's aim to encourage ordinary courtesy on trolley cars and plans to devote the prize to charity.
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William B. C. Merry
Merry
Baptist City Mission
Post
America
Open work attire criticised at Massachusetts WCTU convention
Mrs Katherine Stevenson, president of the Massachusetts W C T U, warns at the Cambridge meeting that open work in women's dress is immodest and unacceptable. She argues fashion choices reflect moral decline and urges women to discourage immodest display in apparel.
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Katherine Stevenson
Massachusetts
Cambridge
Swampscott Chief Presents Facts in Chase Case
Swampscott on October 10 Chief Harris gave District Attorney Peters new details in the death of Mrs Henry P Chase. The latest letter mailed the day before she was found dying is included and no hint of an unsettled state appears in the correspondence.
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Swampscott
Harris
Peters
Henry P. Chase
G. G A May Name Brandeis Named For Mayor Fight
The Good Government Association will reveal its mayoralty policy in a few days. Secretary Billings says three candidates lead the field George Holden Tinkham Louis D Brandeis and Charles T Gallagher. The association has studied the matter and plans active participation. Specific selections are not disclosed.
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Good Government Association
Billings
George Holden Tinkham
Louis D. Brandeis
Charles T. Gallagher
Burnett Becomes Chairman of Democratic Executive Committee
Robert M. Burnett was named chair man of the Democratic executive committee at Liberty square headquarters following Arthur Lyman's resignation. Eight members attended including Daniel Buckley W T A Fitzgerald Colonel Gaston Kelcher George T McLaughlin McNary and James E Sullivan. The group directed McLaughlin to run for the House in Cape Cod district to try to swing it to the Democrats.
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Robert M. Burnett
Democratic Executive Committee
Liberty Square
Arthur Lyman
Daniel Buckley
Easton
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Boston
Gaston
Kelcher
George T. McLaughlin
Sandwich
McNary
James E. Sullivan
Fall River
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Union Machinists
John F. H. Mellen
Committee On Officers
P. Mahoney
Cigarmakers’ Union
C. G. Wilkins
Typographical Union
New England Civic Federation
David Goldstein
Waltham Central Labor Union
Lord Duncan of
Senate
Bartlett
Theodore Roosevelt
Mayor Hall of
Draper-Whitney
James M. W. Hall
Republican Committee
M’ettrick
the Tammany Ballot
Tammany
Fred M. J. Sheehan
Henry V. Cunningham
M. J. McEttrick
Curley
Starrett’s
Combination Square
Portland and
Sudbury Sts
Room Renes Sree
Rowley
DIST
Chickering
Clarence W. .Rowley
Mr. Rowley
HELP
Roxbury
W. R. C. Merry
CHASE
G. G A
Brandeis
Burnett
Lyman
Mutual Tampa
Charlestown
Per Bunch
Pitts-Kimball Co
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