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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1910
Page
4
Governor Draper faces hecklers as Senator Lodge condemns tariff cuts for boot and shoe firms. Massachusetts labor leaders question Foss voting on the Hughes amendment and seek stance on labor protections under Sherman anti trust law. Wind limits flight tests and air race results dominate headlines.
W Dudley Cotton Jr a candidate for Congress in the eleventh district spoke at five Jamaica Plain Roxbury and Brighton stops last night challenging his opponent Peters to prove his record. He urged voters to compare congressional experience with accomplishments and cited his two terms on the Board of Aldermen as open for inspection.
Abington October 28 Thacher Democrat candidate for Congress spoke at a rally noting insurgent Dolliver quotes on tariffs and party pledges. He contrasted Lodge claims of Payne Aldrich revisions with Dolliver’s June Senate remark about tariff “hoaxes.”
Concord New Hampshire October 28 Governor Henry B Quinby and rivals Robert P Bass and Clarence E Carr spoke at the White Mountain Travellers Association banquet. Partisan politics was not discussed.
In Northampton on October 28, Congressman Eugene N. Foss, the Democratic candidate for governor, assailed the Republican campaign for evasive tariff talk and accused Governor Draper of dodging issues. Foss pressed for frank debate on tariffs while criticizing Draper’s stance and citing the Canadian reciprocity debate as supporting evidence. He spoke with North Adams GOP hopeful Thomas F. Cassidy and others, and urged the public to force a tariff settlement this fall.
Boston Mayor John F. Fitzgerald denounced the tariff as a rich man's policy in a campaign stop speech at Rockland North Abington and another town. He urged protection to raise wages for cotton mill workers and criticized the Republican tariff bill led by Senator Lodge as favoring manufacturers over labor.
Governor Eben S. Draper faces a set of inquiries from the State AFL political activity committee. The letter asks for responses to several points about his policies, campaign stance, and public commitments, outlining expectations for clarity and transparency in the upcoming political period.
Seventeen vessels at T wharf with light fares report total fish receipts of 147,600 pounds including haddock 37,100 cod 28,100 hake 80,000 and pollock 2,400. The W H Reed brought 1,000 pounds cod and Lillian 800 pounds scrod cod. Ell e Meraud saved David Conroy from a gale dragging him from a dory. Several ships reached or left Port Tampa and Newport amid storms and towings while cotton and lumber traffic remains heavy for New England mills.
After a midnight session the Aero Club of America named Hamilton, Drexel and Brookins to defend the Bennett international speed trophy. Audemars piloting a Demoiselle suffered the tourney's first accident yet escaped unharmed. only minor damage to his aircraft was reported.
Before the passenger carrying cross country race began at 4 PM a stray object appeared southeast, observed by spectators as a mystery phenomenon. The report names Johnstone as the observer noting the unusual sight.
Brief coastwise almanac notes give sunrise 6:13, sunset 4:43, duty 10 hours 30 minutes, high water 8:47 a.m. and 9:10 p.m. Rise and fall of tide listed with times and general indicators.
Cargo ships steamers and schooners list arrivals at Newport News Norfolk and Boston area ports with names such as City of Macon Gloucester Canopic Parisian and City of Bangor. The tally includes clearances for Canopic and City of Macon and sailing orders for Parisian and Governor Dingley among others with tugs, barges and several schooners noted.
The piece promotes healthful living and timely remedies and endorses the California Fig Syrup Co. as the source of the genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. It urges readers to rely on this laxative for beneficial effects and to buy only the authentic product from leading druggists.
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