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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1910
Page
6
The tempest over charges of political treachery by Mayor Fitzgerald intensified last night as partisans of both Congressman Joseph F. O'Connell and the mayor issued denials and repeated defenses.
Thomas F Campbell denies pledges linking Mayor to Fitzgerald backers and says he led Fitzgerald forces to support O Connell in Ward 24. Daniel T O Connell blasts the letter as treachery and calls for witnesses, including Martin Lomasney, to prove Fitzgerald pledged support to O Connell.
A heated exchange unfolds with letters from Thomas F Campbell and Daniel T O Connell addressing alleged pledges in the Fitzgerald versus O Connell contest. Campbell asserts support blocks for McNary in wards 15 and 16 and accuses O Connell of pressure. O Connell counters with a detailed account of meetings at Youngs Hotel Hendricks Club and a claimed broken pledge.
In Brookline the January primaries drew 60 of 3000 voters. Josiah B. Chase Jr failed residency rules and was not on the voting list. Some voters wrote in George W. Pree and Edwin A. Robart Jr. while candidates Walker and White each won 36 votes.
Nason leads a sweeping win as Lodge forces falter in Essex fourth district amid insurgent sentiment. Bennett wins Senate renomination over Killam despite Ames ties. Pierce leads Wilder in fourth Congressional race after Tirrell death with 77 to 72 votes.
Charles H. Brown of Medford swept the Sixth Middlesex district securing five delegates in Woburn where the fight was hottest. He holds 6 of 47 total delegates with 21 remaining to Crosby of Arlington and Jones of Stoneham. Wakefield gave Brown seven delegates while Medford added 14 and Woburn five.
Senator Frank P. Bennett Jr. swept Ward 6 in Lynn and his hometown of Saugus in the Republican primaries. Bennett led Ward 6 with 348 votes to 62 for anti-Lodge candidate William J. Killam. The 12th district nominated John H. Cogswell for representative amid anti-Lodge votes.
Senator George H. Newhall was renom inated for the first Essex district and County Commissioner John M. Grosvenor Jr was renominated without opposition.
Congressman Ames issued a statement saying he was perfectly satisfied with the Republican primaries and denied any claim that Senator Lodge had secured a long lead. He declined to discuss details.
Maiden Sept 28 Senator Wilmot R. Evans Jr. won renomination in the Republican primaries for the fourth Middlesex district, defeating Andrew J. Burnett across the district. In the representative race, Charles M. Blodgett Albert N. Bliss and Truman R. Howley won nominations for the second Middlesex district. Eynde Sullivan finished poorly, down by more than 400 votes.
Watertown reports 53 votes cast in the Republican State caucus with no delegate contests. Delegates to the 30th Middlesex district representative convention favor James H. L. Coon’s renomination and unpledged senatorials favor Henry C. Mulligan of Natick.
In Woburn on September 28 the Republican caucuses sparked excitement as five men were challenged and left without voting. Delegates for the senatorial convention were at stake with J. J. Jones of Stoneham winning five delegates, Charles H. Brown of Medford five, and Senator J. Howell Crosby of Arlington one. Stoneham gave Jones four votes and Winchester Crosby five.
Melrose results show Senator W. R. Evans Jr. of Everett gaining six votes and Andrew J. Burnett of Melrose eight. Representative Arthur S. Davis received 676 votes to 437 for William J. Bowser in the senatorial convention primary.
Boston's City Council yesterday refused to approve Mayor Fitzgerald's request to advance a 250000 loan for a Chelsea North bridge. The council also questioned 5000 dollars remaining in the public celebrations fund and will revisit the matter later.
William J. Burton of the New England Telephone Company outlined a $1,250,000 cost for implementing a new rate system at the Boston City Club for the Pilgrim Publicity Association. He noted the state agitation over charges and said the overhaul aims to reform pricing, with $250,000 to rewrite contracts and $1,000,000 to install changes, avoiding a state fight.
Washington reports at the naval observatory a large sun spot group appearing on the sun's eastern limb in southern latitude. The group, emerged Monday and fully viewable Tuesday, spans about 87 000 miles by 43 000 miles with irregular outlines. Several smaller spots are also visible on the solar disc.
At the Harvard observatory last night observer Leon Campbell said sun spots are of little scientific value now. He noted more spots often appear in the sun's south latitude and that the absence of spots may be due to observational difficulty rather than real scarcity.
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