New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-12
BOSTON GOES REPUBLICAN.
HART ELECTED MAYOR BY 1000 MAJORITY
OVER O'BRlEN.

RING RULE DEFEATED AT THE PoLLs-A LARGE
NUMBER OF woM~.V voT OWING TO THE
SCHOOL BOOK oUEsTIoN-BoARD OF AL
DERMEN AN CoMIo> COUNCIL
BEPUB ICAN.
fey rELBGRAPH TO T..e rRi IuSE
Boston, Dec Hiring ruo and the cxponents
of corruption and knavery in the city OF Boston
have been severely rebuked to-day. Thomas n
Hart the Republican and Citizens candidate Tor
Mayor has been elected by about 1000 majority over
Hugh O'Brien. Democrat This result has been attained
under tho most adverse circumstances. oBren mas
been IN office four years and had all the influence
OF the City Hall machine In his favor vioen'
ralnstorm prevailed all day, accompanied by gale
from the northeast 1t Is Just tho kind OF weather
which Is usually and under ordinary circumstances
considered adverse to a large Republican vote 1he
election has demonstrated two things: Boston, whic
normally Democratic city, Will not long alio" any
party or any clique misrue IT. somo leeway is
permitted but when the end Of the tether Is reached
a sharp pulLup is given. Ii has also deniohsra'eu
that penublicans are not always falr-wcaher voters
At midnight tho count OF votes for Aldermen @iu
Common Council was unfinished, but indicated ha'
the Republicans would have majority IN Doth
branches state Of affairs which has not eAsted ior
several years
BESIDES the inherent weakness of the o'Brien cam
| pagn due to corruption and chicancry, the schooi
question has exertcd potent influence In favor OF
the Republican ticket The action Of the present
School Board In throwing out "swnton's outline OF
History from among the school TEXTBOOKS because
a teacher had drawn Incorrect differences from tho
book, and for the purpose OF propitiang the Catl'
olIcs aroused strong sentiment and brought out
tho reserve 2epublcan votes as few other questions
could have DONE The establishment of parochal
schools in and about Boston prior to this attacA on
the school textbooks had put the Protestant minu
In a condition to quickly resent what was OcneVed
to be an attack the public school system Inc nrS'
marty movements of the Protestant leaders were
In some respects ndiScrect, and some lilcenhe was
unnecessarily aroused. The Catholics were, perhaps
uniusv assalled and wrong motives attributed, but the
movement became quite general, and systematic enors
were made TO rebuke the school Board and 10 elect
new one in sympathy with the Protestant atutune'
which was that the schools should be let aione tha
sectariaIi,rn should not be known in their manage
| meut Tho Bible had long ago been taken from the
schools and t felt that enough concessions hsu
been made to sensitive rel gOus sccts.
| Massachusetts women are allowed to vote for the
elccton OF school committees, but up TO the present
year the number Of voters In Boston has never
exceeded 1000. Under the pressure brought 10 pear
by the removal OF Swinton's textbook however, more
than 21 900 women registered and were qualihed 10
vote From the returns which had come IN up 10
10 O'Clock tonight it is safe to say that about nine
tcnths Of those who registered cast their ballots for
The scbool BOARD Notwithstanding the storm which
preyaled from early morning until long after the close
of the polls
Mayor O'Bren has held Office four years Five
years ago he was defeated By General A p Martn,
thus having been nominated six times and elected
four O'Brien defeated General Martin In 1854 by
majority Of 3,326 In 1885 O'Brien beat John NJ
Clark by 1898 In 1856 there were three candidates
| in the dcld-O'Bricn, Democrat; Hart, Republican,
and Mcneil Labor. O'Brien elected by
plurality Of 4,74O In 1887 Mr.. Hart was again
! pltcd against O'Bren and cut tho Democratc s
majority down 10 l,4oT ms year shli's INC nia'oi'
~ The school Board consists Of twenty-four members
| n, whom eleven werc elected to-day Including two
members 10 fill the vacancies resulting from the death
Of Edward Carrfgan and the resignation OF INC r.eE
! l. r. DUryea who has accepted call from me Nest
Of the thirteen members who hold over, eght are of
the Catholic faith and 1t being held by inc hepuolcas
Convention that this is sufic ent representation OF
! ttat sect mon the board. the ticket presented by
tho Republicans to-day contained the names Ol 10
| Catbolics whpiever Tho Republican ticket was n
Iorsed by tbe Committee Of one Hundred Tho Demo
cats on be contrary rcnominated Messrs. Canning,
Dunn and COLLISION the three reSevcd Tc'rips tps
o'I WO, Caroline Hastings, NJ D, was rcnomna0di by
Of one Hundred. bur dropred by tho Dcmocras s.
Who named Instead Mrs. Isabella C. Barrcws bf, wfe
of Pho elitor Of The Christian Register RaDbi
solomon Schindlar was the only candidate whose
appeared upon all tne s,res the contests
we're sharp and bitter Ostng pS ISen si1n nnbepfT 9fS
Democraiic member of the present Board who recently
rade an attack in tho Board upon Mayor O'Bren
almin,irl ion, received n. fhepunnCan anu ea,ns,
r y accy tho regular Democratic nominee, VINO
rcce we'd many Republican votes. Inc rg,t ost vsar
he defeat Of Dohery by 500 vo,es didetS Nv hy
Dohcriy was elected as an independent cdiiu'u"" -
ms eocton has demonstrated that large number
Of vote az an rrtlon "nc,o Ia ,ybere tbe
Icslers~ are everywhere at work doing their utmosl
ror their mcn and YET escape insult an oe al,ll @
sure Of respectful treatment oo ", The citv today
Jcvco,.d nn1y a single case where the women al me
nolls were annoyed I'm way ana IN Ia' on,
The ANNOYANCE was instantly suppr'SSeu' ~ @ nos'
nolIing niares visited there women who weie
provided not only with the tickets for SchooI eo,l ~,
mttce bn with the full city tickets, when 'ney uiu
not hesitate to offer to men voters ,,- -
Mr. Hart when congratulated by n Journal re
porter on the result accepted the compliment mod
estly lie said. among other tmngs ,r,rt than
~ they have grievance of hind, TO lay II beior
nc and all men. rich and poor, shall be heard
equally and alike shall follow my life practlce
and try To do everything in straightforward, open
way so that every transaction VIII wear the nsnt
Of day There should be no secrets. Inc Sny,S cry
business IS public business, ana 'he PcoP'o enou'
Thomas Norton Hart the newly elected Mayor; was
born IN North Rcadng Mass Jsruay ,uSd o,1novm-nt ri
in tho goods store OF heeler, Pratt a Co., on
K1bv-st and after a short experience he returned
TO his native town complete such an education as
could then be had in a country school When he was
twenty years old he returned 10 the cry ana entered
hat cap and fur store on En-st ~nere % ae d ys
store of philip A. Locke i'm Dock squaro. In 1884 h"
o. as admitted partner In l9Go Mr.; Hari esrao
51ssolvcd I'm 1esj. In 1879 Mr.. Hart entered the
common Council lie served IN the same body IN
1870 and 1881 and in lss2 is-5 and Iss9i i. h.
was a member of the Board OF Aldermen. Mr tart
IS president of the Mount Vernon National Bank
pFDFVpTION OF OLD B0STON