The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-10-08
OUR BOSTON LETTER.
Candidates For Governor Are
Now All In the Field.

Candidates For Governor Are
Now All In the Field.
Multiplicity of Candidates Simply Dem
On,trates the Weakness of Opponents
Of Do1Rinhnt Party Democrats strug-
Cling for Control of Patronage In
Boston Woman Suffrage ASSOCIATION.
state Highways Leading to the Hub.
Ancients Capture Syracuse and Buffalo.
Food Fair Joseph Proctor - Autumn
Sociai Season Dramatic, lac.
The week of conventions is past and now
all parties are in the field with t+eir
candidates. Although five men are named
ao worthy the position of governor, the
multiplicity of candidates does little
more than to emphasize the divided con-
dtion and weakness of the opponents
OF the Republican party in the state. In
ueed, so Onesided does the campaign
appear that the leading candidates on
the Republican ticket have alreaty an
uounced that they shall not take the
stump. This is unusual Of late but MARKS
the confidence in the result felt by the
dominant party. OF course this will not
prevent George Fred Williams and DR..
Everett from touring the commonwealth
but, like a horse too heavily weighted,
they are out of the running when re-
suits are considered.
AS this is to be a slow campaign and
not worthy of much mention, it may as
well be said now as later that the two
wings of the Democracy are in this
struggle for the simple purpose of, if
possible, controlling the city of Boston
and it's patronage. The fight of Williams
and his followers against the so-called
Boston machine is to be continued at the
polls. There is a great deal of patronage
in this municipality. Sullivan, Fitzger-
aid & Co. control it now, Williams, I4o-
masney & Co. desire it in the future.
Between the two Mayor Quincy is in the
hottest place he ever found since his ad-
vent into politics, and if he can save his
scalp he must be considered past mas
ter in the art of juggling.
Il
1t most not be supposed by the pub
lished reports of the convention at Wor-
cester that the so-called machine man
ayers are out of the fight On the con-
trary, they today control the city, will
name the greater number of it's candi-
dates and, in fact, run things until it
comes to the voting. Then, as last year,
when John H. Sullivan went down before
Ike Allen, there may be some sur
prises Although Allen is out of the fight
this year, another cclored brother will
undertake to carry the fourth councillor
district, but this one is not likely to sue
coed. The nomination is considered an
empty honor, and will most likely prove
to be just that for some years to come.
While considering things political, it
is not out of place to notice the fact that
the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage as
socatfon has voted to petition the legis- |
lature for a constitutional amendment |
and for municipal and presidential suf-
frage. If this was the first time this
action had been taken it would excite
general interest, but the petitioners have
come and gone so many times that the
fact is all that is necessary. That the
members of this association belong to
the class of people who do not know
when they are whipped is apparent. If
they should get what they ask they
would be as surprised as anybody in the
iand.
Looking back over the season Just 60
ing out in a blaze of autumnal glory,
there is nothing more marked than the
work done by the state highway COM
mission as showing the general desire
for better roads Few appreciate
what has been done, because the work
Is so scattered over different parts OF
the state, but the fact is that a good
number of miles of road have been con-
structed since the first of January, and
a great deal has also been done toward
working out the plans on which the
roads are ultimately to be laid out. Pc
titions have been received from nearly
every town in the state asking that GER
tain reads be improved as state high
ways, and from the petitions the whole
state has been mapped out with a net
work Of little bits of road to be improved
by the board.
In TINS great Work Boston will event
ially share the benefits, since two great
are projected to run from this
city to the western boundary, one by
way of Worcester, Springfield and Pitts
ield, and the other over the line of turn
like that in old times was travelled by
he stage coaches running from Boston
O Troy, one of which was the first turn
like road in the state. Another of the
Dads in which Bostonians will proba-
,ly have the greatest interest is that
which is to be run from Boston to New
on part of which, near Bcs-
on, work will probably be done before
Ong. This road, at its Boston end, pass
: through Revere, parallel to the park
way and at a short distance from it, as
ar as Lynn, and from there down along
he shore through Ipswich and Rowley
@ Newburyport. Another line, and one
kelly to be first completed, is that be- s
ween Boston and Providence. A great
cal has already been done on this at diff {
orent points along the line and good
cal more is Laid out for the not distant !
lture, so that 1t would not be surprising n
D see the whole line completed in two p
r three years. With electrics running I
lmost everywhere and state roads a {
of the near future facilities fer
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