The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-08
MASSACHUSETTS, CITIES.
Many Held Their Municipal Elections
Yesterday.
NO LICENSE GOT BLACK EYE NEAR
LY EVERYWHERE.

Brockton Goes for License for First Time
In Ten Years-Marlboro Elects Demo-
cratic Mayor and Quincy, Republican,
Reversing Usual Result
Boston, December 7.--Seventeen of the
thlrty-tWo cities of the Commonwealth
held their municipal elections today. In
majority of cases the Republicans were
successful in electing their mayor and
securing control of the city government
although the results show that the idea Of
ind dependent or non partisan control of
municipalities is steadily growing in
favor.
LAWRENCE.
Lawrence, Mass, December AT the
municipal election today James g. Eaton,
republican and Good Government asso-
clat1on candidate defeated James e.
Donoghue, Democrat by 983. Five Demo-
cratic aldermen, VIM. f. King, Cornelius
=: Lynch, Louis Matthews, Narcissis z.
Neville and Patrick O'Brien and Thomas
BeVlngton, Republican and good govern
ment association were elected. The coun-
Gil ls ten Republicans and eight Demo-
| Gratis, the joint ballot Democrats thirteen
ana Republicans eleven.
License vote, yes, 4,6l9; no, 1866 One
republican and one Democratic oyerseer
OF poor and three Republican and one
democratic school committeeman were
| elected.
NEW BEDFORD.
| New Bedford, December 7-After a
NEST bitterly fought campaign Mayor
| Charles Sumner Ashley was reelected
| for fourth term today by a plurality of
459
The vote on licesne YES d 335. no g.
| 316
SPRINGFIELD.
Springfield, December THE Republi.
cans swept the city today re-electing
Mayor Henry S. Dickinson over Col. John
L. Rice, Democrat, by 1889, the entire
board OF aldermen, the entire school COM
mittee and all but five of the eighteen
members of the council. The city went
for license by 1901. The A. P. A. opposed
Rice.
The vote on the license question was,
yes. 4,262; no, 3,17l.
MARLBORO.
| Marlboro. Decemb Der For the first
time in its eight years of municipal life,
this city has elected Democrat as its
chief magistrate, when Dr.. Eugene g.
Hoytt defeated Frederick A. Pope, the
Republican candidate by a majority of
293. The Republicans gained the ma
jority of the board Of aldermen which
STANDS four Republicans and three Demo-
Gratis, while the common council is con-
trolled by eight Democrats to six Repub-
| licans. The ciuy went for license by
majority of 533, an increase of IS over last
year.
FITCHBURG.
| Fitchburg, December THE city went
| no license today by a vote of 1896 to 1869,
q majority for prohibition of 457 against
119 last year. The result of today's
election is the choice of Henry f. Rock
we'll, citizens independent for mayor
with vote of 1926 against 1908 for Henry
L. Rice, citizens temperance nominal
papers and 49S for Andrew Davidson,
will be six aldermen, all citizens inde.
pendents; seventeen councilmen, citizens
and one independent.
! HAVERHILL.
Haverhill. Mass, December I'm the
John A. Gale, was buried after one of
tho most exciting campaigns ever known
here. The vote for mayor was Daniel
T. Chase non-partisan Democrat 8, 100;
John A. Gale, Republican, 2,33S; John
G. Chase, Socialist, s75. License, yes,
| 3.466; no, 2,775.
Maiden, Mass, December THE an.
nual election took place here today. May
or John A Farnham independently, was
re elected by majority of Job votes,
defeating Dana j. Flanders, who ran on
citizen nomination papers. License, yes,
l COS; no, 2,811.
q ROCHESTER, n. II.
Rochester, N. H., December 7.-The