New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-02
THE BOSTON MAYORALTY.
Complications in Contest-RepubH.
cans Hope to Defeat Mayor Collins.

Boston, Dec. SpecaD-Republican nartv
leaders here find themselves in a pretty picl5le
over the candidacy of Isaac B. Allen, a negro.
for the office Of Street Commissioner, an office
with $4,000 annual salary attached. The Re-
publican mayoralty candidate it is said.
threatens, il Aliens name stays on the ballot
10 withdraw, which would leave the Repub-
heans without head for their ticket. Allen
reIuses to withdraw unless he make a
trade and has issued utimatum to that
effect with very limited time for considering
the proposition. Furthermore, he says that If
he does withdraw he will as independent
candidate for the School Committee for the
purpose of defeating Judge William Sullivan of
the Municipal Court
His proposition is to withdraw in favor of
Franklin L. Goldman, of the Twenty-fourt
ward, but he positively refuses to withdraw in
favor Of his opponent, Andrew J. Sullivan, on
the ground that the Republicans he represents
would never consent to the nomination cleo
ton of a man named Sullivan as Street Com
missioner.
Ike Allen. IS he is known. has had a varied
career in politics, and has strong backing among
the coored voters. BY some "fuke' he was
elected some years ago to the Governors Coun-
Gil defeating John H Sullivan. many Repub-
licans. who did not know he a negro voting
for him. His next political job as janitor
of the old Courthouse. where he supervised the
cleaning of sawdust boxes and the removal of
office rubbish.
The office of Street Commissioner, to which he
now aspires, is largely judicial in its require
ments and should be filled by a man of more
than ordinary intelligence. The Republicans
are just beginning to realize that they have
their hands full of trouble and are casting about
for way out Of the difficulty
CORES EFFORTS.
Mich orstorical
was consumed by Fred s Gore and his man
ayers before the primaries in an attempt 10
capture the Democratic nomination for Mayor
Republicans who read his scathing arraign-
ments of Mayor CoIltns's administration are ex-
/ tracing 4 lot of fun cut of Cores Endorsement
OF that same administration since his defeat in
the caucuses. Mr.. Gore says that he is a good
Democrat and now that a good Democrat is
I nominated he will indorse the candidate and
throw his influence in the latter's favor II
Mayor Collins is reelected it viii be his second
term Of two years.
His opponent, G. n Swallow. the Republican
candidate, is a ehrewd, hard headed business
man, member of an old Charlestown family,
who has amassed a big fortune in the wholesale
and retail grocery business which his father
had before him. He now lives in the Back Bay.
as does Mayor Collins. so that it cannot be said
that it is a contest Of the silk stockings"
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Mr. Swallow makes his fight on the issues of
clean business administration. with strict
/ economy in all departments and contracts or
City Hall patronage for Bostonians who are cit
liens and business men of the city. He has the
support Of the other candidates for the Repub-
licsn mayoraIty nomination DIR. E. Peabody
Gerry and NJ ]. Murray. 1t will be q hard fight
to win. Boston is a strongly Democratic city.
but the City Committee has strong hopes, owing
istration OF petty graft" political deals and
discrimination in favor Of inner ring. ap-
proved only by the so-called strategy board"
This board. while holding political office,
with the exception of a few members, practically
controls every appointment made at the City
Hall-at least, all within the gift OF the Mayor
his appointees.
Mr. Collins seeks reelection the ground
that he has given the city honest admins
tration. coupled with economy and businesslike
methods in all departments and nOn-interfer-
ence by the legislature. The Republicans meet
this declaration by pointing to the heavy in
C~eas in the city debt and eXtravagant prices
pa Tor supplies and machinery, contracts, etc,
10 outside concerns.
As usual a lively fight is in progress over
candidates for School Committee. The Public
School Association has taken a hand usual
and nominated q slate of its own. Only one
member Of the present board is on the list Of
candidates. Four of the candidates rated
Democrats and the others scattering. In the
announcement of its list the association gives
not only the party affiliation, but the religion
and race Of each nominee. II is understood that
the Democrats viii ignore the association ticket
entirely and nominate their own candidates. in
cuding Mrs. Julia Duff, who has made such
fight against the association. The Republicans
have also voted against it. The organization
says its purpose is to nominate only clean can
didates and keep the schools out Of party pol
itics.
NEW FACTOR IN POLITICS.
A new factor in the politics of this city is
the Good Government Association modelled
along the lines of a similar body in Chicago.
Although it is just trying its wings so to speak,
it has been busily engaged in turning down or
indorsinG candidates right and left Records
of all the candidates on both important and
inconseauentiaI matters have been compiled and
circulated, and many hOwls have gone up from
dissatisfied candidates. who feel that their pO-
litical chances have been injured by the asso-
ciation That il has defeated the Vaccinations
of some candidates whose success would be
injurious to the citys interests, however, is a
fact. John Mason Little, president OF the AS
sociated Boards Of Trade, is member of the
executive committee, and says: The orSaniza-
uon has come to stay 1t VIII not DE pushea
or laughed aside. II may take time 10 reap
the fruits Of our labOrs but In the end the
Good Government Association will win. Our
association is composed Of great business or
ganizatOns banded together, which does not
promise TO seek wholesale reforms for the pres
ent. but promises to give every voter before
Election Day such facts. good or evil, about
the candidates as IL can secure
John L. Sullivan, eX-pugilist saioonkeeper
and would-be actor, is chagrined at the defeat
of his namesake. a. J. Sullivan. for Street Com
missioner Il don't know Andy he said, but
there amt many Of the old SulVans left in
Boston and we've got to stick together. When
l was here there wasn't no John Hancocks,
James Otises and Benjamin Frankns gettn't
'lected nothin'. Them names enough to
queer EN-. This man Andy Sullivan Oughter
biz N he ba TObD