The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-26
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Boston Elects Democrat.

BY a plurality Of about 5000 Exon
gresham John f. Fitzgerald has beer
elected mayor Of Boston. rockingham
the candidate Of the Republican and
Citizens party coming in second; Dew
ey, the peoples candidate, third, and
Watson, the Municipal Ownership
man, with only 515 votes.
No New York City Recount
The New York court of appeals has
decided that the ballots cast in the re-
cent New York city elections shall not
be recanyassed, the return of the cleo,
ton board being regarded as valid.
Two judges dissent from the opinion,
The judges deem it an unwise inter
probation of the law for the judiciary
to review the work Of election officers,
as tending to encourage contestants
and to delay the prompt placing of
electoral responsibilities This win
clear the way for the certifcation and
Inauguration Of Mayor Mcclellan, but
the Hearst people say that their fight
will go on, and it is understood that
they win endeavor to have the legisla-
ture, which meets in January, pass a
special bill authorizing recanvass.
They evidently count on the support of
Ex-Governor Odell and his friends to
that end.
New National Reform Party.
The men who were prominent in the
Municipal Ownership league in the re-
cent New York city campaign, includ-
ing Hearst, Stokes, Shearn, Coler,
Seabury and others, have recognized
their forces under the name of the In
dependent league, which has been duly
Incorporated for the purpose Of absorb
ing all societies and associations favor
ing the application Of public property
to public uses and the public owner
ship of public utilities which are natu-
raj monopolies and to establish branch
es throughout the state of New York
and the United States The new league
win take over the scales as its ballot
emblem, and the local leagues will be
chartered by the general body, of which
Hearst is to be president. Besides pub
lie ownership the league is to favor
electoral reforms, such as the direct
nomination Of candidates, the relief OF
labor and capital from their unjust bur-
dens and the abolition of all private
monopolies.
Oregon's New Senator
John McDermot Gearin of Portland
has been appointed by Governor Cham
berlain OF Oregon as United States
senator to succeed the late John Fl.
Mitchell Mr. Gearin Is known as a
Democrat but he is in accord with the
views of President Roosevelt as to CON
troll OF railroads and trusts He is if
ty-four years old and has been for
years a prominent lawyer in his state
having read law in the Office Of Mitchell
& DoIph, both of whom went to the
senate.
Oregon to Vote on Suffrage
The woman suffragists are jubilant
over the news from Oregon that the
women have succeeded in obtaining
the signatures of one-tenth the regis
tered voters to petition for the sub
mission of an equal amendment to pop
ular vote under the initiative and refer
endum law.
No Passes, No Franchise.
A ring of Pittsburg councilmen is
said to have served notice on the Penn
sylvania, Baltimore and Ohio and Wa
bash officials that all railroad legisla-
ton will be blocked unless the regular
free passes are Forthcoming. The coun-
cilmen claim that their reelection is
conditioned upon their ability to ex-
tend passes to influential citizens.
Socialist Papers Big Claim.
Last weeks issue of the Girard
(I1an.) Socialist organ known as the
Appeal to Reason is claimed BY its ed
itor to have 100000 paid circulation,
constituting the largest edition ever
issued by any periodical in the world.
1T was a special number, which Social
lists III all parts Of the country had
been asked to circulate by wholesale
orders in advance. The main points
made by the editor are that the trust
is here to stay, that It cannot be regu-
lated or controlled. because the men
who own the trust also own the men
who run the government and that con.
sequently the trust should be owned
collectively and managed by all the
people, (which means Socialism"