The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12
Ru.R Larsen

test elections Massachusetts has ever
had q strongest protest was, registered
5n 80. IS. this week against
Lodge Hears From the boss =: Of the
republican p a r.ty
Voters here, Senator Hen
,..-s..< =. 49,. 'ry Cabot Lodge,
of the Bay State for, altho Henry
o-- 80: M. Whitney, the:
democratic candidate for lieutenant
governor, failed of election by less than
1000 votes, his victory over Lodge was
almost as great as if he had won. GEN
eral Guild, the republican candidate,
who was elected governor, had a plural
ity Of more than $4,000, which indicates
that at least 1000 republicans voted
against the republican candidate for t'
lieutenant governor, Mr.. Draper, who
had practically dropped out of sight
after the issue, had narrowed down to
Lodge and Whitney and the question Of
reciprocity. AS it is, the democrats are
not satisfied with the returns and will
demand a recount.
That the sentiment in favor of freer
trade relations with Canada is becoming
more pronounced in Massachusetts is
shown by the fact that normal repub-
lican plurality of between 10000 and
10000 has been cut down to 1000, and it
is very possible that if the stories told
about Mr.. Whitney's alleged transac-
tions in the legislature fifteen years ago
had not, had influence with the voters
in the small country towns in the west
ern and central parts of the state, he
would have been elected without ques-
ton.
The democratic vote in Boston shows
that the feeling here is especially strong
against Senator Lodge and his tariff
views. Mr.. Whitney had a plurality Of
more than $4,000 over Mr.. Draper and
5000 more than the head of his Own
ticket The figures in Boston as well
as in the rest of the state show the
feeling of the people on this one ques'
ton of reciprocity, and it is now gen
orally conceded that the wonderful sue
cess of Governor Douglas last year. was
due not entirely to unique advertising
methods, and a desire on the part of a
great many republicans to show thell
disapproval of some of the acts of Gov
ernor Bates.
A church built at Fairhaven, this
state. with money furnished by Henry
H. Rogers, the Standard Oil magnet, ha!
been the subject of considerable contro
versy here, critics asserting that archl
tecturally it is neither one thing nor an
other, and the phrase "tainted archi
tecture' has been coined in connection
with it. The attack has been returned
by several admirers of Mr.. Rogers, in
Guiding Oscar Fay Adams, and wha
church architecture since the contro
versy started is not worth knowing.
The great surprise of the election wa
the victory of John B. Moran, all indie
pendent candidate for district attorne.
~ of Suffolk county
Moran's Victory who went on
s. =. single handed an
the Surprise won by a hand
some m a orlt
of the Election. over Michael. j
- Shugrue, the pres
ent occupant of the office, who had tn
nomination of both parties. Moran is
young lawyer who has always been a
independent in politics, and for year
has been advocating reforms of one sor
or another without anybody payin
much attention to him. His canIidac
in the present instance was taken NOR
or less as joke, and Moran himself I'll
not expect to be elected, altho for seI
eral weeks he has been stumping TIL
county, and addressing large audiences
What he said was of such a eharacte
that the newspap ers did not dare prin
it without taking the chances :of bein
dsfors libes EHesasserted thai the Gil
trict attorneys office as at present cor
Quoted was. Influenced by politician
that the police were not enforcing tn
law against illegal liquor selling tina
efforts to have Investigated scandals 6
the city hall had been frustrated, an
other things too numerous to mentor
Moran made big capital out of the dres
suit case mystery. He accused the p
lice Of allowing illegal practitioners
carry on business unmolested, and d
clared that if elected he would clo'
"a h in, no oft
Some of the ministers publicly COZ
mended him for his stand, and this, l
doubt, had something to- do with tt
vote he received. The newspape
printed little about him except VIII
appeared in his advertiseme al
these were warm; enough for all pu
poses. He spent his own money freel
and his friends say almost went brol
on campaign expenses. Until q fe
owing to some difficulty he had with. t.
then district attorney, he declared tn
he would never again practice In t.
criminal courts of Suffolk county.
adhered to this for several years and,
is said, that a large practice dwindl
considerably in consequence. 1t W
then that he began to attack the d
it I'D consistently. Besides losing pa
of his practice he invested heavily, ;
he had in fact, in an invention in viii
he had confidence. After long a.
trying experience the invention prov
ali he claimed for it, and his retur
have since been very large: It was pa
of this money he spent in his prese
fight In his advertisements he declar
that he would dos for Boston what FC
did for ST. Louis and Jerome for NJ
York, and since his election he has re
Grated these statements. The result h
been more uneasiness among certa
have resulted from the election of a
other man. Moran is ambitious. He
a fighter, and nobody doubts that
will make things in Boston livelier tn
they have been at any time in gre
many years. 1t will fall upon him
try the persons arrested in connect
with the dress suit case affair, and t
+ Fenway contracting frauds will also
taken up by him.
Charles L. Stain, son of David
Stain, who with Oliver Cromwell spt
a long term in Thomaston. prison
supposed connection with the Dex
bank robbery and the murder of
cashier, but who were released a f
years ago after long fight for a p
one end to the other, is before the p1
lie again in connection with the arr
of Daniel Taylor, Mercer farmer. Of
charge of breaking into the postoffice
Shawmut a week ago. Stain is said
have furnished the information w
which the arrest was made. ~ :
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Since Moran s election there has b,
a good deal of talk about former j u(