The Irish standard., 1905-09-30


name commonly given it. The press
of the land, even the European press
has recorded the death of Patrick A.
Collins. He was a national figure and
the announcement of his death was
"hashed' into every city and town of
the country where Il newspaper and
telegraph wire existed The Irish"
Mayor had made an impress on the
present-day history of his country and
the newspapers added extra pages to
their usual makeup" that they might
fully cover the news, chronicle the
achievements of his life, publish the
eulOgieS the Statemun of the day and
public men in general gave expression
to, and to give adequate recognition
to hhc grief of the community and
the people in all walks of life. Con.
slider all this and then give a passing
thought to the contrast presented in
the attitude of the people OF Boston,
, in 1876, when Mayor Davis died The
latter was a "Know-Nothing" executive,
elected on a platform of prescription
! against the Irish and the Catholics,
' particularly the Irish Catholics. The
funeral services were cold and unin'
pressive. It was viewed as of S,
slight concern that of the three da1
newspapers of the day, only one, the
Post. gave II report, and this report
vlynC, rNtn s,,
vertiser did not make mention of the
funeral and The Atlas waited three
days before referring to it, The Post
account, the most complete, was in
full, as in the next column.
Davis was elected Mayor, February
n, 1S45. 1t required majority vote
to elect, and the voters assembled at
the polls eight times before making
"a selection. The regular December
election found three candidates in the
field. Josiah Quincy, Jr, the Whig can
didate; Thomas A. Davis, the candi-
date Of the so-called Native American
party, and r. L. ThaNter, who ran as
an independent Whig Quincy receiv-
ed 4,4G7 votes, Davis 4,O17 and Thaxter
2,1l5. Quincy declined to run again
and Thomas Wetmore became the
Whig candidate. He received 2,767
votes and Davis polled 1904. The
third election was held December 81.
Wetmore polled 3,45G and Davis 4,O31.
The independent candidate continued
to poll enough votes to prevent a ma
jority vote being cast for either of
the other two The fourth election
found Samuel A. Eliot the candidate
of the Wings. He received 3,713 and
Davis polled 1898 and the independent
1000. The fifth election found the
Wings split to greater extent. Eliot
withdrew, and there were two candi.
dates representing the Whig party,
Eustis and Parker. Eustis polled L.
499, Parker 1,497, Davis 4,289 and
Homer 1,S45. Eustis withdrew and
Parker again stood as the can
didate of the Wings. He received
3,S49, Davis polled 4,429 and Homer
,GO4 Parker again came forward and
received 3,34O, Davis 1929 and Homer
| 1,451. The people of the city were
greatly worked up, and when the call
for the municipal election was issued
for the eighth time it was found that
Davis and Parker would fight it out
alone. The Wings ranks were torn by
dissension, the Wings strength on
the State ticket being about 5000.
Added to the dissension was fear of
the "Nativists." The result was VIC
tory for the "Nativists." Davis was
elected by vote of 4,863 to 4,776 for
Parker.
The "Nativist" party was the fore
runner Of the "Know Nothing" party.
1t was made up of men who were bit
ter in their hatred of Catholics. The
movement had its inception in the
year 1880. Up to 1920 the foreign
Immigration ran up to about 10000 an
nually. The next decade showed
decided increase, the total being 143,-
439. This alarmed the Puritan ele-