Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-10
In Boston and rs Other
Massachusetts Cities.
Warm Contests m All But Two,
Chiefly Over Mayor.


Boston, Dec. 9.-In addition to Bos
ton. the capital and metropolis, Is 9TH
er cities of the Commonwealth will hole
elections tomorrow. This number witt
the IL held a week ago, will clear ur
municipal contests for another wear il
all of the 80 cities excepting North AID.
ans, where the election comes a weel
hence.
Beverly, Cambridge. Chelsea. Chico.
pee. Everett, Holyoke, Lowell, Lynn
Maiden, Melrose, Newburyport. New.
ton, Salem, Scmerville, Woburn and
Worcester will vote for mayor, and in
all but two Of these cities there are
contests for the office. In Melrose, Nav.
or Eugene III. Moore, and in Newton
George hutchinson, each a Republican
candidate. arc unopDosed. In Fall Rjy-
cf ana Medford. where mayors arc
elected biennially the contests this year
are only for aldermanic and minor Of
hces Of the city government
Many of the mayoralty contests are
threc-cornered, and majority of the
cities report the probability Of an nm
usually heavy vote, but rainy weather
winch is predicted for tomorrow NAV
result only in normal vote. As a gen.
cral feature. the license question nre-
dominates in tomorrow's balloting as it
did q week ago when the voters of u
cities, changed the total Yes" major
~ of 1881 last year to 1852 for This
year, making the sentiment of the rs =
XIX totes represented very closely di-
vided.
Encouraged by these inroads into the
total yes majority, which was. per-
faps, due to the influence of a spread
Oh The prohibition sentiment in other
states. the Massachusetts Anti-Saloon
League and other temperance bodies
nave Instituted unusual vigorous non
license campaigns in many cities.
Particular attention has been to turn
lES LYNN as was done in the case Of
Havcrhili last week from the yes to
ire No column after 10 years of Ii
censed liquor selling.
Ihe situation as far as the mayora,-
" contests are concerned, in the score
Oh massachusetts cities. including Bos-
ton. which bold municipal elections to-
morrow, Is summarized as follows:
HrYerIy--Z. Harvey Dow. Rep: Thorn
Is IL Norton. Ind. League: Horace IL
woodbury.. Non PartiZan.
foSton,John n. Colthurst. Ind. League:
, ,?nin r. Fitzgerald. Dem; George A.
CambridSe-Iames T. Alyward. Dem.
Walter {. Wardwell. Non Partisan
chelsHa-John l.. Beck. Rep: Thomas
+, cI nrlscoll' Dem and Ind. League.
William ]. Fuller Rep: John j. kelIv''
SOC John l. Kirby. Dem.
Fan Eiver-No mayor TO be elected this
year. 80
Holyoke-%Eathan j.. Avery. Pen.
Thomas ]. Gibbons. Dem; Edward *
Whitaker. Soc.
Lcwell-James II. Carmichael Dem.
Frederick " Fan nham, Rep.
Lynn-William a. Kelley. Dem Thorn
as Y. Porter. Rep.
MaldeIl-George H. Fall nomination pa
peIs; George l.. Richards. Rep. and Cit
year.
Melrose-@Eugene H. Moore, Rep ,In-
opposed.
neutrality-suspicious. BeSsc. Non Parti
san: *A1bert +. Hunt. Non Partisan
NeWton-GeorSe Hutchinson, Rep Jun
,Saler1-william S. FELTON,. Rep; John F.
Ind
Somerville-Charlcs S ButterwOrth,
Ind. *Charles a. Grimmons. Rep: John
II. O'Neil. Dem
Noburn-+Willam BloGgett Rep:
James E. Feeney. Dem; Lawrence Reade,
Ind.
Worcester-4John T. Duggan. Dem
James Logan. Rep: Eliot White. Soc.
candidate for reelection