New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
FOSS OP|NES HE'S It.
Saws His Election Forced AldriCh
and Hale to Retire.
AND SEALED CANNON'S DOOM
Compelled President to Seek
Canadian Reciprocity and Give
Hope of Tariff Revision.

Provincetown, Mass, Dec 1.-Governor-
elect Eugene N Foss began his Cape
campaign against the return Of Henry
Cabot Lodge to the United States Senate,
tonight, to the accompaniment OF band
music and a torchlight parade, mass
meeting being held I'm the town hall later
Immediately on his arrival in town MI
Foss received a challenge from Repre-
sentative Norman White, Of Brookl1ne,
to meet him in joint debate in the town
hall tonight in place of the programme
of speaking, which had been announced
Mr. Foss declined the challenge.
Two of the quartet of Republican in
surgents accompanying the Governor
elect David ?. Dickinson. a former Mayor
of Cambridge, and State Senator Arthur
L. Mason, addressed the meeting before
Mr.. Foss was introduced.
In beginning his address, D1r. Foss de-
clared that the verdict of The people OF
the Cape Cod district in electlng him 10
Congress last spring sealed the doom
of Cannonism,' compelled the national
administration to seek reciprocal trade
relations with Canada, caused senators
Aldrich and Hale to "abdicate their seats
in the United States Senate and gave 10
the country at large the first real hope OF
tariff revision. Directing his remarks TO
Senator Lodge, Mr.. Foss said:
Working in silence and secrecy. he re-
sorts to his self-constituted political ma
chine. the machine which has dominated
Massachusetts politically for years He
is seeking the counsels of those whom he
serves, the privileged interests, and has
ignored the verdict of the people. He has
, ha Shn
the people and considers that he is the
representative Of the special interests, De
iieving that their Endorsement is all-suffi-
cient for him.
Mr.. Foss then assailed Mr. Lodges voting
record in the Senate, declaring that the
Senator had been hostile to reciprocity with
Canada and had killed the Hay-Bond reci-
procity treaty with Newfoundland. What
LEGISLATION in the interests of the people
bears his name?' queried Mr.. F'oss, who
! answered his own question by saying:
"Only one bill that recall bears his name,
and that is the Force bill-a measure tkt
causes every honest man to blush
Senator Lodges attitude toward the
Payne-A Aldrich tariff was then condemned
by the Governor-elect. who devoted con-
siderable time to detailed analysis of Mr..
Lodges position regarding the tariff on
wool and woollen goods. Speaking of the
cotton industry Mr.. Foss said that in his
attitude towards this branch of manufac-
lures Senator Lodge was playing the
same role of protector to special privilege
as against the interests of the people"
This campaign declared the speaker,
marks the beginning of the end OF Sem
ator Lodge. He cannot maintain, by meth
DDS of secrecy, sinister influence and wire
pulling, the leadership of his party The
day for these things has gone by. Through
the political machine he is now bringing to
bear the force of the national administra-
ton, the pressure of all the social and
financial powers of the state, and is at
tempting to coerce the representatives of
the people to keep him in power. Notwith-
standing this terrific pressure, these same
legislators, backed by the people, will op-
pose him"