Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-10
HOTTEST EVER,
Boston Will Finish To-
morrow City Campaign.
Many Unusual Features Mark
The Hubs Mayora|ty Fight.
Charges, Counter Charges and Even
Epithets Fill the Air.

Boston, Jan. 9.-When voting Boston
goes to the polls Tuesday, "fnis" will
be written to the greatest and most
spectacular municipal campaign that
this old-time Puritan city has known
for many long year.
Many unusual features have marked
the four-cornereu mayoralty struggle.
Both the leading candidates have been
prodigal in making whirlwind tours,
repeatedly speaking in a single even
ing at Il or 20 rallies in widely sep
arated sections Of the city. Bands of
Fitzgerald supporters, frenZiedly Wav-
ing small American flags and Justify
singing Il "MarseillaiS" campaign song
have paraded the principal streets in
the heart OF the city. Again and again.
one of the chief candidates has made
the astounding charge that his prn-
cipal rival mas subsidized not only the
entire press of Boston, but also a New
York evening newspaper and a New
York weekly. The city is buried be-
Meath a blanket of campaign advertis-
ing never before even approached, To-
cally, in extent.
Monster rallies, at which almost un-
exampled enthusiasm has been dis
played, have followed one another in
rapid succession. These have been sup
plemented by smaller rallies in stores.
factories and every place where a hun
dred CT 50 voters could be reached. One
of the candidates. James j. Storrow
often hailed as one of Boston's leading
citizens. is man of great wealth and
standard bearer for the .'Uplift'' forces.
Another, EX-Mayor John F. Fitzger-
aid has pleaded for recollection to free
himself Of the stigma which attached
itself to his administration through
the exposure Of graft in City hall our
ing his term.
Each of the candidates has unim-
tied battery after battery of charges
and counter charges. Epithets, among
them often the "unforgiveable" one,
Fave filled the air. One of the
strangest features of the campaign is
the spectacle of the present mayor,
George A. Hibbard, appealing for re-
election on party linesedespite the fact
that this election is being held under
the new charter, which was framed
With view to eliminating party pol
icies. The ballots will bear no party
designations, merely the candidates
names and home addresses. Owing to
throat trouble, Mayor Hubbard has
had to have most of his speeches read
for him, while he sits mutely upon the
platform and mods assent. Another un-
usual feature has been the charge that
local fractions interests have been
dabbling III politics to the extent of
supporting one candidate while nomi-
nally approving another. The fact
that under the new charter the mayor
elected TUESDAY will hold office for
four years. controlling the expenditure
of more than $10n,G0O,0o0 has aided in
bringing public interest in the con-
test 20 q white heat.
The Whirl Of the political machinery
was not allowed to die down entirely
today, former Mayor Fitzgerald and
Nathaniel II. Taylor appearing before
several labor, social and other organ
izations which hold Sunday meetings.,
and Mayor George A. Hibbard issuing
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