New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
FITZGERALD WINS
Has I,414 PLURALITY
IN BOSTON FIGHT.
Storo1o, Nearest Competitor,
to Ask Recount-Hibbdrds
Vote Only 1916.


Fitzgerald to fill the Mayors chair again.
this time for a fouryear term, giving
him 47,172 votes and plurality OF l,4l4
over his nearest opponent, James j. Stor-
row, banker. former president or the
Chamber of Commerce and former chair
man of the school board, who received
45,757. The most remarkable feature Oh
the election to many was the small vote
of 1876 given the present Mayor, George
A. Hibbard who received $4,000 votes TWO
years ago, being elected on reform
ticket over Fitzgerald. The fourth May
orally aspirant, Nathaniel II. Taylor
found only 613 supporters.
While the foregoing figures were those
announced at City Hall, Mr.. StorroWs
campaign manager had other returns.
and on these based a statement, gwen
out early in the evening, that while ne
acknowledged the election of Fitzgerald
by an apparent plurality of 291 votes, he
would ask for recount.
The city went for license by major
ity of 27,122, the vote being: Yes, 54,Os4;
no, 26,972 Last year the majority for
license was 1885.
John F.. Fizgerald's comment on the
result OF the election was brief. He
said: Mr. Storrow deserved to be de-
feated for the methods that he used. 1
thank the citizens of Boston for their
confidence in me. 1t will not be mis-
placed
Mr. Storrow declined to make any
statement aside from expressing a de-
termination to ask for a recount
Governor Eben S. Draper said:
Il understand that ex-Mayor John F.
Fitzgerald has been reelected Mayor of
Boston. The contest has apparently
been close one. The Republican lead
ers of Boston and the commonwealth
have been entirely frank. 1 have no
further comment to make"
A NOTEWORTHY CAMPAIGN.
The campaign, noteworthy in many
ways, was easily Bostons greatest. A
record total vote. 95.125. more than S4
! per cent of the total registration, was
! cast. The largest previous vote was
| cast in 1905. when Mr.. Fitzgerald was
| first elected mayor, the total vote then
| being 92994, Of which Fitzgerald re-
ceived 44,111.
| Mr.. Fitzgerald won his victory to-day
| in s. e of the fact that not one of the
| daily newspapers of the city advocated
| his election. He based his campaign on
| a plea for vindication. his previous term
| In office having been conspicuous for
| the exposure by the Finance Commits
| sion of graft among a number of his
! subordinates in City Hall. Like Mr..
| Storrow, he is a Democrat in national
| politics and has been a Democratic
! also heretofore in local politics.
Mr.. Storrow, who resigned the pres
! idency of the Chamber of Commerce to
| enter the campaign, made a tremendous
| fight to gain the chief eXecutorship of
the city, promising the citizens a pro-
| gressve business administration He
was unable TO overcome, however. the
work of the powerful personal following
| of Mr.. Fitzgerald.
| HARVARD ATHLETE ASSAULTED. .
With one or two exceptions the battle
of the ballots was conducted in orderly
fashion. One man was arrested in
Ward s, the stronghold of Martin Lo-
masney, one of Fitzgerald's chief lieu
tenants, charged with repeating. His
defence was that the election officers
had confused him with his son. Earlier
in the day, in the same ward, Ernest E.
Smith, former Harvard athlete and
one of StorrOw's workers. was assaulted
by an unknown man, who fractured
Smiths nose in two places Brass
knuckles, hidden by an automobile
glove. were used by his assalant, Smith
told the police.
Mr.. Storrow appeared at Police Head
quarters at a. m. and prevailed on the
police TO send additional officers to the
Ward s polling booths. Later Mr.. Stor-
row was ordered off the sidewalk near
the polling booth of Precinct 1 by Fitz-
gerald supporters, who said that he and
his friends We're obstructing the passage
of voters He obeyed without protest.
ing.
THE LIE PASSED IN WARD s.
Another incident in the Ward battle
ground was a clash between Mr. Storrow
and John l. Fitzgerald, warden OF Pre-
cinct 6, where it is said a challenged
voter was allowed to deposit his ballot in
spite Of "a protest from the Ctorrow
worker. The lie was passed between the
warden and Mr.. Storrow. but no blows
were struck at this polling booth. Mr.
Storrow felt no ill effect to-day of the
attack which was made on him and half
a dozen Of his workers in Ward 13, South
Boston, last night.
The Citizens Municipal League and
the Good Government Association Sc
cured the election of nearly all their can
didates for places in the new City Coun-
Gil Two indorsed by the James M. Cur
ley faction were elected. The nine men
elected are Walter l.. Collins, Matthew
Hale and John j. Attrdge for three
years; Thomas j. Kenny. Walter Ballen-
tyne and James NJ. Curley, for two years,
and Frederick j. Brand. Daniel J. Nc
Donald and Timothy j. Buckley, for one
year.
The legislative department has been
cut down to single council of nine
members. The Mayor elected to-day
will have four-year term, but the vot-
ers have the right to recall him at the
end of two years If a majority of them
think he has been unfaithful to his
trust in which case a new election is to
be held.
John +. Fitzgerald, or Honey Fitzger-
aid" as he was Familiarity called on ac-
count of his ability as mixer" was horn
in the Boston tenement district in 1899