The Washington times., 1910-07-14
ALL EYES ON FOSS
IN MASSACHUSETTS
If Chosen Governor By
Democrats He Might Loom
Up for Presidency.
By JOHN SNURE

TIE fate Of Massachusetts, in a DO
Itical way this fall revoIves around that
singularly interesting and eminently
energetic parsonage, Eugene n Foss,
now Reprasentative from the Fourteenth
district
As the ouens run, II Foss IS nominated
by the Democrats for governor ne. VIII
he elected If Foss is not EoI5=s=sss-ce5.
then the probabilities are that the Dem
OCTats viii fail to carr The State
Much as the fsht between Henry Ca
bot Lodge and Butler Anes IS talked
about. the big question from The stand
point CT Massachusetts, politicians Is not
The IOdgg-Amss controversy. but who
VIII be the next governor One reason
for chis Is that Ames IS not expected 20
defeat Lodge
Moreover j the state should be turned
over TO the Democrats headed by q
strong man like FCSs. II would De a
source Of great cnCOuTaEemen1 10 Demo
Gratis al over the country and Foss
would loom ND as much more OF q ma
Il0Hai lSuT5 than he IS now The cleo
Eon OF Foss as governor of AIassachd-
sSttS TINS year might lefl the Democrats
70 seize on him as their next nominee
1cT fl-.-laent- Stranger Things nave
happened.
Fav0rs Tariff Reduction
Many signs are Elven that 1Iassachu-
sets is about 10 loom up as a strong
low tariff state. just as she did IN the
days OF Cleveland But there are com
pncauC1s which do not augur entirely
well IoI the Democrats These relate
70 the question whether Foss shall be
nominated for governor or whether
James H Nahey shall be the nominee
Adney was defeated III -ss FOR gov
ernOr b Eben s Draper, who carried
me STATE b. Uuso-o. In Es5, Valley came
within 6,0aU OF defeating DEauer. valley.
who is iriSl-AmeTiCan and q Catholic.
EaS declared himself q candidate Tor re-
L-citlllS-I7I}il- Many Democrats think
IElS ill-adNiSe1 and believe Euss would
MAKE the stronger race D-I-e two ueH-
ross ms had more 20 do with the Re
publican unrest in Massachusetts than
any other one man II was back In
1892 that he burst into the field OF Re
publican politics with the demand for
Iar1H revision and Canadian reciprocity
ne was eight years ahead OF his time
and knew 10, but cared nothing for Of
nee He had refused 10 remove an euar-
nous iron working plant from Boston
tariff conditions were wrong for manu-
IacturlnS In New England the proper
Lnlng was 20 revise the tariff and not
10 lose New England Industries
Views Appear Beretical
This simple doctrine sounded strange
and heCeucal in the ears Of The tariff
bOurbons Of Nassaclusetts. chiefly tex
Tile manufacturers. and the name. Of
ross became auaLEema in ReuuDhcsR
councils Senator Lodge and lle state
machine would have supported Fuss
Loyalty in his first campaign. but the
abnormally Selt-reliaGt FoSs Geiiber-
s1ely picked a quarrel with Lodge and
has kept il UP ever since.
he would Ike 10 defeat Lodge for the
Senate but knows that Lodge is TO
strong for defeat His next bz-- target
IS Governor Draper, q warm friend Of
Lodge and @ stand pltter- FosS cares
genius IS eSSeIllla--y executive, and he
is q great business genius IL is now
his aub ton TO defeat Draper as the
representative OF Lodge and the old ma
Friends Of Foss say he VIII never stop
until he has broken Lodges power. In
q measure he has already done this. for
the word OF Lodge IA no longer ounip-
stent except among the Senator's own
immediate followers But FUS5 Is Ud-
Iient, and he is unique In that he VIII so
out 10 defeat as CheerfuIIv as to a VIC
tory Il took AIaSSa chUSerts i've years
TO learn this peculiar claTac reristiC
OF the most disturbing factor in Bay
STATE politics but The lesson is learned
now
Election Predicted II Nominated.
Massachusetts Republican politicians
have been freely predicting that if FoSs
should be nominated for governor this
year BY the Democrats without too
much OF a fight he would be elected
Since the legislative record OF the ses-
sion of Congress Just ended has shown
up fa-OrabIE and since the promise af
Roosevelt TO visit Boston, they nave
taken heart a little Nevertheless they
are looking forward 60 the hltrerasr
fight for state supremacy ever Wa-eI-
Nahey, who has been q candidate for
governor twice before. owed his saIec-
ton the first tine to the prominence he
attained as counsel for one Tucker.
murderer Of Mabel Page, whom q dis
eliminating judiciary ordered electro
cuted- Vahey. as an attorney. turned
the State upside down with proteSta-
lions cf fuckers innocence bur the
Judges .Luu'L see IL that way and
Tucker was executed Nevertheless Z
gave Ealey much promI euce- for he
made an able fight
NaheE demands a reuol nation and
the Republican leaders hope ne viii get
s. They think him weaker than FOss-