The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-01-17
WEEKS WINS
FOR SENATE
Sudden Shift Gives Him 81,
Total Needed.
NAMED ON 31ST ROLL CALL
Unanimous Choice Of Republicans
After Caucus Ballot Nominates-
Mccall Men Stand by Him to
Last.

Boston.-Congressm John W.
Weeks Of Newton will be the next
senator from Massachusetts, succeed
ing Winthrop Murray Crane Of Dalton.
His election was assured when he
was given the Republican nomination
on the 31st ballot. The losers joined
in making the nomination unanimous.
The contest for the nomination wag-
ed between Congressman Weeks and
Congressman Samuel w. Mccall of
Winchester will be historic There
has been an active canvass Of the
state of months duration. The bal
loting in the caucus has extended over
four days and not until the next 10 the
last ballot had been cast was the re-
suit assured.
On every one Of the nine ballots
cast Congressman Weeks led. al
though his margin on the first was
but one vote.
Only once was the Weeks advance
halted. IL had started with a gain of
one vote on the first ballot, of five
on the second, four on the third, one
on the fourth, four on the fifth and
two on the sixth. Then there was a
setback. The total on the seventh
ballot dropped to 50 from So. 1t had
been looking like Weeks all the af-
ternoon, but it seemed for a few min
utes that the limit had been reached.
There was a clear majority of the
161 members taking part in the eau
Gus, but under the rule adopted at
the conference 94 votes had been fixed
as the minimum number necessary for
nomination, that figure having been
suggested by the Mccall men
Mr.. Weeks received 81 votes to Nc
Calls 81.
John Wingate Weeks of Newton, at
the age of 80 years, has achieved dis
tinction in such varied fields as naval
seamanship, finance and statecraft.
Trained for naval career at Annap-
polls, he abandoned the service after
three years as a midshipman. He
retained, however, deep interest in
naval subjects and for eight years
preceding the war with Spain he com
manded a division Of the Massachu-
setts naval brigade with the rank
of captain.
During the war with Spain he COM
manded the second division of the
auxiliary United States naval force
on the Atlantic coast He has at var
ious times contributed his knowledge
on military and naval affairs to work
as a member of the military advisory
board of Massachusetts,, the military
board of examiners, and the board of
visitors to the United States naval
academy.
In banking circles, which he enter
ed in 1883 as a member of the firm Of
Hornblower & Weeks he has risen
TO leadership and the firm in which
he is a partner forms a part of the
dominant group of local financial and
brokerage houses.
Capt Weeks. as he is best known
among his associates, has played a
conspicuous part i'm municipal and
state politics. He served his home
city of Newton as alderman for three
terms and mayor for two terms. In
1905 he presided at the Republican
state convention and in the fall of
the same year he was elected to con
gress from the 18th district. His
congressional work has been con
spicious involving for two terms the
chairman of the great committee on
postofiices and post roads, and a
place on the monetary commission, in
which he contributed much TO the dis
cussion Of currency reform. Perhaps
his principal achievement as a mem
Der of Congress was the passage of
the Weeks White Mountain and Appa-
lachian forest reserve.
Mr. Weeks was born in Lancaster,
n H.. April Il, 1860, and is a son Of
William ID. and Mary Helen (Fowler)
Weeks.