The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-15
CURLEY FORCES DEFEATED.
All Four G. G. A. Candidates for Boston
Council Elected.

Boston, Dec. l5.--The forces of tn,
Good Government association won eacl
OF the four councillor seats in yesterday
municipal election. License advocates
were again in considerable majority
Opposition to taking land from the com
mon to widen busy thoroughfares pre-
vailed.
The vote was an unusually large one,
especially in the absence of the mayoral-
ty as an issue Mayor James M. Curley
has two years still to serve, but in his
| campaign addresses in support of four
candidates opposed to the Good Govern
ment ticket, he said that his administra-
tion was on trial. The ballots bore no
political designations.
James j. Storrow headed the success
full candidates for the three-year term,
with 42,96l votes. John j. Attridge was
second, with 3S,460; and Walter L. Col
Inns third with 36,5O5. All three are
present members Of the council.
Thomas j. Kenney, also Good Gov.
ernment candidate and former council
man, won the contest for an unexpired
term Of one year, receiving 43,346 votes.
His opponent William +. Doyle, was
10000 votes behind.
The leader of the Curley ticket. James
A. ("Jerry") Watson, polled 32,65s votes
and ranked fourth among the candidates
for the three-year seats.
Miss Frances G. Curtis was reelected
to the school committee by a wide mar
gin in three -cornered contest.
The result of the vote on the license
question had generally been considered
more doubtful this year than in the past,
several elements entering into a no-li-
cense movement. The majority proved
greater than last year the vote being
Yes, 45,s35 no. 3l,ssl. A year ago the
figures were: Yes, 20,s55; no, l9,49s On
the matter of slicIng the common, voters
were called upon to express themselves
three times, whether the historic ground |
should be reduced to widen Park street,
fremont street and Boylston street. |
Each of the proposals was defeated, the |
varying, but being consider
able in each instance.
Lynn Voted No-License
The change of Lynn from license to
lo-lcense was the most noteworthy fea-
lure of the elections held in Massachu-
'etts cities outside of Boston. The liquor
question was the most prominent one
before the voters in most of the cities,
,ut there was no change except in Lynn.
Twelve cities voted against license, as
ollows: Attleboro, Beverly, Everett,
lynn, Maiden, Medford, Melrose, New
'uryport, Newton, Revere. Somerville
nd Woburn. The "wet" cities are Bos-
on, Chelsea, Chicopee, Lawrence, Lowell
nd Worcester.
Ten of the cities elected mayors, but
ational lines were drawn in only a few
One of the iyeliest campaigns
1as in Lawrence, where Mayor John p.
.ane, who was filling the unexpired
erm of the late Mayor Michael J. Scan. :
IN, was defeated for a full term by {
ohm X. Hurley. Paul flanagan. direc. I
or of engineering, whose career has at
acted much attention outside of his I
wn city, also failed of reelection. May.
{ Dennis j. Murphy Of Lowell also lost l
IS fight for reelection. In Chicopee, Dr. I
/. J. Coakley. Independent Democrat, n
as the successful mayoralty candidate, t
nd in Maiden, Charles NJ Blodgett was ?
ne winner. Il
Mayors who were successful for re- v
ection were James II. Malone in Chel- a
"A, James Chambers in Everett. Charles v
Adams in Melrose. Clarence J. Foggin n
Newburyport, Edwin O. Childs in G.
ewton, z. +. Cliff in Someryille, Harold
johnson in Woburn, and George NJ. i
right in Worcester. In the other cities c
lere was no election for chief executive s.
lis year.
With Attleboro and Lowell accepting a K
ferendum giving fremen one day of
! five, this custom will now prevail in
] the cities Of the state.