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the State Government and through the
open.
He is further credited with enjoying
lot of influence at Washington. Mr..
Allen Is authority for the statement
that Mr.. lines is nothing more than a
| lobbyist OF the old school-the leader
OF "the third house." where secret
deals originate, so to speak.
Out I'm the Clare
| One of Mr.. Innes's undisputed ac-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to Mr.. Allen
lis lodging the limelight, in which
undertaking he was most successful
until Mr.. Allen struck his trail. In the
closing days of the campaign Mr..
! Times Is very much in the limelight.
He has emerged from seclusion to hurl
defiance at his critic. The Governor
not only has admitted his friendship
for the man who knows" but has
fastened to give him a certificate of
character. Said the Governor in an
swer to the Allen charges last night:
Il believe l speak correctly when /
say he (Mr. Innes) has been the friend
of every Republican Governor of this
Commonwealth during the last twenty
years, and / believe speak the truth
when l say he has been the personal
friend of every Republican President
during that period. have never had
any business or professional relations
with him in my life"
Aside from the reasons which
usually prompt rival candidates to
make charges against each other there
does not appear to be sufficient ground
for those made by Mr.. Allen in the
popular estimation Mr. Cox has made
good Governor and worked heart and
| hand with his Attorney General for
! the public welfare-until Mr.. Allen got
stung with the well known political
bee which is more deadly than the
equally annoying boil weevil.
Mr.. Allen deservedly earned fame
for bringing about the removal re-
spectively Of County District Attorney
Pelletier and Tufts of Suffolk (Bos-
toni and Middlesex, which is Just
across the Charles River. Tt was a
brave thing to do, not unlike that
which won the esteem of the whole
country for Calvin Coolidge (now Vice.
President of the United States) when
as Governor he set UP the standard
Of law and order" and broke the
Boston police strike.
Mystery I'm the Case.
The Pelletier case, by the way. is
one of the most amazing incidents in
American politics. Pelletier and
Tufts were removed from office and
disbarred from practicing law for US
ing their offices to promote instead Of
preventing crime.
The details of their ventures are
even vet obscured in mystery, pre-
sumably to save the regulations of
wealthy men who are alleged to have
paid blackmail for immunity for So
cial offenses of a grossly disreputable
nature. The job of exposure has never
been finished
Pelletier, despite the conclusive
action of the courts which disbarred
him. is seeking "vindication" by aspir-
Ing to the Democratic nomination for
the office from which he was removed.
Under the Massachusetts, law a Dis
trict Attorney did not have to be a
Jaw yer FOiioWink TclIlONdl
the Legislature passed a law compel
ling it. Pelletier challenged it by
securing the requisite number of sig
natures to refer it to popular vote.
The citizens OF the State will pass
on it at the November election. There
is a fine point involved here. Pelle-
tiers supporters contend that the
restriction cannot operate against him
because ballots for him must be
counted before those cast for the
referendum.
Boston citizens are really much
more concerned over the Pelletier case
than any of the other contests. The
disgraced official Is employing the
same tactics as those resorted to by
Mr.. Suizer following his impeachment
and removal as Governor OF New York.
He is appealing to the sympathies OF
the mob. and is apparently getting It.
From trucks he nightly pleads with
the men and women voters in the tene-
ment districts of Boston to vote for
him.
Appeals TO Emotions.
He wastes little time in denying the
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racial. religious and primitive emotions
OF his audiences.
lie is an effective campaigner In his
newspaper campaign. He strikes a;
the elemental. For instance:
With the light of mercy shining in his
ever pleasant glance
I lie raises up the fallen and he gives
another chance.
: And with the milk If human kindness
That's contained within his soul,
Tempers justice with that mercy
; AS he points another goal.
! Pelletier is opposed by Ave candi-
dates for the nomination he seeks
Mr.. O'Brien, who was appointed in his
place, has both the Republican and
Democratic Endorsements and probably
will win. though some of the other
contenders have been obviously put up
| y ter,