page_title: Curtis Guild Jr.
section_title: Lieutenant governor
hierarchical_section_title: Curtis Guild Jr. / Political career / Lieutenant governor
caption_attribution_description: English: His Excellency John L. Bates, Governor Identifier: recordofdedicati00mass (find matches) Title: A record of the dedication of the statue of Major General William Francis Bartlett Year: 1905 (1900s) Authors: Massachusetts. Executive Dept Subjects: Bartlett, William Francis, 1840-1876 Publisher: Boston, Printed by order of the governor and Council, Wright and Potter printing company, state printers Contributing Library: New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: . Chapter four of theresolves of Nineteen hundred and three prescribed thatthe Governor and Council should determine the statuessite. In accordance with those resolves the modeling ofthis statue by Daniel Chester French was ordered. Ithas been placed here in the Hall of the Flags in eternalsalute to the very colors which our Massachusetts Sydneyin life so gloriously upheld. It is my high privilege as chairman of the StateHouse Committee and as senior member of the Honor-able Council officially to report to you, sir, the completionof the work entrusted, under your excellencys super-vision, to our charge. It is further my happy duty nowto deliver to you, sir, as chief of the Commonwealth,this statue, a memorial of one whose sheer, consummateheroism in war was as much a matter of course as hismodesty and generosity in peace, a Massachusetts idealincarnate of an American officer and gentleman—William /Francis Bartlett. 37 ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN L. BATES Governor of Massachusetts Text Appearing After Image: HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN L. BATES, GOVERNOR ADDRESS By His Excellency Governor John L. Bates ^^IrS^R. Chairman — By the action of the Gen-eral Court it was decreed that Massachusettsshould show her love for one of her de-parted soldiers by the erection of a statue to his memory. To the committee of the Council was entrusted theexecution of the decree. The committee called to itsaid the genius of one who, passing his boyhood nearConcord Bridge, early gathered from the old battlefieldan inspiration that has enabled him to well depict inmarble, and in bronze, the spirit of patriotism. This statue, but now unveiled, commands our immediateadmiration, for its every line tells of devotion to the flag.It is a worthy memorial of a deserving man, and onbehalf of the Commonwealth, I accept it, sir, and thankyou and the committee and all whose efforts have con-tributed to its erection. The people of this State have not been unmindful ofthe causes of their happiness, nor forgetful of their obli-gatio Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Curtis Guild Jr. was an American journalist, soldier, diplomat and politician from Massachusetts. He was the 43rd Governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1906 to 1909. Prior to his election as governor, Guild served in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, seeing active duty in Cuba during the Spanish–American War. He was publisher of the Boston Commercial Bulletin, a trade publication started by his father.
  Educated at Harvard, where he became a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Guild was like Roosevelt a progressive Republican, active in the party organization from 1881. During his tenure as governor, a number of social, labor, and government reforms were enacted. After leaving that office, he was considered a potential candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1908, and served for two years as United States Ambassador to Russia.
context_section_description: In 1899, Guild was put forward as the party leadership's (in particular Lodge's) choice as the next Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.  In the state convention, he was somewhat unexpectedly upset in this bid by John L. Bates, who won the nomination without significant party leadership support. The party closed ranks and supported Bates, who served as lieutenant governor 1900-03 and then governor 1903-05. Given the party's escalator-style management of potential officeholders, Guild was not again tapped for the lieutenant governor's nomination until the 1902 election.  In that election, he garnered more votes for his office than Bates did for the governorship, although both were victorious.  In 1904 Bates was defeated for reelection by Democrat William L. Douglas, while Guild was reelected to the second chair.
caption: John L. Bates, published 1905
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