NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
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TO THE VOTERS 
OF THE 
Alst Essex Representative District. 
The coming session of the Mas- 
sachusetts legislature promises to 
be one ofthe most momentous in 
the history of that body. Impor- 
tant questions, involving the 
present and future welfare of the 
citizens of the state will come up 
for discussion and settle- 
ment. It is of the utmost 
importance that these 
questions be settled by 
men qualified to pass with 
understanding and exper- 
lence upon business affairs 
and to this end it becomes 
the duty of the voter to 
scrutinize} the qualifica- 
tions of the candidates of- 
fering, with the utmost 
care. In reality the choice 
of the membership of the 
legislature is far and away 
the paramount issue of 
the present campaign. 
These questions are to 
be met in no. partisan 
spirit. They require attri- 
butes for their settlement 
above mere party lines. 
They involve the welfare 
of the entire community 
without regard to mere 
political considerations. 
With this in view the 
Independent Citizens of 
the 21st Essex district 
have prevailed upon a man 
to stand as a candidate for 
representative who, it is 
confidently believed, will 
meet the approbation of all 
good citizens anxious for 
the highest welfare of the 
state. The man presented 
for your favorable consideration is 
BENJAMIN HOUGH COR- 
LISS of Manchester. 
Mr, Corliss, it need hardly be 
said, requires no introduction to 
the residents of Gloucester or the 
district. Born in Gloucester, a 
member of a family which has al- 
ways been prominent in the civic 
and social life of the community, 
none have more willingly or un- 
selfishly nor more efficiently or ef- 
fectively labored for the welfare of 
their town, Their record isa part 
of the town’s and city’s history, 
Mr, Corliss’ long and active ca- 
reer, connected with one of the 
largest business houses of the city 
in a most responsible capacity,has 
demonstrated beyond argument 
his superior fitness and business 
qualifications for the place, For 
12 years he served as registrar of 
voters of Gloucester, and his most 
enthusiastic supporters in the 
present campaign are the gentle- 
men with whom he was asso- 
ciated during that period. 
In 1903 he was prevailed upon 
to allow his name as a candidate 
BENJAMIN HOUCGH CORLISS, 
INDEPENDENT CITIZENS CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE, 21ST ESSEX DISTRICT, 
for mayor of Gloucester in a field 
of four. His standing and popu- 
larity was signally shown by the 
fact that he polled the highest 
vote ever recorded, to the time, 
for a candidate of the party which 
placed him in nomination,coming 
within 60 votes of the successful 
aspirant. This was entirely spon- . 
taneous. He resolutely refused 
to make promises to an element 
which could have furnished the 
requisite number of votes for his 
election prefering to go into office 
with clean hands, unpledged, ex- 
cept to the citizens, to work for 
the greatest good of the greatest 
number. 
In this campaign he stands ex- 
actly upon the same plane. He 
enters it absolutely unpledged 
except with the assurance that 
the interest of any man however 
so humble will find in him a _ wil- 
ling advocate, and no just request 
will go unheeded in the event of 
election. The interest of both 
capital and labor (and the in- 
terests of the two are indentical) 
will find in him a friend just and 
fearless—not discriminat- 
ing against one to the de- 
triment of the other, but 
rather striving to bring 
each on the common and 
high ground of mutual co- 
operation and regard. 
A career in public life 
is valuable only for the 
analysis it affords when a 
candidate places himself 
before the voters for their 
suffrages. Has it been 
disinterested and for the 
highest public good, or 
has it been largely tinc- 
tured by personal and 
selfish motives tending to 
lower the town of things 
civic and political? That 
after all is the test. Actions 
speak louder than prom- 
ises, 
There should be no 
consideration of party in 
the present contest. He 
serves his country and 
his state best who is 
above mere party lines. 
Therefore a vote for 
Benjamin H. Corliss is a 
vote for good government 
and strict business inte- 
grity as applied to the 
affairs of the state. 
VOTE FOR 
Benjamim H. Corliss, 
For Representative. 
By the  B. H. Corliss Cam- 
paign Committee, 
Sylvester F, Whalen 
Chairman 
James R. Pringle 
Secretary 
Gloucester, Mass., Oct. 22, 1907. 
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