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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Manchester’s Candidate for the Sen- 
atorial Nomination. 
As the weeks pass by and the po- 
litical atmosphere is becoming 
charged for the fall campaign it is 
getting evident that Manchester, 
the “little town by the sea,” often 
heard of, but seldom in any political 
connection, is to play a prominent 
part. So prominent, in fact, that 
the people of Manchester are begin- 
ning to feel confident of sending a 
man to the senate this fall. 
It is pretty evident that James F. 
Shaw, whose candidacy for the Re- 
publican senatorial nomination was 
announced some weeks ago, will be 
sent to the Senate and will be the 
first one to represent the town for 
more than a score of years. 
Mr. Shaw is one of the _ best 
known men.in the commonwealth 
and his nomination so far as Man- 
chester is concerned is practically 
an assured thing, and his friends al- 
ready claim for him a majority of 
the rest of the district. 
In the current number of Practi- 
cal Politics is a well written article 
on Mr. Shaw, giving an excellent 
account of his unusual achieve- 
ments in the business world. We 
very gladly print the following ex- 
tract’ irons the warticie: 
There are few young men in this 
commonwealth better known or 
more widely known, especially in 
the business circles of the _ state, 
than James F. Shaw of Manches- 
ter. His youth has apparently been 
no handicap to him, for very defi- 
nite and decisive successes have 
crowned his efforts already. 
To mention the half dozen men 
who might today be termed  con- 
trolling factors in Essex county, the 
Shaws, father and son, must be in- 
cluded. Unlike some others of 
these “factors,” however, the 
Shaws have done much for the bus- 
iness interests of the county and 
have never at any stage been forced 
to depend on politics or political ad- 
vancement. 
The political astrologers are now 
busy on James F. Shaw’s chart. 
Some of them find his star of des- 
tiny somewhere over Beacon hill. 
As a matter of fact there is little 
doubt now that Mr. Shaw’s 
friends will insist on his candidacy 
for the state senate. Much of the 
old animosity, engendered during 
the Shaw-Gardner controversies, 
has faded away. A year ago, when 
Capt. Gardner was a candidate for 
re-election, the elder Shaw refused 
to permit the use of his name as an 
opposition candidate. On the con- 
trary the Shaw influence was direct- 
JAMES F. SHAW OF MANCHESTER. 
ly given to the congressman, with 
the result that the campaign of that 
year was quite as harmonious as the 
preceding one had been disturbed. 
So if James F. Shaw is a candidate 
for election to the state senate the 
alignment of forces will be same- 
what different than during his 
father’s congressional fight. 
That Mr. Shaw is well equipped 
for legislative work no one can 
deny. Few men understand Essex 
county and its needs better thar he 
does. He has important business 
and political connections throvgh- 
out the state which would prove 
valuable assets for his county. 
Mr. Shaw went out a year ago 
as a delegate to the Republican na- 
tional convention at Chicago. The 
good-fellowship and companionable 
qualities of the young leader were 
strongly demonstrated on this oc- 
casion. In more senses than one he 
was the life of the party. Away 
from business he knew of no oppo- 
sitions, and the way the lions and 
the lamb got together on that im- 
portant mission to the middle-west 
was edifying and instructive. The 
best fellows in the party were to- 
gether and the genial James head- 
ed them. 
Business men very generally pay 
high tribute to the judgment of the 
Manchester man. He has_ been 
placed in most delicate and signifi- 
cant places that would have per- 
nlexed older men, but has acquitted 
himself excellently. He enjoys a 
deserved popularity, not only in 
those business circles wherein he 
has been so active, but in social and 
political circles as well. His emi- 
nent fairness has won for him quite 
as much as that business acumen 
and astuteness which are admittedly 
his. He has refused, as a matter of 
course, to take any unfair advan- 
tages of the enemty when the temp- 
tation to others would have been 
strong. 
Of course this line of conduct has 
created what might be called by 
some a Shaw machine in Essex 
county. Mr. Shaw would of course 
deny any such institution as a ma- 
chine. Whether it exists or not he 
has never been accused of aspir- 
ing to be either “boss” or “dicta- 
tor.” He has important interests to 
protect, and his friends have a fu- 
ture mapped out for him. What- 
ever his fuure movements may be 
they are worth watching. 
Amid the stress of business, Mr. 
Shaw has found time to develop 
his social inclinations and to take 
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