DEMOCRATIC CLUB 
Tuck’s Point SCENE OF ANNUAL 
OutTING. CHOWDER DINNER 
The fourth annual outing of the 
Essex County Democratic club was 
‘held at Tuck’s Point, Manchester, 
last Saturday and was attended by 
about 150. A chowder dinner was 
served at 2 o'clock after which the 
annual business meeting was held. 
John H. Sheedy of Salem was re- 
elected president and Frank A. Foster 
of Manchester, secretary. The re- 
maining officers and directors were 
also re-elected. 
Lieut.-Gov. David I. Walsh, who 
arrived late and talked until nearly 
dark, was the principal speaker of the 
afternoon. He made a stirring ad- 
dress and was greeted with wild cheers 
as he arrived and again departed. 
“We are ready for a strong fight,” 
he said, “and if I am to be your gen- 
eral in this campaign, | want your 
promise that you will all be on the 
firing line and ready to support me. 
We are going to fight and we are go- 
ing to win. — 
“There is one thing | want to em- 
phasize, and that is that Democracy 
stands for equality of opportunity and 
the Democratic party is going to see 
that something is done to secure it. It 
is damnable the way candidates ob- 
tain office by use of money. 
“T am going to advocate first, com- 
pulsory voting. Every able voter must 
go to the polls and vote, and at his 
own expense, The sick and invalid 
should be conveyed to the polls at the 
State’s expense. 
“That extensive advertising and 
paid helpers are frequently important 
factors in deciding election contests 
cannot be disputed. The question 1s, 
how far can the influence and ex- 
penditure of money be regulated by 
legislation to provide as near an 
equality of opportunity for candidates 
as is possible? Wealth always will 
have some advantage, but we should 
legislate so as to give it the smallest 
possible influence. 
“Let the candidates state their 
views to the voters in halls provided 
by the cities and towns and in a 
pamphlet published at the expense of 
the Commonwealth, and then let the 
voters go to the polls and choose be- 
tween the candidates. This will 
eliminate the expenditure of enor- 
mous sums for advertising and will 
give all candidates equal opportunity 
to present their issues to the voters. 
“Compulsory voting, which I advo- 
cated in my platform, will eliminate 
the employment of a large army of re- 
tainers as checkers. The poor man 
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seeking public office will then be giv- 
en, so tar as the law can provide, that 
equality of opportunity which our 
Constitution sets forth as one of his 
natural rights and blessings.” 
He closed with an earnest appeal 
for each Democrat to leave no stone 
unturned and no word unspoken to aid 
the cause of Democracy. 
Frank J. Donahue, Secretary of 
state, predicted a vote of 200,000 for 
Walsh. He attacked the immigration 
restriction law advocated by Con- 
gressman Gardner who, he said, is the 
probable Republican nominee for gov- 
ernor. 
Fred W. Mansfield, candidate for 
State Treasurer, rehearsed some of 
the work he has done for State legis- 
lation for the benefit of labor. He de- 
nounced the compulsory arbitration 
act advocated by Congressman Gard- 
ner, which he termed unconstitutional 
and un-American, and advocated com- 
pulsory investigation and compulsory 
publication of the findings of the in- 
vestigation. . 
Richard H. Long, candidate for 
Lieutenant-Governor, said he had 
been converted by reading Woodrow 
Wilson’s book, “The New Free- 
dom,” and pledged his efforts to se- 
cure better legislation on the trans- 
portation, tariff and currency and 
credit questions. 
Hon, Thomas J. Boynton of Ever- 
ett, candidate for Attorney General, 
spoke of the general policies of the 
Democratic party, and how it was re- 
deeming its pledges. 
Other speakers included Thomas P. 
Riley, chairman of the State Commit- 
tee; Michael A. Sullivan of Law- 
rence, candidate for district attorney ; 
Representative John R. Wallace of 
Lynn, candidate for county commis- 
sioner, and Hon. George A. Schofield 
of Ipswich, who announced that he 
still held aspirations to represent this 
district in Congress. 
Frank W. Bell was drawn this week 
as a juror for the session of the Su- 
perior Court at Newburyport the first 
Monday in October. 
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MANCHESTER 
The Brownland ball of Sept. 5, 
which was conducted by the Misses 
Meta Fry and Helen Webber, proved 
a grand success. Everyone who at- 
tended said that it surpassed anything 
of previus years. Miss Fry brought 
with her from New York many ideas 
of decoration which proved a won- 
derful success. One of the decora- 
tions was a large s{gn of the Brown- 
land in large letters of green and 
white with a background of hydran- 
gea trimmed with artificial snowballs 
and vari-colored electric lights. The 
hall was decorated with green and 
white snowballs which the young la- 
dies made. A great many out-of- 
town friends attended and were 
pleased with the whole affair. The 
music was furnished by Long’s or- 
chestra. Miss Meta Fry will return 
to New York in a few days and will 
be greatly missed by a host of friends. 
‘he last dance of the Bachelor Boys 
was held at Town hall last Wednes- — 
day night and it proved one of the 
most enjoyable parties which this ag- 
gregation of young men has run yet. 
There was a large attendance. The 
danee was under the management of 
Harold Curdy and George Elmstrom. 
Members of the North Shore Mas- 
ter Builders’ association from Nahant 
to Rockport attended the first annual 
picnic held last Wednesday at Tuck’s 
Point. Many of the members made 
the trip by auto and a most enjoyable 
day was spent. 
The Manchester polls will open at 
Town hall at 4 p. m. next Tuesday 
for the primaries and will close at 
Oty Oe aaah 
Of the many very pleasant barn 
dances given to employees at the var- 
ious estates this year, none was more 
enjoyed than that at the N. S$. Bart- 
lett stable Tuesday night of last 
week. 
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer P. Full and 
son Charles of Providence, R. I., have 
been recent guests of Mr, and Mrs. 
F. B. Rust, School street. 
Miss Ruth Scott of Beverly is vis- 
iting in town this week. 
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