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That it takes more than alittle rain 
and muddy streets to dampen the ardor 
of Manehester Republicans was evi- 
denced last night when the only cam- 
Senator JAMES F. SHAW, 
Who Presided 
paign rally of the fall was held. So foul 
was the weather that the out-of-town 
companies that had promised to come 
didn’t show up, but the local enthusias’s 
made up for what was lacking in this 
line. Fully sixty young men were in 
line, with torches on their shoulders, 
and a score or more of the younger boys, 
men on horse back and tbe band brought 
the number up to over a hundred. 
A few of the West Beach ars ar- 
rived on the 8 o’clock train and joined 
the paraders whenthe parade was _ half 
over. : 
The line was formed at the railroad 
station at 7.30, with E. P. Stanley as 
chief marshall, and W. R. Bell, captain 
of the local battalion. The line moved 
up Summer street extention to Washing- 
ton, Union, Central and Bridge streets, 
to Ashland avenue, countermarched 
throught Bridge and Central to School 
streets, thence to Vine street, Norwood 
avenue, Washington, North, School 
streets to the Common, where the speak- 
ers and band left the line and went to 
the Town hall. ‘The paraders proceed- 
edto the old bowling alley on Beach 
\ street where coffee, sandwiches, dough- 
nuts and cheese awaited them. 
It was almost 8.30 when the town 
committee took seats on the stage in the 
Town hall, accompanied by the speak- 
ers of the evening. Chairman J. T. Stan~ 
ley of the committee introduced as the 
presiding officer Senator James F. Shaw, 
candidate for reelection. On asuming 
LET PE, (kOe ee ee 
Torchlihtg Parade a Success, Despite the Inclement Weather. 
Speakers Entertained a Large Audience 
REPUBLICAN RALLY AT MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT 
Some Good 
the chair Senator James F. Shaw took 
occasion to thank the voters for their 
most generous support the past two years, 
and said that in serving the district he 
had given his best efforts. He reiterated 
what he had said. to the voters of the 
Gloucester section of the district earlier 
in the week on his Jabor record. ‘This 
Ex-SpeaAaKkerR JOHN N. COLE, 
One of the Speakers 
statement will be found below on this 
page. 
Senator Shaw then introduced as the 
first speaker of the evening ex-Rept. 
Walter Webster of Boston. Mr. Web- 
ster gave a good talk on some of the 
issues of the campaign, dealing for the 
most part with national issues, speaking 
particularly of the attitude of the two 
great parties toward labor and toward 
trusts. 
Attorney General Dana Malone fol- 
lowed Mr. Webster and ex-Speaker 
Cole made the closing speech. 
Senator Shaw Claims His Labor Re- 
cord was Misrepresented. 
**T find Mr. Smith evidently uninten- 
tionally stated, that I was opposed to the 
so called overtime bill but if he will in- 
vestigate the senate journal he will find 
that | am on record as voting in favor of 
that measure. 
“Tt was with some surprise that I read 
the letter of Mr. John Golden, president 
of the Textile Workers Union, as I feel 
very confident that without having inter- 
viewed Senator Norcross, chairman of 
the committee on labor, the latter will 
state that if it had not been for myself 
DEMOCRATS TONIGHT. 
Speakers Expected. Rally Scheduled 
for 7.45. 
Democratic Rally tonight at 7.45! 
While there will be no parade, outside 
the brief informalities attendant upon the 
speakers being conveyed from the home 
of Benjamin Corliss on Lincoln street to 
Four 
CHARLES D. SMITH, of Gloucester, 
One of the Sp-akers Tonight 
the Town Hall, there is t» be enthusiasm 
and spirit en»ug1in the hall after the 
speaking begins, 3» the committee says. 
The speakers expected are Arthur 
Withington of Newburyp prt, candidate for 
Congress; Chas. D. Smith of Glouces- 
ter, candidate for state senator, Charles 
A. Russell of Gloucester and the Honor- 
able Frank C. Richardson. 
An invitation is extended to all to be 
present,---irrespective of party afhliations. 
and a few friends, there would have been 
no labor legislation last year favoring the 
reduction in hours of labor of women 
and children in this state. 
‘“T have understood that postponing 
the time to 1909 for the measure to take 
effect was not quite satisfactory to the 
labor interests, but it seemed good _busi- 
ness to me to have the bill take effect, 
after the legislatures in adjoining states 
had convened and been given the oppor- 
tunity of passing similar Jabor bills, so 
that the Massachusetts industries would 
not be handicapped for a period of 12 
months. 
**T also note that both Mr. Smith and 
Mr. Richardson, dwell upon the fact 
that I am interested in various corpora- 
tions. As I recall it the only important 
piece of legislation affecting street rail- 
ways or steam railways directly from a 
finaneal standpoint was the bill to estab- 
lish the amount of ad damnum in case of 
death from $5000 to $10,000 and I voted 
in favor of that bill. 
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