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Volume 10 January 12, 1911. Number 2 
Taft and Roosevelt 
The problem of the Presidential 
nomination as far as President 
Taft and former President Roose- 
velt is concerned is not compheated. 
He who runs may read. By the 
unwritten law of the organization 
the incumbent is entitled without 
severe competition to the support 
of the party. President Taft ex- 
peets this support and will get it. 
There is no doubt that President 
Roosevelt is a man of personal am- 
bitions, and if he had none, of what 
value would his personality be to 
the community. He has been and 
is still the advocate of the ‘‘open 
policy’’ and the ‘‘square deal.”’ 
He is too large a man and too sin- 
cere a friend of good government to 
resort to connivance or petty poli- 
tics to obtain the Presidential nom- 
ination. The channel is open. Pres- 
ident Taft knows the position of 
former President Roosevelt and his 
authorized statement in the Outlook 
should be received at its face value. 
To declare himself out of the race 
pubhely and to encourage the pop- 
ular movement for his nomination 
secretly while not illegal would 
certainly put a turn in the character 
of President Roosevelt which every 
one knows never could or would 
happen. Roosevelt is trying and is 
playing the game on the square. Of 
course he would like to be Presi- 
dent. He would like to break the 
unwritten law of the land concern- 
ing the Presidency; he would like 
to be President when the canal is 
completed but he is too strong, 
righteous, clear minded a man than 
to allow any personal wish belie his 
character or permit him to resort 
to belittling strategy. If there is a 
stampede for Roosevelt independent 
of the man it will be a triumph for 
Theodore Roosevelt citizen, but if 
that movement is the result of quiet 
polities on the part of Roosevelt it 
will be a stain upon his good name 
that will endure. If Roosevelt is 
ever President again he will be an 
efficient President, but if he ever be 
elected to that high office again it 
will be because the people wish him 
and eall for his service and not be- 
cause the Colonel ‘“‘has_ pulled 
wires, ”’ 
The Boston Election 
Every student of the political 
movements in the city of Boston has 
reason to be cheered by the results 
of the election this week. While the 
election was that of an off year and 
as there was no mayoralty fight on, 
nevertheless there were four impor- 
tant questions which underlay the 
campaign and which the results of 
the balloting would answer. First, 
the question of the personal suprem- 
acy of the Mayor in election con- 
tests, second, the dominance of the 
democratic city machine, third, the 
question of the value and perma- 
nency of the new charter and finally 
the relative question of the Public 
Schools and Politics. The first two 
questions are not and have not been 
one but they have both been effec- 
tively answered. The election was 
a personal defeat to Mayor Fitz- 
gerald and a party defeat to the 
democratic city machine. ‘The 
value of the new charter was never 
more clearly revealed and the elec- 
tion of Messrs. Brock and Lee was a 
triumph. It indicated an _ over- 
whelming determination on the part 
of the citizens of the city of Boston 
to keep the schools out of politics 
and to keep politics ‘out of the 
schools. The day’s work was for 
the reform party in city polities and 
is a significant indication of what 
can be expected when the next may- 
oralty contest is on? One interest- 
ing factor in the license vote, the 
admission of Hyde Park, adds no- 
license territory to license territory 
but reduces the vote for license. 
Hyde Park went no license but Bos- 
NORTHE SHORES BR EARLE 
ton went license. It was an evil 
day when Hyde Park voted to go 
into Boston. 
/ 
Humane 
One of the most effective agencies 
for good in our midst is the So- 
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty 
to Animals. At the death of Presi- 
dent Angell some fears were latent 
that the work of the organization 
would lose the directive power of a 
strong personality. President <An- 
gell’s unique place can never be 
filled again. Fortunately, however, 
the calling of Pres. Rowley to the 
service has introduced a man _ of 
marked ability and upon whom the 
work of the organization will de- 
volve. It is proposed to erect a 
large animals’ hospital in the Back 
Bay of Boston to eare for the inter- 
ests of the organization. It will re- 
quire a large amount of money but 
not an unreasonably great amount. 
Every lover of animals, from the 
fireside cat and the romping field 
companion, the dog, to the noble 
servitor, the horse, is interested in 
this humane enterprise and it has 
the well wishes of all such. While 
the larger problems are being cared 
for, the organization has not been 
unmindful of the details. During 
these severe icy days. officers have 
been placed on the hills about Bos- 
ton to care for the interests of our 
dumb friends with beneficent  re- 
sults. Let the good work prosper. 
The Work Question, Again 
The editorial of last week pro- 
voked an unusual amount of inter- 
esting comment. The — situation 
justifies the repetition of the sug- 
gestion made therein. There is 
much work ahead that has been’ 
planned for the early spring which 
is being withheld on the North 
Shore. There have been more idle 
men and less work during the last 
month than in any corresponding 
period in at least ten years. The 
contractors are doing everything 
that can be done to keep men at 
work. There has been a cessation 
of building operations with its 
consequent dullness in all building 
lines. The severe weather of the 
past week has not helped. But 
this severity is but temporary and 
there ought to be every reason why 
such as are planning early spring 
work’ should not begin to let the 
spring rush 
work out now. The 
G. E. WILLMONTON 
ATTORNEY AND 
COUNSELOR AT LAW 
WILLMONTON’S AGENCY 
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS 
SCHOOL AND UNION ST’S, MANCHESTER 
OLD SOUTH B'LO’G, BOSTON 
SUMMER RENT. FOR 
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