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No. 16 
Vol. X April 19, 1912 
The Presidential Primaries. 
The thirtieth of April will be an 
important day in the history of 
Massachusetts, for on that day the 
citizens of the state will cast a vote 
for the -first time for delegates to 
the conventions which will choose 
the candidates for the Presidency 
of the United States. As the cam- 
paign progresses, the Yneaning of 
the decision in Massachusetts in- 
creases. If Massachusetts should 
fail to register for Wiliam Howard 
Taft it would be more significant 
than the vote of any of the states 
already received. What happened 
in Maine, Illinois and New York was 
not unexpected. If Massachusetts 
turns away from Taft to Roosevelt 
the vote will be surprising in its 
effect upon what has already become 
the most interesting contest for the 
presidency of the United States in 
the last two generations, perhaps 
since the days of the contest for 
president in Lincoln’s second term. 
Realizing the importance of the 
Massachusetts vote the Roosevelt 
forees have used every known means 
to increase his strength. Mr. Roose- 
velt thinks it worth while to come 
into the state. He has been here 
twice already and will return again. 
It is apparent on the very surface of 
things that while the voting strength 
of Massachusetts is small that there 
is a contest on. It is a rare Presi- 
dential campaign when both con- 
testants find it politic to enter the ~ 
state. Yet this has happened and 
every republican should guard well 
his birthright and be in town to 
vote at the primaries. 
The Boston & Maine Railroad. 
It seems to be the popular will at 
present to take up the sledge ham- 
mer and pound. The corporations of 
the country apart from the legiti- 
mate prosecutions which are justifi- 
able because of the breaking of the 
laws of the country, have been 
forced to bear unusual expenses be- 
cause of flagrant attacks by the 
press, in unjustifiable suits, in 
speeches of political damagogues 
and unscrupulous lawyers. When the 
current once starts in any given 
direction it is hard to stem it. Public 
opinion is formed quietly but steadi- 
ly and the unvarnished falsehoods go 
unrefuted from mouth to mouth. In 
this form of attack every corpora- 
tion of any size has suffered. It is 
not to be wondered at that the Bos- 
ton & Maine Railroad has had its 
share to bear. It has been popular to 
give that system a bad name. It is a 
striking fact that never before in 
this state have the railroads been 
more susceptible to the influence of 
pubhe opinion. This is clearly seen 
in the foreed position which the 
Boston & Maine Railroad took to 
inform the publie as to its improve- 
ments and care of the transportation 
problem plaeccd in their hands. 
There is no doubt that many abuses 
have crept into giant corporations, 
but nevertheless corporations should 
have some protection from the in- 
vidious and evil insinuations of ‘the 
press. The onlooker is forced to 
stop and ask—what is back of these 
persistant attacks on the Boston & 
Maine? What do they mean? 
Clara Barton. 
The passing of Clara Barton into 
the life eternal brings to mind again 
the loyal work of the nurses of the 
great Civil war. War brings with it 
the terrible fruits of hardship, pain 
suffering and death. The hospitals 
filled rapidly. All this made work, 
requiring beyond the skill of the 
physician the devotion, relief and 
fidelity of the nurse. The soldiers 
and sailors earned every reward 
which has been their honest due but 
their faithfulness and_ patriotism 
was equalled by the loyal women 
who served their generation and 
country on the field and in hospitats, 
Clara Barton, lantern in hand, in the 
darkness of the night, went out on 
the field of battle and ministered to 
the needs of the wounded and com- 
forted the dying. When asked 
‘“‘how she, a young woman, could 
bear all that horror,’’ replied, ‘‘Just 
by forgetting whether I lked it or 
not; just by seeing only the need 
and doing what I could to relieve it.’’ 
They do well to call her the ‘‘ Angel 
of the Battlefield,’’? ‘‘The Soldiers’ 
Mother,’’ ‘‘God’s Christmas Gift of 
Ninety Years Ago.’’ With her faith- 
ful and self sacrificing was begun 
the great work of the Red Cross 
society. The spirit of Clara Barton 
will anew be known and felt. She 
being dead yet speaketh. 
Colonel Roosevelt vs. Congressman 
Gardner. 
The surprise of the week in the 
aenouement of the presidential nom- 
ination contest was the challenge 
forwarded by Congressman Gardner 
of this district to his friend Colonel 
Roosevelt. The situation is unpar- 
ralled in the history of the United 
States a former President, seeking 
for the nomination of the republican 
party finds a glove thrown at his 
feet by a Congressman. Mr. Gard- 
ner is sincere in his challenged and 
has made a ‘‘move’’ that will force 
Mr. Roosevelt to guard well the ring 
wherein he has set his hat. The ad- 
dresses of Mr. Roosevelt and Presi- 
dent Taft brought the contest into 
Massachusetts. Mr. Taft’s triumph 
over Mr. Roosevelt both personally 
and politically was unique and un- 
paralleled in the political history of 
Massachusetts. If Mr. Roosevelt ac- 
cepts the challenge and meets Mr. 
Gardner in an open forum it does 
not appear that he ean come off vic- 
tor. Mr. Gardner is not likely to 
dodge issues or permit the dodging 
of real issues in this campaign. If 
these two men meet on a Massachu- 
setts platform, steel will strike steel 
and the fire will fly. No previous 
admirer of Roosevelt, and he is 
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