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Vol. X May 3, 1912 No. 18 
A Taft Victory. 
It is now apparent that President 
Taft carried the State of Massachu- 
setts. Such a result was not unex- 
pected although the vote was closer 
than anticipated. The conservative- 
ness of Masachusetts was depended 
upon. The vote for Mr. Roosevelt 
was a decided rebuke despite the 
victory for him in gaining the dele- 
gates at large. One of the most un- 
fortunate results of the Primary 
was its defeat of the will of the peo- 
ple on the vote for delegates at 
large. Mr. Taft carried the state 
preferentially and failed to obtain 
the delegates at large. This result 
was brought about by the presence 
of a ninth delegate for election at 
large. This delegate was disgrun- 
tled because he had not been placed 
upon the regular slate and ran in- 
dependently. He pledged himself to 
Taft. The other eight in a group 
were pledged to William Howard 
Taft. The primary ballot was com- 
plicated. To its bewilderment must 
be added that it was the first pri- 
mary for President held in the state. 
Kach voter was permitted to vote 
for only eight in the delegates at 
large group. Many thousands of 
voters made an error and voted for 
the one isolated disgruntled politi- 
cian and also for the eight. This 
nullified the voters vote on the dele- 
gates at large. Consequently it 
transpires that Mr. Taft carried the 
state and lost the delegates at large. 
Jt is reasonable to suppose that the 
delegates at large belonged to Mr. 
Taft. It is unreasonable to suppose 
that the voters of Massachusetts 
voted for Mr. Taft as their Presi- 
dent and were unwilling to vote for 
his delegates at large. The election 
was a victory for Mr. Taft and a 
decided rebuke to Mr. Roosevelt. It 
is most unfortunate that the will of 
the people of Massachusetts should 
be balked by the very ballot that 
was supposed to grant the people 
new powers and privileges. The 
delegates at large elected do not 
represent the will of the people as 
prferentially expressed by their en- 
couraging vote for Mr. Taft. In the 
loss of these delegates the President 
has not had a square deal. 
The Contested Delegation. 
Mr. Roosevelt has already made a 
publie statement saying that if the 
preferential vote was for him and 
Mr. Taft won the delegates he would 
contest the delegation, on the theory 
that the delegates do not represent 
the will of the people. As a matter 
of fact the situation is actually the 
reverse of the imagined situation. 
Mr. Taft has won the preferential 
vote of the people and is the man of 
the people, the people’s choice. Mr. 
Roosevelt has won the delegates at 
large and he is not the choice of the 
people. Will he claim the delega- 
tion at large from Massachusetts? 
Can the delegates at large be true to 
the Roosevelt doctrine that the will 
of the people is supreme and vote 
for him at Chicago? The will of 
Massachusetts has been undeniably 
expressed. William Howard Taft is 
the people’s choice. If the Roose- 
velt delegates at large vote for Mr. 
Roosevelt they will be defeating the 
will of the people, the great Roose- 
veltian slogan. What will Mr. Roose- 
velt do with the Massachusetts dele- 
gates at large that do not express 
the will of the people? 
Municipal Education. 
A new departure in Municipal 
Edueation could be made by the 
towns on the North Shore which 
would result unquestionably in the 
cultivation of a loyal community 
spirit wherever tried. Each of the 
towns from Rockport to Beverly 
Farms would reap an immediate 
benefit. Each year the annual bud- 
get of the Town, of Rockport, the 
City of Gloucester for Magnolia, the 
Town of Manchester, and the City 
of Beverly for the Town of Beverly 
Farms should make a liberal but not 
necessarily large appropriation for a 
series of public lyeeum programs to 
be given during the winter season. 
This departure although novel to the 
North Shore is not new. Boston has 
been trying the experiment with 
success for some years. It would be 
peculiarly successful in the towns 
along the shore. These appropria- 
tions could be placed in the hands 
of competent unpaid commissions 
for expenditure. This commission 
could create its own organization 
and each of the towns could each 
winter for a small expenditure of 
money provide in an economical and 
dignified way for public lectures and 
instructive recreations. The field is 
wide open. Every church on the 
shore has endeavored to solve the 
severe ploblem in its own way but 
the sphere of influence of any one 
chureh, cathole or protestant, is so 
limited that the social service to the 
communities is nil. The possibility 
of developing this field by private en- 
terprise is hopeless. No group of 
individuals can spare the time from 
business to develop it to a degree 
warranting it as business enterprise. 
On such a basis such courses are 
doomed from their inception to finan- 
cial failure. But as a municipal en- 
terprise it ought .to succeed. The 
school-house halls or town halls are 
vailable and in making such use of 
them the modern movement to so- 
cialize the influence of the school 
will be partially realized. This pro- 
position is worth ‘considering and 
the Breeze suggests it to the Town 
we suggest it to the Town of Man- 
chester, the Cities of Beverly and 
Gloucester, for their wards, Beverly 
Farms and Magnolia, and the Town 
of Rockport. 
The Coal Question. 
It now appears that the coal scare 
is about over. The _ bituminous 
miners came to an agreement some- 
time ago. Now, the anthracite min- 
ers have come to an amicable under- 
standing. This agreement however, 
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