Show WIN BOSTON Hearst Strikers Had an Independent Candidate Who Polled Votes Boston Dec Dee 10 In the closest and hardest fought election contest which Boston has known for many years the city cit went Republican today by 2003 2005 votes vote Postmaster George A Hibbard Republic Republican an defeated Mayor John F Fitzgerald Democrat who was a candidate for re reelection reel reelection election el The revised returns show the th following vote cast for the mayoralty can candidates candidates candidates John A Coulthurst Independence League Lague Fitzgerald Democrat 36 6 0 4 Hibbard Republican The city voted to license saloons by a large majority somewhat smaller than in previous years however due to a hard harl campaign on the part of the clergy and others in an endeavor to keep the sa loons out of the suburbs Two features contributed notably to the return of a Republican mayor after six years cars of Democratic administration one being the heavy vote given to the Inde Independence League candidate by Ek Democrats and the other the thorough investigation made by b a finance commission into the affairs at the city hall hail in which evi pi deuce dence has been brought forth alleging irregularities in the purchasing depart department department department ment and in the granting of contracts through which it was claimed the city C ty had lad lost hundreds of thousands of dol lars While the Independence League vote proved sufficient to transfer the power from one of the lending leading parties to the theother theother theother other it did not come anywhere near the strength expected by b those th who bas l their estimates on the vote in the recent state campaign when whim the Independence League polled a vote larger than the Democratic party |