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Show mn and woman in the ordinary walks of life." FOSS OPPOSES SENATOR LODGE BOSTON. Nov 20 -Governor-elect Kuirene N Poss issued a statement tonight to-night In which he demands that Senator Sen-ator Henry Cabot lodge withdraw from the field for er-elcction. In the event of a refusal Mr. Foss declared ho would go Into every section sec-tion of the commonwealth In a cam-aign cam-aign to defeat the senator. Mr. Foss' dtatement In art follows: "In the name of the majority of the eolo of the commonwealth of Massac husetU;, I demand that Henry i Cabot Ixidge surrender his scat In the 1'nlted States senat by withdraw-) Ing from his contest for re-eleciion. I "His re-election to the senate would be a rendiatlon of the great victory of the pole at the last election. He was on itIhI as much If not more than Governor Draer and If he had been the candidate. my majority would have been double what it was. "The Issues on which the fight was made, on which I was elected, were honest tariff revision downward. bw-erdutles bw-erdutles on the necessaries of life, free raw rnaterals, an untaxed food supply, reciprocity with Canada and more domesticity In our form of gov cm men t. "We all know where Senator Lodge stands on these issues and where he has btood all these years. To reelect re-elect him would be a step backward and Massachusetts has never learned learn-ed to walk backwards. ' I shall never sign his credentials except at the end of a campagn which will make the last one look like an afternoon tea party. "He must, surrender or fight. He must defend his position before the people. The peoplo of Massachusetts I will not permit him longer to nianlpu- late the legislature. I am ready and , if he docs not retire, will be on the J stump In every section of tho state J and will find out where the people stand. I "Senator lxdge Is not in touch with the now order of things, with the progressive spirit of the times. He does not represent the people, the |