Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...short address in the Union last night Mayor Hibbard of Boston outlined the present political conditions of the city and what he believed to be the best method for their betterment and reform. The Boston elections, he said, coming as they do in December, place the mayor in a hard position for immediate remedies, as his petitions for improvements and general city management are due almost at once, before he realizes what is most necessary; this, together with the enormous amount of improvement needed, is responsible in part for the present situation in Boston...
Municipal ownership is not practical at present, said Mayor Hibbard, and it never will be until it can be entirely freed from politics. In Boston it has particularly been a failure because of its corruption. A good example is the Municipal Printing Plant of the city, which has been a sort of bank for politicians and their constituents during the last few years. This year, however, it has been placed on a firm basis, with a practical man at its head, and it will be given two years' fair trial to show whether or not municipal ownership is a success...
...Gilmore '08, the president of the League, who will probably be unable to be present. Papers will be read by various delegates, followed by discussion of plans for the coming year. In the evening a dinner will be held at the University Club at which General Horace Porter, Mayor McClellan and others will speak...
...George A. Hibbard, mayor of Boston, will deliver an address on "Municipal Income and Expenditure" this evening at 8 o'clock in the Living Room of the Union...
...Mayor Hibbard has been interested in politics for many years, having been a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, chairman of the Republican State Committee, and city postmaster of Boston. Last fall he won an exciting victory as Republican candidate for mayor of Boston, and has since made effective changes in the city administration...