Word: sullivans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Maher was third in the popular vote, following Councillor Walter J. Sullivan and CCA-endorsed Mayor Edward A. Crane '35. The other incumbents were elected in the following order: Alfred E. Vellucci, Thomas H. D. Mahoney (CCA); Mrs. Cornelia B. Wheeler (CCA); Thomas Coates (CCA); Daniel J. Hayes Jr.; and Bernard Goldberg...
...independent, Councillor Walter J. Sullivan, has the potential power to create some semblance of order out of the disorganized ranks of the independents. Sullivan is from an old political family, has good political instincts, and inherits a hard core of workers loyal to his cause. His background is Irish Catholic, and he eats, sleeps, drinks, and prays politics. He avoids antagonizing anyone and gets along even with his political enemies. Walk out in the street someday with Sullivan; he knows everyone by his first name...
Unlike many of the other independents, Sullivan's search for votes has always been a city-wide effort. Irish Catholics are the largest voting bloc in Cambridge, and, with Sullivan's ability, some sort of powerful voting slate might be developed...
That's one possibility. But the fact is, that no one will really confidently predict what will happen if PR is abandoned. Many independent elements might tend to go their own way out of pure self-interest or distrust for Sullivan...
...Maher wins, someone on the present Council must go. The who is the question that no one can seem to answer. Mayor Crane, Councillor Walter J. Sullivan (normally the vote-gettingist candidate), and CCA-endorsed Mrs. Cornelia Wheeler are usually conceded to be safe. Al Vellucci is safe, though his security isn't as well-established as either Sullivan's, Crane's or Wheeler...