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[From the Journal op the Senate.] 
 
 January 6, 1898. 
 
 On motion of Mr. Crane, — 
 
 Ordered, That so much of the Governor's Address as relates 
 to the restoration of the Bulfinch State House and the centen- 
 nial anniversary of its occupancy be referred to a joint special 
 committee, to consist of three members of the Senate and five 
 members of the House ; and that said committee be authorized 
 to make such arrangements, and report such recommendations, 
 as may be necessary to provide for the suitable commemora- 
 tion of these events. 
 
 Messrs. Crane, Holden and Mo ran were appointed the 
 committee on the part of the Senate. 
 
 Sent down for concurrence. 
 
 Came up, adopted, in concurrence ; and Messrs. Lowell 
 of Boston, Harlow of Whitman, Stone of Springfield, 
 Porter of North Attleborough and Cooke of Milford 
 were joined on the part of the House. 
 
 January 10. 
 
 A report of the joint special committee who were 
 instructed to make such arrangements and report such 
 recommendations as might be necessary to provide for 
 the suitable commemoration of the centennial anniver- 
 sary of the occupation of the Bulfinch State House, came 
 up, and was read. 
 
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 The report stated that the committee had arranged for 
 holding appropriate exercises in commemoration of said 
 event on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1898, at 11 o'clock a.m., in 
 the present Senate Chamber ; that on said occasion His 
 Excellency the Governor would preside and an address 
 would be delivered by the Honorable Alfred S. Roe ; 
 and that all members of both branches were respectfully 
 invited to be present at said exercises. 
 
 Read and accepted, in concurrence, under a suspension 
 of the rule, moved by Mr. Holden. 
 
 The exercises were held as recommended, and 
 were as given in the following pages. 
 
 Hon. Ellery B. Crane of Worcester, chair- 
 man of the special committee having the matter 
 in charge, introduced His Excellency Gov. Roger 
 Wolcott, who presided. 
 

 
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PRAYER. 
 
 By the REV. DANIEL W. WALDRON, 1 Chap/am of the House. 
 
 Our Father in heaven, we come into Thy pres- 
 ence with adoration, praise and prayer. We render 
 homage to Thee as the Supreme Ruler and Law- 
 giver. We acknowledge that to Thee we are 
 indebted for every good and perfect gift. 
 
 Our fathers' God and our God, Thou didst 
 bring to these shores our fathers, who, in prayer 
 and sacrifice, laid the foundations of a great 
 nation, whose rising walls bear witness to the 
 heroic deeds of their sons. We bless Thee for 
 
 1 Chaplain Daniel W. AValdron was born in Augusta, Me., Nov. 11, 1840; 
 was graduated from Bowdoin 1862, and from Andover, 1866. "Was pastor over 
 Congregational churches in East Weymouth and East Boston. Feb. 1, 1873, 
 became city missionary of Boston, a position still held by him, the twenty-fifth 
 anniversary of which was observed in February last. He preached the last 
 election sermon in 1880, in the Representatives' Hall, the only time an election 
 sermon was ever given there. He was elected chaplain in 1879 and has been 
 re-elected annually since. In 1892 and 1893 Mr. It. M. Bridgman printed a book 
 containing the chaplain's prayers for those sessions, an exceedingly valuable and 
 interesting collection. It contains, also, a list of all preceding House chaplains, 
 with their years of service. Till 1791 the same man acted as chaplain of both 
 branches. Among the seventy-two different men we find that a majority also 
 served as chaplains of the Senate. 
 
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 the good land we possess; for its civic, educa- 
 tional and religious institutions, from which flow 
 so many blessings to us as individuals, families 
 and a people. 
 
 Most gracious God, we are reminded at this 
 hour that our own Commonwealth has always 
 made generous provision for those who have been 
 entrusted with its public affairs and for those 
 who have enacted its laws. A hundred years 
 ago to-day, in solemn procession, bearing valued 
 records and the treasures in the archives of the 
 State, the Legislature came to this building, pro- 
 vided by the generosity of the State and its cap- 
 ital city, and dedicated it to the honor of God 
 and the people's good. We behold on every hand 
 evidence that the men under whose oversight this 
 hall has been prepared for its present use have 
 fulfilled their trust with fidelity, and to like pur- 
 pose we set it apart this day. Give the wisdom 
 that cometh from above and is profitable to direct 
 to our Senators who are to meet in this chamber, 
 and to our Representatives, as together they en- 
 deavor to guard the public interests. Let Thy 
 smile rest upon the homes that nestle among our 
 hills and valleys, send prosperity to our varied 
 
PRAYER BY REV. DANIEL W. WALDRON. 7 
 
 industries, and may we become more and more 
 that happy people whose God is the Lord. 
 
 Be pleased, heavenly Father, to extend Thy 
 hand in loving benediction upon the Governor 
 of Massachusetts in the discharge of the duties 
 of the position to which he has been called by 
 an appreciative people, to his honorable council- 
 lors and to all who hold places of authority and 
 trust. 
 
 May Thy favor be continued to the President 
 of the United States, to the national Congress 
 and to all the people of this broad land. Grant 
 that integrity may be the stability of the times 
 in which we live. Help us to put away the sin 
 that is a reproach and to pursue the righteousness 
 that alone exalts. Give protection from every 
 foe. Let justice and brotherly kindness control 
 our relations with other nations. 
 
 And now, with holy prayer, the greetings of 
 the chief magistrate of the State and the historic 
 words of the orator, we consecrate this chamber 
 to the promotion of the public welfare. May we 
 also give ourselves to earnest efforts for the good 
 of our fellow men, to willing obedience to the 
 holy and just laws that are a transcript of Thine 
 
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 own mind and heart, and to the endeavor to form 
 such characters as will enable us to leave to pos- 
 terity the legacy of a good name, when we shall 
 mingle no more in the scenes of earth, and go 
 to pass the final review before Him to whom we 
 shall give account for the deeds done in the body. 
 Prepare us to fight the battles that remain to be 
 fought, to be brave under the trials of life, to 
 recognize the relations that grow out of human 
 brotherhood and that we sustain to our Creator 
 and Redeemer, and at length receive us to honor, 
 glory and immortality in Thy presence. 
 
 Hear our prayer, bless us in the services upon 
 which we are entering, guide us in our earthly 
 pilgrimage, and at last may we hear the plaudit, 
 "Well done," dwell in the heavenly mansions, 
 join the " general assembly and church of the 
 first born which are written in heaven ; " and to 
 God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, shall be 
 eternal homage. Amen. 
 
ROGER WOLCOTT. 
 
ADDRESS. 
 
 By His Excellency GOV. ROGER WOLCOTT. 
 
 We are met in joint assemblage of the two 
 branches of the General Court, and in the pres- 
 ence of the Governor and Council, to rededicate 
 to the public use of the Commonwealth the stately 
 and beautiful edifice which was, one hundred 
 years ago, in the eloquent words of Governor 
 Sumner, dedicated to the honor, freedom, inde- 
 pendence and security of our country. Since 
 then it has been the State House of the Com- 
 monwealth of Massachusetts. 
 
 Its walls have resounded to the tread and have 
 echoed the words of statesmen, soldiers, jurists 
 and men of affairs, who have had their share in 
 the fame of the Commonwealth. Here have been 
 enacted the laws which have made Massachu- 
 setts an example and a leader to the other States 
 of the Union. Whatsoever pride its people may 
 
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 feel in their citizenship, in large measure finds 
 its source within these halls. For a century this 
 building has symbolized the dignity and majesty 
 of the Commonwealth. 
 
 Its corner-stone was laid by Samuel Adams, 
 the great popular leader of the Revolutionary 
 period, and by Paul Revere, skilful mechanic 
 and immortal patriot. Its design was the work 
 of Charles. Burnnch, the foremost architect of his 
 time in America, and it stands to-day his most 
 worthy monument. 
 
 Either as owner of the site, or as official occu- 
 pants of the structure, every one of the signers 
 of the Declaration of Independence from the 
 colony of Massachusetts Bay held close rela- 
 tion with this building. Here Presidents of the 
 United States, from James Monroe to Ulysses S. 
 Grant, have been received and entertained with 
 the honor due their exalted office and the char- 
 acter and achievement which they brought to the 
 performance of its arduous duties. Here Web- 
 ster has spoken, and Everett and Choate and 
 Sumner, and many another with lesser fame who 
 yet has deserved well of the Republic. Here in 
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 States, and a Senator of the Commonwealth who 
 had dared and suffered in her cause. Here have 
 acted and labored the long line of my predeces- 
 sors in office who have made the title of Gov- 
 ernor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts one 
 of the most honored in the nation. Here John A. 
 Andrew gave his heart's blood to the cause of 
 union and nationality. From yonder steps have 
 marched to death or victory the gallant youth of 
 the State, ready to give their lives to a ' great 
 cause. Here year by year have successive Legis- 
 latures patiently wrought to embody in the statutes 
 of the Commonwealth the fundamental principles 
 laid down in the Constitution. 
 
 These halls are eloquent with the presence of 
 the great dead. They speak to us with the com- 
 pelling voice of the past, and bid us be not un- 
 worthy of the trust it has imposed. May we 
 meet the problems of the present with the spirit 
 which inspired our fathers, and may we dedicate 
 ourselves anew to the maintenance of a govern- 
 ment of the people, by the people and for the 
 people; so may God bless us of this generation 
 as he has hitherto blessed the Commonwealth of 
 Massachusetts. 
 
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 ADDRESS. 
 
 By ALFRED SEE LYE ROE. 
 
 Your Excellency, Mr. President, Mr. 
 Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Senate 
 and House of Representatives : — 
 
 "What is excellent, as God lives is permanent." — Emerson. 
 
 The ink wherewith was written the legislative 
 record of Jan. 11, 1798, as preserved in our 
 archives, shows no trace of fading. There, who- 
 ever will may read that on that day, after recip- 
 rocal notification by each branch of the Legislat- 
 ure, the various departments of the government 
 of the Commonwealth made a ceremonious march 
 to the new edifice on Beacon Hill. Increase 
 Sumner was then in the first year of his service 
 as Governor, Moses Gill had held the Lieutenant- 
 Governorship nearly eight years, Samuel Phillips 
 was presiding for the tenth year in the Senate, 
 


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ALFRED S. ROE. 
 
SAMUEL ADAMS. 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 13 
 
 and Benjamin Hutchinson Bobbins was nearing 
 the end of his fifth term of a like office in the 
 House. 
 
 To-day we are realizing somewhat the fruition 
 of the prayers and fervent wishes which from the 
 very beginning marked the progress of this build- 
 ing. "With what earnestness had Peter Thacher, 
 of the Brattle Street Church, and an eye-witness 
 of the battle of Bunker Hill, prayed in the Old 
 South Church, where the exercises of the day 
 began, for God's choicest blessings upon this en- 
 terprise, July 4, 1795! On that day, when the 
 corner-stone was laid, grand old Sam. Adams, 
 the last of the Puritans, in his executive capacity 
 had expressed the wish that the superstructure 
 might remain permanent as the everlasting moun- 
 tains. Governor Sumner, a century ago to-day, 
 said: "I am confident that you, gentlemen of 
 both Houses of the Legislature, will cordially 
 join me in the fervent wish that this State House 
 may long remain a monument of the public spirit 
 of the citizens of Massachusetts, as well as a 
 testimony of their respect to our happy political 
 institutions." Six days later, the response to the 
 Governor had these words : " In this splendid 
 
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 specimen of the taste and judgment of the agents 
 who planned and superintended and in the ability 
 of the artificers who completed its structure, we 
 are happy to find the public confidence completely 
 justified. Long may it continue an ornament to 
 the capital, . . . sacred to the purposes to which 
 it has been devoted." As we of this new world 
 reckon time the prayer of Increase Sumner is 
 answered, for the building has long continued. 
 Whether Adams's desire, that this structure shall 
 vie with the everlasting hills in permanency, will 
 be realized, time and subsequent generations must 
 answer. We have done our part. 
 
 Since, in 1875, we celebrated, at Concord and 
 Lexington, their respective battles, the people of 
 this Commonwealth have become accustomed to 
 centennials. So prominent have the citizens of 
 Massachusetts ever been in the advancements of 
 the rights of man and in furthering true civil- 
 ization, that nearly every year brings to the cen- 
 tury mark one event or more of almost national 
 importance. Every day is the centennial of some- 
 thing, and from the stand-point of the Infinite, 
 no doubt other selections of objects for distinc- 
 tion than those which claim the attention of our 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 15 
 
 finite minds would often be made. Be this as it 
 may, when a hundred years have passed away 
 since this battle was fought, that man was born, 
 such a ship was launched or this house was 
 built, we like to note the -day, and try, there- 
 from, to gather some impression which may 
 have a profitable bearing on the future. 
 
 The intervening century, since the voices of 
 Sumner, Phillips and Robbins were first heard 
 in this hall or chamber, compares favorably in 
 importance with any and all of its predecessors. 
 American affairs were never crystallized. The 
 history of one day is not that of the next. As 
 with a victorious army whose ceaseless cry is 
 "Forward," so in State and nation we have 
 constantly advanced from the camping grounds 
 of yesterday to higher and more commanding 
 positions of to-day. Commerce, mechanics, trade, 
 education, everything that contributes to the 
 good of mankind, have here taken great strides 
 in their advancement, and very few of them 
 have not, in some way, been connected with the 
 edifice whose existence, after the lapse of a 
 hundred years, we celebrate on this occasion. 
 Within these walls must have been discussed, 
 
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 with all possible ardor, the embargo, sailors' 
 rights and the many issues which led up to the 
 war of 1812, our real war of independence. 
 Here Federalist and Democrat fought verbal 
 battles as eloquent as those of their successors 
 in more recent periods. The Missouri compro- 
 mise and all of the ante-bellum questions had 
 here an airing, and during that memorable 
 period of four years of national straggle, what 
 priceless incidents attached to these corridors 
 and rooms. 
 
 In brief, the noteworthy dates in the history 
 of our State House are these: July 4, 1795, when 
 the corner-stone was laid; Jan. 11, 1798, when the 
 formal opening was had; 1853, when the Bryant 
 addition was constructed; 1866, when the Wash- 
 burn changes were made; 1896, when the late 
 repairs were instituted; and to-day, when we 
 celebrate the centennial. It was fortunate that 
 Charles Bulfinch 1 was the architect. Native 
 genius added to long and devoted study, with 
 foreign travel, had made him the foremost Amer- 
 
 1 Charles Bulfinch was born in Boston, Aug. 8, 1763 ; was graduated at Har- 
 vard in 1781; travelled extensively abroad; devoted his life to architecture; 
 died in Boston, April 15, 1844. An excellent life of the distinguished architect, 
 by his grand-daughter, Ellen Susan Bulfinch, was published in 1896 by Hough- 
 ton, Mifflin & Co., Boston. 
 
CHARLES BULFINCH. 
 
STATE HOUSE FRONT, WITH BRYANT ADDITION. 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 17 
 
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 ican in his profession. The success of this work 
 designated him the designer of the Capitol at 
 Washington, and assured him enduring fame. 
 The building, as he planned it, was symmetrical, 
 elegant and sufficient. Advancing years neces- 
 sitated changes and modifications. For these he 
 was not responsible, nor were the makers blame- 
 worthy. Considering their tasks, Bryant and 
 Washburn did as well as the circumstances 
 would admit. With additions without and alter- 
 ations within, the edifice gradually grew away 
 from the lines of the original designer, and some, 
 easily discouraged, said, " It is impossible to 
 make the structure take again the form and 
 comeliness of Bulfinch's day." The growth and 
 development of a so-called extension, really an 
 independent building, rendered the preservation 
 of the old edifice extremely difficult. The edict 
 all but went forth that the day of destruction 
 had come, when certain men and women said, 
 " Let us make one more effort to preserve." 
 The result surrounds us. Esto pevpetua. 
 
 " Blessings brighten as, they take their flight " 
 is an adage, trite but true. The tablet upon the 
 fence, just below the State House grounds, tell- 
 
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 ing the reader that here once stood the famous 
 John Hancock House, 1 is scant satisfaction, when 
 we reflect how easy it would have been to save 
 the original structure. Its effigy, erected in 
 Chicago at the Columbian Exhibition, was, by 
 common consent, the most interesting and the 
 most visited State building there, rivalling indeed 
 those of the greatest architectural pretensions. 
 Had this edifice been allowed to remain where 
 its builders placed it, who can say what effect 
 it may have had on the present surroundings of 
 this Capitol? Certainly there would have been 
 no necessity of purchasing to the westward for 
 self-protection. Wendell Phillips told us, in his 
 matchless way, that he once escorted a visitor 
 from a southern State beneath this ancient roof- 
 tree; and as the gentleman stepped upon the 
 slab worn by thousands of passing feet, and re- 
 flected that through that very doorway had gone 
 so many times the President of the Continental 
 Congress, overcome by his emotions, he said, 
 ,"You must excuse me, but the presence of so 
 much recalling the venerable past quite unmans 
 
 1 This ancient and interesting structure was sold to James M. Beebe and 
 Gardner Brewer, Feb. 18, 1863, for $125,000. It was taken down during that 
 season and the present brown-stone buildings took its place. 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 19 
 
 me, and I must sit for a moment to recover my- 
 self." The same orator, in Chicago, told the 
 people of that boastful city that they did not 
 sufficiently value the first house built within 
 their limits. It was then standing, and could 
 have been retained at very little outlay. " Cover 
 it with glass and gild it with fine gold," said he 
 of the silver tongue, " and it will more than 
 repay the cost." But his hearers heeded him 
 not, and destroyed the most precious object in 
 their midst. When, however, the world was ta 
 repair thither to see what Columbia had wrought 
 after four hundred years of striving, Chicago,, 
 mindful of her lacking, hurried down to the 
 banks of the James River, carried thence the 
 walls of Libby Prison, brick by brick, and relaid 
 them on the shores of Lake Michigan. She built 
 a facsimile of the home of Robert Burns, and 
 offered fabulous sums to descendants of the poet 
 if they would live therein during the exhibition, 
 just to add interest to the show; but, to the infi- 
 nite credit of the appreciative Scots, let it be said 
 that they could not be bought nor hired. She 
 even came into our own Bay State, and, in Salem, 
 sought to purchase the birthplace of Hawthorne; 
 
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 but Salem, a mere mite in the financial world 
 as compared with Chicago, would not part with 
 what helps to make her borders so interesting. 
 The queen city of the west has her glories, but 
 for history she must await the slow growth of 
 generations; and when that time comes, will she 
 have preserved her memorials of Eugene Field 
 as Massachusetts has hers of Longfellow, Whit- 
 tier, Lowell, Emerson, Prescott, Bancroft and 
 scores of others whom Fame delights to honor? 
 A resident of this Commonwealth was once re- 
 turning from California, via the Northern Pacific 
 Road. As he neared Minneapolis, the party 
 whose acquaintance he had made during the 
 long journey insisted on his stopping in the ac- 
 tive, thriving city of the north-west, to see what 
 great buildings were there. "Do you think," 
 said he, "we have no overgrown structures in 
 the east? If you will promise to show me the 
 first building erected within the limits of your 
 proud city I shall be glad to stop." But, no! 
 , False notions of progress had long before wiped 
 that away, and only towering sky-scrapers re- 
 mained to excite the astonishment of observers. 
 "However," said the traveller, "as you do have 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 21 
 
 here the Falls of the Minnehaha, immortalized by 
 the pen of Longfellow, I think I will stop off long 
 enough to see them." Unhappily, the falls were 
 having their mid-summer vacation, so Minneapolis 
 presented very little of interest to him. 
 
 Scenery alone will not continue to enchant the 
 traveller, else Americans would never go beyond 
 the borders of their own country. Their land 
 offers, in rivers, lakes, plains, mountains, gorges 
 and natural wonders, all that the rest of earth 
 has to present, and more. Not till centuries have 
 intervened, however, can our woods and waters 
 attract as do those of lands where the hand of 
 man has wrought from the dawn of time. The 
 Palisades of the Hudson, the Dalles of the Co- 
 lumbia, the mighty waters of the St. Lawrence, 
 impress and please; but we turn from them to 
 marvel at the history which flows along with 
 the waters of the Rhine. At this point crossed 
 English Edward in the days of the Crusades; 
 here Charlemagne devised his mighty schemes; 
 and there was the bridge which Caesar built, — 
 till history is lost in legend and myth. Surely 
 Americans do not encounter the perils of ocean 
 travel simply to see what fashion is doing abroad. 
 
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 Palaces have little part in their expectations, for 
 we have as grand and beautiful at home; rather 
 we go away to see the traces of deeds that have 
 won renown during the ages; and thus, in the 
 wonderful cathedral in Canterbury, we gaze upon 
 the spot where fell a Becket, and look with thrill- 
 ing interest on the coat worn by the Black Prince 
 at Poitiers. We care little for the size of Lon- 
 don, but we are absorbed in the visible evidences 
 of her history, good and bad. Westminster, with 
 its storied memories, St. Clement Danes, with all 
 that it tells of Dr. Samuel Johnson, and every 
 church through whose long-drawn aisle and fretted 
 vault sound the pealing anthem and the note of 
 praise, has some trophy raised by appreciative 
 memory. 
 
 More than any other city in America Boston 
 possesses the halo of history. Annually the list 
 of pilgrims to her shrines increases, till books 
 and guides to point out her storied wealth be- 
 come a necessity. Years since, a Massachusetts 
 teacher, travelling in Canada, made the acquaint- 
 ance of people residing in New Jersey. The 
 son was a graduate of Princeton, and his law 
 course had been taken in Ann Arbor. They were 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 23 
 
 cultured and discriminating. They purposed re- 
 turning to their home by way of Boston, and 
 naturally asked for information as to objects of 
 interest. A list of notables was given, and the 
 day of separation came. Later followed a letter 
 from New Jersey, enthusiastic over the beauties 
 and wonders of the New England metropolis. 
 The only trouble with the visitors was the lack 
 of time to do justice to the occasion. A prophet 
 is not without honor save in his own country, and 
 some of those who care least for what our city 
 has to offer are to the manner born. Faneuil 
 Hall, the Old State House, the Old South and 
 King's Chapel claim the attention of multitudes 
 from abroad, while many whose daily walks lead 
 by them see only obstacles in the paths of trade. 
 Happily such are not in the majority, and senti- 
 ment has yet some hold upon humanity. Over 
 and over the same arguments have been used for 
 the preservation of the before-named buildings. 
 This room itself has rung with denunciations 
 and with counter-blasts. Not one of them is 
 standing to-day with the cordial assent of every- 
 body. Sometimes woman has had to come to the 
 rescue, and when she has entered the lists man 
 
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 has invariably withdrawn discomfited. What 
 work was done to preserve the Old South, and 
 how could we get along to-day without it, when 
 we wish to illustrate the value of historic study; 
 yet some can recall the long debates in this 
 building as to whether it should be spared, or 
 not. Standing in yonder doorway was a repre- 
 sentative, 1 afterward an honored justice of our 
 superior court, when a destructionist was making 
 his familiar remarks on the desirableness of ring- 
 ing out the old and of ringing in the new; the 
 value of the site of the ancient edifice for busi- 
 ness purposes; whereupon the subsequent judge 
 repaired to his own seat, and thence addressing 
 the Chair, in just one sentence, uttered in his 
 characteristically hesitating manner, effectually dis- 
 posed of all opposition. These were his words: 
 "Mr. Speaker, as near as I can make out, the 
 whole trouble with these folks is they aren't will- 
 ing that God Almighty should have a corner lot." 
 In spite of opposition, however excited, long and 
 bitter, these buildings, to paraphrase the words 
 of the dying Webster, still exist; and to-day we 
 
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 add to their number, fresh from the hand of the 
 rehabilitator, old yet new, in all its glory of years 
 and associations, the Bulfinch State House. 
 
 "What is there in this building to excite the 
 admiration of mankind?" is a question often heard 
 during the past four years; and, in evidence of 
 lack of appreciation, I think it can be paralleled 
 only by the query of a Representative, sitting in 
 the fifth division in 1894, when it was proposed 
 to do away with the legal features of Fast Day 
 and to substitute therefor the 19th of April. It 
 was then that this citizen, Representative of our 
 Commonwealth, in deep distress over the loss 
 of a day which he had never observed, cried 
 out, " And what ever happened on the 19th of 
 April?" If to those who are familiar with the 
 story of our State House it seems trite and unin- 
 teresting, it is not so to many who come to us 
 from abroad. "When, in 1895, the Knights Tem- 
 plars of America assembled in Boston, one of the 
 Sir Knights climbed Beacon Hill, filled with a 
 desire to look upon scenes that carry the observer 
 back to the days of the Adamses and Webster. 
 When he found the gates and approaches closed, 
 and " No Admission " greeted his gaze, it was no 
 
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 consolation to him to learn that the extension was 
 open. In forcible if not elegant language he 
 
 remarked that he wouldn't give a to see that 
 
 or any new building ; " I want to see the room in 
 which Andrew worked, the hall where Webster 
 spoke and the chamber where Henry Wilson pre- 
 sided." In 1895, when the fate of the edifice was 
 still in the balance, a resident of far-away Chicago 
 came hither with a friend, who, I am happy to 
 state, has had much to do with the preserving of 
 the structure, and with him went over and through 
 many of the interesting parts of the building. 
 " And do I understand," said he, " that Massachu- 
 setts people are going to permit the destruction of 
 this Capitol? If they do, all I have to say is this, 
 just give us folks of Chicago a chance, and we 
 will buy it and remove it, piece by piece, as we 
 did Libby Prison, and we will put it up in our 
 own city as the very choicest relic there." Hap- 
 pily the opportunity did not come to the dwellers 
 by Lake Michigan to taunt us with the possession 
 ,of what should be and is one of our most cher- 
 ished heritages. But the battle for its salvation 
 was not an easy one. On the one side were 
 ranged selfish interest, opportunity for still fur- 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 27 
 
 ther appropriation of money, a wholly false notion 
 that gaudy colors and glittering tinsel are better 
 than that which has withstood the test of time 
 and which has the impress of genuine genius. 
 The old was derided, the new extolled. Minute 
 imperfections in the ancient were magnified, while 
 defects in the new were ignored. " To be or not 
 to be " seemed the vital question during at least 
 two sessions of the Legislature. The ultimate 
 decision was deferred till the very last moment, 
 during the session of 1896, and was finally made 
 in favor of preservation. "But carry out the 
 plans of the special committee of experts of 
 1895," said the lamented Greenhalge, " and the 
 Bulfinch front will stand five hundred years." 
 Acting on this suggestion, a bill was framed, 
 giving the direction of repairs into the hands of 
 the Acting Governor, since Governor of the Com- 
 monwealth, His Excellency Roger "Wolcott; the 
 President of the Senate, the Hon. George P. 
 Lawrence of North Adams; and the Speaker 
 of the House, the Hon. George v. L. Meyer of 
 Boston. The placing of the work in the care 
 of its friends was wholly intentional, and the 
 wisdom of the measure is seen in the results. 
 
28 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 
 
 After due consideration, the architects employed 
 were Charles A. Cummings, Robert D. Andrews 
 and Arthur G. Everett, of whom the last named 
 has attended personally to the details of the 
 work. The builders have been Messrs. Wood- 
 bury & Leighton. Supervisors, architects and 
 builders all vied with each other in carrying out 
 the purposes of the Greenhalge commission. And 
 how have they succeeded? They were told that 
 the sum of money asked for was insufficient, but 
 it has sufficed to restore and furnish, and, what 
 is stranger still, have a surplus to turn back into 
 
 the treasury. For more than a twelvemonth 
 
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 these halls seemed a veritable land of desolation. 
 The walls were underpinned; mezzanine floors 
 were removed; a steel framework, from the 
 ground up, was made to support the new steel 
 roof; and in the dome iron was made to do the 
 work hitherto performed by wood, till at last 
 " fire-proof '' was written over all its surface, 
 within and without. Steadily the work pro- 
 gressed, with no halting whatever, till the build- 
 ing, as designed by Charles Bulfinch, appeared 
 in all its original symmetry and beauty. Never 
 had walls been more severely tested. In the 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 29 
 
 introduction of chimneys and in the making of 
 flues unexpected strains were put upon them. 
 In the effort to detect imperfections these same 
 walls had\ been almost honeycombed in places, 
 yet the work of the last century gloriously with- 
 stood the assaults of both friend and foe, and is 
 good for many a year to come. 
 
 It would be an injustice to leave this part of 
 our subject without reference to the aid received 
 from outside sources. Preserved in the archives 
 of the Commonwealth is probably one of the 
 choicest collections of petitions ever presented to 
 the General Court. They came from the State 
 of Maine, signed by the Governor of that daugh- 
 ter of Massachusetts; from Chicago, bearing the 
 names of her most distinguished citizens, many 
 of them natives of the Bay State; from the 
 State Board of Trade; from the architects of 
 America; from labor organizations; from patriotic 
 societies, — till their names became legion. Fan- 
 euil Hall and the Old South resounded with the 
 demand for preservation. As one gentleman 
 remarked, there had been nothing like it since 
 the days of the Civil War. The press of the 
 Commonwealth, almost to a paper, supported the 
 
30 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 
 
 proposition. The farmers came in as they did 
 at Lexington, till at last one legislator surren- 
 dered, saying, " If the people want it, why let 
 them have it." Poetry was invoked, and a 
 rhymster from the Cape thus remarked: — 
 
 44 If the Old State House is out of style, 
 
 then so is Funnel Hall; 
 The Common, too, and Bunker Hill's old 
 
 monument so tall. 
 About their looks, no matter; I know that 
 
 I'm just queer 
 Enough to be right glad and proud to see 
 
 them once a year." 
 
 The New York " Sun" wisely commented, "A 
 
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 single scale of the tutelar codfish is worth a 
 hundred thousand new State Houses." 
 
 But the most valuable aid of all was rendered 
 by a committee of ladies, whose chairman was 
 Mrs. Sarah Lowell Blake; the secretary, Lucy 
 Lowell. Right diligently did they labor, and all 
 who applaud the results should unite in praise 
 of these loyal, tireless women. Coming within a 
 year of the return of the Bradford manuscript, 
 now awarded the post of honor in our library, 
 this celebration of ours over an original edifice 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 31 
 
 seems quite in place. Reprints of the manu- 
 script, on the very same lines, are soon to be 
 given away by the State. How should we regard 
 the building itself, not an imitation? 
 
 "What is all this worth?" I seem to hear 
 some unconverted iconoclast still inquire. Have 
 you not substituted iron for wood, and have you 
 not changed the material of the columns in Doric 
 Hall? To such queries we must answer, Yes; 
 but no changes have been made not necessitated 
 by the demands of modern building and not 
 necessary to the safety of the structure. No 
 one believes that the famous hall of William 
 Rufus, made familiar to every school boy through 
 the matchless essay of Macaulay on the trial of 
 Warren Hastings, is just as that early British 
 monarch left it. Still, its roof is the finest of 
 its kind in existence, and he would be a bold 
 Briton who, for a moment even, would counsel 
 its demolition, simply because it stands adjacent 
 to the later and more showy Parliament build- 
 ing. Our State House, in its record, connects 
 directly with that of the still older edifice on 
 State Street, so that for quite one hundred and 
 fifty years we can see where the laws of Massa- 
 
32 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 
 
 chusetts have been made. This Capitol is one 
 of the very few still standing in America that 
 p point to the story of a century. Connecticut 
 erected a new and magnificent structure in Hart- 
 ford, but she did not tear down the old one. 
 That still does duty in the very heart of that 
 beautiful city. Rhode Island is laying out a 
 large sum of money on a building which shall 
 take the place of the two Capitols now standing 
 in Providence and Newport; and in answer to 
 a query as to the probable disposition of the 
 old structure in the former city, a gentleman 
 long the Secretary of State in Rhode Island 
 replied as follows : — 
 
 Providence, R. I., April 28, 1898. 
 
 My Dear Senator: — Our present State House 
 was erected in 1762 or thereabouts. The new 
 structure is going up in a different locality, and 
 will not probably be completed for some years. 
 Meanwhile, the old edifice is being used. What 
 will be done with it has not been decided. In fact, 
 so far as I know, that matter has not been dis- 
 cussed. There is no doubt, I think, that it will be 
 preserved for some purpose, unless fire disposes of 
 it meanwhile. A special Providence seems to have 
 saved the old building and its precious contents. 
 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 J. M. Addeman. 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 33 
 
 Whoever has seen the stately Capitol of Mary- 
 land, in the city of Annapolis, will readily recall 
 its graceful proportions; so, when there appeared 
 a settled purpose to destroy our even grander 
 and more dignified structure, " My Maryland " 
 was addressed, that we might know what was 
 the popular feeling there as to the retention of 
 so aged a State House, built before the Revolu- 
 tion, and the Secretary of State was pleased to 
 answer : — » 
 
 STATE OF MARYLAND. 
 
 Office of Secretary of State, 
 
 Annapolis, April 29, 1896. 
 Mr. Alfred S. Roe, Boston, Mass. 
 
 Dear Sir: — Replying to your favor of the 
 27th inst., referring to your efforts for the pres- 
 ervation of the old State House at Boston, I 
 would say that the public feeling in this locality 
 is strongly in favor of the preservation of the 
 old buildings around which so many historical 
 recollections cluster. 
 
 The proposition is already being strongly urged 
 for the restoration of the Senate Chamber in our 
 State House to the condition in which it was at the 
 time Washington resigned his commission. 
 
 I trust you will be entirely successful in your 
 efforts for the preservation of your State House at 
 Boston. Very truly yours, 
 
 Richard Baltam, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
34 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 
 
 The pride of the citizens of the Old Dominion, 
 in whatever pertains to her borders, is well un- 
 derstood, by Americans at least; so, though a 
 serious accident soon after the war had precipi- 
 tated a crowded room of the Capitol with its 
 occupants into the floor beneath, and though 
 many lives were lost in the calamity, yet to the 
 question of the further maintenance of the build- 
 ing the following answer speedily came : — 
 
 The State Library, Richmond, Va., 
 April 30, 1896. 
 
 Dear Sir : — Our capitol was planned by Thomas 
 Jefferson, and the model, by Clerissault, sent by 
 Mr. J. from Paris in 1785, is still preserved in this 
 library. The corner-stone was laid Aug. 18, 1785, 
 and it was occupied by the Legislature Oct. 19, 
 1789, when not quite completed. 
 
 There is none who clamor for its demolition, and 
 a riot would likely ensue were such an effort made. 
 Very truly, W. "W. Scott, 
 
 State Librarian. 
 A. S. Roe, Esq., Boston, Mass. 
 
 Here, then, is what those having older Capitols 
 than ours think of their possessions. May we 
 not congratulate ourselves that our edifice, still 
 intact, as it has done for a hundred years, still 
 faces the Common where brave Boston boys, in 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 35 
 
 General Gage's time, persisted in coasting, and 
 that the dome still greets the rising sun and is 
 yet the cynosure of Massachusetts? These are 
 the very walls that in 1861 and 1865 stood back 
 of John A. Andrew when he reviewed brave sons 
 of the Commonwealth as they passed on to do and 
 dare, and die if need be. Down upon the Com- 
 mon yonder is the towering shaft that Boston 
 has erected to the memory of her soldiers, and 
 thereon we see the front of this very structure, 
 the same one that prompted the hand of the 
 sculptor, not one reared on the delusive scheme 
 of similar lines. Opposite is the finest specimen 
 of memorial art in America. 1 It commemorates 
 a scene in front of this edifice on a beautiful 
 morning in May, 1863. There was not an unoc- 
 cupied inch of standing room anywhere on Bea- 
 con Hill. Was not the Bay State, ever foremost, 
 sending to the front the first regiment of colored 
 soldiers raised in a free State, and why should 
 not humanity stand agog? How proud they 
 seemed, those black men by Harvard College 
 graduate led. Blood then quick and exultant in 
 
 » The memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts 
 Regiment, by St. Gaudens; dedicated May 31, 1897. 
 
36 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 
 
 a few brief months was to stiffen in a mingled 
 clot of black and white 'neath the guns of grim 
 Fort Wagner; but these walls heard the meas- 
 ured cadence of those feet that marched on to 
 death and immortality, and these same century- 
 old bricks echoed back the drum beats of that 
 glorious host. The nation was just a half cen- 
 tury old when, before this Capitol, was formed 
 the procession which, Aug. 2, 1826, marched to 
 Faneuil Hall to hear Daniel Webster descant on 
 the worth of John Adams, who had passed to 
 his reward on the preceding Fourth of July. 
 Said an officer of high rank, in the Rebellion: 
 " I cannot think of the destruction of the Bul- 
 flnch State House without feelings of the utmost 
 sadness, for there I and all my associates received 
 our commissions. We went up those very steps, 
 and we don't want a stone or a brick disturbed." 
 In Doric Hall many of the flags of the State 
 and nation were presented by the war Governor, 
 and into the keeping of the State, through that 
 same Executive, they were there returned, or 
 rather what was left of them, after the terrible 
 story of war was told. 
 
 Still, " No history " is shouted by an irrecon- 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 37 
 
 cilable, to whom incidents must have the gloss 
 of at least a century to make them worthy of 
 any consideration, forgetting that a similar spirit 
 would have destroyed the Old South and Fan- 
 euil Hall long before their exceeding merit had 
 dawned upon our people, and that the genera- 
 tions of the future are to regard the scenes and 
 deeds of the War of the Rebellion much as we 
 esteem those of the Revolution. This whole 
 building is fragrant with memories of the days 
 when Massachusetts was ready, thanks to the 
 energy and foresight of Nathaniel P. Banks and 
 the equal energy and determination of John A. 
 Andrew. It was no half-hearted support of war 
 measures that the Commonwealth gave. From 
 first to last she was, if anything, a little ahead 
 of Washington in the urging of decisive action. 
 A merchant of Boston is said to have been sum- 
 moned to the State House in 1862, when Union 
 arms were not winning distinguished victories, 
 and on his arrival he found Governor Andrew 
 in the Council Chamber signing bonds, and his 
 greeting to his visitor was to the effect that 
 he, the merchant, must go to Washington. To 
 his objection that he could not leave his busi- 
 
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 ness, the Governor finally said, " I command you 
 to go." " Oh, well, then, if you put it that 
 way I shall have to go." " Do you believe in 
 prayer?" said the Governor. "Certainly," was 
 the answer. " Then let us pray," said John A. 
 Andrew, and kneeling there, in that chamber, he 
 poured out his soul to God. To quote the mer- 
 chant, "I was never so near the throne of God, 
 except when my mother died, as I was then." 
 His errand was to try to prevail on those in 
 authority in Washington to free the slaves, as a 
 needed war measure. After telling his story to 
 President Lincoln, the latter said, "When we 
 have the Governor of Massachusetts to send us 
 troops in the way he has, and when we have him 
 utter such prayers for us I have no doubt that 
 we shall succeed." The Emancipation Proclama- 
 tion came in September, and again the merchant 
 was sent for. The scene was changed. It was 
 no longer praying, for prayer had been answered, 
 and they were notes of thanksgiving and praise 
 that ascended from that Council Chamber, — a 
 scene that should hallow it forever. Together 
 Governor and merchant lifted up their voices in 
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 blessings flow," and closed with a march around 
 the room to the words of "John Brown's body 
 lies a mouldering in the grave, but his soul is 
 marching on." If many thousands of visitors 
 annually climb the stairs of a hall in Lincoln 
 College, Oxford, to see and stand where met the 
 Holy Club of the Wesleys and Whitfield, may 
 we not expect, in the years to come, that tour- 
 ists, black and white, shall ask of the keepers 
 here, "Where is the place in which the great 
 war Governor prayed and sang on account of 
 the enslaved African?" 
 
 All but three of the governors of the Com- 
 monwealth under the Constitution have wrought 
 within yonder chamber. Not including those 
 who served as acting Governors, the number is 
 thirty-two. Hancock, Bowdoin and Adams had 
 passed out of office or life before this day, a cen- 
 tury since; but could we recall all that the sub- 
 sequent Executives have done in their chamber, 
 we should have the story of the political history 
 of Massachusetts well in hand. Sumner, Sullivan 
 and Bustis died in office. Caleb Strong came 
 to his position after his service in the United 
 States Senate. Elbridge Gerry went hence to 
 
40 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 
 
 the vice-presidency of the nation. Brave old 
 John Brooks, in his uniform, as his figure hangs 
 on the walls of the old Senate Chamber, re- 
 calls his career as a soldier during the Revolu- 
 tion. William Eustis was the last of the Revo- 
 lutionary veterans to sit in the Executive chair. 
 He entertained Lafayette on his first visit to 
 Boston, but the old physician and Governor had 
 passed away in February before the French pa- 
 triot came to the corner-stone laying on Bunker 
 Hill in June, 1825. Then follow the nine years 
 of Levi Lincoln, the longest consecutive record in 
 our list, followed by honest John Davis and the 
 courtly, eloquent Everett. Marcus Morton and 
 George N". Briggs only intervened before we 
 come to George S. Boutwell, the youngest man 
 ever elected to the office, and the senior surviv- 
 ing Governor. George N. Briggs was the only 
 Executive furnished by Berkshire, but, aside from 
 his individual merit, the fame given him as " Gov- 
 ernor B." in the " Biglow Papers " would assure 
 him permanent honor. Ex-Governor Boutwell's 
 personal experiences in this State House go 
 back fully one-half of the period of its existence. 
 His life has been well woven into the fabric of 
 
GEORGE S. BOUTWELL 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 41 
 
 State and nation. 1 We must pass over eighteen 
 years before coming to another surviving Chief 
 Magistrate, William Claflin, one of the few busi- 
 ness men thus promoted. In so doing we see 
 John H. Clifford, Emory Washburn, Henry 
 Gardner of Know-nothing fame, N. P. Banks, 
 John A. Andrew and Alexander H. Bullock, 
 one of the most polished gentlemen who ever 
 held the office. Following Governor Claflin 
 came William B. Washburn, who resigned to 
 enter the United States Senate, and Thomas 
 Talbot filled out the unexpired term. Then 
 came a single year of William Gaston, then 
 Alexander H. Rice; and some of us will never 
 forget the affecting words of the aged man as 
 he appeared before a committee with reference 
 to the preservation of this very edifice. " I was 
 but a boy," said he, " when my eyes first rested 
 on the distant dome, and never from that day to 
 this have I failed to admire its proportions and 
 to revere what it and the building beneath stand 
 for. I pray you let no harm come upon it." 
 
 > George S. Boutwell was born Jan. 28, 1818. It is a remarkable fact that six 
 other governors of the Commonwealth were born in the same year. In the order 
 of their executive service their names are ; Henry J. Gardner, John A. Andrew, 
 William Claflin, Alexander H. Rice, Thomas Talbot and Benjamin F. Butler. 
 Boutwell and Claflin are the only survivors . 
 
42 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 
 
 Tears were in his eyes and a tremor in his voice 
 as he spoke these words. Then followed Thomas 
 Talbot and John D. Long. The year of varied 
 action under Gen. Benjamin F. Butler will not 
 soon be forgotten. George D. Robinson suc- 
 ceeded, with Oliver Ames and John Q. A. 
 Brackett in order. Many here can still see the 
 scholarly face of William E. Russell, recall his 
 gentle voice, the characteristic smile; and with 
 sadness we follow him down to the wilds of 
 Quebec, on the Little Pabos River, there, eight 
 hundred miles from his home and kindred, to fall 
 upon the sleep that knows no waking. Then 
 came Frederic T. Greenhalge, and he was the 
 last Governor to occupy the chamber before the 
 renovation. His successor, our own Gov. Roger 
 Wolcott, leads the procession back to the haunts 
 of old. 
 
 The Council Chamber, could it reveal its 
 secrets, would furnish material for many a dis- 
 course; but its sittings are not for the public 
 eye nor ear. Suffice it to say that the names of 
 many men, tried and true, have been found upon 
 its records, and the Commonwealth is not yet 
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 The Green Room, a creation after Bulfinch's 
 day, is now a memory. Tewksbury investigation, 
 woman suffrage hearings and Meigs elevated 
 railroad schemes are all inextricably blended in 
 its associations. A like fate has befallen the 
 Blue Room, on the east side, over the old Senate 
 Chamber. It, too, was a necessity, worked in to 
 give space for the many committees, but was no 
 part of the plans of the original architect. In 
 the revision, or, better, the return, it has no place. 
 The little better than holes in the wall, into which 
 committees were of necessity crowded, in the 
 revived building are not found; rather there is 
 an effort to replace the partitions and rooms as 
 they were originally. 
 
 If noteworthy omissions are found in various 
 parts of the edifice, we may' congratulate our- 
 selves that the beautiful Senate Chamber remains 
 intact. Few rooms have ever secured warmer 
 words of commendation than this, in which for 
 ninety-nine years the Senate of the Common- 
 wealth had its sittings. Said a distinguished 
 Frenchman, to whom the architecture of the old 
 world was familiar, " Here is something beauti- 
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44 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 
 
 be that soul which is not elevated at the sight 
 of the simple yet perfect adornments of this 
 chamber. Rufus Choate called it the finest leg- 
 islative room in the world. In the olden times 
 there were fireplaces on the east side, and upon 
 one mantle-piece might be found a box of snuff 
 for popular use; upon the other, a generous col- 
 lection of camomile flowers for the comfort of 
 honorable senators. 
 
 Barring the few weeks spent by the Senate 
 at the beginning of the session of 1895 in the 
 quarters subsequently occupied by the Governor 
 and Council in the extension, the Massachusetts 
 Senate was found in this room during the ses- 
 sions of the Legislature till June 10, 1896. 
 There are in this chamber to-day men whose 
 fortune it has been to sit as Representatives 
 here when the room was known as Representa- 
 tives' Hall. It was theirs to assist in the inau- 
 guration of the new hall in the later building. 
 The following year they formed a part of the 
 valedictory session in the old Senate Chamber, 
 whence they went in 1897 to the temporary 
 room, ingeniously fashioned out of what is to be 
 the gallery of the Memorial Hall, a place already 
 
SAMUEL PHILLIPS. 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 45 
 
 destroyed, so that no man may see just where 
 we met for the sittings of that year, and then 
 they come back to this old hall, hereafter to be 
 known as the Senate Chamber. Truly they have 
 known the State House during its transitional 
 period. 
 
 For the nonce, however, let us fancy ourselves 
 in the old chamber, hallowed by its century of 
 associations, and see, if we can, the room as it 
 must have appeared when, headed by Samuel 
 Phillips, the Senators of 1798 filed into their 
 new positions. Powdered hair, cues with eel- 
 skin ties, gaudy waistcoats and knee breeches, 
 all terminating in enormous silver shoe buckles, 
 were then quite in vogue. The President 1 was 
 a gentleman of the old school, of the same stock 
 which gave us so many distinguished men, him- 
 self the benefactor and organizer of the famous 
 Phillips Academy at Andover. For fifteen years 
 
 1 Samuel Phillips, the fifth Samuel in the direct descent from the Rev. George 
 Phillips of Watertown, was born in Andover, Feb 5, 1752. He died there, Feb. 
 10, 1802. Graduated from Harvard in 1771, he was early drawn to the patriot 
 cause during the Revolution, and for twenty years was a member of the Senate. 
 He was a judge of the court of common pleas, 1781-89, and was Lieutenant- 
 Governor when he died. He will ever be remembered for his distinguished ser- 
 vices to the cause of education, for it was through his prompting that his father, 
 Samuel, and his uncle, John, respectively, gave their fortunes to found the acad- 
 emies in Andover and Exeter, N. H. His wisdom directed what they gave and 
 he was himself a liberal giver to the same cause. 
 
46 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 
 
 he presided over the Senate, by far the longest 
 term ever accorded to any one man, the nearest 
 approach being the career of his relative, John 
 Phillips, 1 who wielded the gavel ten years, or 
 from 1813 to 1823, inclusive. The latter was the 
 first mayor of Boston. From the list of Senate 
 Presidents it is interesting to note that Harrison 
 Gray Otis, Nathaniel Silsbee and Henry Wilson 
 became United States Senators, the latter Vice- 
 President. The position can hardly be called a 
 stepping stone to the governorship, since only one 
 presiding officer, William Claflin, was thus pro- 
 moted. We may add the name of Samuel Adams, 
 but he never presided in this building, his term 
 being in the older structure of State Street. 
 From Samuel Phillips to George B. Smith, both 
 inclusive, fifty-two men have presided in this 
 edifice, though the latter not in the old cham- 
 ber. During these years, under the Constitution, 
 nearly two thousand men have had the right to 
 prefix Honorable to their names through service 
 
 1 John Phillips was born in Boston, Nov. 26, 1770, and died there, May 23, 
 1823. He was graduated from Harvard in 1788, and became a lawyer. He was 
 a member of the Senate nineteen years, dying in office. As the father of Wen- 
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 as Senators. In the earlier times it was common 
 for men to be elected to both branches at the 
 same time, and they could then take their choice. 
 In those days mails were slow, and one man, 
 coming down from the western part of the 
 State, presented his certificate of election to 
 the House, was sworn in and assigned a seat. 
 Later came delayed credentials as a Senator-elect, 
 whereupon he presented the same, and claimed 
 the privilege of being sworn in. A debate, last- 
 ing two days, followed as to whether he could 
 be sworn in twice in the same session; and the 
 decision was against him, it being ruled that he 
 had already made his selection when he was ad- 
 mitted to the House. To look through the list 
 of Senators during these years would be to read 
 the names of some of the most distinguished men 
 who have claimed Massachusetts as their home. 
 The Adamses, Sam., John Quincy and Charles 
 Francis, were here; Charles Allen, of Free Soil 
 Party fame ; " Billy " Gray, the merchant prince 
 of Salem; Samuel Hoar and his two sons, George 
 F. and E. Rockwood; Peter Bryant, the father 
 of the poet; Burlingame, Choate, Butler; the 
 
48 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 
 
 Lincolns, father and son; and a host of others 
 whose names have been sounded far by the 
 trump of Fame. 
 
 The necessity of a Senate as well as a Board 
 of Aldermen in our cities has long been a mooted 
 question. In the early days of our nation the 
 matter was debated before General "Washington 
 while he was dining with several men of note, 
 he taking the position that the upper branch 
 was a desirable feature in legislation. " But what 
 good does it do, any way?" queries the doubter 
 as to its utility. Says the First President, " I 
 observe that you pour your tea from the cup 
 into the saucer before drinking. Why do you 
 do that?" "To cool it, of course," was the ready 
 and reasonable reply. " That is just the reason 
 that I advocate a Senate," was the General's state- 
 ment; "much of our legislation needs a deal of 
 cooling." It is well known that for many years 
 the Senate has been stigmatized by some mem- 
 bers of the House, when in a petulant mood, as 
 a "graveyard of House bills." Perhaps no more 
 bills proportionally fail in the Senate than in the 
 House, for so many more are reported in the 
 latter place; but when the smoke of action has 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 49 
 
 cleared away, there are few who do not agree 
 that second consideration in either House is likely 
 to be a cooling one and the public is the better 
 for the process. At the dinner given to Stephen 
 N. Gifford, March 10, 1882, after twenty-five 
 consecutive years of service as clerk of the 
 Senate, Ex-Gov. and Gen. N. P. Banks uttered 
 these words : " I take pleasure in saying that, 
 with regard to the variety of the interests dis- 
 cussed, the novelty of questions, the power 
 brought into the discussion of these questions 
 in the Senate of Massachusetts, where in 1874 
 I was a member, I would be better pleased to 
 have preserved my record in that session than 
 any other part of my life." 
 
 The primordial cell has long been the subject 
 of quest by scientists. Everything has a begin- 
 ning, but that prime cause is oftentimes more a 
 source of wonder than the result. Massachusetts 
 freemen from the onset either spoke for them- 
 selves or through their representatives.' Two 
 classes of legislators appear to have had a being, 
 but they voted together and had no negative upon 
 each other till 1643, when a final separation came, 
 as the result of so insignificant an affair as a 
 
50 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 
 
 quarrel over a specimen of the genus sus, — in 
 other words, a sow. Winthrop, in his history of 
 New England, says : " At the same general court 
 there fell out a great business upon a very small 
 occasion. Anno, 1636, there was a stray sow in 
 Boston which was brought to Captain Keayne, 
 he had it cried divers times, and divers came to 
 see it, but none made claim to it for near a 
 year. He kept it in his yard with a sow of his 
 own. Afterwards one Sherman's wife, having 
 lost such a sow, laid claim to it, but came not 
 to see it, till Captain Keayne had killed his own 
 sow. The noyse hereof being spread about the 
 town, the matter was brought before the elders 
 of the churches, a case of offence; many wit- 
 nesses were examined and Captain Keayne was 
 cleared." It appears that, not satisfied with the 
 verdict, Mrs. Sherman, instigated thereto by one 
 George Story, a somewhat irresponsible char- 
 acter, carried the matter before the inferior court 
 then sitting in Boston, where, after a full hear- 
 ing, the captain was again cleared, and three 
 pounds for costs were awarded by the court. 
 Whereupon the captain brought suit against 
 Mrs. Sherman and Story for twenty pounds dam- 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 51 
 
 ages, on account of the report circulated by them 
 that he had stolen the sow, and recovered. Next 
 the matter gets into the General Court, where 
 for the better part of seven days it occupies the 
 attention of the Solons of that remote period. 
 The issue of this tempest in a teapot was the 
 adoption, March 7, 1643-44, of a resolution empow- 
 ering the separate sittings of the two branches 
 and their independent voting, along with the 
 necessity of concurrent action to warrant the 
 enactment of a law. 
 
 The Constitution under which we still act 
 provided for the election of forty Senators, from 
 stated districts; but at the start there was a 
 queer provision, that from this number there 
 should be chosen, by the Senators and Represent- 
 atives meeting in the same room, nine Council- 
 lors, not more than two of whom should come 
 from the same senatorial district. The districts 
 were re-arranged from time to time by the Gen- 
 eral Court, the number of Senators depending on 
 the amount of taxable property within the dis- 
 trict. This qualification disappeared by amend- 
 ment in 1840. After the Councillors were elected, 
 there were left only thirty-one Senators, and ere 
 
52 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 
 
 long the gentlemen elected to the Honorable 
 Council were wont to decline the honor, thus 
 necessitating their selection from the outside, 
 and the Senate retained a larger number. With 
 the disappearance of the property qualification 
 came the election of Senators by the system in 
 vogue to-day. 
 
 Eighteen different men have been clerks of 
 this body, the longest term of service having 
 been that rendered by Stephen ."ST. Gifford, who 
 died Avhile serving his twenty-eighth term. 1 
 Henry D. Coolidge has been the efficient officer 
 since 1889. 
 
 Many Senators of these later days would 
 think our references incomplete were no men- 
 tion made of the venerable gentleman who for 
 so many years has opened our sessions with 
 prayer. Formerly a Senator, 1869 and 1870, 
 the Rev. Edmund Dowse became our chaplain 
 in 1880. Born in 1813, it may be doubted 
 
 1 Stephen Nye Gifford was born in Pembroke, July 21, 1815. His early 
 advantages were limited, but he secured a fair education at the academies of 
 Hanson and Bridgewater. For several years he was a teacher. In 1850 he rep- 
 resented Duxbury in the General Court. During 1851 he was a Boston custom 
 house inspector. He served as assistant clerk of the Senate in 1854 ; had a sim- 
 ilar place in the House during the following year. During that year he was 
 chosen auditor by the Legislature. Again in 1857 he was assistant clerk of the 
 House. In 1858 he began his long term of service in the Senate, ending only 
 with his death, April 18, 1886. 
 
STEPHEN N. GIFFORD. 
 
HENRY D. COOLIDGE. 
 
EDMUND DOWSE. 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 
 
 53 
 
 whether any chaplain in any State can show 
 a better record at the same venerable age. 1 
 
 Of course the thread of legislation has run 
 more or less evenly during these many years. 
 There have been acerbities and amenities, and 
 occasionally the repose of the day has been 
 varied by unexpected episodes. Visitors of note 
 have had their introduction and greetings and 
 
 1 Rev. Edmund Dowse was born in Sherborn, Sept. 17, 1813. He was grad- 
 uated from Amherst College in 1836. He was ordained and installed pastor of 
 Pilgrim Congregational Church in his native town in 1838, and there he is to-day, 
 probably the longest settled pastor in the Commonwealth. During all this time 
 he has had no associate in the pastorate, and, in addition to clerical duties, he 
 has been a member of the school committee as well. In 1886 his alma mater 
 honored him with the title of Doctor of Divinity. 
 
 In this connection, it will not be amiss to name those who have preceded Dr. 
 Dowse in his office. Nearly every name is a noted one, and worthy of pages of 
 praise ; but the list can include only names and dates : — 
 
 1 Samuel Cooper, 1780, 1783; dying 
 
 in office, he was succeeded, the 
 same year, by Joseph Eckley. 
 
 2 John Clark, 1781. 
 
 3 Joseph Eckley, 1782-1784. 
 
 4 Peter Thacher, 1785-1789, 1792- 
 
 1802. 
 
 5 Samuel Stillman, 1790. 
 
 6 Jeremy Belknap, 1791. 
 
 7 William Emerson, 1803-1806. 
 
 8 Thomas Baldwin, 1807, 1811, 1812. 
 
 9 Joseph S. Buckminster, 1808-1810. 
 
 10 John Lothrop, 1813-1815. 
 
 11 Francis Parkman, 1816, 1817. 
 
 12 Henry Ware, Jr., 1818. 
 
 13 John G. Palfrey, 1819, 1820. 
 
 14 John Pierpont, 1821. 
 
 15 James Walker, 1822, 1823. 
 
 16 Daniel Sharp, 1824. 
 
 17 Samuel Barrett, 1825. 
 
 18 Francis Wayland, 1826. 
 
 19 William Jenks, 1827, 1828. 
 
 20 Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1829. 
 
 21 Howard Malcolm, 1830. 
 
 22 Alonzo Potter, 1831. 
 
 23 F. W. P. Greenwood, 1832, 1836. 
 
 24 George W. Blagden, 1833. 
 
 25 Chandler Robbins, 1834. 
 
 26 Hubbard Winslow, 1835. 
 
 27 Nehemiah Adams, 1837. 
 
 28 Ralph Sanger, 1838. 
 
 29 Wm. M. Roberts, 1839. 
 
 30 Daniel M. Lord, 1840. 
 
 31 Thomas M. Clark, Jr., 1841. 
 
 32 Joseph H. Towne, 1842. 
 
 33 Wm. M. Rogers, 1843. 
 
 34 James F. Clarke, 1844. 
 
 35 John T. Burrill, 1845. 
 
 36 Amos Smith, 1846. 
 
 37 Austin Phelps, 1847. 
 
 38 Cyrus A. Bartol, 1848. 
 
 39 Isaac P. Langworthy, 1849. 
 
 40 Jas. I. T. Coolidge, 1850. 
 
 41 Andrew L. Stone, 1851. 
 
54 
 
 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 
 
 have gone hence with recollections of our cham- 
 ber and occupants. One of these scenes has a 
 particularly vivid place in the memories of some. 
 It was April 27, 1896, the birthday of General 
 Grant. Three men were introduced to us. All 
 were here on account of Grant's natal day. Two 
 are Senators of the United States from the west, 
 the third is General James Longstreet from 
 Georgia, a Confederate leader, second to Robert 
 E. Lee only. He was one of the few soldiers 
 of the lost cause who, when the war was done, 
 not only laid down their arms, but actually 
 ceased fighting. To the observer, seeing only 
 the present, there appeared a tall man with 
 somewhat stooped shoulders, whose blanched 
 locks and face told of nearly four-score years 
 
 42 Warren Burton, 1852. 
 
 43 J. S. D. Farnsworth, 1853. 
 
 44 A. H. Burlingham, 1854. 
 
 45 Lyman Whiting, 1855. 
 
 46 Daniel C. Eddy, 1856. 
 
 47 John P. Cleveland, 1857. 
 
 48 Arthur B. Fuller, 1858. 
 
 49 Jacob B. Manning, 1859. 
 
 50 Joseph Marsh, 1860. 
 
 51 Alfred S. Patton, 1861. 
 
 52 Edward W. Clark, 1862, 1863. 
 
 53 Alonzo A. Miner, 1864. 
 
 54 George E. Ellis, 1865. 
 
 55 James B. Miles, 1866. 
 
 56 Charles E. Reed, 1867. 
 
 57 Henry Morgan, 1868. 
 
 58 Edward N. Kirk, 1869. 
 
 59 John 0. Means, 1870. 
 
 60 Samuel W. Foljambe, 1871. 
 
 61 Edward Abbott, 1872, 1873. 
 
 62 Alexis W. Ide, 1874. 
 
 63 George F. Warren, 1875. 
 
 64 Isaac Dunham, 1876-1879. 
 
 65 Edmund Dowse, 1880 to date. 
 
 Till railroads rendered locomotion easier, chaplains were sought in Boston. 
 For the first sixty years nearly or quite every one was a local clergyman, and 
 since that date they have come from the near regions. 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 55 
 
 of living; but among the onlookers were some 
 before whom the years of long ago were pass- 
 ing in rapid succession. They saw the grim, 
 silent soldier sitting his steed on Seminary Ridge, 
 Gettysburg, and it was the nod of that head 
 which sent Pickett and his men over that ter- 
 rible space towards the high-water mark of the 
 Rebellion, — a failure, but the most glorious 
 charge in history. Again they see him trans- 
 ported to the south-west, commanding the left 
 wing of Bragg's army at Chickamauga, and 
 with the observation born of genius, detecting 
 the weak point in the Union lines, they see him 
 hurling Hood and his followers upon the devoted 
 Thomas with such force and fury that none save 
 that rock could resist. Once more the scene 
 changes. It is at Appomattox. The cause is 
 forever lost. Lee has surrendered, and then it 
 is that our own Ulysses takes one of those arms 
 before us, greets the friend of other days, and 
 says, " Jim, how are the folks at home ? " Now 
 the great Confederate utters only these few but 
 happy words: "The time was when it was the 
 height of my ambition to capture Boston. To- 
 day I have found it a very easy task, though 
 
56 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 
 
 on somewhat different lines from those of '61 
 and '65." 
 
 The necessary absence from the old chamber, 
 during the repairs, made it evident that enlarged 
 quarters were necessary, and the old Representa- 
 tives' Hall was assigned as the future location of 
 this branch, and here we are to-day. Possibly 
 if Senators had been consulted they would have 
 taken with them the helmet, sword and drum 
 recalling Bennington and John Stark, the Lex- 
 ington musket and the British gun captured at 
 Concord; still, surrounded as they are by the 
 faces of former Governors of the Common- 
 wealth, they are fittingly placed. We miss 
 some objects formerly seen in this place. The 
 floor is changed, the seating altered, but the 
 general effect is much nearer that of a century 
 ago than any one of us ever saw before. We 
 lack the codfish, but we reflect that he is in 
 good and congenial company, among old friends, 
 and we wish all concerned long years of mutual 
 enjoyment. For a century fair faces have looked 
 down into this arena from the east gallery, and 
 from that opposite this platform the families of 
 executives taking the oath of office have regarded 
 
ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 57 
 
 the scene. In the west gallery have assembled 
 observers to its full capacity. Again they are all 
 filled with the public and for the public's good. 
 The Legislature of Massachusetts has no secret 
 sessions. 
 
 Finally the dream of many a loyal Massachu- 
 setts heart is made real on this occasion. Gen. 
 Francis A. Walker deemed the effort to destroy 
 little better than profanation, and were he with 
 us, how would his voice join in acclaim over the 
 restoration! The old State House stands, visible 
 from afar — 
 
 " First glimpse of the sailor who makes the harbor round, 
 And last slow-fading vision dear to the outward bound." 
 
 From the cupola unnumbered thousands will, 
 in the years to come, enjoy the sights there 
 afforded, and the dome, whether gilded or painted, 
 will continue to greet the gaze of sons and 
 daughters of the Bay State as they near this 
 Massachusetts mecca. Its curved surface must 
 have caught the sound of the guns of the 
 " Chesapeake " when brave Lawrence exclaimed, 
 " Don't give up the ship." Like Olivet over 
 Jerusalem, it watches the tides in the affairs of 
 
58 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 
 
 men. It has noted the changes of a century, 
 and is still the most observed of all that Boston 
 has to present; and on this morning I fancy its 
 spirit may have greeted that of the Old South, 
 saying, " I too am getting along in years, but I 
 begin my second century hail and hearty." And 
 then further off a greeting goes to dear Old 
 Faneuil Hall, with the words, "Your sacred 
 relics are now no more safe than mine." With 
 a hearty "Good morning" goes a ringing salute 
 to the monument, on Bunker Hill, "Like you, 
 firmly rooted and securely builded, I am here to 
 stay. Together let us hold the fort." 
 
 May the day be far distant when this edifice 
 shall be any less a source of joy and pride to all 
 beholders. May it be to Boston and to Massa- 
 chusetts what St. Paul's is to London, the Castle 
 to Edinburgh, — a place " Whither the tribes go 
 up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony 
 of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the 
 Lord." 
 
APPENDIX, 
 
 Executive and Legislative 
 Departments of the Government 
 
 or THE 
 
 ([tommontaealtlj of Sfassatjrasttis. 
 
 1898. 
 
WINTHROP MURRAY CRANE. 
 
Executive Department. 
 
 ..»»»•««< " 
 
 HIS EXCEIjIjEIMCY 
 
 Roger Wolcott of Boston, 
 
 GOVEt^Of*. 
 
 His hoj*oi* 
 
 W. Murray Crane of Dalton, 
 
 IiIEUTEflAriT COVE^O**. 
 
 COUNCIL 
 
 District I. 
 
 NATHANIEL F. RYDER . 
 
 District II. 
 
 BENJAMIN S. LOYELL . 
 
 District III. 
 
 GEORGE N. SWALLOW . 
 
 District IV. 
 
 JOHN H. SULLIVAN 
 
 District V. 
 
 HORACE H. ATHERTON . 
 
 District VI. 
 
 ELISHA H. SHAW . 
 
 District VII. 
 
 ALLEN L. JOSLIN 
 
 District VIII. 
 
 WILLIAM B. PLUNKETT. 
 
 of Middleboroilgq, 
 
 of Weyrqotltq. 
 
 of Bostoq. 
 
 of Bostor\. 
 
 of Satfgifs. 
 
 of Chelmsford. 
 
 of Oxford. 
 
 of Adarr\s. 
 
 EXECUTIVE SECHETflf^Y. 
 EDWARD F. HAMLIN .... of Ne^toq. 
 
GEORGE E. SMITH. 
 
Senate. 
 
 president. 
 HON. GEORGE E. SMITH, 
 
 Everett. 
 
 CLERK. 
 
 HENRY D. COOUDGE, . 
 
 • • • 
 
 ASSISTANT CLERK. 
 
 WILLI 'AM H. SANGER, . 
 
 Concord. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 ADDRESS 
 
 DISTRICT. 
 
 Bailey, Charles 0., . 
 Barber, Harding R., . 
 Bennett, Josiah C, . 
 Black, William R., . 
 Bouv6, Walter L., 
 Brigham, William H., 
 Chamberlain, Loyed E., 
 Cook, William H., . 
 Crane, Ellery B., 
 Dallinger, Frederick W., 
 Davis, William W., . 
 Fairbank, Wilson H., 
 Farley, Joseph B., 
 Flint, James H., 
 Flynn, Joseph J., 
 
 Newbury, 
 
 Athol, . 
 
 Lynn, . 
 
 Taunton, 
 
 Hingham, 
 
 Hudson, 
 
 Brockton, 
 
 Milford, 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 Cambridge, 
 
 Boston, . 
 
 Warren, 
 
 Erving, . 
 
 Weymouth, 
 
 Lawrence, 
 
 Third Essex. 
 Third Worcester, 
 First Essex. 
 First Bristol. 
 First Plymouth. 
 Sixth Middlesex. 
 Second Plymouth. 
 Fifth Worcester. 
 First Worcester. 
 Second Middlesex. 
 Eighth Suffolk. 
 
 Fourth Worcester. 
 
 Franklin and 
 Hampshire. 
 
 First Norfolk. 
 Fifth Essex. 
 
64 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Senate - concluded. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 ADDRESS 
 
 DISTRICT. 
 
 Folsom, Charles E., . 
 Gallivan, James A., . 
 Gauss, John D. H., . 
 George, Samuel W., . 
 Harwood, Albert L., . 
 Hayes, James E., 1 
 Hodgkins, William H., 
 Holden, Joshua B., . 
 Irwin, Richard W., . 
 Leach, William W., . 
 Mahoney, William B., 
 Moran, William, 
 Morse, William A., . 
 Parsons, Henry, 
 Putnam, George E., . 
 Quirk, Charles I., 
 Roberts, Ernest W., . 
 Roe, Alfred S., . 
 Rourke, Daniel D., . 
 Shaw, David B., J 
 Smith, George E., 
 Soule, Rufus A., 
 Towle, William W., . 
 Whittlesey, William A., 
 Williams, Fred H., . 
 Woodward, Charles F., 
 
 Boston, . 
 Boston, . 
 Salem, . 
 Haverhill, 
 Newton, 
 Boston, . 
 Somerville, 
 Boston, . 
 Northampton 
 Palmer, 
 Westfield, 
 Fall River, 
 Tisbury, 
 Marlborough 
 Lowell, . 
 Boston, . 
 Boston, . 
 Worcester, 
 Boston, . 
 Boston, . 
 Everett, . 
 New Bedford 
 Boston, . 
 Pittsfield, 
 Brookline, 
 Wakefield, 
 
 Seventh Suffolk. 
 Sixth Suffolk. 
 Second Essex. 
 Fourth Essex. 
 First Middlesex. 
 Second Suffolk. 
 Third Middlesex. 
 
 Ninth Suffolk. 
 
 Berkshire and 
 Hampshire. 
 
 First Hampden. 
 Second Hampden. 
 Second Bristol. 
 Cape. 
 
 Fifth Middlesex. 
 Seventh Middlesex. 
 Fourth Suffolk. 
 First Suffolk. 
 Second Worcester. 
 Third Suffolk. 
 Second Suffolk. 
 Fourth Middlesex. 
 Third Bristol. 
 Fifth Suffolk. 
 Berkshire. 
 
 Second Norfolk. 
 
 Middlesex and 
 Essex. 
 
 1 Died February 8. 
 
 2 Elected to succeed James E. Hayes, deceased. 
 
JOHN L. BATES. 
 
House of Representatives. 
 
 speaker. 
 HON. JOHN L BATES, . 
 
 Boston, 
 
 CLERK. 
 
 JAMES W. KIMBALL, . 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 ASSISTANT CLERK. 
 
 FRANK E. BRIDGMAN, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 DISTRICT. 
 
 ADDRESS. 
 
 Adams, Austin F., . 
 
 
 3, Worcester, 
 
 Barre Plains. 
 
 Allen, Rollin M., . • 
 
 
 1, Nantucket, 
 
 Nantucket. 
 
 Allen, Romeo E., . • 
 
 
 9, Worcester, 
 
 Shrewsbury. 
 
 Allen, S. Augustus, . . 
 
 
 9, Hampden, . 
 
 Westfield. 
 
 Ames, Butler, .... 
 
 
 27, Middlesex, 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Andrews, Richard F., Jr., 
 
 
 21, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Anthony, Julius C, . 
 
 
 3, Berkshire, 
 
 Adams. 
 
 Apsey, Albert S., 
 
 
 5, Middlesex, 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Attwill, Henry C, 
 
 
 13, Essex, 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Bachelder, Thomas C, 
 
 
 20, Suffolk, . 
 
 Dorchester. 
 
 Balcom, George, 
 
 
 21, Middlesex, 
 
 Marlborough. 
 
 Baldwin, John E., 
 
 
 14, Suffolk, . 
 
 South Boston. 
 
 Barnard, Frank W., . 
 
 
 2, Bristol, . 
 
 Mansfield. 
 
 Bartlett, George H., . 
 
 
 5, Essex, 
 
 Haverhill. 
 
66 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 House of Representatives - continued. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 DISTRICT. 
 
 ADDRESS. 
 
 Bartlett, Jonathan B. L., 
 Bates, John L., . 
 Battles, David W., . 
 Beede, Charles 0., 
 Belcher, Henry A., . 
 Bemis, George E., 
 Bennett, Frank P., . 
 Bickford, Scott F., . 
 Bisbee, Horatio, • 
 Blaney, Osgood C, . 
 Bleiler, John, 
 Bosworth, Henry H., 
 Bottomly, Jerome, 
 Bout well, Harvey L., 
 Boynton, Warren, 
 Breath, Melvin L., 
 Bresnahan, Hugh W., 
 Bridgeo, William, 
 Brooks, Oscar T., 
 Brown, Charles E., . 
 Bullock, William J., . 
 Burgess, Albert H., . 
 Callender, Edward B., 
 Campbell, Andrew, . 
 Carberry, James F., . 
 Carleton, George H., . 
 Chandler, Leonard B., 
 
 24 
 
 1 
 11 
 12 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 14 
 28 
 
 2 
 16 
 22 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 11 
 22 
 26 
 13 
 15 
 
 1 
 17 
 
 8 
 13 
 24 
 
 9 
 19 
 
 4 
 
 Suffolk, . 
 
 Suffolk, . 
 
 Plymouth, 
 
 Essex, 
 
 Norfolk, . 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 Essex, 
 
 Suffolk, . 
 
 Hampshire, 
 
 Suffolk, . 
 
 Suffolk, . 
 
 Hampden, 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 Middlesex, 
 
 Essex, 
 
 Suffolk, . 
 
 Suffolk, . 
 
 Essex, 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 Middlesex, 
 
 Bristol, . 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 Suffolk, . 
 
 Hampden, 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 Essex, 
 
 Middlesex, 
 
 Mattapan. 
 
 East Boston. 
 
 Brockton. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Randolph. 
 
 Charlemont. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Chesterfield. 
 
 Dorchester. 
 
 Roxbury. 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Cherry Valley, 
 
 Leicester. 
 Boston. 
 
 Ipswich. 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Marblehead. 
 
 Athol. 
 
 Concord. 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 Dorchester. 
 
 Westfield. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Haverhill. 
 
 Somervllle. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 67 
 
 House of Representatives -continued. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 DISTRICT. 
 
 ADDRESS. 
 
 Chappie, William D., 
 Clancy, James B., 
 Clarke, Albert, . 
 Clerke, Charles S., . 
 Codman, James M., Jr., 
 Cole, Samuel, 
 Connolly, John W., . 
 Conroy, Thomas A., . 
 Cooke, Walter S. V., 
 Coolidge, Daniel S., . 
 Coombs, George W., . 
 Crawford, Fred E., . 
 Crocker, Thomas W., 
 Crosby, Alfred R., . 
 Crosby, Henry V., . 
 Crouch, Charles S., . 
 Cullinane, Richard, . 
 Curtis, William, 
 Dalton, J. Frank, 
 Davis, Daniel W., 
 Davis, William R., . 
 Dean, Charles A., 
 Dean, Charles L., 
 Denham, Thomas M., 
 Donahue, Thomas, . 
 Donovan, Eugene E., 
 Dooling, Thomas J., . 
 
 16, Essex, 
 
 13, Suffolk, . 
 
 9, Norfolk, . 
 10, Suffolk, . 
 
 2, Norfolk, . 
 
 19, Essex, 
 
 9, Bristol, . 
 18, Suffolk, . 
 
 10, Worcester, 
 
 4, Middlesex, 
 
 20, Worcester, 
 
 14, Middlesex, 
 8, Plymouth, 
 1, Bristol, . 
 
 5, Worcester, 
 1 , Hampshire, 
 
 7, Essex, 
 
 8, Norfolk, . 
 
 17, Essex, 
 
 1, Essex, 
 
 2, Middlesex, 
 29, Middlesex, 
 
 11, Middlesex, 
 7, Bristol, . 
 
 10, Bristol, . 
 
 3, Bristol, 
 
 7, Hampden, 
 
 Salem. 
 
 South Boston. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Beverly. 
 
 Fall River. 
 
 Roxbury. 
 
 Milford. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Watertown. 
 
 Bridgewater. 
 
 Attleborough. 
 
 Brookfield. 
 
 Northampton. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Stoughton. 
 
 Salem. 
 
 Amesbury. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Wakefield. 
 
 Maiden. 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Fall River. 
 
 Taunton. 
 
 Holyoke. 
 
68 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 House of Representatives -continued. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 DISTRICT. 
 
 ADDRESS. 
 
 Drake, Frederic P., . 
 
 
 
 4, Norfolk, . 
 
 Canton. 
 
 Draper, Henry J., 
 
 
 
 26, Middlesex, 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Driscoll, Daniel J., . 
 
 
 
 6, Hampden, 
 
 Chicopee. 
 
 Dubuque, Hugo A., . 
 
 
 
 11, Bristol, . 
 
 Fall River. 
 
 Dumond, John B., . 
 
 
 
 12, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 England, Daniel, 
 
 
 
 4, Berkshire, 
 
 Pittsfield. 
 
 Estes, Eugene B., 
 
 
 
 9, Plymouth, 
 
 Brockton. 
 
 Estey, Francis W., . 
 
 
 
 23, Suffolk, . 
 
 Roslindale. 
 
 Farmer, Frank H., . 
 
 
 
 27, Middlesex, 
 
 Tewksbury. 
 
 Farrar, Francis F., . 
 
 
 
 13, Worcester, 
 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 Favor, John, 
 
 
 
 20, Essex, 
 
 Gloucester. 
 
 Fay, Asa B., 
 
 
 
 11, Worcester, 
 
 Northborough. 
 
 Feneno, John J., 
 
 
 
 19, Suffolk, . 
 
 Roxbury. 
 
 Fitzgerald, William T. A., 
 
 
 
 7, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Folsom, Albert T., . 
 
 
 
 4, Hampden, 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Foster, Harry C, 
 
 
 
 19, Essex, 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Francis, Frank W., . 
 
 
 
 8, Bristol, . 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Frederick, George G., 
 
 
 
 6, Essex, 
 
 Methuen. 
 
 Fuller, George F., 
 
 
 
 3, Hampden, 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Gaddis, Michael E., . 
 
 
 
 18, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Garrity, Richard W., 
 
 
 
 17, Suffolk, . 
 
 Roxbury. 
 
 Gartland, John J , Jr., 
 
 
 
 9, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Gaylord, Henry E., . 
 
 
 
 3, Hampshire, 
 
 So. Hadley Falls. 
 
 Gilman, Moses D., 
 
 
 
 16, Worcester, 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Gleason, David J., 
 
 
 
 14, Suffolk, . 
 
 South Boston. 
 
 Gove, Otis M., . 
 
 
 
 15, Middlesex, 
 
 Waltham. 
 
 Grant, Oliver S., 
 
 
 
 19, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 69 
 
 House of Representatives -continued. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 DISTRICT. 
 
 ADDRESS. 
 
 Grimes, James W., . 
 Hall, Almon E., 
 Hall, Amos E., . . 
 Hall, Luther, 
 Hammond, Frederick, 
 Harlow, Franklin P., 
 Harwood, George F., 
 Haskins, Leander M., 
 Hawes, Martin E., . 
 Hayes, Alfred S., 
 Hayes, William H. I., 
 Hayward, Albert F., 
 Hemphill, Ashton E., 
 Hill, John W., . 
 Hiscox, Albert F., 
 Hoag, Charles E., 
 Holton, Seba A., 
 Horgan, Francis J., . 
 How, Carleton F., 
 Howard, Walter F., . 
 •Howe, Rufus, . 
 Hoyt, Edward H., . 
 Huntress, Franklin E., 
 Innes, Charles H., 
 Johnson, Charles R., 
 Jones, George R., 
 Jones, Melville D., . 
 
 28, Middlesex, 
 2, Berkshire, 
 
 10, Middlesex, 
 
 2, Barnstable, 
 
 25, Suffolk, . 
 
 5, Plymouth, 
 14, Essex, 
 
 21, Essex, 
 
 6, Norfolk, . 
 12, Suffolk, . 
 
 26, Middlesex, 
 16, Middlesex, 
 
 8, Hampden, 
 1, Hampshire, 
 
 7, Worcester, 
 5, Hampden, 
 1, Barnstable, 
 
 8, Suffolk, . 
 
 3, Essex, 
 
 11, Worcester, 
 
 22, Middlesex, 
 
 9, Essex, 
 
 7, Middlesex, 
 10, Suffolk, . 
 21, Worcester, 
 31, Middlesex, 
 
 7, Middlesex, 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Williamstown. 
 
 Everett. 
 
 Dennis. 
 
 Allston. 
 
 Whitman. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 East Weymouth. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Newton Highlands. 
 
 Holyoke. 
 
 Williamsburg. 
 
 Webster. 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Falmouth. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Haverhill. 
 
 Clinton. 
 
 Hudson. 
 
 Haverhill. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Somerville. 
 
70 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 House of Representatives -continued. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 m ■ - - -- — 
 
 DISTRICT. 
 
 ADDRESS. 
 
 Jones, Michael B., 
 
 
 
 10, Bristol, . 
 
 Fall River. 
 
 Josselyn, William A., 
 
 
 
 2, Plymouth, 
 
 North Pembroke. 
 
 Joubert, Joseph H., . 
 
 
 
 7, Essex, 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Kane, Daniel J., 
 
 
 
 6, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Keith, Charles P., . , 
 
 
 
 4, Middlesex, 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Kells, William, Jr., . 
 
 
 
 15, Suffolk, . 
 
 South Boston. 
 
 Kelly, John Li, . 
 
 
 
 2, Suffolk, . 
 
 East Boston. 
 
 Kenefick, Thomas W., 
 
 
 
 1, Hampden, 
 
 Palmer. 
 
 Kiley, Daniel J., 
 
 
 
 8, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 King, Arthur D., 
 
 
 
 2, Hampden, 
 
 North Wilbraham. 
 
 King, Randolph V., . 
 
 
 
 22, Suffolk, . 
 
 Jamaica Plain. 
 
 Kyle, William S., . 
 
 
 
 1, Plymouth, 
 
 Plymouth. 
 
 Lang, William A., 
 
 
 
 25, Middlesex, 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Learoyd, Addison P., 
 
 
 
 10, Essex, 
 
 Danvers. 
 
 Leland, Francis, 
 
 
 
 2, Worcester, 
 
 Otter River. 
 
 Lewis, Charles D., 
 
 
 
 20, Middlesex, 
 
 So. Framingham. 
 
 Libby, John F., 
 
 
 
 12, Middlesex, 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Lockhart, Alexander, 
 
 
 
 11, Bristol, . 
 
 Fall River. 
 
 Lyon, Albert W., 
 
 
 
 16, Suffolk, . 
 
 Dorchester. 
 
 Macken, Luke J., 
 
 
 
 5, Berkshire, 
 
 Hinsdale. 
 
 Mackey, Thomas, 
 
 
 
 7, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Magenis, John E., 
 
 
 
 1, Berkshire, 
 
 North Adams. 
 
 Mahoney, David A., . 
 
 
 
 9, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Mahoney, William E., 
 
 
 
 4, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Marden, William H., 
 
 
 
 30, Middlesex, 
 
 Stoneham. 
 
 Mayo, Benjamin W., 
 
 
 
 3, Franklin, 
 
 Turner's Falls. 
 
 McCarthy, Jeremiah J., 
 
 
 
 4, Suffolk, . 
 
 Charlestown. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 71 
 
 House of Representatives -continued. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 DISTRICT. 
 
 ADDRESS. 
 
 McKnight, Levi G., . 
 
 
 
 2, Worcester, 
 
 West Gardner. 
 
 McLoughlin, William I., 
 
 
 
 17, Worcester, 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 McManus, John A., . 
 
 
 
 15, Suffolk, . 
 
 South Boston. 
 
 Mead, George F., 
 
 
 
 13, Middlesex, 
 
 Lexington. 
 
 Meek, Thomas H., . 
 
 
 
 8, Worcester, 
 
 East Douglas. 
 
 Mellen, George W., . 
 
 
 
 7, Berkshire, 
 
 Great Barrington- 
 
 Miller, William J., . 
 
 
 
 5, Suffolk, . 
 
 Charlestown. 
 
 Mills, Charles P., 
 
 
 
 22, Essex, . 
 
 Newburyport. 
 
 Montgomery, James A., 
 
 
 
 2, Middlesex, 
 
 Cambridge. 
 
 Morrison, Andrew H., 
 
 
 
 11, Bristol, . 
 
 Fall River. 
 
 Morse, William L., . 
 
 
 
 21, Middlesex, 
 
 Marlborough- 
 
 Myers, James J., 
 
 
 
 1, Middlesex, 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Nettleton, William A., 
 
 
 
 6, Berkshire, 
 
 Stockbridge. 
 
 Nevin, Edward B., . 
 
 
 
 6, Norfolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Newcomb, Thaddeus H., 
 
 
 
 5, Norfolk, . 
 
 Quincy. 
 
 Newcomb, William N., 
 
 
 
 4, Hampshire, 
 
 Ware. 
 
 Newton, H. Huestis, . 
 
 
 
 10, Middlesex, 
 
 Everett. 
 
 Noonan, T. Frank, . 
 
 
 
 3, Suffolk, . 
 
 Charlestown. 
 
 Norton, George H., . 
 
 
 
 17, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 O'Connor, James, 
 
 
 
 2, Suffolk, . 
 
 East Boston. 
 
 Parker, Charles E., . , 
 
 
 
 4, Worcester, 
 
 Holden. 
 
 Parker, Harold, 
 
 
 
 12, Worcester, 
 
 South Lancaster. 
 
 Parsons, Herbert C, 
 
 
 
 2, Franklin, 
 
 Greenfield. 
 
 Paton, Alexander S., 
 
 
 
 14, Worcester, 
 
 Leominster. 
 
 Pattee, Joseph E., 
 
 
 
 26, Middlesex, 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Perry, Francis C, 
 
 
 
 18, Middlesex, 
 
 Natick. 
 
 Peters, Lemuel W., . 
 
 
 
 23, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
72 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 House of Representatives -continued. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 DISTRICT. 
 
 ADDRESS. 
 
 Philbrick, Joseph M., 
 
 
 
 5, Bristol, . 
 
 Taunton. 
 
 Phillips, Franklin F., 
 
 
 
 7, Middlesex, 
 
 Somerville. 
 
 Pickard, Edward L., 
 
 
 
 16, Middlesex, 
 
 Auburndale. 
 
 Ponce, John H., 
 
 
 
 3, Middlesex, 
 
 East Cambridge. 
 
 Poor, Albert, 
 
 
 
 8, Essex, 
 
 Andover. 
 
 Porter, Burrill, Jr., . 
 
 
 
 1, Bristol, . 
 
 N. Attleborough. 
 
 Powers, John A., 
 
 
 
 11, Middlesex, 
 
 Maiden. 
 
 Pratt, David G., 
 
 
 
 7, Plymouth, 
 
 N. Middleborough. 
 
 Ramsay, James P., . . 
 
 
 
 25, Middlesex, 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Ramsdell, Charles H., 
 
 
 
 13, Essex, 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Reed, Silas D., . 
 
 
 
 4, Bristol, . 
 
 Taunton. 
 
 Rice, George M., 
 
 
 
 15, Worcester, 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Richardson, Frank S., 
 
 
 
 1, Berkshire, 
 
 North Adams. 
 
 Ross, Leonard W., . 
 
 
 
 25, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Ross, Samuel, . 
 
 
 
 7, Bristol, . 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Rowan, John A., 
 
 
 
 6, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Rowell, Edward T., . 
 
 
 
 26, Middlesex, 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Russell, Michael L., . 
 
 
 
 18, Worcester, 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Saunders, Charles R., 
 
 
 
 11, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Sears, Thomas D., 
 
 
 
 3, Barnstable, 
 
 North Brewster. 
 
 Seavey, James F., 
 
 
 
 11, Essex, 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Selfridge, George S., 1 
 
 
 
 11, Suffolk, . 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Severance, "William H., 
 
 
 
 12, Essex, 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Sheehan, John F., 
 
 
 
 7, Hampden, . 
 
 Holyoke. 
 
 Sisson, Robert S., 
 
 
 
 11, Essex, 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Skillings, "William E., 
 
 
 
 21, Suffolk, . 
 
 Roxbury. 
 
 Slocum, John 0., 
 
 
 
 6, Bristol, . 
 
 Dartmouth. 
 
 1 Elected to succeed Francis C. Lowell, resigned. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 73 
 
 House of Representatives -continued. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 DISTRICT. 
 
 ADDRESS. 
 
 Smart, George B., 
 
 
 
 6, Essex, 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Smith, Harvey C, . 
 
 
 
 20, Essex, 
 
 Gloucester. 
 
 Snow, Andrew R , 
 
 
 
 7, Worcester, 
 
 Webster. 
 
 Stalker, Hugh L., 
 
 
 
 1, Suffolk, . 
 
 East Boston. 
 
 Stanley, Benjamin F., 
 
 
 
 2, Essex, 
 
 Xewburvport. 
 
 Staples, Nathaniel G., 
 
 
 
 6, Plymouth, 
 
 Lakeville. 
 
 Stebhins, Marcus M., 
 
 
 
 4, Franklin, 
 
 Erving. 
 
 Stevenson, John M., . 
 
 
 
 4, Berkshire, 
 
 Pittsfield. 
 
 Stewart, Joseph I., *. 
 
 
 
 20, Suffolk, . 
 
 Dorchester. 
 
 Stone, Willmore B., . 
 
 
 
 3, Hampden, 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Sullivan, Cornelius F., 
 
 
 
 7, Essex, 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Swift, William S. t . 
 
 
 
 1, Dukes, 
 
 Vineyard Haven. 
 
 Taft, Arthur R., 
 
 
 
 9, Worcester, 
 
 Uxbridge. 
 
 Tague, Peter F., 
 
 
 
 3, Suffolk, . 
 
 Charlestown. 
 
 Talbot, Zephaniah, . 
 
 
 
 19, Middlesex, 
 
 Holliston. 
 
 Thompson, James, . 
 
 
 
 5, Norfolk, . 
 
 Quincy. 
 
 Tilton, Charles W., . 
 
 
 
 10, Plymouth, 
 
 Brockton. 
 
 Trow, Charles E., 
 
 
 
 18, Essex, 
 
 Salem. 
 
 Tuttle, Samuel A., 
 
 
 
 3, Norfolk, . 
 
 Hyde Park. 
 
 Twomey, Edmund J., 
 
 
 
 f>, Suffolk, . 
 
 Charlestown. 
 
 Waite, J. Gilman, 
 
 
 
 9, Middlesex, 
 
 Medford. 
 
 Washburn, Charles G., 
 
 
 
 22, Worcester, 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Waterman, Eben C, . 
 
 
 
 4, Plymouth, 
 
 Hanover. 
 
 Wells, Abelard E., . 
 
 
 
 10, Essex, 
 
 Peabody. 
 
 Wentworth, Edward E., 
 
 
 
 3, Plymouth, 
 
 Cohasset. 
 
 Whidden, George W., 
 
 
 
 15, Middlesex, 
 
 Waltham. 
 
 Whipple, John J., 
 
 
 
 10, Plymouth, 
 
 Boston. 
 
74 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 House of Representatives -concluded. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 DISTRICT. 
 
 ADDRESS. 
 
 Whitaker, Elbridge J., 
 
 
 10, Norfolk, . 
 
 Wrentham. 
 
 Whitcomb, Frank H., 
 
 1 • 
 
 23, Middlesex, 
 
 West Acton. 
 
 Whitcorab, George L., 
 
 
 21, Middlesex, 
 
 Townsend. 
 
 White, Horace C, 
 
 
 6, Middlesex, 
 
 Somerville. 
 
 Whitehead, James, . 
 
 
 9, Bristol, . 
 
 Fall River. 
 
 Willard, Edward E., 
 
 
 27, Suffolk, . 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Williams, Appleton P., 
 
 
 10, Worcester, 
 
 West Upton. 
 
 Williams, George Fenelon, 
 
 
 10, Norfolk, . 
 
 Foxborough. 
 
 Winslow, Francis 0., 
 
 
 1, Norfolk, . 
 
 Norwood. 
 
 Wood, Alva S., . 
 
 
 28, Middlesex, 
 
 Woburn. 
 

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