Qualifications: Socialist; has been in jail for his moral convictions; Curley for another conviction.
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Secretaries of State
Frederic W. Cook, Democrat. Age: 61. Experience: Somerville City Clerk for fifteen years; Secretary of State for fourteen years. As it is an administrative post, there are no campaign issues, he says. He stands on his record. Impartial estimate: efficient bureaucrat.
Personality note: "Frederic Cook has many friends but he has never won a friendship at the expense of his duty to his state nor at the sacrifice of his convictions."
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Joseph Santosuosso; Democrat. Experience: Boston City Councillor in 1906.
Qualifications: Physician and lawyer. He himself states: "I was chairman of the committee to receive an Italian Mission during the War. . . I am a member of the Elks."
Beliefs: Believes in rotation of elective offices; Cook has had it long enough. "I am for Curley and Roosevelt