the campaign was a lacklustre one; the bulletin claimed on february 6 that only philip daly had even bothered to release his policies and called upon the candidates to organize a public meeting on one of the campaign's last days. several of the aldermanic candidates - strang, goodridge, daly, and fraser - made campaign speeches at the nomination meeting, but these were brief and promised only that the candidate would serve the town to the best of his ability if elected. on election day itself, the bulletin reported "light canvassing" by several of the candidates, and none at all by others.