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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1900
Page
4
The piece argues for direct public election of U S Senators to curb scandals in the current Congress. It cites Delaware Pennsylvania and Montana cases and discusses Massachusetts Senator Hoar and Kelcher's resolution, noting how popular vote could alter outcomes and political maneuvering.
The Senate approved a bill imposing a 15 per cent duty on trade with Porto Rico, sparking charges of breach of faith and constitutional violation. The measure heads to the House where supports and opposition will shape its fate, with critics warning of a dangerous precedent and possible court challenge.
The piece argues that Hanna’s ship subsidy bill largely benefits the Standard Oil fleet and the American Line, with about 80 percent of the bounty going to them and 20 percent to Pacific coast vessels. It notes annual subsidies of around 9 million dollars, highlights a 1500 mile cap for bounty eligibility, and labels the measure a flagrant job to aid specific interests.
The committee on federal relations at the State House recommends against the resolution urging election of United States Senators by popular vote. The report favors setting aside the measure while noting no danger in it. The text discusses amending the process.
The House is urged to reject an adverse report and pass a bill for State supervision of the telephone industry. Support comes from business groups labor unions and citizens, with precedent from other public franchises. The debate centers on regulation of capitalization rates and dividends and the need for public policy alignment.
In Boston Massachusetts a Henry Fund drive honors General Guy V Henry a Civil War leader and Porto Rico governor. Treasurer Higginson at 44 State Street appeals for subscriptions to bolster the soldiers family fund after Henry died from service related strain and wounds. About $8000 has been raised in New York to support the widow and continue charitable work begun in Porto Rico.
The Observant Citizen praises B J McCarron real estate man of Charlestown for saving a frightened horse after a vehicle struck a post near the L road. He restrained the animal just in time to avoid collision with a Chelsea electric. Spectators applaud his calm bravery.
The piece reports on street vendors selling illicit translations of Sapho and police focus on curb sellers, plus a roundup of local events. It notes Secretary of the Navy John D. Long visiting Colorado Springs for his daughter, religious notices, and civic happenings around Concord Lexington and Boston figures including Rev. Hale and Governor Crane.
A narrator recalls vacation adventures with an eccentric Caddie. They survive a soggy rowboat misadventure chasing an umbrella and hat, endure a fence mishap, and endure a theater date with a cat injury joke. The tale ends with a proposal and the birth of a new Caddie.
The House of Representatives will examine telephone legislation and four related bills. The main clash centers on bill No 13 from ex Mayor J M W Hall of Cambridge, with Samuel L Powers of the New England Telephone Company withdrawing all objections at the hearing. The mercantile affairs committee reported leave to withdraw with three dissenters.
Willard leads a debate on substituting bills against the committee's adverse report. Three bills are to be considered in order, with the mercantile affairs committee's leave to withdraw, while Mr. Willard of Chelsea dissents. One bill caps telephone use at five cents for five minutes.
Mark Twain recalls boyhood goal of a circus clown before becoming a Mississippi Congressman. Wu Ting-Fang, the Chinese minister in Washington, gains renown as an orator. Senate snuff-taking dwindles with only two confirmed snuff takers. Sergeant-at-Arms Ransdell conducts rounds in the Capitol. M. Anagnos leads Perkins Institution for the Blind at Paris congress. Jesse Lynch Williams resigns Scribner's Magazine editorship to return to Princeton.
A fragmentary account describes a Dublin parade with marching guards and bands. Vic Jere O Halloran is named among the line of participants as the procession advances past cheering crowds and revelers on a festive day honoring the queen.
The document details a petition by ex-Representative B. B. Callender to establish a State supervisor of telephones and telegraphs, to be appointed by the Governor, with harbor and land commissioners granted supervision.
Breakfast items include fruit in season corner grain cream baked potatoes eggs and balls coffee and cocoa with wine jelly and whipped cream. Dinner features spaghetti with tomato sauce steak with fried onions creamed pre prion and green beason. Lamb patties described with lamb bits ready for pie paste or patty pans and a rough Dorchester Massachusetts address appears.
The Legislature defeated the Marine Park tower bill by a wide margin. Opponents argued it would turn South Boston into a Coney Island like riotous area and favored by few. Supporters claimed it would benefit all visitors and provide an automobile franchise.
Lawmakers clash over a bill to curb prison crowding and reform juvenile confinement. Debates touch on foreign insurer deposits, and whether State election day should be a half holiday, with votes split and amendments proposed.
The Somer Chamber, led by Hon. J. M. W. Hall, debated a lease with the Boston & Albany railroad. It argued a rail line linked to a trunk line would aid shippers, expand terminal facilities, and improve harbor traffic. Hall said central management promised improvements if the lease passed.
The committee on harbors and public lands concluded a hearing on a State seawalls and docks project in East Boston with a $500,000 cost. Former Representative William J. Burke spoke on the docks' expected benefits to statewide business.
A committee on roads and bridges heard George A. Perkins’s petition for reorganizing the State Highway Commission. The bill proposes a three member commission with a full time chairman earning 5000 dollars and two other members receiving ten thousand dollars more than present salaries.
A $150000 appropriation for a new consumptives home was favorably considered by the committee on public charitable institutions in executive session. The bill, introduced by W. T. A. Fitzgerald, was supported by ex-Senator Gallivan and doctors Otis and Donoghue, with Kelcher and Lowell's Esben McKinley and Mansfield also advocating. A hospital site will be chosen by trustees, likely in the eastern part of the state.
The Woman's Seaman's Friend Society holds its spring meeting at Second Church Dorchester Monday at 2 30 PM with social music and speakers including president Mrs Frederick C White Rev Arthur Little D D Fred P Greenwood a Seaman's Chapel missionary Rev C P Osborne of the Boston Seaman's Friend Society and Mr Billetson Floating C E Society president on the Olympia during the Spanish War They will donate flowers to the Naval Hospital and Seaman's Chapel on Easter Sunday Miss Mary W Brooks of Cambridge resigns as treasurer and Mrs Charles B Beale of Roxbury is elected to succeed her.
A collage of quips and jokes from Punch and Philadelphia Press style pages. Knights of misheard phrases and social gaffes mix with wry remarks on marriage, nurses, and proverbs. The snippets skew toward late 19th century humor and newspaper light verse.
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