Iron and steel group targets President Harrison
The American Iron and Steel Association plans a slate of consuls to major manufacturing cities in England and on the continent and aims to push Pennsylvania interests to influence federal appointments. President James M. Swank says John Jarrett will be sent to Sheffield or Birmingham as a labor agitator and technical envoy.
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American Iron and Steel Association
England
Pennsylvania
Harrison
James M. Swank
John Jarrett
Whitom
Tin Plate
Sheffield
Birmingham
United States
Nebraska towns favor high license in recent elections
In last weeks municipal votes Nebraska cities largely backed high license. The Omaha Bee links the stance to surrounding states’ prohibition efforts harming prosperity. Prohibition advocates from Kansas and Iowa clash with newspaper reports and local electoral outcomes.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
East
Kansas
Iowa
Boston Journal Questions Postmaster Van Cort Pledges
The Boston Journal quotes Postmaster Van Cort on civil service reform with “all my might” while critics say he will betray reform for office. He is described as machine loyalist and spoils seeker, contrasting with pledges from his appointing president.
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Boston Journal
van Corr
van Cort
Pratt
New York
The
New York Sun
Rumor of W H Smith Replacement Moves in Commons
The St James's Gazette claims the present House of Commons leader W H Smith will be relieved of a duty and elevated to the peerage. It names BALFOUR as his successor, prompting anticipated opposition from Liberals and Conservatives alike, including Churchill who would oppose Salisbury's nephew. Smith’s position, while uneasy, is generally met with goodwill.
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House of Commons
W. H. Smith
St. James’s
Balfour
Smith
Frank Y ° Sted
Amon
Lord Randolph Churchill
Lord Salispury
Barrowr
Smit
Massachusetts House Speaker Bias Sparks Debate on Fourth Term
The Speaker's organ accused Governor AmrEs of aiming for a fourth term, pairing him with Joan A. Andrew to mock him by equating honors with his predecessor. In a separate hearing, Railroad Committee Chairman Crocker pushed a bill to abolish grade crossings, proposing a three member special commission by the Superior Court.
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Massachusetts House of Representatives
AmrEs
Joan A. Andrew
Railroad Committee
Crocker
Railroad Commission
Superior Court
Grade crossing separation bill praised but urged stronger action
The railroad commission review supports Crocker’s bill in principle but argues it does not go far enough. It trusts the mayoral petitions or local votes as sufficient for appointment and assigns the commission power to decide grades, funding, and timelines after hearings. It also notes a recommendation to separate a portion of grades annually for progress.
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Railroad Commission
Threats to Civil Service Rules Aimed After Inauguration
Republican organs hint at reversing civil service protections by abolishing the one year limit on restoring removed workers. The move would allow readmission of placemen and incompetents weeded out in past four years, undermining examinations and the spoils system, a presidential power play with broad implications.
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Civil Service
Harrison
The Prohibitory Amendment Debate in Massachusetts
Resolutions by the Young Men's Democratic Club argue against a constitutional prohibition on liquor, calling it improper for the constitution and preferable as a statute. The piece contrasts local self-government, liberty, and policy practicality with prohibition, citing Maine Rhode Island and Kansas as empirical examples. It also compares representation of professions in legislatures, noting the dominance of nonprofessional members in France and the U S Congress versus the British Commons.
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Friends of Temperance
Maine
Rhode Island
Kansas
New York Times
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French Chamber of Deputies
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House of Representatives
Austria
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France
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England
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Prohibition Glum View: Licensing Surges Fueled by Alcohol Ban
In an interview with William P. Tomorinson editor of the Topeka Daily Democrat, he claims a imaginary basis for assertions about drinking places. He notes 300 licenses in a small city, 1100 more licenses nationwide, more private tippling clubs and secret drinking, calling it demoralization under prohibition, citing Massachusetts Rhode Island and Maine as warnings.
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William P. Tomorinson
Topeka Daily Democrat
United States
Kansas
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
Jamaica Pond
Boston
Pond Plain
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Cromwell
Spain
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Christopher Gore
John Hancock
James Bowdoin
Quaker City boycott widens in dressmakers dispute
In Philadelphia the Dressmakers' Association pressed a boycott against dry goods firms over discount policies. After a New York trip and a tentative $1000 annual purchase threshold, the group extended the plan to apply to all customers, keeping the boycott active.
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Philadelphia
Deacon Smith Questions Honor Of Foreign Missions
Deacon Richard Smith telegraphs from New York to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette arguing that foreign missions bring little glory and much tinsel. He predicts minister to France Mr Reip would be pitiable, and that Halstead would fare similarly if sent to Berlin. The sage conclusion is that people must learn these things for themselves.
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Deacon Richard Smith
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
New York
Reip
France
Deacon Smitx
Halstead
Berlin
Political comment and labor news on Dudley tour and tariffs
A Philadelphia Telegraph tone piece critiques Colonel Dudley for possible Harrison machine ties on his southern tour. It notes Pension Commissioner Tanner, Interior tenure, and Segrebe port politics. Barneys Biglin praises appointments while New York liquor block proposal stirs debate. Dudley Foulke and Quay networks cited, plus tariff-labor ripples in Pennsylvania with steel wage cuts and Columbia Iron closing in Lancaster on April 6.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Dudley
Harrison
Harvard editors guest at Papyrus Club in Boston gathering
The Papyrus Club hosted editors from Harvard Advocate Harvard Lampoon Harvard Monthly Harvard Law Review and Harvard Daily Crimson in an April meeting praising their wit and dialogue. The piece also recalls Jamaica Pond fishing memories with perch hogfish and the pond’s historical role in Boston’s water supply and ice industry.
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Papyrus Club
Harvard Advocate
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Harvard Monthly
Harvard Law Review
Harvard Daily Crimson
Papyrus
John T. Wheelwright
R. E. Neil Dodge
T. B. Aldrich
the Atlantic
Signor Teodoro Serrao
Review of Rheingold and Walkure at German Opera
The critic praises the Rhine daughters and Alberich in Rheingold and notes Frau Kalisch Lehmann will sing Brünnhilde in Walküre. He clarifies Wagner’s emphasis on orchestral primacy, counters cries of overamplified singers, and defends the conductor for faithfully following the composer’s ideas. Arthur Weld.
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Herr Beck
Alberich
New York
Frau Kalisch-Lehmann
Brunnhilde
Wagner
Arthur Weld
Boston Art Club fortieth exhibition review
The Boston Art Club hosts its fortieth show through the 27th with watercolors pastels ink drawings and some sculpture. The piece by Mrs Frieda Redmond and works by L C Earle De Lancey W Gill Charles Eaton and others draw praise for color handling realism and poetic charm while noting some pieces lack freshness or invention. The review flags several strong studies and portraits and promises to revisit the exhibition.
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Boston Art Club
Frieda Redmond
L. C. Earle
Dwight Blaney
Ipswich
de Lancey W. Gill
Charles W. Eaton
Maine
Wiscasset
Copeland
Paskell
Newton
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Thomas Allen
H. W. Ranger
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Charles Mente
Corot
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Rivello
Hopkinson Smith
Wagner
Charles H. Turner
Horatio Watkins
Helen Hinds
Stephen Parrish
Harvey
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Gloucester
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Water colors and the Macknight exhibition in Boston
Desmond FitzGerald of Brookline writes in praise of Mr. Macknight's water colors shown at Doll & Richards. He argues the current landscape movement advances color and light over brownish tones, urging appreciation of Impressionist ideas and truthful nature portrayal. The letter defends modern techniques and predicts broader recognition.
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Owever
Desmond Fitzgeralp
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Reunion of Legislators of 1876 Held in Boston
The second annual reunion of the 1876 House of Representatives met at Boston Tavern last night. Committee members included A E Pillsbury Rueben Noble and Isaac N Nutter. Notables present included Elijah A Morse George A Marden E M McPherson Stillman B Allen Charles Osgood Joseph S Ropes Dr Thomas Z Jenks Isaac I Burr Newton G A Churchill Andrew Hall B Alden Nourse Thomas Winship Wakefield B A Norris Samuel R Hayward and Henry F C Shall Fitchburg. Ex Speaker Levi C Wade of Newton, future Speaker in 1879, attended. The event was informal.
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Rueben Noble
Isaac N. Nutter
Elijah A. Morse
George A. Marden
E. M. McPherson
Stillman
B. Allen
Charles. Osgood
Joseph S. Ropes
Thomas Z. Jenks
Isaac “I. Burr
Newton
G. A. Churchill
Andrew Hall
B. Alden Nourse
Thomas Winship
Wakefield
B. A. Norris Samuel R. Hayward
Henry F.C Shall
Fitchburg
Levi C. Wade
Varied Bits and Banter Across Newspapers
A montage of witty snippets from different papers includes a Boston divine remark, Arkansas pronunciation, mock ads, fashion refusals from seven young ladies, and humorous exchanges about trains, pens, and letters. It recounts light anecdotes and a love reunion in Terryville Connecticut with a New Haven reporter as groom.
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Arkansas
Arkansaw
Malinda
Montague
Detroit Free Press
Amélie Rives-Chanler
Washington Post
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Zroom
Nunenan
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Policy of spoils in New York appointments
Comment flags President Harrison’s civil service policy as revealed by yesterday’s appointments to two main New York federal offices. The piece argues the policy rewards victors and gives offices to politicians based on their ability to secure future elections.
The Ideal and the Practical in Politics
A brief editorial contrasts ideal and practical politics as students note that rule application varies greatly from presidential claims, likening it to differences between a white man's and a red man's views on distribution of the turkey and the buzzard.
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Reform promises haunt the Springfield Republican
The Springfield Republican notes the GOP platform pledge to reform civil service as a hopeful, yet fading, promise. It cites the inaugural line about using retrospect over promises and warns that reform remains doubtful, leaving hope deferred and hearts sick.
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Springfield Republican
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Poets Challenge Senate Imagery in Lowell Critique
The Philadelphia Record notes James Russell Lowell’s confirmation as envoy to England despite his biting verse about the Senate. It contrasts the chamber’s tolerance to poetry with discomfort at Western figures trampling its dignity, calling Senate rhetoric a debating club over stolen fruit.
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James Russell Lowell
United States Senate
England
Senate
Clay
Webster
Rose
Pegasus
Philadelphia Record
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Matthews Family Plans Quiet May Wedding
The Matthews family announce the marriage of Miss Matthews and Justice Gray will occur next month. The Supreme Court adjourns on May 11 and the wedding is likely on May 15. The ceremony will be quiet due to Miss Matthews's father’s death. The Matthews mansion is up for sale and the family will separate for the summer after the wedding.
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Matthews
Miss Matthews
Justice Gray
Supreme Court
Yale Freshmen Race Entry Questioned at New London
Yale freshmen challenged Columbia freshmen to a two mile race on the New London course. Columbia would admit Yale if Harvard agreed. Harvard boating authorities have long refused to allow Yale to meet Harvard freshmen at New London, so Yale has little hope of entering the Harvard Columbia race.
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Columbia
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