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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1912
Page
10
Report from the session notes crowded corers and many Irish members filling the chamber. Donald McMaster of North West Surrey sat early while Asquith prepared to speak, with seats filling rapidly by afternoon.
An old advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a gentle stomach laxative for children and adults, claiming safety and effectiveness. The text shifts to U K politics with Asquith proposing Home Rule for Ireland, Ulster opposition, and a tense parliamentary scene with Bonar Law and Carson amid crowded chambers and international observers.
Whitelaw Reid, the American ambassador, arrived early to the event and found Mr Asquith already delivering his speech. The House members, in high spirits, awaited the memorable moment as the crowd showed enthusiasm for the approaching scene.
Premier Asquith outlines a four part Irish home rule scheme with a parliament at Dublin and a nominated Senate while ensuring minority safeguards. Redmond backs the bill as Unionists including Carson oppose and Balfour calls for adjournment as Liberals and Nationals support passage.
The bill establishes an Irish Parliament with a 40 member Senate and 164 member House of Representatives, sharing power over peace and order with the imperial Parliament retaining key controls. It outlines tax, postal, and excise adjustments, representation at Westminster, and a six year transition of the Irish constabulary, with protections for religious equality and limited imperial veto powers.
Dublin papers publish Asquith speech reaction as surprisingly favorable to the bill and its financial approach. Nationalists likely to join the first Irish ministry but want imperial control of the constabulary for six years. Appointing judges by the Irish executive is a noted surprise. Details of financial terms remain unclear.
The Gilchrist Company Employees Benefit Association held its ninth annual dance at Catholic Union Hall with nearly all firm officials present. R W Heartz led the event with Florence Carroll assisting. many staff members helped in the reception. The treasury shows a $2500 surplus, $2000 of which earns 6 percent interest.
George A. Lancaster of Revere owner of a Portsmouth Rhode Island coal mine petitions the Massachusetts Senate and Congress for a special investigation. He seeks methods to lower anthracite cost or to convert bituminous coal into an anthracite substitute. He argues the coal supply is limited to 480 square miles in eastern Pennsylvania and insufficient for years, urging federal action to study making soft coal viable at lower prices.
Regular users find rapid help for indigestion gas and heartburn. The ad claims Pope’s Diapepsia digests food instantly, curing sour belching nausea and discomfort within five minutes. A 50 cent case from the pharmacist is said to suffice for most dyspepsia cases.
More than 1000 stevedores at Locust Point struck to win a 5 cent hourly wage raise. Affected lines include North German Lloyd Hamburg American and Johnston. They say paid 20 to 25 cents below deck workers and about 40 cents below deck workers with deck men at 0 cents. long ship intervals lift weekly earnings to around six dollars.
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