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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1893
Page
4
The piece urges Democrats to vote straight down the ticket for seven Democratic Aldermen, arguing Republicans boast of winning seven seats by splitting Democratic votes under a new law. It claims the Democratic list equals or exceeds the Republican slate and warns against aiding the Republican ticket with any split vote.
A full vote today is anticipated to yield a 10,000 vote majority for Mayor Matthews as supporters rally across the city. The outcome hinges on turnout in key precincts and the margin signals the next term's direction.
The piece argues Hart trails in polls and calls on every Boston resident to cast a strong vote for Matthews. It warns against a narrow victory and urges an emphatic majority to rebuke demagoguery and protect city governance.
The voters face a straightforward decision between Mayor Matthews seeking a fourth year after three successful terms and a retired claimant who left office three years ago after two unsatisfactory terms. The campaign highlights stark contrasts in character, qualifications, and supporter bases.
Voters choose between Mayor Matthews and challenger Hart amid reforms claimed by Matthews in gas, tax, financial, administrative, and sanitary areas. Support from business leaders and physicians cited. Hart labeled reactionary. Citizens urged to vote to keep gas costs down and governance steady.
The Boston school board race features Republicans joining Democrats to remove racial and religious prejudice from school governance. The piece urges voters to support all joint candidates to maximize moral impact and create near unanimous victory. It notes Matthews Day and a snowstorm for candidate Hart.
The writer argues a bomb thrown in the French Chamber of Deputies points to an anarchist who may have broader authorization. European governments should stamp out the nuisance, as these agents threaten society and may prompt harsh laws against workers. The piece contrasts with the United States where workers support the government and society’s foundations.
True temperance friends in Boston are urged to mark the license option on the ballot at the bottom. The piece warns that banning licenses would trigger an era of law breaking and a moral disaster. Voters are urged to vote early and for Matthews and seven Democratic aldermen.
The South Norwalk discharge of Democratic workers at Norwalk Iron Works in protest of tariff policy is condemned as labor oppression. The piece links such actions to McKinleyism, cites past efforts at Nonantum Worsted, and warns of public backlash if labor is coerced to support tariff measures.
The Plasterers Union reports severe unemployment with only about thirty of 300 members working as October downturn hits business. Families like William and Mrs. Goggins face hunger and debt. neighbors donate aid while unions consider heating municipal buildings to create work.
Miss Charlotte W Hawes will lecture on Bells before the Woburn Woman's Club on Friday December 15. She will then discuss National Music at a Melrose gathering under Mrs Mary A Livermore. Beacon Hill fencing open and Derne Street sidewalk now accessible. Tremont Theatre shelter debated. streetcar shelter hoped for. A starving family crisis highlighted with Jeremiah Sheehan and wife and two children seeking aid.
The Austrian-Hungarian postmaster general proposes Pomp and palace honors for Joseph Jagello of Lemburg Poland a direct Jagello descendant who favors simple living. Jagello recently received eight gulden for diligence and is a family man with many children.
A reader letters to the Post rebuke the Herald editor for misreading Colorado suffrage results and federal rules. The letter clarifies that Colorado women cannot vote for federal officers yet without a constitutional amendment and cites Article I and Article II provisions. The writer urges a careful reading of the U S Constitution.
The People's Church hosted the People's Concert and Lecture Course last night with Rev. Thomas Chalmers of Brooklyn presenting Rural Dialects. The lecture drew a large audience and received favorable notices for its engaging delivery.
The third regular meeting of the Unitarians Sunday School Union will be held in the parlors of the Church of the Disciples. The Rev Minot J Savage will speak on The Theory of Evolution as Background and Side light for Sunday School Instruction.
In Boston Messrs. Warde and James present George H. Baker's Francesca da Rimini at the Museum engagement closing with Damon and Pythias. James delivers a careful Beppo Pepe impersonation. Warde's Lanciotto is heavy but controlled. Miss Chapman shines as Francesca.
Primrose and West's minstrels opened a week at the Globe Theatre featuring a melodic chorus and fresh jokes. Acts include Morris Cronin, Billy Van, Lew Randall, Howe Wall and McLeod, Rice and Elmer, the World’s Fair Band, and an acrobatic finale. A football skit between the Hayales and Hearties ends in playful chaos.
Last night at Bowdoin Square Theatre the spectacle The Bottom of the Sea drew an eager audience. The production featured vivid sea scenes with divers in armor and a fierce octopus encounter, praised for staging and realism. The company included George P. Webster J W McConnell Fred Powers George Almont Camille Cleveland Jennie Darragh Georgie Cain. Jack Dempsey staged a three round bout with Denny Costigan afterward.
The audience enjoyed a lively performance as the company members showcased pleasing specialties creating amusement and charm throughout the show.
The Palace Theatre welcomed two large audiences with W. Williams’s big vaudeville and comedy program. Delavone and Barton opened with a trick house act, Dupont performed aerial feats, and Mile. Nada Reyval from Paris illuminated the stage with electric lighting as the finale.
Pauline Nana and her caged lions drew a crowd at Austin and Stone's Museum in Boston yesterday and again this week. She trained the beasts with a blindfolded sight-reading act, whistled in a Siberian bloodhound, and posed with revolver in hand. A lamb and a girl joined the cage, entertaining onlookers as the lions roared and the dog barked. The exhibition ends soon, but the novelty has drawn large audiences each day.
The second month of The Girl I Left Behind Me opens with a huge Boston audience. The 500th performance is set for Tuesday Dec 19 with a grand souvenir program by Charles Frohman. Also noted are Venus at Park Theatre and the 100th souvenir performance, plus Mansfield’s Merchant of Venice preview at Globe and other Boston theatre events.
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