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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1887
Page
4
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The Senate unanimously adopts Burler's resolution calling for a special committee on postal telegraph issues. Edmunds introduces a bill for a government telegraph system and plans to push it in committee and both houses. The issue of government control merits early congressional consideration.
Senator Chandler introduces a bill to regulate congressional elections in four southern states with federal inspectors and returning boards. The editorial argues the move is irritating and outdated, noting the South no longer needs federal guardianship and praising current improved conditions.
The analysis weighs Mr Morley as the Liberals top asset beside Guastone, with Sir William Harcourt and Lord Rosebery differing in strength. Morey is praised for scholarly rigor, while Grantmpstonr is noted for logical consistency, stressing the party cannot lose him now.
Lord Sainsbury dispatches the Duke of Norfolk to the Pope to seek papal benediction for Home Rule efforts. A Vatican-friendly envoy and renewed English Catholic links may affect Dublin clergy and the National League, while Lord Salisbury weighs diplomatic leverage over Home Rule.
BuRY has shown as much astuteness in his choice of the agent as in that of the means. The remark highlights prudent selection and strategic method in handling a delicate matter.
City plans division into wards and precincts for aldermen elections. Debate focuses on precinct allocation fairness between Wards 6 7 9 10 and 17 19, plus whether a Mayors committee should draw district lines with limited adjustment to existing boundaries.
The piece notes French Radicals turning on President Carnot after a temperate message, with writers like Rocarfort and Pelletan urging attacks. It cites critics who warn Carnot is a dummy in Ferry’s hands and anticipates further attempts to tarnish his early administration amid a fractious Chamber.
In the municipal election amid praise for reform, Wattiam Warrmore ends his long service in the common council. Once active to defend or alter the city charter, Warrmore faced opposition and failed to halt changes, while public opinion supported responsible governance and clearer fiscal limits.
A review compares two books on rural life, noting Hanoup Freperic’s Seth’s Brother’s Wife as faithful to American rural life while Araustus Jessup’s Aready for Better or Worse surveys England. It argues England’s countryside faces harsher depictions of monotony and deprivation, with scenes of unaffordable joyless holidays and lack of play spaces for children.
The widow who ran a vast mercantile empire after her husband's death is mourned in Paris for her generosity to employees and public charities. Her business acumen at Bon Marché is praised alongside her kindness, a notable example of combining profits with philanthropy.
The Springfield Union shows prosperity by moving to new quarters buying new presses and adopting new type all at once. Under Mr Surprey in five years the paper has improved despite its aggressive partisan stance and readers and contemporaries wish it further success. An account of the Union’s development since 1582 appears in the Monday issue.
A columnist muses on returning to Boston noting how creditors and friends show care in different ways. He recalls the oil knife grinder's decline with aging, praises civic worthies, and recounts a chaotic scene at Music Mall where women jostle for rehearsal tickets, ending with a tense moment as a bonnet is knocked off.
The Hollis Street Theatre audience enjoyed a lively matinee with Gillette's company and visiting notables such as Miss Rosina Vokes, Miss Minna K. Gale, and Mrs. Grossman. Editha's Burglar attracts both laughter and tears through Elsie the child actress and its natural, poignant scenes. The Great Pink Pearl follows but seems like light fare after the earlier play.
Mr Whitney missed due to a cold, leaving Mr Winch to carry the program at Chickering Hall last evening. The varied selection included Haindel Dibdin Lang and Dvorak songs plus Chopin by Mr Lang. The audience of cultivated music lovers praised Winch for his intelligent, delicate delivery and Miss Lang’s melodious songs.
The Barrister has four final performances at the Museum before Monday night introduces The Loggarth. Miss Vokes and company draw large Park Theatre crowds this week as the third and last week of her engagement begins with The Widow's Device. Booth and Barrett drew big crowds with Julius Caesar at the Boston Theatre, while Denman Thompson visits Christmas week with The Old Homestead. Frederic Bryton finds success at the Globe with Forgiven as Frank Daniels returns with Little Puck and Billie Deaves. A strong week of variety closes at the Howard.
A jolly audience of about 100 Thirteenth Regiment Association members met at the Revere House for their annual reunion. New officers were elected led by President S. B. Henderson and Secretary Charles J. Davis, with a strong push to fund a regimental history being prepared by Captain Kimball. Attendees included General S. H. Leonard, Col. Charles H. Hovey, and several captains and majors, as talks and toasts gave way to order and fellowship.
The Socialistic Labor party held its first public meeting in Wreble Hall with Harry Vroman of Providence presenting the platform. Demands include government ownership of railways, canals, telegraphs, telephones, and all public transport, municipal control of local railroads and ferries, and inalienable public lands leased under fixed terms. The platform also seeks repeal of pauper and temperance laws and full right of combination.
Miss Grace Matthews will spend winter in Princeton keeping house for her brother preparing for the Presbyterian ministry. Congressman John M Russell of Massachusetts wears a wool overcoat from his own Worcester sheep. Washington is a book buying center with Mrs Cleveland Justices Gray Matthews and Harlan plus other notable figures in a local store. Rockmart Georgia sees a twin birth and two more children in succession, three daughters born to Mrs George Smith. Bayard and Attorney General Garland attend Epiphany Church alongside pastor Giesy who cites hunger while money sits in the Treasury.
The New York World argues that reducing duties would boost revenue only if the free list is lengthened. It contends that expanding exemptions would reduce revenue and lower the cost of U S manufactures, aiding sales in world markets.
The Boston election signals a defeat for the Democratic machine and a rise in Independent voting. Ex-Governor Gaston and the Boston Post aligned elements crossed party lines, reflecting support for good government as a central political aim. GOP responsiveness during the campaign might have altered results.
The piece argues Henry Georgeism is a harmful scheme that deprives people of the fruits of their labor by force. It likens the proposal to a burglar cracking a bank vault, noting some adherents may be law abiding but share the same immoral purpose.
The article denounces a case where Harper was indicted, convicted, and sentenced within hours, thrusting him into State prison before sunset. It questions fairness and points to possible flaws in both Ohio and New York law, accusing judges of weakness and the public of gullibility.
At Odd Fellows Hall last night Metropolitan road employees honored their late president C A Richards and furniture dealer B C Thompson. Governor Ames spoke and a crayon portrait of the Knights of Labor six horse team was presented to Richards. A gold watch and chain valued at 250 was given to I C Thompson as thanks. The event included speeches, a banquet, and dancing with many dignitaries in attendance.
A reader reprints English press notes on the Gweedore evictions in Ireland and a Nottingham speech by Mr. Gladstone. The incident centers on an armed agent, a boy in the crowd, and a rifle moment, prompting Gladstone to revise his remarks and apologize.
A column of miscellaneous observations jokes about Christmas excess wages and prices, a note on Jamaica ginger giveaways, a playful jab at a millennium age law, and a cartoonish anecdote about a theater crowd and loaded guns. It ends with a misaddressed funeral notice and mistaken directions for interment.
The operators of the Para Rubbereens A cg pany and Framingham have voted to worsen.
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