Moran Speech Attacks City Hall Corruption and Quincy Ally
John B Moran declares independence from party ties and endorses Tom Riley for mayor. He accuses Charles S Camrell and others in City Hall of graft, blackmail, and illegal dealings, detailing boiler fraud and improper payments. He cites campaign contributions and letters implicating Quincy, Roy, and others, urging removal and Reform.
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Curtis
Quincy
Eat Greenhalge
Russell
Tom Riley
City Hall
Charles S. Camrell
Moran Bl Talk Wfdnch Yan
John B Moran is introduced with praise during a speech segment from a discussion on party principles and national unity He pledges to examine Mr Quincy and his administration while addressing supporters and critics in a heated exchange
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Cat Party
People of
United States
Quincy Nee
Urrah
John B. Moran
Receipt Photograph Shown for Moran Post
Facsimile of a receipt photographed for Post by Mr Moran yesterday afternoon.
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Moran
Facsimile Endorsement of Boston Bank Check to Wells
A facsimile endorsement on a 229.68 check drawn on Commercial National Bank of Boston shows the check payable to the Superintendent of Streets Wells. The check was received by Wells on August 28 and not cashed until November 19, 1896, with remarks about legal knowledge and city ordinances limiting departmental purchases.
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Wells
City Treasury
City of Boston
City of
Boston
Commercial National Bank of Boston
Boston official exposes graft and misused money in 1896 sewer scandal
Dennis Moran denounces City Hall corruption linking Wells and Rice with grease contracts from T. M. Ware Co. He cites statutes affecting officials, demands accountability, and mentions a public outcry over misused funds and alleged embezzlement. The remarks reference Quincy administration and a surge of political prosecutions.
Moran Accuses Quincy of Mortgage Fraud and Plunder
The speaker accuses Mayor Quincy of corrupt ties to a printing plant and a secret mortgage scheme. He cites forged titles, unrecorded liens, and payments to associates while alleging labor and paving abuses and misused city funds guarded by Roy and Lenthier.
Is Mayor Quincy a Democratic Mayor in Boston?
The Post questions if Mayor Josiah Quincy, elected by Democratic votes, truly represents Democratic sentiments and whether his tax plan shifts burden from rich personal property owners to small households and tenants, signaling if the measure is aligned with Democratic aims.
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Josiah Quincy
Quincy
Boston
Boson
Moran Attacks Quincy’s 1896 Tax Plan in Boston Press Debate
The excerpt shows Mr. Moran reiterating Mr. Grozier’s 1896 critique of Quincy’s tax scheme, calling it undemocratic. He cites the railroad union station proposal, the $1.8 to $2 million expenditure, and autocratic spending without safeguards, urging adherence to democratic principles and public wishes. He urges Mr. Quincy to listen to the people and align with reform efforts like free transfers and fair subway leasing terms.
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Mr. Moran
Post
Moran
Quincy
Boston
Editorial attribution and questions about Quincy mayor
Mr Moran cites editorials by E A Grazier or William Taylor accusing Quincy of a deal with railroad interests and asks the Boston Post to answer whether Quincy has a Democratic Mayor. He discusses April 7 1896 editorials and the Union Station deal and calls for the mayor to testify on free transfers before a legislative committee.
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Department of Publicuildings
Charles Damrell
John S. Damrell
William Austin
Pine and
Washington Streets
Laskey
Cambridge
Charles S. Camrell
Damrell
Austin
Charles F. Damrell
Galvin
M An
Coit
Tremont Street
Charles S. Damrell
City Hall
George Chanadler Coit
Boston
C. S. Damrell
Ed Coyle
Gayle
Mr. Coyle
Coyle
Super
Mr. Quincy
Mr. Austin
Quincy
Camrell
Charlie Camrell
Greenwood Bros
Gren
John
J. A. Davis
Mass
Moran
McNary
Hayes
Martin Lomasney
Johnny Fitz
Hisses
Ritchie
Committee On Labor
E. A. Grazier
William Taylor
Uincy
Post
Boston Post
Southern Union Depot
Grazier
Legislatives
Photographic Copies and Postal Exhibits Noted
Mr Moran sent four photographs to the Post on posterday afternoon. Six copies were reproduced by the Post artist in this morning's edition. Four other letter copies in the Mayor's handwriting arrived with envelopes addressed to Charles T Roy of 53 Market Street Lowell Massachusetts. Reproductions were not eligible and the subject matter is covered in Mr Oran's speech.
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Quincy
Lenthier
Lenthiier
Lowell
Uincy
Certhin
Canada
Boston
Mass
National
Cleveland
National Democratic Committee
Kenny
National Lithograph Company of Washington
Roy
Moran
Mr. Roy
The
Market Street
Mr. Moran
Ware
Moon Island
Marcella Street
Quincy Administration
Quinc
Peter
Lowell City Hall
Simon Davis
Ape
Timothy W. Coakley
Oran
Miss Cote
Washington, D. C
Otet
Lavite
Josiah
Davis
Pestes Ao
Thomas Riley Accuses National Interference in City Election
Candidate Thomas Riley denounces national politics intruding into the city race. He cites a morning report that a prominent Democrat, Richard Olney, Secretary of State, was slated to appear on a platform next Thursday night.
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Riley
J. Cleveland
Richard Olney
Boston campaign speech attacks Fitzgerald and local officials
A fiery Boston rally attacks Rep Fitzgerald and mayoral figures, accusing treachery and corruption. Speaker denounces Josiah Quincy Dennison Conry and others, claims their poll taxes and misdeeds harmed the party, and defends his own integrity and campaign record. Tim Coakley closes the event with remarks.
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England
East Boston
South Bosto
Kiverett
Nathan Matthews
Pisceres
Koston
Josiah Quincy
William McKinley
Mark Hanna
Barrows
Bordman Hall
John C. Cobb
Boston
Hall
Congress
Fitzgerald
New England
Chicago
Congressman Fitzgerald
Washington
Tennessee
Our
City
Concorb
North End
Concord
Picayune
Treasury
Joseph A. Dennison
Bryan
Butler
Blaine
Curtis
West
Dennison
Dr. Everett
Battle Creek
Hackson
Coakley
John Boyle O’reilly
Conry
Quincy
Fitzerald
Riley
Martin Lomasney
Lomasney
Hisses
Mr. Riley
Tim Coakley
Free to all men cure for nervous debility offered
A wide call invites men with nervous debility to try a credited Ap edy claimed to restore vigor and youth. The offer directs writing to H C Olds, Box 1950, Kalamazoo Michigan, for a free prescription with no obligation.
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H.C. Olds
Box
Kalamazoo
Mich
Notable Histories of Arts and Politics Across Europe
Joseph Jefferson credits Dr. George Reuling of Baltimore for saving his sight then gifts a painting by himself. Quidde of Munich may join the Reichstag after gaining fame for Caligula. Gedney Bunce, praised by Queen Victoria, returns to Hartford after fourteen years. A party of English visitors moves toward Samarkand via Krasnovodsk under Russian rail leaders. Eugene Sue’s father sent fine wines to European elites, inspiring a revelatory cabinet tale of moonshine wines and secret bottles.
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Joseph Jefferson
George Reuling
Baltimore
Gedney Bunce
Queen Victoria
Mr. Bunce
Hartford
Conn
Eugene Suew
Europe
Austria
Prussia
Christina
Spain
Alicante
Prince Metternich
Elzevir
Eugene
Adolphe
Adam
Veron
Rail and Steamship Links Between Cities In News Schedule
STONINGTON CLINE connects via Providence at 7 00 p m on weekdays linking with the steamer MAINE or NEW MPSHIRE. NORWICH LINE links rail and sound at New London with the steamer CITY OF LOWELL or CITY OF WORCESTER.
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New York
Park Square Station
Boston
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Shore Line
New London
New Haven
Bay State Limited
Willimantic
Air Line Limited
Fall River Lane
Rail and Sound
Fall River
Newport
Falliver
Puarim
Plymouth
Stonington Cline
Providence
Liues
Maine
Norwich
Krail and Sound
City OF Lowell
City OF Worcester
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Doogue
Harry Sullivan
Joseph Corbett
Mullen
Sullivan
Michael J. McEttrick
McEttrick
Worcester
Leee
J. Quincy
Collector’s Department
Taylor
Civil Service
Nat Robinson
Leuthier
Thomas Riley
Wilson
Oan
Dennis
Auditor Dodge
Philadelphia
Mulrey
Poauas
T. M. Ware & Co
R. Cotter
F. H. Rice
Crowley
Rice
Mr. Wells
Mr. Rice
Fort Hill
Benjamin W. Wells
Bliss
James Bliss & Co
Commercial National Bank
Commercial Street
Harry Lloyd
Lloyd
Salem
Charles
Jamaica Plain
Bennington Street
Bennington
Walley
Carter
Michael McClelland
Patrick King
MccClelland
Shay’s Hill
Whitman & Howard
Bhay’s Hill
Telephone Corporation
Ter
Charlestown
Wood, Harmon & Co
Mortgagor
Board of Aldermen
Legislative Committee
Law Department
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Quidde
Munich
Caligula
Ich
Woolrych Perowne
Archibald Buchan-Hepburn
A. Capell
Krasnovodsk
Merv Samarkand
Bokhara
Caspian Sea
Baku
Kuropatkin
Trans-Caspian
M. Brunell
Russian Military Railways
M. Klett
Atabad
Krasno
Frey Thursby
Housman
Devbush Shine
Giapehy
Whiladelphia
Ton
Pennsylvan
Maryland
Colonial Express
Federal Legopress
Old State House
Paris Square Station
Geo
I. Connor
A. C. Kendall
L. H. Palmer
Boston Pass
Qld State House
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