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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1893
Page
4
The movement to require sale at public auction of extra railroad stock gains support. Lawmakers are expected to favor the measure as it limits watering capital by issuing stock above par. The issue pits public interests against a few railroad stockholders.
With the push for silver legislation and a Treasury banker for gold, Harrison faces critique for silence during the currency reform fight. The piece argues Cleveland now leads as the honest money champion, while Harrison loses standing and influence.
In Parliament the Home Rule bill is set as the new government’s priority. Gladstone presents the measure with force and eloquence, promising reform for Ireland and urging a seven year path to English conversion. The speech conveys confidence of victory amid a 211 seat English majority.
The Trinity Church congregation has raised the Paiit- Libs Brooks memorial fund to the minimum level set by the committee. More donations from other congregations and private sources are expected to complete a suitably grand memorial, turning the effort into a popular, assured public tribute in Boston.
In 1886 the Home Rule measure faced a reduced minority and now sustains a clear majority this year. Gladstone’s bill would, for the first time since union, allow Irish people real control over legislation and administration. Local self government is framed as emancipation contrasting with coercion, with debate over limiting conditions to follow, but the scheme is seen as sunlight breaking over Ireland.
Mrs Elainr Goopdale Eastman withdraws from the Indian Rights Association, sending a letter for publication blaming Mr Hersery Weisn. She refuses to aid with her name and money, citing the marital quarrel of her husband, a Sioux Harvard medical graduate, with the Pine Ridge agent. Secretary and representative Mr Welsh is noted as a possible asset to the remaining Boston‑based association, which endures the breach.
The National Board of Trade recommends creating a Department of Trade and Commerce. It argues commerce and trade deserve Cabinet-level care, with the Bureau of Navigation as a nucleus, easing Treasury burdens. Roads and Trade and Commerce departments are seen as future administrative developments.
The United States sues to test a device claimed to extend Bell Telephone Company monopoly. The Attorney General asserts that delaying patent grants can unjustly prolong exclusive rights as public property, and scrutinizes the Berliner patent as an abuse of patent privileges.
The passage laments laws that enable monopoly pricing on telephone services, arguing that inventions are available free abroad and that if current laws permit this, they must be changed to ensure justice and equity for the American people.
Boston households paid January gas bills and found no evidence of reduced lighting costs or brighter illumination after the monopoly’s January promises. The Post warns that candle power promises were a hoax and urges signing the petition for cheaper gas as the only relief.
The writer congratulates the Post on its new press and notes anticipation for their own upcoming press capable of printing 48 000 records per hour. The piece wishes the Post abundant growth and the new presses galore.
Mr Sheridan Archibald leaves for two weeks at his father's farm in Missouri to fell wood and return strong. Boston papers boast of Johnny Wright's early Sunday extra on the Collins death case, and praise Lawyer Thomas J Barry's looks and skill. Josiah Quincy and E D McGuinness appear in political circles, while Walter Harte builds a literary advertising bureau. Nantucket columns note Providence figures, and public figures like W T Sears and Rivel are quoted. Willis E Gibson’s Brockton death shocks Col Whipple, with Proctor and Barret noted as prominent Dartmouth graduates in city politics.
On Valentine Day Boston hosts a charity ball at Mechanics Hall with costumes from four centuries. The Eastern Yacht Club annual election in Boston renominates flag officers, with J Malcolm Forbes to remain commodore. Light Brahma show opens at Faneuil Hall through Feb 17 with poultry and egg prizes. Various societies, lectures, and civic events occur nationwide in cities from St Louis to Augusta and Denver, including concerts, banquets, conventions, and a Met opera house sale bid by notable financiers.
A collage of maxims and quips from multiple papers including Philadelphia Times Galveston News Yonkers Statesman Elmira Gazette Cleveland Plain Dealer Detroit Tribune and Good News. Topics range from work and piety to banquets merchants and household ironies.
In the state legislative session today a battle over the abolition of the Executive Council dominates debates. Governors and leaders press for or against the plan as Republicans prepare to vote along party lines with possible motions to amend the constitution. Key figures include Sen Leary and Reps Charles McEvoy and Richard Sullivan, while Mayor Matthews drives petitions and street policy proposals.
A Victorian Valentine dated February 14, 1893 sends a rose covered homage to Caroline. The poem rejects old-time knightly praise and extols Helen Delaise as the truest beauty and the fairest. A poet at an altar speaks softly, promising steadfast love.
The Boston Young Men's Congress met with large attendance despite bad weather. New members proposed limiting suffrage to caucus voters and boosting stock in the Boston and Maine railroad while probing the New York New Haven and Hartford. A special rule to curb floor blocking sparked a long filibuster, ending five minutes before adjournment. The rule is set for reconsideration next Monday along with bills on government telegraph and telephone service and abolishing capital punishment.
A Cambridge reader, Cuarnes C. Lee, praises the Post's Law Coupon as a valuable legal aid in a February letter. He notes consulting a lawyer and endorses the service. The brief letter adds his appreciation and hometown stamp.
The Boston Post ran a contest with over three thousand letters offering a gold eagle for the best 100 word recipe to keep a husband at home in the evenings. The prize was awarded to E. A. Bryant for Begin with the Boy, urging education at home to make a husband cooperative and loving.
Social events listed include a Dorchester Glee Club concert at Winthrop Hall, dances hosted by Miss Florence Brooks Woodland Park Hotel and Mrs. W H Canterbury Old Dorchester Club House, entertainments at Mrs Arthur Beebe and Mrs BK Charles Fitch homes, an 8 pm College Club function honoring Marion Crawford, and receptions at Haserick and Aldrich residences. Weddings at Park Church and Vendome dinner dance at Pierce Hall, with Charity Ball at Mechanics Building.
Mayor Matthews of Boston proposes legislation to stop exorbitant illumination charges for cities and towns. If successful, he would deserve the gubernatorial nomination next fall and a possible election.
East Boston Argus Advocate lauds Mayor Matthews for a strong course on city lighting. It condemns Boston paying the nation's highest rates for municipal illumination.
The women of Boston oppose cutting Boston Common. They act from sentiment, chiefly the right kind, to preserve the park against efforts to subdivide or repurpose it.
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