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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1899
Page
4
The committee on mercantile affairs will hold a hearing at the State House at 10 30 a m Thursday February 23 on the Post telephone bill reform. All interested in telephone reform are urged to attend.
The piece honors George Washington on his birthday and recalls his Farewell Address. It cites his decline of a third term and warns against imperial ambitions. Senator Hoar questions who will read the Address a century later, urging Congress and the American people to keep Washington’s principles alive.
The House delays a measure to revive the admiral grade for Rear Admiral Dewey before the next Congress. The bill would keep Dewey in service at his own request and preserve his role as a naval hero, unlike the army general rank issue. Advocates urge reporting and rapid passage to save his contributions.
The piece argues that Ian Maclaren’s call for an aristocracy to sustain imperialism is flawed for the United States. It notes Britain’s centuries of hereditary rule and questions whether Americans would accept a similar elite. It warns McKinley would name colonial rulers while at home a hereditary peerage would clash with republican traditions and provoke political friction.
A brief item notes John Watson is unable to fully grasp a current hardship, highlighting his limited understanding of the situation and the emotional weight involved.
The Massachusetts State Board of Trade, after heated debate, overwhelmingly supported a bill applying supervision to telephone and telegraph firms. Led by George F. Mead and Edwin L. Sprague, legislators urged the board to back a measure placing the telecoms under a state commission. The board urged the Legislature to pass such a bill to protect both public and corporate interests.
The piece argues for deliberate advancement of resolutions praising Senator Hoar in the Massachusetts Legislature. It notes strong public interest, predicts emphatic expressions at a future hearing, and contends against attempts to muzzle the initiative by the committee on federal relations. It warns that popular demand will compel legislative action.
The piece argues the Republican party plans to apply the fourteenth amendment to reapportionment after the census. It suggests disfranchisement tests in Southern states would shrink their House representation by cutting electoral power of literate Black voters. The author asserts this would end the era of Republican championing of Black voters, framing suffrage as a political tool.
A Boston reader recalls youths who saved their allowance to buy Mansfield tickets only to be thwarted by delays and frustrations. The piece also notes a New York street cleaning contractor threatening arrests for snow removal and other local curiosities.
A quirky collage of comic couplets from Brooklyn Life by McLandburgh Wilson. It threads mischief with family scenes about cake and jam, London advances, a bull, Podunkville, easy money, tobacco mishaps, and a late night return, all tied by humorous urban idiosyncrasy.
A miscellany notes prominent individuals including land baron Robert Gillespie Reid claimed as the world’s largest landowner with vast Newfoundland holdings and resources. It also mentions Uncle Dick Thompson of Terre Haute a long-serving political figure, plus brief remarks about Rafael A. Gutierrez in Honduras and a light tour of U.S. presidents’ signatures.
A Massachusetts House clash over Sunday hunting ended with passage of a bill to prohibit game shooting on Sundays drawn from Worcester sportsmen. Debate featured Miller of Pepperell supporting the measure to protect observance, Mills citing widespread Sunday damage, and Morse noting more fires and fences damaged on Sundays. The roll yielded 104 to 41 yeas, enacting the Sunday hunting prohibition as a crime for violators.
Petitions seek sworn stockholder returns from foreign corporations for taxation. A fire commissioner bill and Brookline fire department establishment are reported. An 87850 appropriation for Monson Hospital for Epileptics includes 75000 for infirmary. Medfield Insane Asylum building and Dedham registry of deeds proposals approved. Danvers Insane Hospital 43750 with 21000 for electric plant, election laws leave to withdraw Board of Election Commissioners. Senate chair Kefnick praised, Marlboro strike investigation ordered. committee to visit Monday.
Senator Feneno backed a one day off in twenty seven for Boston police, saying it costs nothing and aids recreation. Senator Dallinger and Commissioner Clark opposed, warning of crippling the force. Senator Tague urged passage noting workload relief. The measure failed with 17 voting against and eight for rejection, amid other actions on building laws and safety bills.
Formal discussion began in the Senate with Republicans Hawley and Warren backing the Hull-Hawley proposal while Democrats Mitchell and Cockrell opposed it. Cockrell warned no great standing army should be bound to the nation without full discussion, and Hawley urged a fully American force, noting Philippine duties and Dewey’s hold on the islands. The post office appropriation bill also passed.
The House neared the end of a naval appropriations bill in Washington on February 21, adopting a $720,090 allocation to complete Naval Academy buildings at Annapolis despite committee opposition to rehab plans. The session also dealt with ship construction limits and a motion about naming a ship the American Boy, plus a ruling on military commissions vacating seats.
Three hundred fifty guests attended last night in Maverick Hall East Boston for the wedding of Misa Pauline Morrison and Thomas B Berenson. Rabbi Isaac Baritz performed the Hebraic ceremony. The bride wore Duchess satin with lace trimming and carried bride roses. Maid of honor Annie Morrison and bridesmaids Evan Berenson Rose Berenson Jennie Lebenson. Best man Max Berenson with usher Henry Finkelstein. The couple will reside in Dorchester after a brief honeymoon.
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