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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1887
Page
4
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The Forty-ninth Congress nears its end with four days left as key appropriation bills loom. The naval bill has passed the House, but others lag, risking a need for a special session. Today the House pauses for eulogies to late Maryland Congressman Cole as turmoil continues.
New York State railroad commissioners report no clear conclusion on improved car illumination. Boston and Albany tests show incandescent lights from storage batteries costing about eleven cents per lamp. The New York limited express will be equipped, with plans for other trains, citing better light and safer response in accidents.
The Senate debated the consular and diplomatic appropriation on Saturday. Kansas Senator Plumb attacked the public conduct of the U S envoy at the Court of St James and revived insults toward Lowell and Phelps. Morian defended Puyp, but Plumb pressed for American enterprise, though without a clear direction.
Mayor Hewitt, speaking to a Brooklyn Eagle reporter, criticizes the Knights of Labor as militaristic and despotic hidden within secret councils. He contrasts them with Democratic aims to aid all classes and cites unions like the Union of Locomotive Engineers and the Amalgamated Iron and Steel Association as beneficial bodies that respect others’ right to work.
Powderly and his followers criticize excluding workers as tyranny. He argues the American idea upholds the right of every man to work where he will, how he will, and at the wages he can obtain.
Pending trials this week for Alderman Cleary, indicted on boodle charges, sparks a press fueled dispute over his retention as a janitor by Equitable Life Assurance Society. Company president Hyper defends Cleary’s quarter century of faithful service, calling any discharge an injustice and cowardice despite public sentiment.
The Democratic Senate rejects the Republican Lieutenant-Governor and the Republican House refuses to recognize the Senate, halting public business amid tense exchanges. The piece notes potential but dubious gains from the stalemate and compares it to West Virginia’s approach of adjourning and leaving the Governor to appoint a U.S. Senator.
Colonel A K McClure writes that defeat of the dependent pension bill clears the path for a practical pension reform. The plan seeks to purge fraudulent claims from pension rolls and extend support to genuinely needy, aging veterans with honest service. Grand Army officials are already discussing how to target fraud and protect honored soldiers.
The Senate backs a thorough inquiry into Pacific railroad debt to the government and approves the amended measure. Supporters say the history and facts are accessible and a strong report will reflect the railroads’ value and public interest. The union Pacific expresses willingness to aid, and provisions on title and surplus investment are praised as prudent. Continuous dividend pauses have funded property improvements with outlook for substantial future returns.
The text argues for a comprehensive pension reform to curb fraud and limit private pension bills, claiming it would depoliticize the pension system and end the manipulation known as the soldier vote, relieving Congress of improper measures and aligning with broader reforms.
The British government under Lord Salisbury faces a crisis amid weak policy and delays in rule changes. The opposition gains from prolonged debate as coercion bills falter and Nationalists gain strength with Liberal support. The split over Irish policy and the failed plan to convict leaders further erode government standing.
The piece argues the leader’s role may become a true sinecure until coercion moves forward as a Conservative fix for Irish troubles. It notes restiveness within governing factions, dissatisfaction with current admin methods after Lord Randolph Churchill’s resignation, and concern over Salisbury’s ability to navigate Ireland and other looming issues.
Attention is drawn to a repeated fraud that mimics charity solicitations bearing forged names of public figures. Citizens are urged to scrutinize appeals before giving. A legislative committee will hear tomorrow at the State House on appointing police matrons for larger cities, with petitioners likely to present their case.
Witty Chicago society recounts Lowell’s West reception as a symbol of cultural bloom in America. Wealthy host T. Percy Botrom Jones bragged of an eighteen course dinner costing about 7000 dollars, with Lowell praising fine sherry priced at 16 dollars a bottle.
The Forum for March presents discussions on Christianity in the future, Henry George's economic views, and book recommendations. It features Hale on books that helped him, lists formative novels, and explores Wordsworth Carlyle influence, with pieces by Ely on labor, Linton on fashion tyranny, and Hammon on disappearances. Includes Confessions of a Universalist, Sea Serpent myth, Standing Room Only, and a jury system article.
The public and educated readers lack training to grasp advanced scientific writings, though the Popular Monthly aims to bridge this gap with accessible summaries and discussions.
The article surveys papers by Grant Allen, William Marshall and L M Hall on Mt Washington landworts Birds and Their Daily Bread and higher education of women. It discusses William Stevenson on Genius and Mental Disease arguing genius does not require disease. It includes reviews of papers on centenarian habits naturalist training and celebrated clocks, plus a biographical sketch of Youmans. A musician yields to popularity and dullness over originality.
Messrs Macmillan & Co will publish an English edition of Professor Mendenhalls A Century of Electricity while Houghton Mifflin delays its release here for concurrent publication. Barrére s Argot and Slang a French English dictionary appears as a luxe edition by subscription. Bernard Quaritch expands sale catalogues Monuments of the Early Printers in All Countries Part I German Low Countries Part II Italian.
In Boston the Common shifts from Saturday grime to a white glistening Sunday. The writer reflects on spring weather, shifts in shop Sunday enforcement, and the Deacon estate on Washington Street facing redevelopment. The Deacon house, once grand in French villa style, now sits squeezed between newer buildings as preserving memories of past luxury.
The listings cover Boston theatres with Mrs Langtry in Lady Clancardy and Miss Rosina Vokes in The Schoolmistress at Park, Globe, and Museum. Boucicault, Dan Sullivan, and tuneful acts headline. Annie Clarke returns Easter Monday. improvements planned at Park and Hollis Street. Mecanical Association benefit at Boston Theatre March 10. Kneisel Quartet and Boylston Club concerts loom. Patti to tour London and South America with Mr Abbey succession, signaling end of her singing career.
The St Petersburg heir apparent shows a mix of reserve and ease in society life as the Czar, large in size and strong in will, appears both bored and delighted by events. He prefers Gatsechina grounds with his children and is noted for persistent obstinacy and a calm, mild yet severe gaze.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes Bancroft the historian was born in 1800 yet remains a young man in wisdom. He pursues horseback rides and rose cultivation while continuing his history work, illustrating serenity and beauty in a well spent life and peaceful old age.
A lively collage of humorous notes and barbs on public figures and manners. Watterson invites Francis Murphy to Louisville. the Lowell Courier mocks actors on railroads. Mobile brass bands in woods. Washington statue cross eyed. rheumatism among statesmen. sleigh fashion. tobogganers lament warm weather. a Western editor on hanging and murder. spring nears. bluebird sightings. humorous exchanges about sleigh rides and prohibition. dress shirts needing backbone. Cambridge boat club wants race started by pistol for mathematics’ sake.
The Philadelphia Press notes Democratic and Mugwump papers once blasted Blaine for public speaking and now scold him for being too busy to speak. The piece mocks contemporaries for indecision and calls their stance Hebetudinosity.
The Washington Post notes wisdom in the Senate’s selection of a new presiding officer, praising Ingalls over Hoar. It argues both are fervent partisans, but Ingalls shows tempered zeal and common sense.
The Chicago Herald recalls an October 1838 hypothetical by a planned knight who would run for President regardless of votes. It ponders how such an act might have changed history and suggests there could still be time to test the idea.
A quotation from the New York World urging that peace also requires strong national patriotism. It argues that peace has demands on citizens equal to those of war, with peace victories honored as much as wartime successes.
The article argues Mr. Lowell erred by underestimating his opportunity. Only in Chicago did he grasp the nation’s heart and its political responsibilities. His breeze of a wide prairie view revealed his prior writing inadequate and he disappointed a noble crowd.
From the New York Times, bankers and brokers back appointing Assistant Secretary Fairchild to replace Manning. Henry Clews argues Fairchild is ready, experienced, and trusted, with a steady, businesslike approach, who would keep Treasury operations orderly and avoid experiments.
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