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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1905
Page
9
Governor Douglas calls for humane treatment of minor offenders and parole options, proposes fair tax and tariff reforms, and urges improving transportation and water resources. He details plans for fall river strike settlement, forestry taxation, and prison labor in land reclamation, plus Old Home Week support and consump tion care in prisons.
Douglas urges inquiry into the Fall River strike while noting election by machinery shows promise elsewhere. He also addresses Massachusetts election machinery and suggests yearly steps to ease crowded state insane asylums with beds removed for space.
In Fall River a public dispute is described as a blemish on the state and harming nonpartisan citizens financially. The text urges deliberative bodies to seek remedies to prevent recurrence and to protect community interests not party to the conflict.
Governor Douglas's inaugural speech drew strong approval and sharp criticism from a wide panel of politicians and officials. Notables including Long Boutwell Brackett Miles Shepard Emmons praised its candor on home rule for Boston and Fall River police, while some urged caution on tax limits and broader reforms.
Mrs Douglas formally greeted the new governor in the executive chamber as he took office. Governor Douglas, his staff present with General Miles nearby, then held a public reception attended by hundreds. His two daughters, Mrs Russell and Mrs Richmond, received fatherly welcomes from the governor.
In Somerville on Monday night Sergeant W C Blake was elected second lieutenant replacing Sergeant Morton F Sanborn in the officers of Company K Eighth Regiment.
Thomas Gannon, who claims residence at Fown Royal, was arrested at the Kent exhibition place on Washington Street last night charged with attempting to pick the pocket of Joseph O'Connor.
Colonel William A. Gaston and Mayor Collins joined a long list of attendees including ex Mayors, judges, and state officials as the governor addressed police board control. Other guests featured Henry M. Whitney, Frank K. Foster, John R. Thayer, J. C. Crosby, and many city leaders.
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