Opposition to Lodge immigration bill forms at Astor House
A preliminary meeting at the Astor House in New York launches organized opposition to Senator Lodge’s immigration bill requiring literacy tests. Notables including Oscar Straus and W Bourke Cochran set up leadership as various German and labor groups file their allied endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Senator Lodge
Astor House
Oscar 8. Straus
W. Bourke Cochran
J. L. Senner
James Meahon
Father Fiscope
William Lloyd Garrison
Boston
Dr. Senner
German Roman Catholic Central Society of
North America
North American Gymnastic Union of
St. Louis
German-American Society of
Dayton
The
Liederkranz
Central Labor Union
Chicago
Bavarian Benevolent Society
Cincinnati
General Workingmen’s Union
State of
Michigan
Grustli Maennerchor
German Aid Association of
Jeffersonville
Ind
Statewide reform proposals urge centralized care of the poor and offenders
The commission backs state control of paupers and offenders for consistent treatment. It calls separating lunacy from charity, expanding prison industries, and possibly compulsory purchase of goods for public institutions to fund improved programs and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Board of Lunacy and Charity
Charlestown
Massachusetts Reformatory
Reformatory Prison
Governor Wolcott Seeks Curtailment of State Expenses
Governor Wolcott urges the Massachusetts General Court to curb state indebtedness and resist late-session burdens. He notes rapid transit expansions, needs for prison reform, uniform tire width, fidelity and life insurance regulation, and careful oversight of imperial expenditures while promoting Cape Cod canal study and convict labor for public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Court
Commonwealth
Board of Lunacy and Charity
Special Commission
West End
Special Commission On Taxation
Fidelity Insurance
Nautical Training School
Lowell
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Wolcott
General Court of Massachusetts
Cape
Civil Service Reform Debate Roils Congress
Washington reports on the civil service controversy as Rep Grosvenor attacks the civil service law while Rep Johnson defends merit appointments. The exchange touches constitutional changes and party politics amid broader Senate activity including treaty and public-building measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Service Law
Representative Grosvenor
Ohio
Grosvenor
Johnson
Indiana
National Civil Service, Reform League
Carl Schurz
Barrett
Massachusetts
Mr. Grosvenor
Civil Service Commission
American Congress
van Wyck
New York
Rep
Ind
Bryan
White House
McKinley
Lloyd
Dem
Overstreet
Monetary Commission
Guaranty Fund
Uniformity of Legislation on Negotiable Instruments
The text notes the impracticality of uniform state laws due to deep seated differences in theory and experience across states. A draft act on negotiable instruments will be submitted by the Massachusetts Board of Commissioners for Uniformity, approved at a conference and already enacted in several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Streeteo
Boston
Board of Railroad Commissioners
West End
Park Street
Union Station
Causeway Street
Fidelity Insurance
Broad Sound
Congress
South Boston Pier
Harbor and Land Commissioners
Southern Union Station
South Oston
South Bay
Nashua
Clinton
Massachusetts Board of Commissioners For
Boards of Commissioners
Harris Murder Trial Counsel Appointed in East Cambridge
John M Harris was assigned defense by Judge Sheldon in East Cambridge. Melvin Adams of Boston and ex Mayor Henry 8 Milton were chosen to represent Harris after he expressed a preference for these two lawyers during yesterday's court session. The indictment accuses Harris of first degree murder in the slaying of Mrs. Butters of Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin
Adams
Boston
Henry
Milton
John M. Harris
Butters
Concord
Harris
East Cambridge
Udge Sheldon
Charitable Irish Ball Plans Advance at Parker House Meeting
A Charitable Irish floor committee met at Parker House to organize the ball on Jan 2 in Music Hall. Thomas Flood chaired as floor director with a long list of assistant floor directors including Barry Campbell Hyde Aylward Cadigan Magree Hennessey and many others to complete arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker House
Thomas W. Flood
F. McCarthy
Thomas Lood
Illiam J. Barry
Joseph A. Campbell
William A. Hyde
John D. Drumatrick
H. Conway
Edward B. Daily
John P. Shea
William Taylor
Thomas H. Ratigan
D. Harry Sulliva
James H. Devlin
Benjamin W. O'Ne
Alderman Edward W. Dixon
John D. Cadigan
Edward W. Foye
John F. Mee Namee
James J. Donnelly
T. Munroe Murphy
Nathaniel G. Robinson
John D. ‘Arm
Local Rhyme Warns of Bandage for Suffering Children
In a children filled scene a rhyme laments harm and urges relief. The lines reference care and a plea for help amid hardship.
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Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Mothers of America
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
Pebrhaproie
Immigration League
Montreal
St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary
Mars
Ipi
ED Gov. Wolcott
Sergeant-At - Arms
Speaker Bates
Dalton
Commission On Taxation
Insurance
Boston Harbor
Kline
United States
Topographical Survey
Connecticut
Metropolitan Water Board
Cape Cod Canal
State House
Bulfinch State House
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Civil Service Exponent
MR. Barrett
Senate
Omaha
Newport News
Fergus Falls
Minn
Red Cross Society
Jordan, Marsh and Company
Hall
Coveseone
Charitable Irish
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