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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1905
Page
6
The excerpt questions Judge McCarty’s reference to an unholy agreement and ponders whether Attorney General Moody should rescind the order to go easy on the polygamists. It centers on legal pressure and possible prosecutorial approach.
The Supreme Court rules Iowa may ban manufactured cigarettes in original packages, delaying forced interstate sales. The piece argues that even with this ruling some Iowans may still access factory cigarettes, while praising traditional forms and critiquing universal smoking. It suggests the decision may push Iowans toward more traditional tobacco use.
The Fall River conference at the State House centers on ending the wage conflict. Manufacturers push for wage reductions and mass layoffs while operatives demand fair arbitration to allow skilled workers to earn a living. Public opinion calls for concessions to end the dispute.
The Senate committee is expected to recommend Smoot retain his seat amid testimony about church backing for office. Judge McCarty notes a tacit Mormon Gentile balance in Utah politics and hints the Department of Justice was told to ease polygamy prosecutions.
The editorial condemns yesterday’s hearing on Governor Douglas’s proposal to authorize a commission to study industrial tariff needs. It criticizes the limited attendance and calls the hearing inadequate while urging support for a broad inquiry into tariff inequity and opposing the majority’s apparent hostility to Governor Douglas’s aims. The piece also dismisses the announced special hearing on free hides as an outrage.
The article lauds Massachusetts long tradition of principled senators from Tristram Dalton to the present, praising Lodge and Crane as fitting exemplars. It notes the partisan dynamic, with Republicans typically controlling, while Democrats nominate men of senatorlike stature, Gaston and Thayer, leaving the people content with capable public service.
Everett Lodge of Elks held its annual banquet and address night at Whittier Hall this evening with about 600 attendees.
A dog narrates life with a drunken violinist master who abuses him when drunk but is kind when sober. The pair survive by street performances, with the dog loyal and hopeful. After a police arrest, the dog protects his master until separation outside a large building.
The column notes that aging improves whiskey but with a hen present the dynamic changes. It hints at playful, tongue in cheek observations on taste, time, and habit in a light cultural snippet.
A satirical report lists Watts proposed questions for would be husbands and wives in a bill to curb marriage and divorce. The piece frames the questions with humorous invented answers and includes various local social notes and anecdotes from Boston area society pages.
The Quincy School Association of Boston will hold its annual dinner tomorrow night at the United States Hotel at 6 30. Several members who graduated from the first class in 1847 will attend and representatives from later classes are invited. Musical and literary exercises follow. President is Hon. W T A Fitzgerald.
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