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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1887
Page
4
The Boston Post argues Catholic protests against Dr McGlynn demonstrate that the church would not control Americans if it tried to influence politics. Citizens should accept church influence over its ministers as United Labor party does over ward committeemen. The piece questions church power over public offices and party roles.
The nominating committee chose Jesse M. Gove as chairman for the coming year. He succeeds Henry Parkman and faces the task of proving Boston is a Republican city by shifting party methods toward serving the public interests.
The mayor’s renomination of longtime officials faces aldermanic delays and questions. Critics ask why Thomas F. Temple and others were renominated or held over, while the aldermen defer several health and public works posts. The mayor maintains control and incumbents stay on until decisions unfold.
The piece notes the Canadian election setup for February 22 and the Ottawa government’s future after April 1. It argues for Congress to record a fisheries stance for the new Canadian administration, citing public weariness of Sir John A. Macdonald’s Tory rule and rising national debt under protectionism.
The piece argues Sir John A. Macdonald’s Conservatives have alienated maritime provinces and provinces beyond, fueling secession talk on Atlantic and Pacific coasts. It contrasts Blake’s Liberals as abler and more conscientious with a cabinet seen as inept. Liberals may gain support in Ontario and coastal regions, while Conservative gains could intensify secession chatter in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
The ballot shows Col lins leading in the Senate with Dem votes and Dawes winning in the House while Robinson gains as Long’s effort falters. The piece argues the Lodge Long machine failed and Democratic unity holds the balance in the race for senator with Dawes likely to lead.
The Kerry landlords are blamed for cruel evictions of starving tenants amid Ireland’s land crisis. London Liberal and Nationalist clubs plan a mass meeting while The Standard condemns the actions as disgraceful to landholders. Calls grow to separate Irish coercion from government enforcement of decrees. The Irish Sketches in the London Illustrated News are noted.
A Worcester benefactor Mr Jonas G Clark plans a new university with a million dollar endowment and backing by local incorporators. Critics question the wisdom of creating another New England university when the region already has numerous already endowed colleges and urge channeling funds into Harvard facilities instead.
Jonas Gilman Clark aims to establish Clark University in Worcester with a $1,000,000 gift. He seeks a broad, Harvard-like, unsectarian institution with strong libraries and real estate backing, backed by incorporators including Salisbury Devens Hoar Rice Sargent Washburn Goulding Swan.
The article adds further evidence that the miseries of the Kerry tenants have not been overstated, underscoring continued hardship and hardship-related concerns in the region.
The piece argues Bismarck’s struggle with German public opinion and the Reichstag seals the attack on parliamentary supremacy. It contends his aim to neutralize democracy by tying Reichstag support for three years, asserting the Emperor and ministers rule in the German federation and warning of a Europe wide democratic push.
The New York Sun critiques Lovering’s bill to pension the poet Whitman, noting Massachusetts favors national funding over local aid. It also covers a taxi strike in the city, where drivers demand cabs be put on runners due to heavy snow, arguing it would ease hardships on horses and wheels.
The writer suggests Dr. McGlynn should pursue a seat in Congress rather than becoming mayor of any city. They deem federal legislation a more sensible path for enacting law changes than local office.
The narrator reflects on city life in Boston, comparing passers by to clock indicators and recalling a past office routine. A Sunday morning trip reveals a traveling theater group, its troupe and a dog forming a vivid, humanizing scene aboard a Northern express.
The Kneisel quartet performed in Chickering Hall assisted by Imma Juch, Max Zach, and G Campanari. Program included Volkmann songs, Beethoven sextet, and Brahms sextet with praise for playing and vocal features. Next concert features Miss Virginia Rider with Zach and Mingels performing Schubert, Beethoven, and Dvorak works.
Matinée and evening performances today at multiple venues including Museum Globe Bijou and Howard. Highlights include Held by the Enemy and The Main Line with strong praise. Mme Modjeska set for a special matinee tomorrow and upcoming Mary Stuart As You Like It Twelfth Night Camille engagements. Louis James and Marie Wainwright join Virginius next week. A sacred concert at Boston Theatre next Sunday features American Watch Company Band Spanish Students and a Swedish quartet.
The Sub-Masters' Club met last evening at Young's Hotel and elected for the ensuing year the officers: President Davis Hadley, vice-president Tilson A. Mead, secretary and treasurer W. R. Morse, and executive committee Rik H. Ripley, August L. Raftes, and Edward Stickney.
A Washington Capital reprint notes Mrs. Cleveland’s reception day in the East Room. Marines Band music and praise from both men and women portray her beauty charm and graceful manner as a genuine popular verdict rather than elite flattery. The piece lauds public esteem across ages genders and political lines.
Benton, guest of a Twilight Club member, read a Chappaqua inspired poem praising Horace Greeley. Described as of medium height with long black hair and beard, Benton spoke warmly of Dakota where he spent part of last year. A poem inspired by that trip is planned for the Century.
Mrs Nathan Appleton of Boston sent 8100 to the Humane Society in Washington with 40 to fund a street fountain for horses. She proposes a personal canvass led by leading society ladies starting with Mrs Cleveland, funded entirely by her. Headquarters at 1222 F Street report strong local support and recent additions General Graham and Mrs Hugh McCulloch.
The Free Press will publish tomorrow the full text of a July 1864 letter from General William F. Smith to Senator Foote. In the letter Smith accuses Grant of intoxication and secretly procuring liquor, and claims Grant moved him from command to favor Butler fearing exposure.
Short humor and news quips touch on politics, theater, poetry, and local life. Items reference Henry Faxon, Terpsichore, Colley Cibber, Alfred Tennyson, a skeleton, a boxing bout in Brooklyn, a Massachusetts Sunday Law pamphlet, and a joke exchange about figures between a merchant and Uncle Rastus.
The Atlanta Constitution predicts Cleveland and Grady will lead a political surge that sweeps the South like a whirlwind. It argues any Democrat could win Southern votes, but emphasizes selecting candidates who can win in New York and northern states.
Editorial argues public schools and industrial training cannot replace paternal guidance. It emphasizes educating parents to cultivate individual faculties, character, and understanding of rights and responsibilities. The piece asserts parents themselves require education to fulfill their role.
A Philadelphia Record opinion notes Democrats pledged to use internal revenue taxes for pensions but Randall and protectionists now urge tariff preservation, ignoring past party commitments and arguing the taxes should fund pensions while tariffs remain.
The Philadelphia Press notes Mr. Cleveland may need to place Matthews in an unconfirmed post after his twice-rejected nomination for register, implying Senate confirmation is the barrier to a favorable outcome.
Philadelphia times editorial notes that local students can learn about lakes and islands simply by studying city streets, suggesting a practical civic geography approach. The remark underscores how urban layouts can illuminate natural features for children.
The Commercial Advertiser argues that coal monopolies manipulate prices and use strikes to push up costs beyond production value, warning the public to view strikes as potentially fostered by monopolists for their own benefit.
Daniel Ring about 50 residing with his sister at the West End and employed as a section hand on the Boston and Lowell railroad was killed yesterday afternoon at the Milk Row station. He was struck by the 1:23 inward bound Hudson train and hurled nearly 100 feet, dying instantly. His skull was fractured. Medical Examiner Durell viewed the remains, later turned over to Undertaker Flaherty. One hundred five members of the Universalists Union attended the monthly dinner and meeting at the Parker House last evening.
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