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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1888
Page
4
Boston figures Edward Atkinson and colleagues estimate US population at about 64.5 million, up about 29 percent since 1880. They note 600,000 to 1,000,000 may have benefited from protective tariff in 1880, with fewer than 1.3 million expected two years later, while Republicans warn that cutting tariffs would ruin the country.
The New York Evening Post recalls 1877 events where ex-Treasurer Kemble of Pennsylvania was convicted for bribery of legislators to push a railroad bill. He was pardoned immediately, with the Secretary of State leading the pardons board. Outcry followed from the State and press, targeting Matt Quay, now chosen by the Republican national committee to run their campaign.
Senator Blair proposes to restrict naturalization work by capping daily citizen grants at twenty per judge. The plan would force adjournments after reaching the limit, a notion critics deem impractical and out of step with constitutional rights and the nation’s immigration ethos.
A Boston Herald dispatch from Gloucester reports fishermen discuss alleged monopoly by large local fish owners and objections to cheap Canadian contract labor. The piece accuses Hoar aligned interests of suppressing American crews and expanding Nova Scotian participation, including the docking of the Edgar S. Foster crew from Pubnico, N S, who work the season but return home in winter.
The Senate committee on interstate commerce settled the scope of regulating telegraph business under federal authority and prepared a bill to regulate interstate telegraphy. The plan mirrors the railroad interstate commerce law with stronger details, including a broad long and short haul clause applying in all directions.
The commission would judge reasonableness of rates and forbid discriminating contracts and pooling. The plan favors regulation over purchasing lines or creating a government telegraph, noting no active telegraph war complicates timely, judicious consideration.
The New York Legislature presses for amendments to conspiracy laws to permit peaceful labor actions while removing protections against intimidation. Proposals from Republicans and Democrats aim to loosen constraints on boycotts, risking legalizing coercive tactics. A Hewitt‑highlighted case shows a union boycott harming an individual, underscoring the potential consequences.
The Pittsburg claim that glass chimney makers shift to Belgium despite a 40 percent ad valorem duty rests on wage gaps. Manufacturers claim tariff stays to aid workers, not profits, yet would lower wages if duties fall. The article challenges why Pittsburg acts differently on this wage theory.
A skeptical analysis argues that Republican representatives push for free tobacco whiskey and higher tariffs, while Northern followers fear the shift. It cites Maine 1882 stands, James G. Blaine’s warnings, and Boston Journal coverage as evidence that the party risks losing core tax and protection stances in a presidential campaign.
The discussion argues that Pittsburg glass chimney makers cannot drive wages down to Belgium levels. Wages are set by general labor demand and profits in unprotected industries, not by individual manufacturers. If protected glass makers cut pay, workers would abandon for other jobs, so they must match prevailing rates or risk business failure.
The piece analyzes Republican tariff stances and Chicago platform promises, contrasting them with recent congressional actions on sugar duties. It argues the Journal distorts alignment and stresses the need to uphold protectionist claims, warning against backing free sugar notions and urging adherence to the party line on tobacco, duties, and expenditures.
Judge Bradley visits Stowe Vermont while Robert Ingersoll may travel to Tennessee to pursue the slayer of his cousin. London and Newport figures attend gatherings, with college appointees and journalists cited. A Maine tour highlights historic sites as Splitlog consolidates stock and political figures reflect on careers.
Some Massachusetts Republicans acknowledge a lucky escape from Blary and predict a swing to a 22 to 1 favor for the Republican candidate this year. The paradox remains that a man who alienated Republican voters wholesale is still idolized by party managers.
The piece argues in favor of free wool highlighting five points. It claims labor protection is minimal in wool production and that free wool would expand woollen mills and employment, boost the domestic market for home mills and labor, lower woollen goods prices without harming capital or labor, and enhance overall national prosperity per the Philadelphia Times.
Column argues Seth Low’s departure from the Republican party creates a political gap and potential exodus in Brooklyn and New York, highlighting his national prominence and the impact on protectionist leaders. The Senate Finance committee faces an impossible task reconciling tariff reform with party positions, as the Mills bill remains a hurdle.
The Springfield Republican argues that party leaders, not platforms alone, drive policy and campaign direction. It contrasts Cleveland and Blaine positions, calls 1888 leaders contemptuous of reformers as Sunday school politicians, and accuses campaign documents of demagogic rhetoric stirring Old World prejudices to win supreme political questions.
A Louisville Courier Journal editorial argues Republicans plan a boodle strategy to defeat John G. Carlisle in his district mirroring Morrison’s 2 years earlier. It stresses money as the decisive factor, not ballots, and notes Foraker and McKinley speech support but hotly predicts a money driven victory more than a popular one.
A Marine note describes M Pagan's canvas cone brake lowering into water to retard ships, stopping a 13 knot vessel in seven seconds. Danish navy tests show little difference between two and four blade propellers. Japan plans lacquer like bottom coating to resist fouling and increase speed. A submarine cable rupture cuts Australia off, with proposals for a third cable along the shallowest water path.
A lengthy political stalemate in the twenty fourth Pennsylvania district ends as J Warren Ray is nominated Republican after three months and 200 ballots. The piece also surveys tariff speeches and temperance politics, noting pro and anti prohibition stances across papers and figures such as Boutelle Shook Depew and Blaine. The Personal Rights League forms in Chicago advocating temperance with strict laws and enforcement while opposing prohibition.
Washington July 19 Mr Randall is slowly gaining strength and may soon sit up in an easy chair. It is suggested he might be carried to the House on Saturday to cast his vote on the Mills bill but he remains too feeble for such a move and will likely be paired on the final vote.
A collage of era humor and political chatter citing campaigns and personalities. The piece weaves jokes about Boulanger lockjaw Pocahontas lineage and turtlelike politicians with anecdotes from Time Harper's Bazaar and Life. It notes Abe Buzzard's jail term and a wry piece on Philadelphia’s reputed slowness, ending with a mock editorial on sleep and death.
A Springfield Republican opinion argues that moral conviction left the GOP as leadership became self serving and out of touch with past aims. It cites Massachusetts voter shifts, recalls eminent former Republicans who left, and urges citizens to judge parties by their current promise of honest economical government.
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