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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1889
Page
4
The article notes liberal hesitance toward broad royal grants while radicals demand full discussion and settlement. The London press warns of instability as political factions prepare for potential crisis, with a predicted delay in action until spring unless a resolution emerges soon.
The French Chamber forbids candidates to stand in more than one district for summer Councils General elections. Boulang er's move to contest multiple cantons shows his persistent appeal though the autumn Deputies elections matter most. Government may benefit morally from Boulangist setbacks this year.
A Mahone convention plans to meet at Norfolk on August 22 with National Republican Committee approval and President support to back his campaign for Governor of Virginia. A postscript from James D. Brapy, Virginia committee member, echoes the plan, while Brapy also recently became a federal internal revenue collector, illustrating patronage use in politics.
The acquittal of ex Alderman Mc Quapp ends the boodle trials in New York. Insufficient evidence led to the verdict, whether due to prosecution missteps or informers memory loss. The government cannot convict MCQUADE or others, possibly prompting reprisal by fleeing combine members. Prosecution collapse noted after a prior plea deal for light punishment.
Washington despatch reports General Barcueller, assistant secretary of the Treasury, intends to remove Democrats from lower positions and place them in clerkships without examinations. The plan would have displaced most clerks under spoils rules, while the general vows not to politicize cases within civil service rules.
General Lou Langer reportedly acts to evade a recently enacted law. The report notes enforcement concerns and potential conflicts with official statutes, signaling ongoing legal scrutiny and political tension surrounding the veteran commander.
The piece corrects a misquote about shipbuilding costs and argues that American shipbuilders and owners are handicapped by tariffs and navigation laws. It contends that a proposed steamship line would need a public tonnage bounty or outright subsidy to be profitable and invites the Journal to defend such subsidies.
The Boston Herald weighs civil service reform amid Harrison’s term, pessimistic on spoils persistence yet recalling how Cleveland’s merit system gained ground. It notes earlier reform under Arthur’s waning years, and Crosby’s era efforts in Massachusetts and New York, urging cautious optimism for future reform without retaliation.
The Question Club method of political agitation gains traction in tariff talks. Prohibitionists and reform leaders push timely interrogatories to public figures, while protectionists avoid direct answers and mock the approach. Newspapers and journals show varied responses, with upcoming clubs promising more questions.
A satirical note on marriage suggests temporary divorce for men whose work keeps them from family life. It describes couples spending months apart, the returning husband enjoying bachelor freedoms, and the renewed harmony when the family reunites. The piece treats the device as practical, humane, and capable of reviving household order.
A Boston observer notes residents with suburban homes flee to mountains or seashore in heat, while a cottage owner learns summer comfort fails due to heat and mosquitoes. He recalls a streetcar grammar rebuke, street scenes, hospital grounds, and calls for park care and no asphalt on the Common.
The Fortnightly Review for July presents William Archer’s critique of Ibsen, arguing he is a dramatic preacher rather than mere poet. The piece debates whether didactic art is higher or lower, with discussions of Shakespeare, Cervantes, Goethe, and Molire, plus notes on Father Damien and leprosy, Massinger, Goethe, and other literary figures.
The piece argues that hopeful reform progress persists despite Harrison era opposition. It credits Cleveland with educational influence and suggests national service debates reveal rising independence. It asserts the people, not politicians, shape reform outcomes and foresee eventual triumph over patronage.
A reflective line notes that even ardent backers of strong protections cling to a lasting illusion. The remark suggests enduring faith in security regimes persists beyond evidence, shaping behavior and expectations despite outcomes.
The Insen craze in London has grown strong since A Doll's House. Mr. Smalley notes a large Insen party, with William M Archer heading one side and Clement Scorr leading the other in a brilliant, independent dramatic discussion. Curiosity rises about the Norwegian dramatist and the broader drama debate.
The Herald misstates its praise of Miss Ruona BrouGHton and, while noting Miss Amelie Rives, suggests BrouGHton’s talent outshines Alves. The writer argues BrouGHton excels in character, humor, and pathos and writes proper English, unlike the younger Alves.
Judge Cooley of the Interstate Commerce Commission told North Dakota constitutional delegates to avoid over legislating in constitutions. He warned amendments may hinder practical laws and hinder good government, urging restraint for future legislative flexibility.
The Chicago Herald argues against the foreign art tax, calling it an impediment to Americans owning art treasures and unnecessary for American artists, and denounces maintaining the tariff as a grand, unchallenged structure.
The Detroit Free Press argues that Carnegie Phipps Co. fill vacant spots with Italians and Hungarians when hands strike, showing protection helps the American worker yet foreign labor comes in freely to take his place if wage disputes arise with capital.
A satirical repeated claim that Mugwumps forever exist and will persist until virtue becomes universal. The piece notes Mugwumps are always notable figures, provoking envy and ridicule as they purportedly “turn the world upside down.”
A digest of curious facts and anecdotes from the era, mentioning a Chinaman’s shoes and open mouth as a sign of pleasure, Dr. Brown-Sequard elixir, a Georgia watermelon patch of 800 acres, and a Delaware man fined for umbrella theft. Also notes on snow in White Mountain, future-poverty fiction by George Parsons Lathrop, a July 4 jubilee deed gift, a publisher’s quip about Douglas Jerrold, a Lima wife mistaken for a kiss, stage ambitions and dog singers, Virginia agriculture plans, a £500,000 aluminum plant, Downey the photographer, and the Pullman/Wagner model village bid near Chicago.
Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. travels to London while Professor Boyce plans to wed an American woman. General Boulanger eyes a US visit. W. M. Rosetti to publish a Dante Gabriel Rossetti biography in fall. Prof and Mrs. Goodwin sail for Europe for a year abroad. General Chamberlain to lead Maine Day at Gettysburg in October. D Albert the pianist to tour America this fall under Abbey management. Cleveland to cruise August 1 with Colonel Lamont. Grand Duke Constantine suffers a stroke and loss of speech. Mrs. Margaret Deland remains at Kennebunkport writing. Agnes Huntington raises funds in London for charity and Johnstown relief. Swinburne poltical verses critique Gladstone as Gladsniff pecksniff. Aldis Wright issues Fitzgeralds Remains note on Mrs. Browning quote. Henry Arthur Jones prepares The Middleman for Shaftesbury next autumn. Shah guests Invercauld. attends Princess Louise wedding then departs to charm the French. Russell Harrison enjoys London society. dines at Windsor and meets royalty. Ibsen, born in Skien, educated at Christiania, once wrote Catalina. few copies sold. now resident in Munich.
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