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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1894
Page
4
May reports daily average 69,303 Sunday 89,035 as the House readies the Bell Telephone bill for enactment. The last opportunity to amend the measure arises to oppose the proposed 30 million gift. Despite corporate grip and an unequal fight, the people expect a determined effort to strike a blow against the proposal.
The tariff bill advances toward enactment but faces House opposition. The House will demand changes to align with public demands, including sugar schedule revisions, taxation on New England crude iron and coal, and other edits to counter monopolist pressure threatening a veto or defeat.
The piece argues against employing cheap Italian labor in East Weymouth shoe shops, comparing it to earlier failed importations of Chinese workers in Sampson's factories. It faults wage suppression as harmful to the community and cites McKinley era practices and a Southwestern coal miner strike as warning signs.
Massachusetts Republican state committee treasurers deny receiving Sugar Trust money while President Havemeyer asserts that such funds were contributed to the party in the state. Havemeyer claims knowledge of the funds and their destination in the campaign effort.
Republican managers in Massachusetts adjust messaging as the party moves toward Democratic states, choosing caution over outspoken frankness in a landscape where party alignment is evolving and the political stance is shifting away from bold public critique.
The Massachusetts Democrats must send higher grade men to represent them as the Legislature, where a weak minority has aligned with Republicans and corporations. The Post condemns the party’s lack of unity and principles, urging voters to demand qualified Democrats and to chose better representatives this fall.
The legislature, after six months of holidays, may skip next Monday to “work” on Bunker Hill Day. The piece urges patriotic memory to inspire lawmakers though they face no battles or earthworks.
A call urging legislators to serve the people through peaceful means not war. The piece argues that when they hear of past battles across the river they should be inspired to strike a blow for freedom from corporate control, urging action on the current issue.
A Boston banker and broker, Mr. B. F. Bates, has relocated to New York after two years on State Street, stating Boston’s pace is slow for earning. The Springfield School Board controversy over Superintendent Balliet’s potential Boston arrival is noted, praising his leadership and the Springfield system’s gradual progress. The Prospect Union raises half of its $10,000 goal for a new home in Cambridge, and Boston police finally wear summer uniforms.
General Lew Wallace author of Ben Hur is in New York arranging with his publishers for the publication of his new work. He travels with a entourage and will likely make a public appearance in the city to promote the upcoming release.
A new novel, based on U S incidents, is described as semi political and to feature Coxey and his army in the background. The Countess of Aberdeen tours Ulster for Irish home industries. Daly and Behan travel in Rome. Misa Re sails Genoa to Gibraltar then Spain and Portugal, then English lakes. George L Connor based New Haven named passenger traffic manager for Fail River line and NY New Haven Hartford. O H Taylor named general passenger agent.
Boston Post targets Democratic House members for explaining their votes on the Bell Telephone Company stock watering plan. New Bedford notes Samuel Ross’s stand against the committee report and Finn’s pro people position is praised. Holyoke reports lobbyist interest in the issue and Lowell and Lawrence reps named on a roll of honor. Refer the Meigs bill to Boston voters.
From the Evening Transcript the piece lists reasons against the Meigs Bill. It argues the bill would gift seventy miles of railroad locations in public streets to a private corporation at no cost and potentially convey ownership of street soil. The note cites city costs and historic precedent, with a brief catalog blurb for a publication by W H Brearley.
The document lists ten points against the Meigs system including lack of damages security, unlimited first-mortgage bonds, use for patents or expenses, and possible hostile mortgage of future assets. It argues a fixed fare, nonoperation of road segments, and stock-jobbing risk. The system is labeled experimental with prior failures in Chicago New York Philadelphia and elsewhere.
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