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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1888
Page
4
William M Osborne Boston police board member travels to Chicago to back McKinley Ohio in a reform bid. He earns 1095 dollars daily from Boston, planning a demonstration if Buckeye reform wins.
The Tariff Reform Club of New York hosted a Saturday dinner with many reform advocates including Davie A. Wells Everett P. Wheatner Horace White and other guests from the ways and means committee led by Texas Congressman Minis. A telegram from President Cleveland expressed regret at his absence. Minis spoke on the tariff measure named for him as it moves through Congress, signaling growing reform strength in New York.
Delegates returned from the St. Louis convention were hosted by the Bay State Club with Congressman Colins as chairman. Speakers praised Cleveland’s reform platform and urged continued practical reforms led by Collector Saltonstall, signaling a united Massachusetts Democratic push for Cleveland and reform.
The Ayr result reverses 1886 defeat for Captain Sinclair, yielding a Liberal majority and a net gain of 12,388 votes. Analysts note Home Rule drift or licensing issues, while national defence anxieties and posturing in Chicago shape the political mood.
The league has launched a campaign aimed at putting protected manufacturers on the fire and frying the fat out of them, as outlined in a circular of the League of Republican Clubs. The organization also issues a circular listing one thousand defenders of American industry who have agreed to participate.
The text lists politicians and manufacturers contributing to a league fund aiming to influence elections. It notes members intend to press employees to back policies, calling the alliance effective though unlikely to win over principled voters.
An editorial argues tariff reform benefits workers as consumers by lowering prices. It rejects the view that cheaper goods reduce employment, noting workers also buy meals, clothing, coal, and housing. It emphasizes consumer interests in income distribution and price effects.
The piece argues that the young German emperor faces a grave, destabilizing task amid distrust and liberalizing domestic pressure. It notes his inexperience, military temperament, and potential reliance on chancellor Bismarck, with warnings that his proclamations may raise tensions unless restrained by strong leadership. It also questions whether William II will heed Bismarck's guidance.
The writer laments a scarcity of serious drama and notes an abundance of lowbrow comedies and burlesques. He cites a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde parody featuring a drunken clergyman, and mentions titles like A Postage Stamp A Brass Monkey and Twenty Maidens to Two Dudes as examples of the era's theater trends.
Mr Senarius Donnelly criticizes American press for ridicule of his authorship theory of the Shaksperian plays. He cites bias against Westerners and Irish names, noting prejudice dating to Columbus era and his opposition to railroad corporations. He laments American alienation from Shakespearean heritage to an Englishman via Adam.
A special Hillside Chapel gathering, led by Dr. C. A. Bartel, remembered A. Bronson Alcott. Prominent attendees included F. B. Sanborn, W. T. Harris, Mrs. Emerson, and others who praised his spirit, conversations, anti slavery ties, and diaries.
A Boston letter discusses converting the three story Studio building entrance with a partition to allow an elevator, urging balanced use to avoid overreliance on mechanical aid. The writer also notes mule carts at Tremont and Beacon streets, praises mules as durable draught animals, and criticizes Captain Andrews twelve foot keel boat venture as mercenary and sensational with little public sympathy.
A compact professional biography of architect H H Richardson, tracing a career from Louisiana birth in 1838 through Paris training to American practice. It outlines his temper, work ethic, and evolution to a southern Romanesque style, with emphasis on his design range from churches to civic and commercial buildings.
A collage of quips and sketches on politics, tabloids, and society. It notes the Chicago Republican meeting, Judge Gresham images, locusts, and a pistol tale, with jokes about Boulanger, Carnegie, and Blaine, ending with a dramatic tale of Draguignan and a pistol.
Mr. John Albee discussed the impact of Mr. Alcott on the generation of young men he represented. Clergymen praised Alcott as rare and wonderful, while gratitude was expressed for lectures given to Amherst college students. The School of Philosophy will not hold other sessions this summer.
The item lists diverse plans and rumors involving prominent figures: M Ezekiel travels from Cincinnati to Boston New York and Rome. Sir Joseph Whitworth heirs donate 675000 pounds to Manchester for a Whitworth Institute. Michael Cudahy rises to 2 million alongside Phil Armour in Chicago society. Alexander Shaw may fund a memorial chapel for Pennington Seminary. Sato of the Japanese legation in Washington has Indiana college ties and Paris talks. It covers Wesleyan University leadership rumors with James King Foss and Van Vleck. W F Nichols elected assistant Episcopal bishop of Ohio with Hartford or Philadelphia ties. General William B Franklin, chosen to represent the U S at the Paris exposition, recently left Colt Arms and noted his wife’s artistry and lack of children.
Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensslaer’s study of Henry H. Richardson analyzes his varied buildings, praising his modern impact on mercantile and public architecture while noting ongoing refinements and occasional faults. The author balances high praise with critical nuance, highlighting Pittsburg projects, the Field store, and Lever Hall as embodiments of his dignity and originality.
Theodore F. Chapin will become superintendent of the Lyman School for Boys at the end of the official year. He has five years as an academy teacher in New York State, experience in a reformatory, European scientific study, and a year as a high school teacher. Appointed unanimously by the board, his farm upbringing and college education are cited as assets.
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