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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1890
Page
4
A long, opinionated passage on Conservative dissension over three key bills, leadership tensions within the Goschen and Matthews factions, potential resignations, and the chance of an early general election as the party faces internal strife and Liberal optimism.
The Boston paper notes a pleasant morning sea scene with yachts and a breezy day, then surveys national politics, contrasting census accuracy between St Louis and Chicago and criticizing a federal election law draft for expanding US supervisors' powers, risking conflicts with state officials and partisan aims.
The piece argues the Sunday closure of New York’s immigrant station and related steerage travel rules cause unnecessary hardship for travelers and ship companies, noting Boston handles Sunday arrivals without issue. It also cites Washington despatches on tariff-related revenue losses and an estimated $70 million total reduction including sugar and silk bounties.
A financial gap looms as receipts are projected at 325 million and expenditures at 384.66 million, excluding a pension bill adding 35 million. The deficit could reach 75 million, spurring a citizens movement for the 1892 municipal race with possible cross-party backing to beat Tammany.
Washington dispatches report the administration abandoned compromise overtures as Jones Stewart Teller and Plumb allies push a free coinage bill. The House bill shifts to allow deposits of bullion into mint dollars or bars, creating a 72 cent standard and a treasury rider. This move exposes inflation risks, profiting silver interests, while critics warn of currency collapse and loss of gold.
The article criticizes the administration’s stance on free coinage and a proposed Rex-Harrison compromise to coin 4 million dollars of silver monthly. It argues the plan mirrors free coinage in effect, benefits mine owners, and exposes weakness in Mr. Harrison and Mr. Winthrop. The piece notes congressional dynamics, including Reep’s control and potential Senate rejection, warning against harming party loyalty or executive credibility.
The report on the international copyright bill, submitted by Mr. Simonds, argues strongly for the measure. It refutes two main objections, asserts authors have natural rights, and contends international protection benefits readers and publishers alike by securing cheaper, better books and enabling major literary undertakings.
A roundup of recognitions and movements: Murat Halstead receives LL D from an Ohio college. W Gilbert buys land and plans to sell his London home. Elizabeth Proctor of Salem marks her 99th birthday with many visitors, while Elihu Vedder returns to Rome from the Nile with drawings. Watts paints Lord Tennyson for Trinity College, Cambridge, and a replica goes to the National Gallery. Henry M. Stanley and bride honeymoon at Metcher Court, loaned by Lady Ashburton. Italian consul Castigliote replaces Barnotti in Chicago. Jones Thomas named consular agent at Newport. Franklin A. Dennison of Texas tops Union College of Law in Chicago. Garibaldi’s tomb at Caprera slated as national monument with sailors’ home and lighthouse planned. Edwin B. Frost sails for Europe to study two years, likely Strasbourg. Lady Sandhurst wins freedom of the city of London, a rare honor for a woman in 300 years. Rumor of O Donovan Rossa’s banishment ending and US supporters fundraising to send him back. Looking Backward allegedly plagiarized from Bebel. Bellamy’s German acquaintance unlikely. Theodore Tilton, seen in Paris, shows a stout figure and tranquil air amid leisure.
In Boston the Seventeenth of June becomes a de facto holiday with shops closed and relaxed workdays. The writer notes growing holiday spirit, praises the self-created observance over statutory status, and highlights the veteran firemen parade with brass bands, red flannel shirts, and floral decorations along Washington Street.
In the June North American Review Mr. Parnell delivers a sharp critique of Mr. Balfour's land bill, denouncing coercion in Ireland and urging removal of the land question before Home Rule. The issue also surveys Home Rule prospects, federal control of elections, protectionism, and Mrs. Sherwood on American girls in Europe, with art commentary on sculptor Richard S. Greenough and his Boston connections.
A column of quirky vignettes reflects mid-June humor and society notes. The piece covers a circus visit with parent concerns for children, a Paris Exposition King demanding trousers, portraits sitting, Winnipeg church discipline, Class Day anxieties, saucy remarks on Indian snobs and Duke of Connaught furniture, Sultan Mandara’s Berlin visit, and Sir Edwin Arnold’s Japan influenced epic in progress.
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney writes a new story titled Ascutney St. to be published in autumn by Houghton Mifflin & Co. F. Marion Crawford prepares A Cigarette Maker's Romance, a charming novel similar in spirit to Marzio's Crucifix, issued by Macmillan & Co. Estes & Lauriat publish English Poetry and Poets by Sarah Warner Brooks, a history and lives of poets, finely printed in blue vellum cloth with gilt lettering.
A Savannah News item relays a Middlesboro Ky proposal to erect a colossal Lee Grant monument atop Cumberland Gap Pinnacle Rock. The plan calls for editors of the New York Mail and Express and the Atlanta Constitution to share the pedestal at the unveiling.
Washington correspondent for the Boston Post reports Republicans in the Senate denounce Speaker Reed’s methods as tyrannical and repressive in strong terms. The writer notes he did not name the leaders, arguing many dislike his course but keep identities secret to avoid backlash. The Bangor Whig urges the Senate to show House spirit and support majority rule.
William Ordway Partridge’s model for a Shakspere statue has been accepted for Lincoln Park Chicago. The artist continues work on a larger version to be bronzed in Paris and a Boston proposal to place a replica before the new Public Library in Cople Square has drawn keen interest from literary and artistic leaders.
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