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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1892
Page
4
The Boston Post, Democratic paper for New England, announces publication details from 359 Washington Street. Subscriptions priced at one year six months and three months, with request to notify if delivery is missed and to update address.
Positive and aggressive, the Chicago Democracy rallying cry presents a plain, fearless platform. Chairman Wilson voices bold Democratic principles, with Massachusetts’s Joan Russell echoed in every paragraph. Voters are urged to choose straightforward frankness over evasive Minneapolis language.
The chairman warned that no telegram from abroad would celebrate a tariff winner while prayers for the success of labor come from home. He spoke at Chicago during the campaign, urging unity and labor support.
The piece contrasts the Democratic attack on sham reciprocity with the Republican push under McKinley tactics. It cites Chicago platform lines, Blaine’s reciprocity ideas, and Wilson’s statement that Democratic policy means reciprocity that truly reciprocates.
When the Democratic party is out of power we may be sure that some party is in control of our government that represents a section and not the whole country. The remark was made by Chairman Wilson in Chicago.
Private sources say the House judiciary committee will issue a favorable report on the Torrey bankruptcy bill. An amended form will replace other bills before the committee, with a nonmaterial section omitted. Amendments strengthen the bill as popular legislation ahead of adjournment.
Local merchants have long pressed for a uniform insolvency proceeding system. The bill’s favorable committee status raises hopes for enactment this session, with Boston merchants likely to use influence to push the measure forward.
Chairman Wilson at Chicago voices support for protecting every man in the fruit of his labor and reducing government burden to a proper contribution, while urging reciprocity that clears no obstacle between the American producer and the market he must seek for his products.
A Massachusetts Democratic call to rally for Grover Cleveland to carry the state in November. The piece argues Massachusetts must lead, noting labor emancipation, anti corruption reforms, and manhood suffrage, urging immediate, well directed effort to win the state as pivotal. It frames New York and Indiana as self-contained and insists on a statewide campaign of education and work.
The Democratic party aims to fight for the underdog. When out of power, an underdog remains the American people. Chairman Wilson at Chicago.
The piece argues the Democratic platform asserts equal intrinsic value for the dollar, branding it honest currency and rebuking Republican evasion. It cites Massachusetts Nevada and Colorado voices, naming Joan E Russeau and Joan Q A Brackett amid a clash over silver inflation policies and wage versus capital interests.
The text notes a dispute over the currency plank at Chicago. Congressman LopaE says BRACKETT was overruled in committee as Massachusetts was set aside, while Russell and Massachusetts Democrats favored the honest dollar with equal value. It warns Republican gains would lead to forced bills and tariff threats. Chairman Wilson is mentioned in Chicago.
The Chicago convention declares a tariff battle between the rights of the many and the privileges of the few. It cites McKinley reforms as reducing wages and labels it a culminat ing atrocity of class legislation. The Democratic tariff pledges fair labor costs, free raw materials, cheaper goods, and repeal of the McKinley policy, aiming to reaffirm public support in November.
Chairman Wilson asserts that true self government requires people to control their elections and tax levies. He warns that any reduction of these rights strikes at the citadel of freedom, not merely outer defenses.
The World’s support is highlighted as a decisive factor for Cleveland, contrasting with 1888 and urging focus on New England, especially Massachusetts, while dismissing concerns about New York. The emphasis is on mobilizing a large majority to secure victory.
The speaker voices support for tariff reform as essential for genuine Democratic government, arguing it as the sole path to reform at a Chicago gathering.
A crowded collage of remarks on weather forecasts, political figures, and social snapshots references John Wanamaker ads, Elliott Shepard, Ed Murphy, and various officials. It notes November returns, fame at the college door, and a colorful set of prominent surnames.
Chairman Wilson at Chicago asserts unwavering belief in the Republican party and its aims, charging it with taxing the people for years without excuse and mercy and now proposing to strip them of all powers of resistance.
A letter to the Post proposes locating a new City Hall at the Tremont and Boylston streets corner, near the old Public Library. The author notes easy access from horse car routes and nearby railroad stations, and suggests a view of the Common would accompany the city’s center. G. W. C. signs the suggestion.
Letters to the Post praise Carney Hospital’s unsectarian care and urge broad support. The Post Carney Hospital fund stands at 4464 dollars with a 10000 dollar goal. readers are asked to submit dime and dollar subscriptions to aid the fundraising effort.
A factory employee drive for Carney Hospital raises funds with a $10 contribution and a subsequent $7 check. The list names numerous contributors including D S McDonald Effie Stevens S H Billings A O Hara Bridget Murphy Bridget Gleason Mary Sullivan and many others. Collected by Joseph Adams totals 4 664 08, with a final note of ten dollars from various donors.
A listing of donations and contributors across multiple maps and names. Includes Griffin Giffin McCarthy Monahan Dooley’s Hotel and various unions and households in Roxbury and Salem. Total reported contributions reach 8409 00 with many small gifts and names.
A fragmented ledger notes five dollar subscription entries with names Julius Eichberg and Glau among others. The total shows a sum of five dollars acknowledged, listing postal or subscription related identifiers and garbled annotations.
A column of bustling quotes and hints at political maneuvers and social scenes. References to Hill, Reid, Chauncey Depew, Dana, and editorials from Chicago sketch a lively, opinionated snapshot. The piece blends humorous asides with political commentary and a wearying debt joke.
A scanned page item shows numerous clerical names including Archbishop Williams and Bishop Brady with other clergy and donors. It mentions subscriptions totals for a hospital fund drive, detailing a plan for multiple contribution levels and a grand total raised. The piece lists associations and individuals tied to the fundraising effort and society notices.
Several noted artists have been asked to perform at the Music Hall concert on Thursday evening July 14 in aid of the Carney Hospital fund. Managers aim for a sterling programme from start to finish and already have acceptances. Details available from the Post's dramatic editor.
Washington June 22 The House moved to committee of the whole on the general deficiency bill with Dingley speaking. Provisions funding widows of deceased members were struck out on a point of order. A no quorum halt ended in a roll call, and reports on the post office and agricultural appropriation bills were received. The conference report on the military academy bill was agreed to and the gold and silver free coinage bill saw debate but no action. The Senate held a brief executive session and adjourned.
The poorest paid clergyman in America is said to be Mr. Wainfleet of Molesworth Maine a tiny village. His weekly salary is three dollars.
A compact humor item from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page features snippets from various papers. The jokes spoof conventions, politics, farming, and meals, including lines about a merrymen convention and amateur gardeners, plus quips on cereal stories and hunger hampering multiple meals.
Ships docking in Boston Baltimore and New York record arrivals on June 22. Roman reports from Liverpol Pol, Galileo from Hull England, Weimer from Bremen, City of Paris from Liverpool, Havel from, California from Hamburg. Werkendam laden from New York to Rotterdam. Spree from Newark offshore near Lizard.
Charles W. Redliff local Seaboard Lumber manager returns from a southern and western mills trip. Henry H. Edes impresses as the coolest man at yesterday's Historic Genealogical Society session in a striped seersucker suit. Charles A. Cutter of the Boston Atheneum stands out as a courteous counselor to researchers with vast, well organized shelves.
Mr. Gay, the Parisian artist, stays at Pinard cottages in Newport. Mrs. Carvell, wife of the Prince Edward Island governor, visits Mrs. Judge Bookstayer on Purgatory road. General Butler lies at Poland Springs and will cruise the coast aboard his yacht America from Portland harbor. Professor James Parsons and Philadelphia family are at Wallis's Sands, N H, with over 100000 expended on the summer estate. Colonel Jerome Bonaparte arrives in Newport, to take possession of Harrison House on Harrison avenue, the Bonapartes' first Newport presence in several seasons.
Oscar Wilde returns soon while the Earl of Lonsdale expands his church livings influence. Paderewski is rescued from a mob at St James Hall in London. Mrs Waldo Richards draws crowds with dialect recitals. George W Childs funds Edith Lanigan, 14, education, widow Lanigan’s youngest daughter.
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