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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1888
Page
4
The Yale crew defeated Harvard in a clear victory on the Thames at New London. Conditions favored a superb performance and Yale lowered the record by ten seconds, signaling a strong season for Yale and misfortune for Harvard.
In a national platform dispute, Republicans lampshade the issue of whiskey taxes and enforcement. Mention of Mgr. Bearne hints at political backlash. The piece argues reducing taxes and whiskey access could undermine state alcohol controls and reform efforts.
Citizens petition the Supreme Court to review a $900 charge for carriage rides claimed not used amid a wage delay for city workers. The case questions whether the common council or city government may spend public funds for member pleasure rather than official duties and seeks clarity on the legality of Memorial Day hires.
The Duckworth Club of Cincinnati denounces civil service reform at their meeting and objects to attending the Baltimore convention of the league clubs. Members argue that too many Republicans hold positions under Democrats and blame weak kneed Democrats for failures, though some defend President Cleveland’s civil service policy.
Condemning his policy, leaders chose to avoid a vote by placing the motion to decline the invitation on file. Like many in the East, Western political workers have much to learn and will suffer more before they grasp the reform the President supports.
A Senate pensions committee study of vetoed private pension bills critiques presidential power while defending executive discretion. It cites specific cases such as William Sackman Sr and others and argues the president’s independent inquiry protects constitutional checks against improper pension grants.
In the wake of the Chicago convention the Republican side in Congress started challenging the party platform. J D Taylor of Ohio defended against claims of free whiskey and called the notion absurd while Kelley of Pennsylvania offered a curious remark during Thursday's House debate.
The article argues the Republican platform favors repealing internal taxes on whiskey and tobacco to cut revenue while preserving protection. It cites Chicago Tribune protests and notes voters' mixed reactions, with some Germans and workers weighing in on Cleveland versus Harrison. It concludes New York views differ on universal suffrage.
The New York Herald canvassed Harlem to gauge voting intent and found many independents undecided before the November election. Some favor Cleveland, others Harrison, with several undecided about which ticket to back and a few swayed by perceived momentum and party platforms.
M Paul Janet analyzes the change from the chair of natural law and nations to a chair of experimental and comparative psychology in the College of France. The article notes physiology leads physiological psychology as a positive science, while physiologists have not exhausted the field.
South Africa gains brighter image as Yankee girls recount travels from ox-wagon to rail, praising climate scenery and Pietermaritzburg theatre. They contrast with Miss Schreiner’s novel and suggest global familiarity will grow through American women’s experiences.
The Nation denounces the Republican platform as a Frankenstein that will destroy its maker. It argues the plan petrifies tariffs, ignores needed changes, and sways voters toward the Democrats. It warns of failed reform and mobilizes support for a sharp, clear choice in the campaign.
William C. Wixstow appeals Harvard graduates and friends of education to donate 5 or more to the fund for an American student in Egypt. Archeological Institute has 100 dollars, Mrs S D Warren 60, with a goal of 700 to 1000 dollars. Donors are recorded in the fund’s annual report and receive an illustrated season exploration quarto. June 24 1288 25 Beacon Street.
A compiled column notes Justice Field of the U S Supreme Court will visit San Francisco in July. The item also catalogs various society tidbits including Walter Besant’s writer’s cramp, Joseph Jastrow’s academic appointment, a birth and death on nomination day, exotic hotel costs in Milan, a Pullman Island reunion, and Maida Craigen's London marriage to Arthur Falkland Buchanan with sailing plans for July 19.
In Boston commentary on Sydney Howard Gay work on Edmund Quincy progresses despite illness. Quincy is praised as a reformer, writer, and secretary to abolition societies. The piece highlights his calm, forceful voice, wit in letters signed Byles, his novel Wensley, and his vivid early 19th century portraits.
A group of people identified as genuine Indians including several squaws entered a barber shop on a main street. The narrator muses about scalping, hair care, and fashion trends, then notes they moved to a private room, ending the scene with a sense of relief at avoiding a vivid outcome.
The House finished the Mills bill free list except iron and steel baling hoops passed over while Mr. McKinley is away. Restored items include flax dressed line glue gelatine and oils excluding certain animal and vegetable oils. Licorice juice china clay marble and flags added to duty list. Prunes and raisins return to their current rates. Boston Board seeks lightship project near Nantucket.
A satirical roundup covers baseball versus cricket, the press, and politicians. It ribaldly mocks or comments on Foraker Harrison Blaine and Carter Harrison, cites hop and watermelon crops, and reports on Six Companies of San Francisco sending bones to China with a note on ancestral burial desires.
About 1700 people attended the Worcester gathering to approve the Republican presidential ticket. Speakers included W. A. Gile , W. W. Rice and T. C. Bates with Colonel E. B. Glasgow presiding. The crowd enjoyed humor at the speakers' expense and several left early after a sharp exchange.
The Monroe installment in Wide Awake highlights Madame Compan’s celebrated school with Eliza Monroe as a pupil and Hor tense Beauharnais, daughter of Empress Josephine. The Lothrop prize deadline extended to Dec 1 to allow summer and fall manuscript prep for school members. Ticknor & Co announces Brown’s Two College Girls on July 7 and The Rise of Silas Lapham on July 21.
A letter lauds Harvard College for granting LL D to alumnus Joseph H Choate and credits him with a key Supreme Court argument in a local donor dispute involving Dr Martin Payne. The piece praises discernment in awarding honors.
The piece argues the platform favors "protection for protection's sake" highlighting contrasts with Democrats. It claims Republicans prefer cheaper whiskey over wool, salt, or lumber, asserting voters understand the policy difference. It cites the New York Evening Post as source.
The Colorado Springs Gazette denounces the Republican platform as disappointing and unfair. It lacks the ring of past platforms and reads like the pleading of a smart attorney, insulting voters with its tricky sections.
The Nation from Indiana argues that the Republican party, once unselfish in 1856 and 1860, has become a party of special interests by 1888. It condemns the platform as insulting to the public intelligence and accuses Republicans of yelling free trade while Democrats seek tax relief and surplus reduction.
The piece argues that Republican House members resist the idea of free whiskey, clarifying that tax cuts on necessities do not mean ends to liquor controls. It contends removing internal revenue taxes would spur unregulated production, hamper enforcement of prohibition, and undermine licensing as a restriction.
The Rhode Island paper, once a leading Republican voice and located in New England manufacturing hub, defects from the party over tariff reform. The move is described as a massive bolt against high tariff policy, with strong political implications for the GOP.
The New York Evening Post labels Seth Low of Brooklyn a Sunday school politician for opposing the Republican platform. The piece argues Blaineites mock integrity as cant, hypocritical, and driven by mere principle, turning Sunday school into a pejorative term in politics.
The Rosedale, a propeller Leg class owned by Curiaco, arrives in Chicago after departing Sunderland England. Built in shipyards, carrying Portland cement via London Montreal and Hingston to pass the Welland Canal, she will operate on the Great Lakes between Loronie and Port Arthur and not return to England.
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