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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1901
Page
6
The Post voices strong opposition to President McKinley's second inaugural. It accuses him of insincerity and of undermining the Constitution by pursuing pro war and imperial policies. The piece condemns his Cuba and Philippines stance and warns of governance beyond constitutional limits.
A Boston focused reform bill would create a primary election day six weeks before the state election and four weeks before the city election. All candidates would be nominated at the polls in their precincts with election officers overseeing from noon to 8 pm and ballots displayed on official lists. The proposal aims to curb abuses by uniting party voting and strengthening nomination.
The court in Anderson County reports negroes confined in convict pens under involuntary labor contracts. These contracts, negotiable paper, allow owners to sell a bound worker for a year. One inmate was shot while attempting to escape. The piece likens the practice to a familiar form of bondage under imperial rule.
The speaker compares statements by United States officers tied to an accord with the Sultan of Sulu to slavery priced under the American flag, arguing that the market value of enslaved people is a constant across distant regions.
A Boston hearing rebuts Mayor Hart’s opposition to municipal subway ownership. The mayor cites constitutional and financial fears that the city could lose control or fail to recover costs, but supporters argue the objections are unfounded and compare the subway to an underground street.
Mayor Hart salutes at a class meeting of English High School and voices his speeches with notable eloquence. Brookline candidate George W. Duncklee grows as a speaker amid Met ropolitan Water Board bids. Alfred P. De Voto shines at a Hotel Essex party as he targets Europe. Mrs T A Reddy leads a Tremont Temple benefit for South Africa families, while Edwin D. Mead presides. Commandant Snyman discusses Boer battles and a $5000 head bounty. An Irish League scene notes a Unity flag and its Cork lineage.
President McKinley’s inaugural speech proclaims a nation with surplus revenue, reduced taxation, and strong production. He urges sound finances, unity, and broader trade while defending national sovereignty and peaceful arbitration. The address emphasizes duty, economy, and continued progress as the republic faces global responsibility.
President reflects on four years of U S action in Cuba and the Philippines. He argues for a free Cuba under a constitutional government guiding international obligations and order. He also outlines continued U S efforts to establish local Philippine governments, grant self rule as readiness allows, and end hostilities without further bloodshed.
On the West Boston bridge Jack Maitland meets a despondent young woman about to jump. She reveals a life of hardship and deceit by a former lover and herself, seeking solace and a possible union with Jack to endure their shared misery. A passerby carriage interrupts the moment near Union Station.
The page mixes a breakfast lunch and dinner menu with an official report from the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. The report, dated January 31 1901, confirms thorough examination by an independent committee of assets liabilities and reserves and lauds conservative management for 1900.
At annual meeting a three member Examining Committee will be chosen to inspect company affairs. They meet at the Home Office in January after election, may hire actuarial aid at the company’s expense, and report at the next annual meeting. The 1901 examiners include Joseph W. Marsh and William M. Bullivant with their titles and firms.
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