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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1888
Page
4
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The article questions why some Irish leaders persist with the plan of campaign amid prudential doubts and notes the Bishop of Limerick’s circular as evidence of clergy influence. It also condemns papal interference in Irish affairs as foreign to modern political liberty while sympathizing with the Bishop’s concern over the National League’s future.
Washington activity shows strong opposition to the copyright bill with publishers pressing to exempt foreign magazines and English publishers unhappy about a printing clause. Supporters argue justice to authors transcends narrow interests and warn against defeating a key measure.
General Master Workman Powderly leads a Knights of Labor push for a postal telegraph system. He claims petitions from up to five million members and plans to mail circulars to gauge views in every congressional district. The piece questions the policy value and notes past labor actions influencing public policy.
The Southampton bye election produced a Liberal landslide, but its impact on Britain’s political scene seems minimal. Conservatives claimed unfair tactics aided the result and local tax proposals may have hurt the Tory candidate. NJ Evening Post’s Irish policy reading is questioned.
In England bye elections rarely reflect overall sentiment as ministries face costly lessons from fluctuating support. The current moment shows Lord Salisbury's government notably weaker than it was earlier, illustrating the volatile ebb and flow of political opinion in off year elections.
The article notes months in the past but cautions against predicting an immediate general election. It observes rising sentiment for more liberal Ireland policy while many influential figures doubt endorsing Mr Gladstone's Home Rule would be prudent.
A Senate joint resolution by Senator Stewart of Nevada proposes amending the Constitution to require only a simple majority to enact a bill despite a presidential veto. The piece defends President Cleveland's frequent vetoes as prudent, cites historical veto patterns, and argues against weakening executive power as a remedy. The commentary links veto use to legislative scrutiny and cautions about financial risks to Boston if municipal credit falters.
The article warns that failure to pay upcoming interest on city bonds could wreck credit. It argues timely payments keep borrowing costs low and maintains that authorities must avoid even a hint of repudiation. It stresses the city must provide funds to meet debts when due.
A London volume argues safety and comfort drive theatre design. Buckie urges fire resistant divisions, multiple exits, outward doors, outer escape stairs, inner vestibules, and isolated sites. He favors electric lighting, anti ignition coatings, regular drills, and comfort features like a vestibule and staff rooms.
The article stresses theatre dressing rooms as critical fire risks and calls for a distinct block design with fire resistant lobby, separate staircases for men and women, and on every floor sanitary facilities. Daylight, fresh air, warmth, space for bathing, water, and storage are essential but rarely provided in existing theatres.
The plan to establish a journalism department at Cornell will recognize the profession’s growing importance. Critics doubt the program can fully train pupils for immediate newspaper work despite lectures, a staff model, and practical editing and headline practice.
A Mirror story recounts a critic found a champagne gift and cigars from a star seeking kinder coverage. The critic accepted politely then warned he would reaffirm his past judgments if the star brings bad plays again, revealing a lack of delicacy on both sides.
A Boston baseball game draws a diverse crowd united by enthusiasm and curiosity. The writer notes the open seating crowd’s spirited appreciation for expert opinion, contrasting it with the grand stand’s refined audience and praising the game as a social leveller that bridges class and intellect.
The piece surveys upcoming engagements at Hollis Street Theatre and Boston Theatre, with Wilbur opera at Grand Opera House and Ada Gray in East Lynne. It notes Mansfield and Palmer at Museum and Park, Mazulin at Globe, and sweeping season endings. It reflects on Boston spectatorship, actor mobility, and manager arrangements amid a busy late season.
A roundup of notable people: Mary Sharpless, nine, richest child in America at $50 million. Robert Louis Stevenson seen on Broadway with Will H. Low. F. H. Mason arrives as U S consul at Marseilles. D D Field chosen to deliver Williams College memorial address. Alexander Rostoff, polyglot laborer from Bridgeport. John Batchelder, 103, oldest pensioner. Rear Admiral Baldwin in Paris, plans Hamburg summer. Lord Iddesleigh’s son, a Chicago rail office clerk. Illinois Republican candidates mostly self-made, with Hunt and Ray noted for early jobs.
A narrator observes workers with mud stained clothes and brass number tags, likening them to baggage handlers. He notes an umbrella habit among many, then shifts to a friend’s praise of the three wheeler for middle aged exercise. The piece weighs safety and dignity concerns, admiring endurance but warning older riders. TAVERNER.
New York critics discuss the Brooklyn trial of His Lordship and Londons Amber Hear i and Robert Macabe with Miss Terry and Mr Irving praised. The Meiningen Dramatic Company plans a U S tour with Rotterdam to Southampton to New York mid June, awaiting Chroonegk arrival to fix debut date.
Messrs Cupples Hurd announce editions of family history and ancestry handbooks. New novels include Miss Frances Merley and The Autobiography of a New England Farmhouse. Prizes totaling 2000 await Sharp student entries in Wide Awake. A portrait of H M Richardson appears in a new biography by Mrs Van Rensselaer. Missouri titled American Commonwealths volume by Lucien Carr follows.
Mrs. Cleveland is due in Princeton to meet President McCosh and the faculty and students. She will have luncheon with Professor Alan Marquand then travel to Evelyn College and the university athletic grounds to watch the Yale versus Princeton baseball game.
The Rev. Lyman Abbott was elected permanent pastor of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn by a 400 to 60 vote at tonight's members meeting. Assistant Pastor Halliday and S. B. Ferris spoke against the election, while several members spoke in favor.
The New York coffee market started steady and advanced, then declined by 26 to 40 points as 100,000 bags were sold. In Hamburg, the May option rose 17 piennigs about 883 points, nearly four cents, in two days.
A collection of satirical opinions on politics, industry, and society. It notes a Prohibition party surge as a water craft joke, praises brass in fashion, and records quips about a German general, an English actor, and a Cincinnati editor. It also mentions the Sforza Missal sale and Algeria’s Oued Rir' oasis with detailed oil and population figures. An observant citizen’s walk-side ethic tally closes the piece.
A Boston Herald observation notes only slight stagnation in mill manufacturing due to future uncertainty. It argues that Massachusetts mill prosperity hinges on the success of Texas mills, reflecting interregional economic dependence.
Secretary Fairchild questioned in Brooklyn if the competitive system could extend further and noted railway mail and Indian services. Both remain exempt from civil service, facing spoil system pressures as public salaries and jobs suffer under unchecked patronage.
The Providence Journal raises queries about sugar price reduction through removing duties and whether protection advocates target this industry. It ponders if sugar growers in the West Indies and British Guiana influence policy or if a broader move toward free trade is at play. The piece asks why Thomas B. Reed would permit tariff breaks in Louisiana and suggests the questions may remain unanswered.
The New York ballot reform bill places Governor Hill in a crucible as bosses threaten him with political ruin and reformers promise defeat. The aim is to remove money from politics and let citizens vote freely, reshaping the city’s honesty while preserving its vitality and self-respect.
The Epoch imagines Mr Blaine leaving London to start a six hundred mile drive as Cleveland and Blaine face national conventions in St Louis and Dunfermline. The piece notes telegraph progress as a coachman’s route becomes a running chronicle of campaign moves and potential nomination outcomes.
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