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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1891
Page
4
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The article proclaims Massachusetts as a pivotal Democratic victory, restoring state prestige, boosting New England influence in Congress, and promising honest dollars, relief for manufacturers, and a free ballot. It stresses implications for merchants and the broader national outlook in the coming year.
A query on the name William E. Rus Sell for the vice presidential ticket prompts discussion of spelling and presentation. The likely intent is to assess phonetics and voter familiarity with the candidate’s surname.
The Post exposed a deal by Commissioner Os Boerne with liquor dealers to aid candidate Allen. Boston voters yesterday delivered a decisive rejection of the plan, signaling strong decency and morality against saloon rule and a police board dictator. Governor Russell urged a nonpartisan path, warning against obstructing reform. Boston remains Democratic despite police board and liquor dealer opposition.
The Post’s search light scanned last night for Colonel Allen’s majority, but the effort proved futile as officials could not confirm a decisive lead or victory margin.
The Post congratulates Massachusetts residents for backing the public service and electing their chosen man despite fierce opposition. The piece lauds their steadfastness and condemns conspiratorial methods seen as against public welfare while praising the governor for the state’s resilience.
The electorate honors Governor Russell with a strong, principled vote opposing Colonel Allen. The speaker condemns Allen’s campaign as evasive and blustering, praising Russell as earnest and open. The result signals a rejection of misrepresentation and forces managers to heed intelligent voters.
The new Post's search light bulletin last night spread news to thousands in Boston who could not visit offices. Signals on the celestial bulletin board foretold fortunes of the evening and later results, hailed nationwide. The public embraced this unique enterprise, predicting it as a regular feature during elections.
The critic urges Comptroller Lacry to release the Maverick Bank condition report by Bank Examiner Magruder now deceased. The piece argues the public has right to know, assigning responsibility for the bank collapse and subsequent disaster and proposing the report be published by the Comptroller or the Clearing House Committee.
The month’s net debt exceeds a million and a quarter dollars. After removing nickels, copper, subsidiary silver, and national bank deposits moved by Mr. Foster, the cash balance sits at 7,474,036 dollars. If 44 percent bonds had been redeemed rather than rolled at 2 percent, funds would fall short. Gold reserves dropped by nearly 5,000,000 in the month while Republican silver dollars dropped in value to under 74 cents. This is the Treasury’s current administration’s report.
The passage questions if the candidate’s worse fate came from the Republican Committee and notes the Police Commission’s sympathy for Mr Allen, describing him as an object of sympathy today.
The piece lauds Flower’s gubernatorial win in New York as a rebuke to party machinery led by Boss Platt and opposed by President Harrison. It contrasts New York with Massachusetts, praising good government and repudiation of McKinley and tariff policy, noting Allen's debates show the people’s stance.
The fall of the Maverick National Bank caused alarm but financial Boston remains solid. Banks and Stock Exchange hold firm, with no panic or weakening, as conservative business methods prove their public safety and resilience amid the shock. Strong institutions offer relief to outsiders and uphold trade prosperity.
Massachusetts will cast her vote for a Democratic President a year from today. The glorious days of Massachusetts Republicanism are farther behind the party than ever.
Massachusetts politics focus shifts as officials weigh large regional concerns against smaller recent decisions. Analysts compare the broad national trend with a narrow state perspective, noting how fiscal and policy debates influence local leadership and public sentiment.
A reflective piece traces a dramatic sequence starting with a death by self action and a bank's sudden collapse. It notes arrests of prominent figures in their own domains, warrants for long prison terms, and hints at a further chapter that may remain unwritten, centered on the line Dont blame Asa. The text frames a romance of speculation and collective tragedy.
Yesterday morning a Reserve Vote bulletin suggested a Republican win, but a larger Democratic Reserve proved stronger. The piece argues the long held Republican stronghold in Massachusetts is broken, replacing a trusted fiction with Democratic influence in local elections.
Post election commentary questions whether Republican leaders truly desired the tax qualification removal. The remark hints at internal party divisions and potential shifts in fiscal policy.
A sentence reports that Pilgrim Allen claimed to dream of the Old State House. The note links the vision to the historic site, emphasizing the dream as a personal impression rather than an event.
The report declares the state redeemed with certainty this time, asserting there is no mistake about it and emphasizing finality despite earlier doubts.
Secretary Fosdrer faces criticism as the monthly financial statement highlights government extravagance and dwindling resources. The document, released on election day in several states, underscores calls to curb spending amid a growing deficit and the legacy of the Billion Dollar Congress.
The report recounts Senator Hoar predicting Allen would miss Crapo by about 20 000 votes at the state convention. In New Bedford returns yesterday Craro appears likely to fall short.
An unusually large edition of the New Post circulated rapidly with demand unmet, forcing additional press runs from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. The paper’s bold twelve-page issue and heavy news and ads signal a significant, unprecedented journalistic momentum for the publication.
The Boston Herald congratulates itself on its campaign coverage, claiming the Post was frank in admitting it produced the state's most comprehensive reports.
A collage itemizes diverse tidbits: Sardou’s new play in press. Annapolis cadet punished for hazing. Europe’s severe winter. Berlin carriages given priority for physicians. Sir Augustus Harris portraits likened to the Prince of Wales. Bierstadt’s The Last of the Buffaloes sold for 50000. 1045 Croton nuisance discoveries. Judge Zane on Utah plural marriage ending. Dumas reputedly cheery. Clarence Bowen engaged to Wentworth’s daughter. Southern papers aim at Governor John Y. Brown. Georgians praised, lynching noted. Rev Charles H Hall’s bravado as a Democrat. palace fire chips remark.
A literary roundup covers Schliemann excavations and Schuchhardt’s edition, The Use and Abuse of Money by Cunningham, The Corporation Problem by Cook, The Crisis in Morals by Bixby, and Tyler’s Parties and Patronage. Verse for boys Lyra Heroica, Snow Bound edition, Lumley the Painter, Miss Maxwell’s Affection, Morphine, and What Woman Wouldn’t, with publishers and price details.
The piece reflects on the human cost behind bank failures and market turmoil, contrasts laborer hardships with public figures, and cites women’s views on politics. It notes the first International Federation of Women’s Press Clubs convention at Parker House and praises male colleagues with strong, candid opinions from Marion McBride.
Carl Stasny’s Bumstead Hall pianoforte recital drew praise for technique but harshly criticized for rhythm, tone, and musical understanding. Review notes dry precision in some passages and lack of poetic feel, with particular fault in Bach-Tausig Toccata and Fugue and Chopin Polonaise. Audience applauded but reviewer urged deeper musical sense and legato.
A collage of humorous excerpts includes brakeman zeal causing accidents and a bed with boots on, plus a tale of gold rumored 117 feet under the Missouri River. It recounts domestic squabbles, a shy romance, and a coal ash tale, ending with a note on a Evening High School Volapuk class beginning Thursday at 7 30 PM on Montgomery Street led by Professor Alfred A Post.
The Women’s Gymnasium and Children’s Playground at Charles Bank closed last Saturday for the season. Attendance from June 1 to Nov. 1 totaled 144,539. July and August saw sixty classes with an average of twenty-five girls and women. After 5 pm the gymnasium was reserved for working girls gaining strength, thanks to the Park Commissioners and the Massachusetts Emergency & Hygiene Association for their leadership.
Superintendent T D Roberts of the Boston Industrial Temporary Home and assistant O O Elliot, both born on the same date, were surprised by about forty friends who presented them with a toilet set and shaving outfit. Presenters were Dwicht Smith and E Coburn. Both men expressed thanks for the esteem shown.
Henry Curtis Spalding speaks at Wendell Phillips Union Rooms on Washington Street delivering the second free Wednesday night talk. He has studied Boston rapid transit and aims to present a solution with numerous illustrations under the Wendell Phillips Hall Association.
The Lasell Seminary pupils held open polls yesterday with results listing Allen 87 Russell 37 and three weeks’ Christmas vacation 15. The note ends with a quip about woman suffrage.
London reports claim United States actions in Chile and Haiti mirrored a pro despotism stance. The piece critiques Minister Egan's reciprocity talks with Balmaceda, alleges secret diplomacy, and accuses private American interests of massive contracts and a plan to seize nitrate fields for a Pacific naval base.
Judge Ross instructed the jury in the Trumbull and Bart case, agents of Chilean insurgents, to render a not guilty verdict. The judge read his opinion after a full review, stating the Itata was not a U.S. vessel and U.S. citizens could not be held responsible under established law for selling provisions and arms.
London reports the Earl of Clancarty’s latest will omits naming the present earl who married Belle Bilton. The will bequeaths all real and personal property except 9000 to the widow, 10000 to son John, and the Garbally estate is entailed to the present earl and wife Lady Bilton Dunlow.
In New Haven on November 3, the Hon Lyman W Coe and Mrs Coe of Torrington celebrated their golden wedding. Their son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs W H K Godfrey marked their silver wedding. Mr Coe is a former state senator with wide acquaintance. his father Israel W Coe is the oldest living Connecticut legislator and in good health.
The widow of General Boulanger with her youngest daughter sailed from Marseilles on November 2 or 3 to Tunis where Captain Driant, her son-in-law, resides. There is belief they will make their home with Mme Driant.
United Ireland prints a letter from Mrs Parnell appealing to Irishmen to vote for Parnellite candidates and urging that their rallying cry be Remember Parnell and his murderers.
Sir Edwin Arnold will read selections from The Light of Asia The Light of the World Sadi in the Garden and Indian Song of Songs on Friday evening November 6 in Philadelphia New York and Brooklyn audiences are expected to be large and a full matinee program will be offered.
The N. E. Historic Genealogical Society will convene this evening at 8 o clock in Chapel Hall Boston University 12 Somerset street. Rev E J V Haiginn of Duxbury presents The Discovery of the Grave of Myles Standish as the lecture topic.
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