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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1895
Page
4
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The governor asks voters to back the Republican party despite vetoing several Republican acts. The piece calls his plea odd and notes the public should thank him for saving the state from his own party. It praises a few vetoes as aligning with Democratic principles. Register by Wednesday evening.
Secretary Carlisle warned at a Massachusetts Reform Club address that government notes redeemable in gold create an endless chain draining gold from the Treasury. He argued the current currency system lacks financial repose and called for reform aligned with the Massachusetts Democracy platform. A mass registration in Boston could boost Democratic votes this year.
The Bell Telephone Company reports spending 49030 to influence legislation at the State House during the last session. The main bill it backed was 40 bad, 60 detoriovely against state policy, prompting a veto by the Republican Governor. Mr Williams calls the expenditure a threat to good government and corruption. The Democratic party aims to avert the threat in its platform proposals on legislative reform.
A historical piece argues that Republican platform protects corporate money in lawmaking, claiming capital is timid and cannot be frightened by restrictions. The author urges Democrats to vote, questioning safeguards against $50,000 spent to push bad bills through the Legislature and calling for clear use of funds.
After a summer peak in July and a stagnant August, September failed to deliver the hoped for boom. A gold scare and foreign exchange jitters triggered a brief panic, but underlying conditions remain favorable with rising prices, booming industry, better wages, and improved railroad and coal sectors. Despite these positives Wall Street drifts, poised for a sharp correction once the speculative leaders awake from their trance and realize the market has been oversold. Boston votes loom large for Massachusetts Democrats as they push turnout.
Secretary Olney demands the United States consul-general in Havana enjoy the same privileges and authority as Germany’s consul in Cuba. Spain’s refusal to grant such diplomatic powers, following Williams’s protection of an American citizen, prompts a firm, patriotic stance backed by public sentiment. Ballot lists closing in Boston in three days. every Democrat should ensure their name is on it.
Democratic platform advocates city self rule while Republicans disagree. Governor Greenhalge claims his Holyoke veto on a police administration bill was expedient not principled. Mr Williams warns that if such precedents spread, local self government depends on each executive’s motives.
The speaker urges a strong Democratic majority in Boston and calls on voters to register and support the party to ensure home rule. The message implies Republicans, if any, would sign a bill only under Democratic control.
A bustling column describes a Gibsonesque girl craving vanilla ice cream in a Tremont Street cafe and a crowd misidentifying Henry Irving with Abbey the manager. It tributes City Hall regulars, Aldermen, Mayor Curtis, and Amy Busby, and tracks Fitzgerald’s illness and Maine retreat. It highlights George T. McLaughlin, James B. Reynolds, M H B Hennessy, and routine Democratic and Republican state headquarters activity. Mayor Curtis plans to return to work after a Maine sojourn.
An incomplete scene reveals marital strain after a Boston woman Helen Mackintosh marries a Sioux minister. Pris Armstrong, Annie Chesley, and Captain Carter discuss the union and its implications while the husband battles inner doubt and a faltering vocation.
Edith Robinson presents a dramatic scene where Helen encounters a fierce circle of dancers and a slain fear as her husband channels his father Black Kettle. A dying woman and hunger drive her to bring aid, while peril and a naked brave menacing intrude at the doorway ending in a tense, unnamed peril.
An October bride-to-be displays a unique wedding gown with a satin exterior and a chameleon silk lining that shifts pink and yellow. The lining begins attached at the waist and widens toward the hem, creating a distinctive silhouette.
The gown features a satin skirt eight yards wide with a loose white interlining, godets eight inches apart to keep the skirt away from petticoats, and a pearl yoke edged with satin flounces and multiple pearl strings. The dress is turned right side out exhibiting a trainless, pearl adorned bridal look.
At a Saturday meeting of the Gazette Press Company George W. Fowler resigned as directing treasurer and managing editor. William O. Clough becomes director and editor. Chester H. Cornish named treasurer. The paper moves from Democratic to independent, ending a long Democratic era since 1826.
The meeting to discuss the referendum at Aquinas Hall Cambridge was postponed from last evening to this evening due to weather. Rev Father Scully was to preside at the session.
Theater listings show Robert Hilliard as Van Bibber at Tremont and Andrew Mack performing original songs at the Columbia. Gilbert and Sullivan pieces appear at Castle Square with Koko and Yum Yum. Bruce McRae displays athleticism in The Fatal Card at the Museum. Empire Theatre keeps The Masqueraders in repertoire while Mars and Gudgeons follow. Other venues promote Burmah souvenirs, Alone in London, In Sight of St Pauls, Twentieth Century Maids, Lydia Yeamans Titus, and family-friendly acts at Austin & Stone.
The Building Trades Council resolved to restore friendly ties with Carpenters Union No 83 after a misstep and adopted a new delegate section increasing from three to seven. It praised a gift of a silk flag from HB A Grazier of the Boston Post and set speakers for upcoming events at Faneuil Hall and a Workingmen's Political League gathering. George N Gunther was elected business agent and several standing committees were appointed.
The Central Labor Union plans a large demonstration and reception for John McBride of the American Federation of Labor on the coming Saturday evening. The City Theatre will host the event with Mayor Whipple presiding. Clergymen and prominent citizens will be invited and a parade of local unions with bands will march.
Captain William Daly Jr presented Michael J. Keating, wharfinger at Downer Landing, with a gold watch, chain, and diamond studded charm on behalf of Nantasket line yachtsmen and patrons. The gift was given aboard the Galatea with a reception featuring Daly, Tom McCarthy, Frank Butler, ex-Alderman Mullane, and others.
The thirty ninth anniversary observance in Cambridge featured Congressman Elijah Morse delivering an address on the positive impact of church Sunday schools. Pupils and congregation heard reports, and children sang as teachers read summaries of the school’s condition.
Cambridge marks its upcoming fiftieth anniversary of incorporation with a movement by the Citizens' Trade Association. A public meeting is set for this evening to outline plans for observance, with committee members H. O. Houghton G. Howland Cox Joseph J. Kelley John Hopewell Jr and Charles Bullock named. The city government may form a cooperating committee if a celebration proceeds.
A watchman at Hayward's confectionery in Cambridge at 387 Main Street frightened two burglars during a Saturday night intrusion. He heard a noise, observed two men entering through a rear window, then the intruders fled when he approached.
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