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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1897
Page
6
The speech denounces wealth concentration, calls for public ownership of utilities, and argues for monetary reform toward international bimetallism. It links wages, prices, and trusts to national decline, praises Lincolnian democracy, and urges unity under the 1897 Massachusetts Democratic banner.
In France the agriculture minister admits four years of wheat farming at a loss. Germany’s minister of agriculture Baron Hammerstein makes the same confession. Reports of Italian farmer misery are backed by Rome rioting over demands that the King be held responsible for agricultural ruin.
Thomas Riley, chairing the meeting, urges memory of past bought conventions and cites Wall Street influence. He mocks the Republican convention and denounces Union Pacific thefts while calling for unity against abuses of executive power. He invokes distrust in government by injunction and declares it must stop.
A Boston rally denounces extralegal arrests, defends court limits on criminal punishment, and praises a “ragged regiment” as a noble force in the fight for justice. Speakers condemn newspaper apologists for murder and urge legislation to curb judges beyond statute.
Christopher T. Callahan, candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, denounces Republican silence and argues for honesty in campaign discourse. He attacks the gold standard and Morgan, endorses tariff reform, and condemns injunctions and government overreach as he urges a strong turnout in Boston.
Charles T. Nash, candidate for secretary of state, spoke briefly as supporters left the hall. He claimed Populist roots but declared loyalty to the Democrats after the Worcester convention sided with the right, then pressed for public ownership of railroads but failed to be heard.
John A. O'Keefe, candidate for attorney general, frames political life like that of an individual, noting periods when a great party's body becomes infected with some disease and requires cure or renewal. The remark reflects campaign rhetoric about party health and reform.
The passage criticizes Democratic strategy, calling Senators disoriented and self serving. It notes platform straddling, inaction in Congress, and loss of voter confidence. It argues for reorganization as needed to restore discipline and principle.
The speaker celebrates a clean break from corporate influence and vows Democratic reforms led by Bryan and Williams. He argues wealth opposed the Democracy but warns political power shifts over time and anticipates tariff policy changes if the public welfare requires it.
A speaker denounces opponents for attacking democracy and hinting at secession. He accuses them of treason and favoring gold while opposing remonetization of silver. The passage notes a convention of former allies split by monetary policy and infighting within the party.
The speaker warns about leaders who left their party, once nurtured there and now breathing hatred. He fears them more as traitors in private moves than as open foes, suspecting treachery within our own camp.
A critique suggesting planks for the Massachusetts Republican platform. It argues against hides tax, praises careful election law review, endorses bonded goods tax section, supports famine policies benefiting farmers, denounces injunctions, notes a Black council member as proof of non discrimination, and touts Boston city administration as model.
On the platform alongside the speakers stood a long roster of dignitaries from Wakefield Brockton Salem Quincy and beyond including Alderman David F Barry Representative D D Rourke and John W Monahan among many others. The assembly read like a who is who of local and regional leaders with dozens of officials and noted figures named.
Reports list speakers and rally plans for Democratic and Republican events in Lowell and Boston. Key figures include George Fred Williams Pierre Humbert Jr Gov Wolcott Hoar Lodge Dr Everett and James McConnell with multiple ward and district candidates named for alderman and council seats across the city.
A Democratic writer compares eighteenth and nineteenth century romance and critiques the Republican platform as narrow. He likens the platform’s rhetoric to patchwork quilting, noting the copy runs 121 lines with fifty-five praising self, suggesting little practical warmth or usefulness.
The twenty seventh district convention in Granite block Chelsea nominated Thomas J. Morrison as D H Tirrell’s choice. Morrison, a Chelsea lawyer and longtime resident, is praised for public spirit and liberal views and is credited with exposing alleged irregularities of Judge Eben Hutchinson.
The British schooner Zeta under Captain Barnes from Turks Island bound for Boston arrived at Nassau leaking.
A reception at the New England Conservatory of Music welcomed its new director Dr. George W. Chadwick and new faculty members. Guests included Richard A. Dana and Mrs. Dana, Frank A. Hale, Sarah E. Perkins, Mme Helen Hopekirk and husband Wilson, Carl Baermann, Maude Thompson, and J. Walter Goodrich, introduced by accordant students.
The Maine music festival opened in Bangor with Governor Powers and staff attending. Madame Lilian Nordica received a grand ovation and floral tokens as she performed, drawing continuous enthusiastic applause before and after her selections.
Mr. Michael Kenny of Brookline vanished after leaving home on the evening of Oct 1. He worked as a powder man at the town lodge on Clyds street and served as treasurer of the local lodge A. O. H. and captain of the Emmet foot ball team.
William H J Tiernan a well known criminal lawyer with offices in Chelsea and Boston died at his home 166 Spencer avenue Chelsea after a week long illness. He was born in Chelsea thirty years ago son of florist Charles A Tiernan and a Boston University Law School graduate admitted to the bar seven years ago. His last major case was defending Charles A Sinclair linked with the Drysdale bedstead robberies.
At a gathering of the Lithuanian Local Union No. 43 of the United Garment Workers of America, firms William Yuszkocky Michael Buchinsky and John Wiltrakis agreed to raise pay and reduce work to nine hours daily. Three contractors still refuse the demand.
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