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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1892
Page
4
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A tribute edition dedicates today’s Boston Post to Samuel Adams. It extols his role against monarchy and monopoly, championing the rights of the many, noting his Conti-era stance, Jefferson friendship, and support for Cleveland and Stevenson.
The Evening Record is urged to accept a joint debate with the Post as Election Day nears. The Post boasts ongoing calls for open discussion and accuses the Record of cowardice for avoiding comparison. The offer remains open for arranging a timely, side by side presentation of Democratic and Republican positions.
The Hon. William S. McNary declares in a manly letter his acceptance of the Democratic nomination for Congress in the tenth district. He pledges to abide by caucus and convention decisions and to loyally support the chosen candidate, presenting as a capable, trustworthy representative for Massachusetts Democracy.
The Harrison managers are accused of attempting to seize New York by purchase and fraud. District Attorney Deaney Nicoll warns against corrupt practices and will prosecute offenders linked to the Carnegie fund. Shipping of enslaved people by Dave Martin from Philadelphia is watched and action will follow if they try to register. Defenders of honest elections vow to defeat Republican corruption schemes and their large expenditures.
In New York a sweeping struggle against political corruption unfolds as a brazen bid to buy the state is threatened. The speaker argues the people’s victory is crucial for preserving republican government, warning that success would invite revolutionary consequences and describing the corruptionists as desperate.
Every man in Boston has a chance to vote this year without paying a cent for it. But he will lose that chance if his name is not on the lists before next Tuesday night. This is the first year that the ballot has been free in Massachusetts. It is the first election in which every man votes because he is a citizen, not because he has paid taxes. The Registry of Voters offers equal voting rights. register today to help rally for Cleveland and Russell and to shape Massachusetts’ political future.
The piece critiques Mr Lodge as a Republican boss seeking multiple offices. It notes his bid for both Congress and the United States Senate in one campaign, questions party gratitude, and recalls a vote deficit that kept him from a district majority. It considers gerrymandering and the risk to his senatorial hopes.
The Springfield speech by candidate Wolcott is criticized for his defense of charges of hostility to labor legislation. The piece notes his past opposition to measures the public desired, including free text books and wage payments, and suggests silence would better serve him than defending his record.
From the Lowell Courier, Colonel Albert Pope is active in promoting better common roads and has sent messengers to prominent railroad men urging their help. The effort is described as having the potential to win public approval.
High or low, the man who is an honest citizen gets the attention of Governor Russell.
Dr. Galvin of Emergency Hospital visits New York on hospital business. Lavell Seminary brings John Fiske to address pupils on Columbus Day. John P Lovell Arms’ Robert Smith plans weeks with Cohasset coots. Lawyer Charles Donnelly avoids photographs for 35 years. William D Bradstreet of Park Theatre, Waltham, reports strong returns. Cyrene Haynes shows thriving partnership managed by Al Haynes with hit news comedy on tour. Mrs. Jennie June Croly attends New England Women’s Press Association meeting at Parker House and speaks on Women’s Clubs while discussions focus on universal music. Philip Hale stands out for audacious artistic critiques shaping Boston’s musical scene. All in period style and tone.
A collage of quips and dialogues mixes light humor with social bite. Jokes about money and politics echo in short scenes, from a Bible seller to a tailor, gas doomsayers, and a weary husband correcting a rowdy morning. The tone hints at a bustling late nineteenth or early twentieth century urban paper.
Mr Mooiy gains girth and grayer hair as families note long marriages and academic firsts. Elizabeth Deering Hanscom becomes among Yale’s first women to pursue a PhD. Augustine Landry and wife celebrate 70 years of marriage. Landry now 96 and wife 86, with fourteen children, six sons surviving. Colonel John Clark and wife mark their 64th anniversary, possibly the city’s oldest. Generations gather at the old homestead. George W. Smith, Colby ’83, son of Dr. S. K. Smith, is elected history professor at Colgate University after two years at Jonas Hopkins University.
Mr. Traubel Walt Whitman’s literary executor works to preserve the poet’s Camden New Jersey home, having received multiple contributions. The Eckert legacy to Philadelphia charities totals 614000 dollars, aiming to yield far more good through prudent use. The oldest American actresses are Clara Fisher Maeder born 1811 and Mrs John Drew, nine months old on stage, with long careers.
In a reply to the Post, William F. Draper clarifies that he did not compare his ship to a fishing smack. He notes Frank P. Bennett echoed a similar remark, and he concedes average wages in Hopedale factory machine shops reach about two dollars daily. He disputes a worker’s claim of earning 115 per day, citing a payroll of 150 dollars per day for six years of service.
Dora Read Goodale writes in Harper's Young People of October entering a corn rich country. The poem paints harvest imagery with corn stocks, mills, and forest lamps while warning of the Ice King lurking in snowy fields threatening the kingdom.
The Holyoke Democrat urges Democrats to back Haile in a race that would keep Police Commissioner Osborne in Boston office. It argues Haile supports liquor interests by aligning with the police board license power and gamblers, claiming Haile would politicize licensing. It calls for voting Democratic to ensure honest government and remove liquor from politics.
Archduke Charles Louis and Archduchess Marie Theresa were riding from Wiener Neustadt when the coachman lost the way. The carriage toppled into a ditch, injuring the archduchess severely while the archduke was stunned. They reached a railway station for medical aid. the archduke is father of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne.
General Isaac S. Catlin, nominated by Democrats of Kings County for Congress, declines the nomination. He cites ineligibility due to retirement from the regular army and a pension. He says the Attorney General advised that accepting the seat would vacate his retired list status and forfeit emoluments. He also alleges General Daniel E. Sickles faces the same issue.
At about 2 am in Homestead John Mechling a non-union worker was found bleeding from a head wound after a two man assault one using a club. Logan Jones inspector at the 119 inch mill was struck from behind near 1 am. Two other non-unionists reported assaults overnight.
Democrats, duty done means Governor Russell's re election.
Washington reports the final official step to implement the new commercial treaty between Spain and the United States has been completed and the pact is ready to take effect. In Maprio the same date notes the treaty favors Spanish industries, covering trade in the Antilles.
A large sewer under construction in the Steinwaender quarter collapsed this morning burying fourteen workmen. Rescue efforts are ongoing as officials fear all may be lost.
A call urges every Democrat to register before Tuesday night to support Governor Russell's re election. The appeal stresses immediate action and registration to boost potential victory efforts.
Louis Lapage of Worcester was sentenced in the Superior Criminal Court to twenty-five years in State prison under the habitual criminal act for breaking and entering the Boston & Maine railroad station at Howard in August last.
City of Mexico reports the general manager of a New York life insurance company accused of stealing 80000 dollars and has halted operations. Police pursue the defaulter as the chase continues.
Barriz Ontario October 19 The principal portion of the village of Breton was destroyed by fire today causing about $50,000 in losses with limited insurance coverage.
Hamporn Oct. 19 The official cholera statistics place the number of new cases in this city yesterday at eleven. Only one death occurred.
From the Lowell News the Boston Journal lauds Mr. Haile as sound on moral questions in the community while criticizing the rotten Police Commission in Boston and naming Haile as a champion of reform despite the ongoing conflict.
A collection of brief notices catalogues new titles and editions. The Marchesa Lily Theodoli offers Under Pressure while J G Francis Brander Matthews Kirk Munroe and Charles Carryl publish children’s titles. Essays by Macaulay Doyle and Parker on Cleveland Stevenson Fuller and more accompany travel and literary criticism.
A civic notice urging immediate voter registration for Democrats emphasizes no poll tax required and accessibility to participate in upcoming elections. The message frames registration as essential and straightforward to enfranchise party members.
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