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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1887
Page
4
The Boston Post lists daily subscription rates: One year nine pounds, six months four pounds ten, three months two dollars twenty five cents, one month seventy five cents. weekly Fridays issue. enters as second class mail.
Boston Post notes a New York Maritime Exchange report urging a practical, simpler fog signal system. Competent navigators would outline improvements, aiming to replace ineffective single whistles and reduce shipboard disasters. The exchange backs the reform as an admirable goal despite uncertain outcome.
Wind delays push back trial races for the Thistle and Volunteer's challenger showdown. Yachtists favor the Volunteer though a Mayflower win would not compel switching champions. Delays affirm scheduling cup races later in the season, with mid September breezes often calm in New York waters.
The allotment work proceeds smoothly with six special agents for eight reservations and preparations for surveys and allotments in twenty seven more. Obstacles are fewer than expected though big tribal men who hoard land pose a challenge, while white scheming elements also attempt to sway opinion.
The Grand Army Record condemns efforts to politicize the Grand Army of the Republic and condemns bitter partisanship. It asserts unwavering support for the President and criticizes those who seek to control the order, urging self-respecting citizens to reject factional hostility.
A Times reporter quotes a New York bank president voicing concern that the Saturday half holiday creates insufficient time for business after deducting Saturday afternoon, fearing portentous consequences for commerce and liquidity.
The article argues New York must not halt its financial flow to match a half holiday. It claims other cities do not observe it and that banks cannot wait for a nationwide shift. The remedy is to persuade others to adopt the custom or repeal the law, favored by New York businessmen.
The Saratoga convention exposes the New York Republicans for insincerity in their platform. Crosby ridicules the high license clash with temperance aims while Grant’s nomination adds political value but little substance. The party splits with Prohibitionists and temperance reformers as Erie canal and civil service issues loom.
A French manifesto by the Comte de Paris is dismissed as out of touch with modern public opinion. It favor universal suffrage with a strong government, seeks to empower the Senate against the Chamber, and envisions royal authority under ministers, edging toward medieval despotism.
The excerpt recounts Emerson's 1847 England visit, detailing meetings with Carlyle, De Quincey, and Milnes, visits to Edinburgh, London society, and remarks on English manners. It notes his Athenaeum Club ties, dinners with Landor, and interactions with Disraeli, Macaulay, and many prominent peers, illustrating cross Atlantic cultural exchanges.
The Philadelphia adoptions centennial opening featured a dignified program and a vast industrial parade showing a century of national growth. A breakfast for distinguished lawyers at the Academy of Music and a Governors reception complemented the state visit, with the President in attendance.
Miss Mary G Burdette sister of a humorist directs the Baptist Mission Training School of Chicago and gives Sunday evening lectures on religious topics. L Illustration notes General Breart portrait and France's declared readiness for revenge after banquet in Toulouse.
The Truth notes a striking postal price gap: Germany to Australia costs twenty pfennig, England to Australia sixpence. It suggests Irish affairs hinder parliamentary questioning of the postmaster general. Likely the P and O mail contracts explain the discrepancy.
A Boston writer comments on a New York stage company building London style buses with roof seating for next season. He notes local outside riding on Charlestown and South End stages, mocks the lack of comfort, and worries about delayed adoption of double decker buses in Boston.
A barper's Weekly analysis argues reform progress hinges on the Democratic party and figures like Senator Gorman, not President Cleveland. It suggests reform is unlikely from either party as presently constituted and notes more reform allies reside outside the Democratic fold.
A reader asks the Daily News to define a Mugwump. The editor replies that a Mugwump is a Republican with a conscience, reflecting a civic minded stance from CurtcaGo Illinois September 12.
The N Y Tribune a Republican paper argues the Democratic party must not strangle Southern industry. It questions the party's ability to halt diversification, labor demand, and wage growth in the South, asserting no other party has proposed abandoning home industry to foreign competition.
The Providence Journal notes the Mugwump era has ended in national politics, predicting simpler political battles unless Prohibitionists labor agitators civil service reformers tariff issues Blaine’s record or New York vote complicate the scene.
The N Y Times argues that Thomas C Platt dominates the Republican slate from Saratoga, controlling nominations and potential flips. It cautions he could abandon the ticket if labor gains threaten his aims, focusing on a Senate and Assembly majority aligned to his interests.
A bustling periscope of items ranges from Virginia and interstate law to New York yacht chatter and Philadelphia guests. Observers note town gossip, travels of J C Mustard, a New Haven landlady ejecting lodgers, a Baltimore Maryland fast girl, and stocky reflections on sugar consumption and ocean steamers.
The Post earns credit for a solid journalistic effort in its century review. Boston Herald notes competent writers organize the piece topically and provide a solid picture of the nation at the time of the Constitution's adoption.
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