The Democratic Stand Firm in Maine and Boston
Bay State Club hosted Democratic nominees from Maine and Vermont at the Revere House in Boston with Mayor Russell of Cambridge and Governor hopefuls addressing the crowd. Putnam of Portland ridiculed Harrison’s tariff plan while praising Democratic principles of home rule, equal rights, and honest administration, urging voters to back Grover Cleveland.
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Bay State Club
Revere House
Maine
Vermont
Merrow
Taylor
Mayor Russell
Cambridge
Gamaliel
People’s Party
City Hall
State House
Boston
Massachusetts
W. L. Putnam
Portland
Dauchette
Harrisons
Harrison
United States
Harrison’s
Republican Party
Patent Office
Senate
Cleveland
Democratic Party
House, of Representatives
Democrats of
Democratic Party of
Grover Cleveland
Mr. Taylor
Portland Press
Mons
Durin
8. C. Shurtleff
John W. Corcoran
Clinton
Osgood
Alger
Samuel O. Lamb
William A. Williams
John J. Donovan
Lowel
Harvey H. Pratt
Abington
Charles Wilder
Political dining clubs open season with discussion
The Massachusetts Club met at Youngs for a Saturday dinner and informal talk on the political situation led by A A Ranney. The gathering noted the death of William Barry Wood, who joined the club about two years ago. Prominent speakers included William Claflin and A W Beard.
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Edward L. Pierce
Adin ‘Thayer
Joseph Walker
Worcester
Tenth
Commercial Club
Parker House
Alpheus Hi Hardy
William A. Russell
William L. Chase
Charles M. Clapp
Stanton M. Blake
Samuel Little
Harrison Gardner
Whitman
Ezra H. Baker
William B. Wood
Jerome Jones
Frederick W. Lincoln
Phineas Pierce
Charles H. Allen
A. W. Beard
A. H. Hardy
E. Moody
Charles P. Clark
New York & New Haven Railroad Company
Boston and Clover Clubs
Parker’s
Middlesex and
New England
Young’s
Massachusetts
A. A. Ranney
William Barry Wood
William Claflin
Butler's Other Tune and Free Wool Debate Recalled
Joe of Soda Springs Idaho recalls General Butler's wool tariff stance in a September letter to the editor. He cites Butler’s shift from advocating free wool and protectionist aims to a demagogic pose, noting a past discussion in Fall River about shipping policies and the potential effects on domestic mills and imports.
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Butler
Texas
Lowell
General Butler
Fall River
England
Joe
Soda Springs
Ida
Public Library Corner Stone Postponed Delay Explained
The laying of the corner stone for the new Public Library is postponed due to construction delays. Trustee Frederick O Prince says the foundation will be ready after Nov 25 and the Mayor will set a new ceremony date with the City Council.
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Public Library
Boston
Frederick O. Prince
The
Post
McKim, Meade & White
Boylston Street
Forging His Chains And Van Buren In Shepard's Biography
Edward M. Shepard's American Statesmen volume on Martin Van Buren argues for his lasting impact on Jacksonian democracy and the Jeffersonian tradition. It defends the spoils system as a New York practice and analyzes Van Buren's banking and internal improvement positions, slating him as a skilled yet colorless political operator with significant party and national influence.
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Martin van Buren
van Buren
Samuel J. Tilden
New York State
England
United States Bank
National Treasury
Shepard
New York
Washington
de Witt Clinton
Edward Livingston
Robert R. Livingstone
Ambrose Spencer
van Bleuren
Jackson
Postoffice Department
Kendall
van Holst
Democratic Party
An Buren
Calhoun
van Burer
White House
Times
District of Columbia
New Territory
Free Soil
Lincoln
Clay
Adams
Webster
Jefferson
Burr
Tilden
Edward M. Shepard
Boston
Houghton, Mittin & Co
Massachusetts Wins Hilton Trophy at Creedmoor Match
Massachusetts secured the Hilton trophy by 238 points with a total of 1080, while Atlanta division finished 1067. In the interstate military match Massachusetts scored 1047 to New York 1015. Continuous matches ended. winners to be announced next week. Wind and weather favored the marksmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
New York
National Rifle Association
Creedmoor
Atlanta
New Media Babylon and Persia by Ragozin
Review of Ragozin’s History of Media Babylon and Persia, praising its coverage of ancient religions, Zoroastrian literature, and Babylonian life through the Ebigi tablets. Highlights include Persian monuments, Cyrus the king, and the later discoveries at Susa, with notices of allied works on American politics, biographies, and translations.
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Ragozin
Media
Babylon
Persia
Zéenaide A. Ragozin
New York
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Chaldea
Assyria
Asia
Zoroaster
Anquétil Duperron
Eugine Burnouf
Judah
Nebuchadnezzar
Jeremiah
Jerusalem
Tyre
Lydia
Asia Minor
Lycia
Babylon the Great
House of Egibi
Kurush the Kine
Kambyses
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Putnam
Democratic Standard
Mr. Putnam
House of Representatives
Republi
Gen. Butler
NEW Public Library
Bank of England
George Bidwell
Bidwell
George Engels
Austin
Phelps
C. D. Warner
John Bright
John Morley
Hartington
Churchill
Charles Russell
America
Europe
Hartford
Scranton & Co
Everit Brown
Congress
Sarah K. Bolton
Franklin
Hamilton
Sunger
Grant
Garfield
William Harrison Clarke
Louise Imogen Guiney
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Robert Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Mrs. Browning
Crowell
Victor Hugo
Helen B. Dole
Harvard University
Christian Register
Francis G. Peabody
Phillips Brooks
E. Hale
George A. Gordon
Alexander McKenzie
Andrew P. Peabody
Oscar Wilde
Florence Treil
Isabel F. Hapwood
St. Michael’s
Marblehead
Huse‘ts
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