Political notices and editorials from the Boston Globe 1882
A compendium of editorial comments on Whitelaw Reid and General Garfield theft suspicions, John Sherman’s Contingent Fund inquiry, Senator Teller’s land grant review, Guiteau trial rhetoric, and Arthur cabinet selections. Also included are critical takes on Aaron A. Sargent, Mahoneism debates, and a moral essay on child guidance and obedience.
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Whitelaw Reid
Garfield
John Hay
the Tribune
Hay
Arthur
Tar Gippe
Republican
Tar Giope
Aaron A. Sargent
Senator Sargent
Republican Party of
California
Boss Carr
Ringster
Pacific Coast
Credit Mobilier
Central Pacific Railroad
Grant
Sargent
Georgia Politics and the Republican Coalition Debate
A political evaluation argues that any coalition between hungry office seekers and Georgia Republicans is unlikely to gain real traction. The piece suggests neither side could deliver votes, noting similar distrust across Southern states where both Republicans and Democrats favor honoring debts and reject Mahone.
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Georgia
Mahone
Changing childhood styles compared with a quarter century ago
A reflective essay contrasts today’s pampered childhood with the harsher upbringings of the past. It cites M. E. B. from the Boston Journal noting shifts from discipline to indulgence, from whipping to leniency, and from frugal to costly toys, arguing children have been spoiled by cradle comfort and happiness culture.
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Boston Journal
The Tramp Nuisance Across the Ocean
The London Charity Organization urges discriminating relief to curb the swarms of idle vagabonds and begging women. It warns against indiscriminate alms that aid drunkards and shiftless men, calling for referral to district relief committees while protecting the truly deserving poor.
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Great Britain
Empire
London Charity Organization
Call to make signal service a permanent army branch
A movement seeks a congressional bill to establish the signal service as a permanent, depoliticized army branch with equal status to engineer or ordinance corps. It urges fixed tenure, merit-based promotion, and selection from military or civil life to improve efficiency and public service. Congress is urged to authorize a permanent weather service cadre.
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Congress
Signal Service
Signal Service Corps
Engineer
Ordinance Corps
Service
Army
Weather Service
Secretary of War
United States
Signal Service Department
New York Letters Question Treasury Credibility
The New York Press prints letters claimed to stem from Secor Robeson and a former Navy secretary, questioning authenticity. An extract mocks Treasury cash balances of 317 million, urging action to fund Democratic tariffs and boost a political boom at the expense of the public.
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New York
Secor Robeson
Naval
Treasury Department
Grant
Navy
Sargent
Secretary of the Treasury
Politician Pushes Lump Sum War Finance for Victory
A leader declares a lump appropriation to strengthen the economy and fund the next election. He promises no detailed bill tying the funds to specific appropriations, asserting the money will be spent where it does the most good.
Mailroad Horror Blame Resting on Brakeman Melius
Controversy over the Spuyten Duyvil disaster centers on brakeman Melius who neglected to signal on the last car. A standing rule required him to go beyond the rear of the last coach and wave a red lantern to warn incoming trains. He hesitated, allowing a sharp curve to go unprotected, leading to a collision that killed about a dozen people. He was arrested and faces swift punishment.
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Spuyten Duyvil
Hudson River
Melius
Tarrytown
Poughkeepsie
New York
Isis
Stamp Tax on Proprietary Articles Debate Reawakens
A memorial from the Association of Manufacturers and Dealers in Proprietary Articles urges Congress to repeal the stamp tax. It argues the levy is excessive, misaligned with profits, and burdens goods through losses in transit fraud and fire. The group notes government revenue from the tax and cites heavy advertising payments by proprietary medicines.
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Guiteau
Porter
Cicero
Catiline
O'Connell
Curran
Webster
Choate
Sinai
Raum
Association of Manufacturers of and Dealers
Association
United States
Curb Small-Pox Spread Urges General Vaccination
A call to action warns of rapid small-pox spread and rising casualties. It endorses broad vaccination and notes a home remedy recipe of zinc sulfate, digitalis, sugar, and water claimed to cure either small-pox or fever in about twelve hours, with dosages adjusted for children. doctors are urged to test and analyze the remedy.
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Arthur
Senate
Sargent
Chandler
Ohio
Notes and extracts show political clout and odd anecdotes
Robeson, as naval appropriations chairman, wields budget power surpassing the secretary of the navy. Porter's case vexes Senator Logan's 1884 presidential plans. The column blends political gossip with a flood of brief curiosities from crime to science, including a Syracuse railroad restaurant collapse, moral quips, social vignettes, and varied notes on public life.
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Robeson
Appropriations Committee
Naval Appropriations
Secretary of the Navy
Porter
Logan
Military Committee
Europe
Los Angeles
Derrick Dodd
Greene
Washington
Arthur
Arthur Republicans
General Grant
General Porter
New York
Ingersoll
Cincinnati
Texas
Austin
South
Randall
Omaha Bee
Naval Asylum
Philadelphia
Ashantee
His Majesty’s
Inter- Ocean
Bombay
Civil Service Reform Association of Philadelphia
Prince of Darkness
N. Y
Beecher
Hell
Banking
Mining
Insurance
San Francisco
Mahone
New World
Polygamy debate and Guiteau trial notes in brief
This column surveys congressional hostility to polygamy in Utah, Guiteau's murder trial developments, and political shifts in Washington. It links police seizures of opium, fortunes for smugglers, and the Garfield presidential succession conversation, noting Mrs. Speaker Keifer’s interim prominence.
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San Joaquin
San Francisco
Tokio
Faro
Congress
Utah
Davidge
Guiteanu
Guiteau
Arthur
New England
Hayti
Jennie Cramer
Malley Boys
John Sherman
Washington
Garfield
White House
David Davis
Speaker Keifer
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