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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1904
Page
2
The article rails at Alderman Coveney after his election as board president, alleging insincerity and a desire to punish rivals. It details tense scenes at City Hall, a push to name committees by adjournment, and claims of pardoned officials and a struggle over the street department foreman position amid political maneuvering.
On the stump the Non-partisans attacked the mayor for appointing men of various callings to city department heads. They insist only men of proven experience deserve these positions. Jeremiah Growley, head of the Daly club of Mast Cambridge, presided at the Daly rally in Institute hall and worked at the polls.
Fragmentary lines suggest a city official or candidate at City Hall may receive a favorable post. The text hints at qualities fitting him for a sum or position and notes anticipation of a decision or opportunity that may come “drops into his lap.”
A letter vents frustration at recent fire department management over insufficient horses to haul equipment through deep snow and neglected hydrants. It argues three tons of gear requires more power, cites a box 73 call where ladder No 1 struggled with three horses, hydrants were frozen, and a building burned before water could reach the flames.
A speaker criticizes the city council for appointing unfit and politically connected men to the Overseer of the Poor position. The plea urges selecting members with genuine sympathy for the duties and needs of the poor, warning against heartless appointments and unpaid commissions.
The board faced a dispute as Coveney urged suspending rules for Geo M Clukas to help with next year budget, claiming Supt Shea could not prepare estimates. Mayor Daly asked Supt Shen to have department estimates ready by the 20th. Shea already finished his estimates, and they await city engineer input. Shea remains superintendent until Sept 1 and will present street department estimates to the mayor.
A 1902 report recounts Supt Shea's mistreatment by outgoing Supt Brown and a January transition at Raymond Street. Later, Supt Shea meets Clukas, invites him to dine, and discusses department affairs. Lectures by Howard M Shepard in Harvard discuss city government and partisan attitudes shaping American urban life.
A fragmented editorial discusses the depth of partisan instinct in American politics, urging dual partisan forces to debate every public question. It covers a Massachusetts naturalization bill, Cambridge sessions for naturalization hearings, and criticism of Mayor Daly's inaugural, linking nonpartisan groups to spoils and questioning competence in city governance.
The piece notes leadership praise for the superintendent and criticizes campaign rhetoric over Shea. It reports aldermen votes on Clukas confirmation, with Coveney seeking unanimous consent to aid budget estimates. It raises a possible sheriff race clash between Walter Wardwell and John Fairbairn, hinting at party tensions and public scrutiny.
At the Jan 14 meeting of the committee on legislative matters Cambridge council members voted to invite senators and representatives of the city to be present at all committee meetings. The move aims to keep citizens in close touch with legislative matters affecting Cambridge.
Cambridge Press comments on the mayor’s anteroom being clearer of loafers than under the prior administration and asks the Press to name the individuals it designates as loafers, noting the suggestion may have slipped in inadvertently.
In a Granite Cutters Journal quote from a New York City sheriff, W J OBrien notes that only a few labor men were imprisoned for graft while many lawyers and preachers faced penalties, questioning calls to halt entire professions and labor organizations as hypocritical given broader corruption among other trades.
The Lakeview Outing Club held its second annual minstrel show and dance at Institute hall Friday. The crowd filled the hall and applauded a two-part program featuring Interlocutor Charles Sherman, John Wilson, Harry Halladay, and many others, plus a Lakeview Brass Band finale led by Sousa. Officials include President Hugh Henley and Vice President Charles Sherman.
The Clan McIntosh group held an open meeting and installation Thursday evening in Mattahall. Grand Deputy Prank Abercromble and others installed officers including Chief John Nesbittanist Captain William Ferguson and secretaries Louis McKennie Charla TD. Oralgie served in other roles.
The article lists figures identified as junior and senior henchmen, a seneschal, a warden, and a sentinel including Dr Willard A Putnam, James Wayle, James Grelson, James Jackson, Edward Graho o, and William Sharp.
Harvard students form the Presto Musical Club a string and male quartet to entertain at Brattle Hall on Thursday evening January 21 at 8 o'clock Members of the Cambridge Social Union may attend with membership tickets non members pay a small fee
The first dancing party of the St John’s Literary Institute series was held in Institute Hall East Cambridge. The hall shimmered with decoration and Timothy Scannell led the floor with a long list of aids including Curran, Shaughnessy, and many others. The grand march opened the event with Scannell and Margaret Sullivan, followed by couples including John Melvire and Isabella Lacey, drawing a crowd of attendees.
Local brief notices celebrate the death of William T. Gibson a longtime milk dealer and former officer leaving a wife and three children with a funeral at 1 pm Saturday from 11 Williard Street. Other items include social events by United Irish League Lochinvar Club and Megantic Outing Club, organ concerts at North Avenue Church, a funeral in Cambridge Cemetery, and notes on legislative bills and lodge activities plus a schedule of balls and concerts at Institute Hall.
The Cambridge diary records installations at Mt. Olivet Lodge and Irish National Foresters, a grand ball at Prospect hall, school graduations and lectures at Newtowne club, officer elections for Cambridge Mutual Wire Insurance, a D of P raising, and community notices from Aldermen to hospital discussions. Also reported are fires, a robbery attempt, a horsehair of civic figures, and sports results from Newton and Cambridge high schools.
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