The Portland daily press., 1874-11-21
MASSACHUSETTS,.
A Movement for Parity in Poll,

| "A uAONeAtut AOr In fOllllcSs
| Boston, Nov. 20.-Prominent Republicans of
| this state have organized the Commonwealth
Club. The preamble to the constitution recites
that its members, dissatisfied with the cor
| ruption which now prevails in politics, and
convinced that this dissatisfaction is not con
fined to any political party or section of society,
| but is shared by all honest men alike agree to
| form an association in the hope that thereby a
| better understanding will be promoted among
men who hold these opinions and that an in.
terest in all public measures will be excited
among those who now stand aloof through
| apathy and disgust In so doing we give no
| pledge, nor do we abandon the organizations to
which we now belong. The officers of the club
are:-Hon. Z. r. Hoar, President; Henry L.
Pierce, Richard Olney, John Quincy Adams
and w. E. Perkins, Vice Presidents.
The Alleged Navy Yard Abuses.
| At meeting of the Massachusetts Labor
Council last night the report of the committee
| on navy yard abuses was read. The committee
state that they have proof of the hiring of $50
men during the two weeks preceding election,
most of whom were discharged after election !:
| that recommendations for hiring these men
were signed by Congressional candidate Gooch;
and that the additional force had little if any.
thing to do during their term of service, The
council recommend that their statement be
| submitted through the Representatives in Con-
gress of the State of Massachusetts, to the
Senate and House of Representatives praying
these bodies to appoint special committee to
| inquire into the alleged corrupt and disgraceful
practices
Railroad Competition.
Boston, Nov. 20.-The competition among
Maine Railroads promises to be livelier than
ever, as rival to the new line to Portland via
the Nashua road the Lowell and Wndham
line is being pushed aud be completed in five
or six months, giving another route to Maine.
The compromise between Boston & Lowell
and Boston & Maine, by which both lines will
receive the benefit of the Windham Route when
complete, has just been made
The Boston board of fire underwriters have
taken into consideration the propriety of re.
ducing the commission to brokers from 10 to 5
per cent.
The GalInhue Patent.
The owner of the Gallahue patent to-day OBJ
tanned an injunction from Judge Neyens Of the
Supreme Court against b. F. Sturtevant and
+. +. Emory at the firm of f. Jones & Co., re-
straining them from granting releases and
licenses under Ga!ahue patents on pegging ma
chimes, alco from interfering with suits against
leges that Sturtevant, Emory and their con-
federates are attempting to exercise authority
by virtue of an illegal conveyance under the
patent Result is Of interest to the shoe trade
The Peoples Reform party, ward and city
committee met this evening All the wards
were represented. The committee reported a
platform which was adopted. They invite all
the citizens who are opposed to the rings that
control municipal nominations, to infringe
ments on Boston Common and favor an honest
and economical administration of the city gov
ernment etc; protest against the manner of
nominating candidate; in favor of mainining a
Democratic Republican form of government
and the right of the people to select their own
rulers to meet in public convention and nomi-
nate candidates for municipal officers.
A Singular Suicide.
Iowa, Nov. 20.-ParticuIars are received of
the suicide of young German in Bilerica
His name was Henry Rosendale, aged twelve
years. During the day he had broken several
panes of glass wantonly and set fire to his desk
at school. He was frequently concerned in
mischief of the same sort His father, on
learning the above facts, threatened to whip
him soundly at some future time Henry was
afterwards missed and search revealed him
hanging to limb of an apple tree near his
home, dead.
Shocking Brutality.
The case of Frank Adams, sixteen years old,
charged with killing a mare at the Phoenix
stable some weeks since came up in the Police
Court this forenoon. Samuel Beck, local agent
of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty was
the prosecutor. The evidence showed that
Adams thrust broken broom handle into the
body of the mare, killing her after lingering
agony. Adams was ordered in $500 before the
grand jury.