The bee., 1882-06-10
OUR BOSTON LETTER

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MASSACHUSETTS POLITICS sTn,nlNr- 1ntMsNr-
From our Special Corresponds, 'OEAs'
BosToN, JUSp 1904
Warm weather, after mc1,I, 4; 1862.
of successive rains and sunsbiDas '"Son S
at length arrived, and cor J,sI sa', has
beaming down on us with corsi5a M Is
ferocity as if he is imbued with = ave s"u'
ing OF revenge for the DAYS in NJ
which were rightfully his, althoupb tba,
were added to the score Of ebsn.asJ,
April. When warm weaths, ,r.,2 s.u4
news generally leaves, as do the nara"'' ,S,S'
who furnish the subject matter for 's vbS
alert reporter or correspondents GO
cooler climes. ''t
Last week was great event in tbo
history Of the Massachusetts Gr,nS
Army of the Republic. After ~
decoration Of graves in the forenoon ~
the one hundred and forty-six posts T.
this Safe, parades Of united bod;T.
were made in all sections Of the 5, BsS
S'ate." In Boston the parade and
exercises were imposing, and thousanS,
of spectators viewed the column as u
passed through the principal streets ~
this city. A pleasing feature in tba
parade was the eolorPd representation
which consisted of Company L 67ib
Begin ent. NJ V.M.. Robert A. Bell Post
No 134, GAR. and the Shaw Guard
Veteran Association, all of Boston
Company L paraded three officers and
forty-four men Post 134, twenty-tbree
men and the Shaw Guard Veteran
Association, sixty men. Major J. R.
Watkins, commander of the latter
organization. had his full staff, con.
sisting of Quartermsster E. @. Dar.
Paymaster Thomas r. Ward, Adintant
Burrill Smith, Jr. Past Adiutant How.
ard L. Smith, and Captain William q.
Taylor. About eight o'clock Post 1874.
having as guests the Shaw Guard Vet.
Grams, made short parade. arriving al
the wharf about nine O'Clock where a
steam ting was boarded and a pleasant
trip of twelve miles was made to Rains-
ford's Island, Boston harbor, where a
large number of soldiers graves wers
appropriately decorated The Grafton
was delivered by Adiutant J. d. Mr..
Powell, of the Post, and an original
poem, specially dedicated to the Post,
by Lieutenant Howard l.. Smith of The
Boston Evening Star. The exer ises
were very interesting and impressive.
After the completion of its duties the
Post aud its guests returned to the city
to participate in the grand parade.
The feeling of indignation rife in this
city, occasioned by the refusal of the
proprietor of the Revere HoCse, the
home of Rebellion, to
ACCOMMODATE GENERAL ROBERT sMALLs
during his recent visit to this city, has
by no means sUbsided. The house is
to be pros euted under the Civil Rights
Act at an early date, and no compro-
mise will be allowed in the case by the
eomplainants.
State politics in Massachusetts is
manifesting itself at this early date, and
the colored voters are beginning to ex-
hibi5 as much interest as the whites. In
the old Fourth Congressional District
(which Fl n Leopold Morse now repre-
sents) the eolOzed voters heretofore have
bsen somewhat of a power, but since
the Congressional districts have been
re-arranqed, the old Fourth haa-heen
changed to the Fifth, and IS now 50
strongly Republican that bhe cofored
vote will have but little j a any effeet
The colored voters will bereiore 10
forced TO ccn6ne their politics work 10
Ward O, which has Republican ma
jority OF at least 500 votes, 1ndependent
of the colored people. vertheless,
when the colored v1ters D. tlls ward
arouse themselves, they n1akes tbings
very warm for the treacherous white
and there are many OF
them in this vicinity. They would
sooner any day vote for white, wealthy
Democrat, one Of their own, socially,
than q coIored man who had received
the nomination, no matter however
eligible he may Ee for the position.
From present indications the co!ored
voters may Mahoneize this ward this
year by forming o coalition with the
Democrats in the ward, who
aTa tired Of the domination OF the
wealthy Democrats. Both factions ae
ready to form this new party; a move
ment which I heartily endorse and Will
aid in furthering, and | sincerely hope
it will succeed. The time bss come Tor
the colored American voter of this coun-
try to look out for himself and not be
in any way dependent on either party
lies our success as p race. Edu-
cation, finance and independence Is the
sole requisites for the prosperity OF the
colored mans future. We have cancel
ed Whatever debt the Republicans
claim we owe them, and it has Ions.
been the time for us to inform them Oh
the fact.
The colored societies, religious and
secular, in this city and vicinity are
making arrangements for their usnal
picnic festivities. The Walters Union
will start of first, with the Odd Fellows
4 close second, the others following IN
rapid succession.
The Garrison Lyeeum, our only cor
pred literary association in Boston, y
progressing finely, has large pemDef
ship, and il is an important factor IN our
eircles here.
General Small's second visit to this
,lty in June is looked forward 10 VIII
much pleasure by his many inenl'
here.
Mock Congresses are in vogue mere
md much amusement is afforded BY nc
happy and appropriate hits made upon
he present National Congress.
M. BRACE