Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-05-08

vate secretary and two years as n
member of the state gas commission.
From 1881 to 1856 he was chairman
of the Democratic state committee,
being succeeded by Josiah Quincy. In
1893 he was appointed postmaster OF
Boston by President Cleveland. and
lhe has proved one of the best and
most popular officials who ever held
the position. lie leaves three chill
dren, his wife having died about two
years ago. Post master Coyeney was
q member of the Americanlri His
torical Society, and is the first mem
Der of that organization to pass away.
The council of the society will take
appropriate action.
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If it is susceptible of proof that The
city of Boston is losing some 100000 II
year i'm the business management of
Quincy market by not obtaining a suf-
iicient rental for the lease of its stalls,
the fact may be brought forward as
an argument against the municipal liza
tion of certain of our great business
services. The statement has been
made that holders of leases from the
city have been able to snblet at Il
considerable advance over the rent
paid by them; that is, it is said that
this money, which should go into the
city treasury. because it represents
the value of the possession of Il stall
in the market, has gone into the
pockets of those who might be termed
stall spectators. In other cases the
statement has been made that stalls
are continued in the possession of
their proprittors at rentals consider
ably below that which Others would
be quite willing to pay for them. II
may not be good policy for the State
to dispOsSeSs THE occupant of Il stall
i'm the market who has been II tenaih
for wears; but on q business basis it
should at least ask him to pay sub
stantially the same for the right of
possession that could be obtained ii
the stall were vacant and it were
thrown open to competition. The
marketman who had Il house ur shop
to rent would hardly consider it. in
cImbent upon him to continue in Oc-
cupat ton q tenant who would pay him
onl two thirds of what he could secure
from some other tenant. If the city
is carrying on its business affairs in
this manner, it is pretty evident that
it cannot be safely entrusted with the
manufacture of gas or electricity or
the running of street ears, because
the same absence of well defined busi.
ness practices would in these Other
eases be productive of serious public
loss.
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That quarrel in the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company is so
acute that the fact that only 81 men.
out of membership Of $50, assem-.
bled preliminary to participation in
the Grant ceremonies in New York, is
laid to the late nnp!ensantness be.
tween Col. Walker and Col. Hedges
which eliminated i'm II scrap in the
barroom of the Parker House. Both
sides to the conflict admit as much.
and the bitterness increases between
the partisanS of the warning military
gentlemen. 1t is very sad. and YET
outsiders are EhIo>olhir over the
strained situation, What do folk,
say" i'm q,iired the man who had ~
turned 10 his native place after being
elected a member of Congress, ano
was engaged in friendly chat viii!
! the old-time stage driver. "l'neS
don't say anything" was the quiet re-
sponse they just laugh"
The order recently passed by the
! Common Council requesting THE parb
commissioners to revise the rules al
the park department seems To have
been called fer. Many Of itlese rule'
are not enforce,l and they are - Sh
premely ridicu.,,uS rs to fail Of theil
purpose by reason f their manfes
ubs,lrdity. What tn t. lark ,deplrl
ment needs is II code Of rules base,
ON common, sense and consideration:
for the pul,.ic welfare. There woilt
then he little or lpo difficulty in en-
forcing slit'h rules. and the vast ma
tyri,v of those vito visit the park:
would cheerfully ;r5iIr 10y them. ~
the rules read today. they are simply
a laughing stock.
And so Mate liram will not he
hanged on June Is. There are many
who think he will not be hanged al
all. His case has not yet been Ieache'
in the United States supreme Court
: which hears arguments ON the eNcrp
tions. 1t will! be October before tha
body reaches the case, and so Bran is
Of course, respited.
Life's JvnS and Downs