. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . o-fession he wasafterwards compelledto abandon owing toan injury sustainedto his eyes. Duringthe last year of theCivil War, he en-listed in the regulararmy, receiving hisdischarge in was assistantassessor of the city ofBoston in 1884, andin the fall of the sameyear was elected bythe Democrats of hisdistrict to the Mas-sachusetts House times in suc-cession he waselected, rec e iv ingeach year an in-creased majority. Inthe Hous
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . o-fession he wasafterwards compelledto abandon owing toan injury sustainedto his eyes. Duringthe last year of theCivil War, he en-listed in the regulararmy, receiving hisdischarge in was assistantassessor of the city ofBoston in 1884, andin the fall of the sameyear was elected bythe Democrats of hisdistrict to the Mas-sachusetts House times in suc-cession he waselected, rec e iv ingeach year an in-creased majority. Inthe House he servedon many of the mostimportant commit-tees, such as finance, child labor, education, roads and bridges, liquor law,constitutional amendments, woman suffrage, expendi-tures and municipal charters. He quickly rose to aposition of power and commanding influence on thefloor of the House, being chairman of the Democraticmembers and their acknowledged leader. His brilliantminority reports as member of the Education Commit-tees of 1888 and 1889 advocated in a masterly way theprinciple, since endorsed by the Legislature, concerning. MICHAEL J. McETTRICK, the right of the State to interfere in the management ofprivate schools. Mr. McEttrick holds that, as the Con-stitution of the United States guarantees freedom of con-science and freedom of worship to every Americancitizen, it guarantees with equal right, freedom of educa-tion. In 1890 he was elected to the State Senate,serving there on the committees on election laws,woman suffrage, and administrative boards and commis-sions. As the author and promoter of measures in the interest of humanity,and advocate of legis-lation for the pro-tection of factorywomen and children,he is recognizedthroughout the Com-monwealth as firstand foremost. Hisentire career hasbeen stamped withintegrity and s i n -cerity. Hence h i sphenomenal popular-ity, and his electionto Congress in 1892as an independentDemocrat from theTenth MassachusettsDistri
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