. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . to 1871 he waselected president ofthe Mercantile Li-brary Association, ofBoston. In 1882 hewas again honoredwith the same Brackett was oneof the first promotersof the young mensRepublican move-ment, and presidedat the first meetingheld at Faneuil Hall,in 1877. By thistime his pii M icspeeches had madehim prominent. Jn1874 he was ap-pointed judge-advo-cate upon the staff ofGeneral I. S. Burrell,of the First Brigadeof Mass a c h u s e 1
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . to 1871 he waselected president ofthe Mercantile Li-brary Association, ofBoston. In 1882 hewas again honoredwith the same Brackett was oneof the first promotersof the young mensRepublican move-ment, and presidedat the first meetingheld at Faneuil Hall,in 1877. By thistime his pii M icspeeches had madehim prominent. Jn1874 he was ap-pointed judge-advo-cate upon the staff ofGeneral I. S. Burrell,of the First Brigadeof Mass a c h u s e 11 sVolunteer Militia,and retained the po-sition until the re-organization in 1876. From 1S73 to 1876, inclusive,he served in the Common Council of Boston, the latteryear being unanimously chosen president. In the sameyear he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Rep-resentatives, and remained a member until 1881. Heagain served from 1884 to 1886, inclusive. During thattime he was identified with some very important legisla-tion, prominent among which was the bill establishingco-operative banks. Mr. Brackett was chairman of num-. J Q A^ BRACKETT. berless committees, including that on Rules and thespecial committee of 1881 on the Revision of the Stat-utes. In 1885 he was unanimously nominated forspeaker of the House, and was elected, and re-electedin 1886. Probably no speaker in Massachusetts wasever put to a more severe test than that which encountered the first year — that of the famousfilibustering movement against the Metropolitan PoliceBill. ■ By his firm action and spirited determination the bill was reached andpassed, and both par-ties accorded himmuch praise for hisability in presidingover this strong de-bate. In the fall of1886 he was electedlieutenant-governor,re-elected in 1887and 1888, and thenext year he suc-ceeded Oliver Amesas govern or. E .x -CJovernor Brackett,in his inaugural ad-dress, approved theabolition of the con-tract system of laborin
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