Evening star., 1907-08-11
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

Whereas nowadays practically all the
balloting for public office. save in municipal
contests, takes place In No
August venrber half a century ago
many of the states voted for
state candidates and Tor rep
resentatives in Congress earlier IN the sea-
son. In The Star Of August 3. 1857. Is
summary of the political schedule OF that
month:
Elections will be held in Alabama. Ar
kansas. Texas. Kentucky. Missouri. Iowa
and the territory Of Nebraska today, and In
North Carolina and Tennessee on Thursday
next. August the 9th. AS in several or
thess states the congressional delegations
arc to be chosen the elections are of much
fmper tance. In Alabama there Is not mucn
division of parties. In the last congression-
al delegation there were TWO Americans
essentially pro-slavery. In Arkansas the
election is Of little importance. being 1or
the legislature and county ofncers. "A
Kentucky the congressional canvass has
been an exciting one. In Missouri con-
gressmen are not to be elected, the election
being only for state officers. The anti
ming under Col. r. NJ Stewart and the
united opposition Col. James 8. Rollins
American. The latter is not an ayowed op-
ponent Of slavery. In Iowa the chief ques-
formed by a convention containing repuo-
lcan majority. 1t permits negro Suffrage
If acceded to by the whites. and the demo-
Gratis oppose this and the constitution gen
orally, but 1t Is supposed the latter VIII be
adopted without the Objectionable feature.
In Tennessee governor, congressional
delegation and Legislature are to be CHOSEN
The candidates for governor are 1shan g.
Harris (demD and Robert Hatton lAmer)
In North Carolina a congressional delega-
ton Is to be chosen; but whatever the re-
suit. it is not probable that any of the dele-
cation will act against the administration,
or that especially on the question OF slaV-
cry they will separate from the southern
members. Ip Texas state officers and two
members of Congress are to be- chosen
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Under the headings The Very Latest
Dodge: How to Obtain Promotion" para
graph in The Star of August
promotion 4, 1857, gives the reader Of
today some interesting In
formation:
Whenever. reader. you find somebody
holding little clerkship in one OF the de-
partments, or some other little place under
the government. being puffed in many news
papers. Intellectually. politically, oratori-
cally. influentially, etc. write him down In
your own mind as a seeker after promo
ton, so far as de monsh Is concerned.
In one Of the departments today we saw
clerk as busily engaged In clipping from
newspapers as though he was the items
man on a daily. He was cutting out pufs
of the remarkable political services of
clerk praying for promotion, which he had
filed as testimonials Of his merits and
claims We know enough of the manner
in which such 'f1rst-rate notices. are OBJ
tained from editors to be aware that In
nine cases out of ten they are accorded
either as the shortest way to get rid of
bore or to crafty some third party. Were
we the appointing power. we wouldn't ac-
cord to such notices the weight OF
feather against a reputation for blather-
sqdting. etc., which usually attaches to
every person in such positions who seeks
thus to be blown into some notoriety, II not
importance. through the editorial goose
quill