Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-06
Public
Printer

OF Representatives. effect
Public ed on the 27th of Febru-
pr;n+.r airy. $780, was upset two
days later by the dis
closure that one Of the members of the
House had voted for Glossbrenner, but
was recorded as not voting. His claim
to this effect being confirmed by other
members OF the House, the journal was
amended, thus causing the vote to stand
at a tie and the whole business Of the
election OF q public printer had to be
started over again. 1t was not until Fri
day. the I'd of March. after several inef-
fectual ballots had been cast, that In a
poll Of 1S7 votes. with ninety-four neces-
sary for election. Mr.. Ford obtained nine
ty-six against seventy-two for Glossbren-
ner and eighteen scattering. Mr.. Ford
was therefore elected printer Of the House
for the Thirty-sixth Congress The Star
of February %. 1850. speaking OF his sup
posed first election, said of him:
Ex-Lieut. Gov Ford OF Ohio has been
about Washington since the first Monday
OF December last, a candidate for every
thing, first for the clerkship, then for SER
geant-at-arms then for postmaster OF the
House, and. If we mistake not, then for
the doorkeepership, ere achieving the post
of House printer. His election is another
legitimate result OF the action OF Senator
Douglas and his followers in uniting with
the forces of Mr.. Seward against the DEM
ocratic party during the last Congress.
can party thousands OF Notwithstanding
state pseudo-democratic voters"
-
Efforts were being made fifty years ago
to reorganize the local militia, and as
result Of an increase OF
Target interest in the subject
rornn. new companies were con-
templated One of these
was to be composed Of members OF the
organized city police forces. as thus de-
scribed in The Star Of March /. 1860:
yesterday afternoon the main hal
Of the central guardhouse was crowded
with the members OF municipal police and
auxiliary guard. who have determined to
organize themselves into a target COM
pany The meeting was organized by
calling Mr.; B. D. Klopfer to the chair
secretary. The selection of a suit
able name for the company was
referred to committee, which re-
ported several names, but as the object
OF the corps is not to attach themselves
TO the military organization of the Dis
trict, and only to constitute an independ-
ent organization as a target company,
none of the titles reported suited. and
the selection was referred to the meeting
and the name City Target Company was
election Of officers for the corps with the
Goddard: first lieutenant, N. J.
Thomas: second. Edward McHenry;
R: H. Degges: first sergeant. J.
w. Reynolds: second. Patrick CORN
ley: third. John Kidwell; fourth, J. s.
Smith: corporals. B. Donnelly, r. s.
Norris. III. c. Narrower and James Gin
nifty. The list OF members includes the
members of the police
During its construction the Washing
ton Monument was an object of mis-
chievous interest on the part OF the
light-flngered fraternity
ThleveS inasmuch as some of the
ro;1aJ materials used in 1t
were of unusual value.
In The Star of March 2. 1860, is the fol-
lowing paragraph:
Last evening Mr.. II. d. Morgan, the
superintendent Of the Washington Monu-
ment grounds, in making his usual round
previous to closing up for the night,
found hid In the chimney place Of the
old blacksmith shop a set OF burglars
tools. consisting Of cold chisel. bit and
brace and false keys. He took the tools
away with him. and locking up the shop
securely made preparations to watch the
place. After dark he stationed himself
in quiet place and remained there until
! o'clock am, when two men. one a very
large man, approached the old shop and
tried to get in. but found it locked.
MORGAN hi
ment and hailed the men. demanding
their business. when they instantly took
to their heels in the direction of Long
b bridge at q 24o pace. Morgan gave
chase ana nred three shots from a re-
volver after them without effect and
they made good their escape 1t is sup
posed that the intention Of the men was
to break into the office for the purpose
OF obtaining the silver block recently
sent from California to the Monument
Association. which il valued at $500. The
block, however, does not happen to he
there. so had the rascals got in they
would have obtained their labor for their
palms,
The telegraph columns Of The Star were
at this time fifty years ago filed with
items relating to the con-
POLITICAL ventions Of both parties
Ao+;,,;+u scheduled for the spring
0sAsAsJ' of 1850. State conventions
were being held to elect. delegates at large
both to the Chicago meeting of the repub-
lican party and the Charleston meeting Of
the democracy. In The Star of March 3,
1860. is the following comment on the can
didacy of Senator Douglas for the demo-
cratic nominations:
1T Is well known In political circles
here that Senator Douglas and his leading
adherents have played a very bold and