Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

sonablc to suppose. howeyer. that the
emperor is sincere in proposing to
cede actual legislative powers to the
representatives OF the people in place
of the only power they have hitherto
had. that of registering his DEGREES:
also in yielding TO the demand for a
responsible ministry If these con-
cessions and the changes just made in
the ministry satisfy the present de-
mands of the opposition the emperor
will probably bear it with as much
philosophy as he can muster and pa
tiently wait his opportunity to re-
cover lost ground. If. on the other
hand. as seems more likely. the lib
erai reforms wrested from his hands
only serve as preteNt Tor further
demands by the people. who will take
his yielding as evidence of weakness
and declining fortune. instead of a
sincere wish on his part to advance
the liberties of the people and satisfy
the aspirations of the nation. what
then? As student and politician Ma
poleon knows that the power, prestige
and stability of deSpotiSms are in
jeopardy whenever oppression begins to
Weld to popular will: and the royal pre-
rogative once forcibly asSaiied and COM
promised. il only remains for continued
resistance and revolution to complete the
work of their overthrow. II, therefore, he
becomes satisfied that the revolu-
ton has really arrived. we may
expect that he will meet il. not
in a spirit of Cancellation and COM
promise. but with a determination to
crush out the opposition. triumph over
the elements of discord and disafcc-
ton and re-establish his power at
any and every sacrifice of blood and
treasure Therefore the friends OF lib
erty in France must not count on TOO
easy victory. They must meet cum
ming with cunning. caution with eau
ton and determination with determine
ton: but not he in too great hurry 10
oppose force to force. They now nav"
the advantage. Imperialism IS on 'he
decline and liberalism in the ascendant:
but one false step may ruin All thclr
plans and enable their willy foe TO hulld
his throne on surer foundation than
ever. which ending of the contest now
i'm progress may God in HIS mercy
avert, The propagation Of the leg
slative body, just announced By
cable. is the first heavy blow deaf
the radicals by their adroit adVer-
sary. and more than Offsets any ad-
vantage they might hope TO gain
from the forced change in the min
istry The next move in this great
contest will he looked for with con-
siderable interest,"
A paragraph in The Star of July 16.
1859, notes a narrow escape by two
of the members
Westinghouse OF The star CON
pany in a rail-
In Train Wrech. road accident in
the west:
Railroad accidents seem to be the
order of the day, and most OF then1'
we regret to say. result fatally. IN
our paper today will be found iist
of the killed and wounded on the
Erie railroad in Pennsylvania and on
the Kansas Pacific railroad yester-
day; also a special dispatch giving an
account of three serious accidents on
the Union Pacific railroad, two OF
them resulting in loss of life. The
most fatal in its consequences or the
accidents on the Union Pacifc road
occurred to a train going westward.
on which was a party from TINS CITY
on a visit to the Pacific coast Two
men were killed and three seriously
injured but the Westinghouse,
among whom were S. II. Kaufman,
president of The Evening Star Com
pany: c. S. Noyes. editor OF The Star:
Mr.. Ramsdell, a well known Wash
| ington correspondent. and others es
F, capped, we are glad to say, without
| damage. The accidents on the Pa
cific roads seem in every case to
have been caused by the excessive
rains which have for some time past
| deluged the whole western country.
The Star in its issue of July Is.
1869, raised the question of why the
clerks in the offices
White House west of the White .
House were not longer
Short Cut. permitted to pass
through the White House grounds IN
going to and from their work. In
its issue of the next day it prints
letter from George H. Plat, watch,
man in charge of the grounds. de-
nying that the public thoroughfare.
or short cut" had been closed. He,
noted that at the western end of this
route there were no gates. and that
the eastern gates had not been locked
day or night for several weeks past
He said that the growl to which The
Star referred was not because the
old pathway had been closed or rem
dered inaccessible, but that persons
were not permitted to make a public
thoroughfare of the private walks in
the Presidents grounds proper.
This short cut" was open to the
public for many years-in fact. until
comparatively recent times.