Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

On the eve Of q woman suffrage
meeting in this city so years ago
The Star. which followed this move.
ment with close interest then as in
Woman Suffrage issue ue y Of ssn IN i.s
Progressing. e. 1875. said:
Apropos of his bill to change the
Party, which includes most of the
early pioneers In the movement, will
assemble in convention In Washing.
ton this week for the purpose of reif.
Grating their demand for political
equality. The fact that there is a d.
vision In their ranks does not add at
| Effectiveness to the rosa-colored pic.
| lures they draw of that blissful mil
| iennlum when women are to have the
| paliot and part in the enactment of
| idWs- There can be no doubt that
| Whlle the almost ceaseless agitation OF
| the suffrage question has failed to en-
! FRANCHISE women, ii has led to q gen
eral and careful consideration Of their
condition In a social and legal point
OF view, and has been the means OF
| bringing about much-needed reforms.
encouraged by a modification Of pub
| nc sentiment, women have Of late
years broken down the barriers of g.
| quarter OF century ago and entered
u or u"sul none the less honorable
because they were formerly controlled
py the so-called 'sterner sex Popular
| opinion has at length sanctioned the
| enactment of more liberal laws, and
the extension to them Of the best ia
clilties for obtaining a superior educar
tlon, and now to learn that a young
woman has graduated as a lawyer or q
physician excites neither disgust nor
surprise. The advocates of woman
Ntzl
n the direction Of the ballot. In at
east one territory suffrage for both
exes seems to be an assured success
| fhe great State Of Massachusetts, has
iarrowiy escaped capture by the wonl-
en- on several occasions, and had they
succeeded there can be but little doubt
that the example Of that State would
have soon been followed by others"
FIFTY years ago there vas a har,f
coal conference in New York, but not
between miners and operators, II re.
suited not in the resumption Of min.
Hard Zoo, ing. but in a brief
~AoAo wal stoppage Of produc
| Meetino ton; not In an Increase
of price to the consun1.
er, but a reduction: The tale Is told
IN The Star Of January Is, 1875, in an
item reprinted from the Philadslphfa.
Public Ledger:
We are happy to say that the an.
thracite coal trade now wears a more
suspicious look than was GENERALLY
hoped Tor at any time within a month
past. The meeting of the associated
CARVING ana producing companies at
Ne" York to adjust plans Of opera.
ton in the trade the current year is
harmonious throughout, giving evil
dence of generous confidence among
the several parties and a faithful ad :.
herence during the year to the terms
agreed upon. The first thing done at
that meeting was a resolution to stop
coal production In all the regions for
nVe weeks from February to March
II. This Ia the most universal stop.
page for an announced fixed period
ever known in the coal trade ey,d
must have the effect of reducips the
STOCK OF coal on hand to q low pnil,;
AS an evidence OF the good fam Of
the associated companies to conSrn-
ers, that they do not mean to shor. an
the supply of coal In order to advs, CO
Its price. they at the same time re.
solved on a very decided reduction In
present prices of all sizes of coal as
follows: Forty cents per ton on lump,
% cents on steamer, so cents on brok
en-, 70 cents on egg, 60 cents on stove
and 20 cents on chestnut. This de
crease is on the scheduled prices o:
december and January and Will be
concerned to by all companies undo.
the usual scale of adjustment"
Fifty years ago Washington was
infested with gang of confidence
; men who preyed upon strangers and
upon Congressman and upon even
Ben. Perley Poore e ers w lss'a asIes
Loses Five Bucks. o W, hards sf..n ana
} Of all sorts. In The Star Janpnyv %
! 1875, is this item:
''The gang Of confidence men recent
~ engaged in working Consressmen
for contributions to enak.s the TO
reach their homes In distant States
did not fail to cali upon the veteran
Joker and correspondent, Maj. Ben:
Perley Poorc. When one of the ne
cessitous young men told him that
he was the nephew of an old editortat
'riend of his tMaj P.'s) and that he
, was without money to pay his passage
back to Massachusetts,. the tale stuck
deep into the majors benevolent heart
and two minutes later his pocketbook
was minus greenback Of q denomina-
ion of IS. This Is one instance where
bread cast upon the waters will not
| return after many days. The major
ought to have had the satisfaction OF
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