Evening star., 1927-11-06
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

President Hayes started an econ
| omy campaign so years ago which
caused some COM
1eonoAy plant on the part
Camnairn of the "log rolling"
Pe"' members of Congress.
In The Star of October 81, 1877, is
the following item:
"The President and his cabinet
have discussed the question of the
reduction of the expenses of the
Government. Secretary Sherman
says the revenues will not hold out
II the expenses are not cut down.
1t was about decided that reductions
can be made in the appropriations
for rivers and harbors and in the
building of fortifications. Much can
be saved from both, 1t Is thought. 1t
is proposed to stop appropriations
for building brick and rock forts and
to use sand forts and torpedoes for
harbor defense. It is also proposed
to curtail the river and harbor i'm
provement to the actual wants of the
country. and also the expenses in
every branch of the Government.
The heads of departments are re-
vising their estimates and it is ex-
pected that the expenses for the
fiscal year beginning July u 1878.
will be less than for any yeaf since
the war. The appropriations must
be reduced or the tariff increased,
and the sincerity of Congress on
economy will be put to the test"
A brief item in The Star of No
vember /, 1877. tells as follows of the
finding Of the remains of
columbus the discoverer of Amer
pa~a;rs lea:
~se'oA"' 1.-The United States
consul at Santo Domingo has trans
mitted to the Department of State an
account Of the recent discovery of the
bones Of Columbus in the cathedral in
that city. Columbus dying in Spain in
1906. his remains were first deposited
in the Convent of st. Francis. In 1913
they were transferred to the Car
thusian convent Of Las Cuevas; from
thence they were shipped to Santo
Domingo in 1885 and deposited in the
cathedral of that city. In 1896 these
remains, as it was then and up to the
present discovery believed, were con-
veyed in great pomp to the Cathedral
Of Havana, where they were supposed
to have reposed ever since. The con-
sui at Santo Domingo says that while
some workmen were digging up the
floor around the pulpit in the cathedral
to make some repairs they exposed TO
view walled orifice containing q
leaden case, 2 feet long by about
inches deep and inches wide, the in
scription on which bore incontestable
evidence that the contents were the
bones Of Christopher Columbus. Imme.
diately on this discovery being made.
the remains were restored to their
original resting place, and the re-
ceptacle walled up. On the 10th OF
September, in the presence of the gov
ernor and other government officials
and the various consuls. amid the
sounds of martial music and the
booming Of cannon. the remains were
again exhumed, the box, bones and in. |
scription examined and the facts re.
corded and attested to by all the Of |
ficials and consuls present. The lead
box containing the remains We're then |
inclosed in another box. carefully |
sealed with the seals OF the consuls, to |
be opened only in their presence, and |
placed In the custody of Padre Rilhni, |
In the Church of Regina Argelorum,
TO be held by him subject to investiga, |
tion by any foreign commissions de- /
sirous OF satisfying themselves ef the |
facts. and until q suitable amount eaa !
be raised to erect . titting monument /
over the remains,"