Evening star., 1928-12-09
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Fifty years ago ex-President Grant
was on his trip around the world, but
Gen. Grant and his posSibie o1sSnIS,0a candi. i.
Third Term. aaGy tsr;y n rof the sfS1nts Wh,te
House persisted. The following in The
Star OF December q, 1878. shows how
rumor was rife with his name In this
connection:
"The New York Sun will evidently not
shine upon Grants candidacy for q
third term, though 1t has withdrawn
its beams from Tilden. That paper is
delighted to find that one of the Madrid
papers denounces Grant as guilty OF
gross breach of good breeding and
etiquette and having failed to pay his
respects and congratulations to the
King Immediately after his lucky escape
from the hands OF an assassin. because,
forsooth, the railroad tickets had been
bought for Lisbon, and the loss of the
sum could not in his mercenary mind.
be for moment entertained. and Dana
quotes with evident satisfaction the
statement of another Madrid paper
that Gen. Grant was guilty of excess
at the banquet given him by Premier
Canovas del Castillo at his residence,
so much so that he presented q much
to-be-lamented spectacle a few hours
later in the interior of the minister's
box at the Royal Theater. Such an
exhibition was the only thing wanting
to stamp him as unworthy Of all the
civility Showered upon him.
ION the other hand, it will be re-
inembered that 1t has been alleged In
Madrid letters that the Republicans Of
Spain are much dissatisfied on account
OF the lack OF civility on the part Of
the Spanish government to Gen. Grant.
So, perhaps, honors were easy In the
matter of interchange Of civilities. The
other charge, that Grant was intoxi-
Gated OF the Madrid theater. may or
may not be true. but from the general
tenor of reports from Americans travel
ing abroad he has conducted himself
with so much discretion and quiet good
sense as to have considerably enhanced
his reputation In the Old World. The
charge of drunkenness against Grant
Is an old one. but the American people
do not seem to have taken much stock
in 1t In the past. and though they will
not probably choose to make him or
anybody else President for three terms.
they still think he was good deal of
q man."
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Memory Of the trade dollars. the
coinage of which for the purpose OF
Trade Dollars doing doing business ] SON. on 3
for Bullion. sorb sborized 9ASS IN Iss isSs aus s
revived by the following paragraph In
The Star of December 4, 1878:
Secretary Sherman has received from
San Francisco an offer OF one million
trade dollars, deliverable there from
China within sixty days, and replies
that trade dollars will be bought as bull
lion upon bids each Wednesday, and
that no preference will be given to trade
dollars over other bullion. There is a
strong speculative feeling springing up
to give silver bullion in the form Of
trade dollars a greater value than other
bullion. thus discriminating In favor Of
bullion held in China against bullion
In the hands OF our miners. The total
amount OF trade dollars coined is $685.
900, $50, the amount exported Is e26,-
816,o60 and the Chinese returning home
are estimated as taking $4,000, 900,
which would leave In the United States
$6,143,4i0. Those in domestic circula-
ton were coined. like the others, for
expectation, but were put In circulation
after they had ceased to be legal ten-
der"
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The following paragraph In The Star
Of December 5, 1878. discloses base ball
NJ, as a definitely organized
Base Ball American enterprise:
Mee+;no "The third annual ses-
A~S0 'A"s' sion of the National
League of Professional Base Ball Play
ers met in Cleveland yesterday. Syra-
pion pennant for 1878 was awarded to
the Boston club. The following amend
ments to the constitution we're adopted: