Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-01
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

"Mr Duncan, United States consul
at Naples, In . dispatch to the Depart
NJ. u ment Of State" say
MT. Vesuvlus The Star Of May ~
Railroad. 1880. reports that thu
O~' new railroad TO thu
summit Of Mount vesuvius is about
complete and will be opened to the pub
lie in few days. The ascent, hitherto
toilsome, will thus become q pleasant
ride Of but 10 minutes. at q moderate
expense. The cost of the road is esti.
mated at 100000 and an exaggerated
idea prevails that 1t will pay for itself
in one year. The number Of visitors
will undoubtedly be largely increased
The invention Is attributed to an en-
gineer Of Lombardy and also to an
American. It Is quite different from
that In use ut Mount Washington In
this country, or the more celebrated one
Of the Rhizi (RigD In Switzerland. The
car is supported by two wheels, one for
ward Of the other, like bicycle"
-
On the eve Of the Republican ma
tional convention at Chicago so years
The Eve Of the Uncertainty as to the
Convention. BIsine race si'e for Gt~ the
presidential nomination. The Star of
May %, 1880, says:
THE indications are now that q great
battle for the nomination of q presi-
Dental candidate at Chicago win be
fought In effecting the temporary or
gan1zation Of the convention. The
Grant men have the subcommittee of
the national committee, which has
charge of the convention hall, and one
part Of their duty is to issue tickets of
admission. This is no small advantage,
and In the hands Of skillful politicians
1t can be made to count for all 1t Is
worth.
The anti-Grant men are counting
upon making q 'ten-strike' in the for
nation Of the committee on credentials
Each State delegation will name one Of
its number to act upon this committee
and 1t Is confidently claimed that ma
jority of the delegations are opposed to
Grant. If this claim proves to be cor
rect, then the plan of the Grant men
will be to vote down the majority report
OF the committee on credentials and
adopt the minority report, which in the
event of this sort of fight will undoubt-
eddy be In their favor Another con-
test may take place-and it will nat
urally precede that over the commit
tee on credentials. in the selection of
q temporary chairman. The Blaine
men maintain that they have q major
ity In the national committee, who will
have the selection of the temporary
chairman. There Is Fome reason to
doubt the correctness of this claim. 1t
was said at the time Senator Cameron
was chosen chairman of the national
committee that the Grant issue was
made a distinctive one in the contest
Cameron was an open and pronounced
Grant man. Still the Blaine members
asserted that some of their followers
voted for Cameron because of his fit-
ness for the position Senator Cameron,
being an astute politician, appreciates
the Importance OF a temporary chair
man friendly to his candidate, and will
no doubt secure the election Of a Grant
man If possible.
THE Blaine men are full Of fight and
will contest every inch Of ground. At
present 1t looks as II they will be left
alone in their battle against the third
term question. The other candidates
for the nomination are apparently
afraid to antagonize the Grant element
by opposing it and the effect will be to
help Grant"