Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Monday, February -, 1890, the su-
prene Court of the District, In general
term, comprising Chief
LOUISIANA justice Cartier and
Tn&tarv Judges Wylia, Macarthur,
sJ' Cox, Hagner and JaEnea,
rendered an opinion In the case of
Dauphin against the Postmaster Gen.
eral - the Louisiana lottery case.
Dauphin had sought to enjoin the
with mailed matter addressed to him as
agent of the lottery. The court refused
the injunction. Judge Cox delivered
the opinion of majority Of the court,
Chief Justice Cartier and Judge James
dissenting. According to The Star OF
that date:
Judge Cox discussed the rights and
privileges of the States under the Con-
stitution and said that Congress has
the right to establish post routes, etc,
and 1t Is privilege, not duty, Tor
privilege altogether. 1t was in their
discretion to exclude any class of mat
ter from the mails. It may be said that
there should be no distinction made be-
tween citizens, but Congress had grant,
ed the franking privilege to some, yet
therefore every one could not claim ex-
emption from payment Of postage. He
referred to the New Orleans Slaughter
house cases as to the exercise OF police
powers. II states have the right to
prohibit lotteries, TO regulate them, ETC..
to the Territories and the District of
Columbia. Congress has the power to
regulate the mail service and under 1t
the proper officers may refuse to give
the usual privileges to parties who are
engaged In lotteries, etc. II Congress
repeats the act for the registration Of
letters. could it be said 1t had not the
power? The object Is not to promise,
but to prevent the mails from misuse.
He concludes that the act y constitu-
tional and that the orders OF the Post.
master General are In pursuance OF
law"
X
"a horse car without horses, to be
driven by what may be called bottled
Progress star of FEBRUARY ae,
vs. Horses s aSSv, :; s Cssn com snS
10 about to be placed on the streets for
practical tests. The objection Is urged
to 1t, however. that 1t will brighten
horses, who are not accustomed to
meeting conveyances with no visible
motive power, and that therefore, 1t
will not be safe or prudent to allow 1t
to run. is progress In every direction
to be thwarted by the whiEas of horses
and the interest Of those who own
them? Have not persons who choose
to ride on 3 bicycle or steam carriage
rights as well as those who ride upon
or drive q horsea II not, the Centaur
would be the natural ruler of mankind,
and he made q great fool of himself
when he allowed himself to go out Of
existence"
Graphic writer's" says The star al
February 81, 1880, "are generally popu-
The Wrong , lar with IT,, readers who
Augusta food sbs but they h tS are apt to
Indeed, their fiowery sentences and
highly wrought descriptions are COM
monty used to conceal lack of sub
stance, just as an artful cook resorts to
spices and artificial flavoTs to make up
for the desirable qualities so conspicu-
ously wanting In the original and prin-
cipal materials constituting his dish. A
notable Illustration on this point is
Mr.. George Augustus Sala, the English
newspaper correspondent now in this
country, who probably stands at the
his home paper q highly interesting and
graphic letter from and about Augusta,
Ca, in which he largely drew upon his
guide book for information, Is travelling
correspondents In foreign parts are
usually obliged to do. With that geo.
ignorance which character-
Ices ell Englishmen, however, he fen
upon the chapter relating to Augusta,
Me-, instead Of that describing the
Georgian city, and In his most pie
turesque manner he applied the In
dustries, statistics and peculiarities Of
the former city to the latter. It made
what Horace Greeley called mighty In |
teresting reading but in the way Of
disseminating useful knowledge among
men it didn't amount to much"