Evening star., 1942-04-05
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

OF local interest so years ago was the
annual meeting of the Medical Asso-
citation, as described in The
Medical Star of April 6. 1892: DIR.
A..;. c. w. Franzoni, president
of the Medical Association
of the District of Columbia, presided at
the annual meeting of the association,
which was held last evening in the lee
ture room of the Georgetown Law School
on E street. There was large attend
ance" The article went on to describe
some of the proceedings, part of which
gress, scheduled for the Capital in
September.
The Star Of the same date speculated
on the successor of Whitelaw Reid,
envoy to France; TT is re-
Envoy TO ported that Representative
E.,,-. Hit of Illinois. who has
been Assistant Secretary of
State, chairman of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee and was for several
years secretary of legation at Paris, is
to be appointed Minister to France to
succeed Mr.. Reid. Mr.. Hit has a repu-
tation as a diplomat and is one of the
mostly highly regarded members of the
House He is a friend of Mr.. Blaine,
who also enjoys the confidence of the
President. and is peculiarly fitted for
this particular mission"
But he did not get it. The position
went to Thomas Jefferson Coolidge.
n
the same date, concerned the chances of
Vice President Levi
Condidote for p Morton: For some
w.; px..;I..I time past rumors
have been in active
circulation which insisted that Mr..
Morton would not under any circum-
stances allow his name to be used in
connection with denomination. Within
the past "a hours Mr.. Morton assured
an intimate friend. a political leader,
that he would accept the honor if it is
rendered him. He said the matter was
beyond his control. The people should
decide upon the candidate. and recogniz-
ing the peoples right, he would not take
any action. If the convention renomi-
mated him he would go into the fight
with all vigor, but he would not be a
participant in any scramble for the
nomination"
Mr.. Morton was right; the matter was
beyond his control. Aforementioned
Whitelaw Reid was nominated with
Harrison at Minneapolis with him
went down to defeat at the polls in the
Cleveland landslide.
Less fortunate in its ultimate outcome
was the Rand deadlock with Spain, as
given in The Star of
Dispute With April 6, 1892: "A serious
s,,;, quarrel is threatened be-
tween Spain and the
United States owing to the latter coun-
try appointing Mr.. Rand as consul at
Ponapi, enc Of the Caroline Islands. 80
Spain persists in her refusal to
grant an exequatur of Mr.. Rand and the
United States refuses to withdraw his
appointment. Consequently, the matter
is at deadlock" 1t took six years, and
other and more serious matters, for the
final break to come with Spain.
Although practically a formality, with
the result foregone conclusion, Poririo
Diaz was reelected Pres
Dioz ident of Mexico. The Star
D. .I.-..1 of April 6, 1892, in dis
patch from Mexico City,
said: "The national electoral convention
-" assembled last evening The
interest in this assemblage has been
general throughout the republic and has
been intensified at the seat of govern
ment. The result of the deliberation OF
the delegates has not been officially pub
lished, but 1t is known that the re-
election Of Porfirio Diaz by . unani-
| nous vote IL assured"