Evening star., 1942-06-14

ago were overshadowed by the Demo-
cratic convention in ses-
CIevelond sion at Chicago. The
Nominated top-heavy choice, before
it opened. was Grover
Cleveland who had already been Presl-
dent once. There was very little opposi-
ton and he won on the very first ballot.
Before this happened his opponents in
dulged in bit of wishful thinking. as
! evidenced by the following dispatch from
Chicago. printed in The Star of June
20, 1892: There has been heavy raid
ing of the Cleveland lines for the past
"a hours. The anti-Cleveland men have
received many reinforcements to their
corps of workers. though they have not
yet the active cooperation of the great
bulk OF the delegates, and some very
sklllful political work has been done
They seem to have checked, in
measure, the progress Of Mr.. Cleveland
toward the two-thirds necessary for a
nomination, which it is not claimed that
he has yet reached. They seem to have
caused some enthusiastic Cleveland dele
oUeSS W pause dll0 IOIlSIQcl, ana some
expire ssions have been got of a willing
ness to give up Cleveland if some man
with promise of being stronger in New
York can be brought to the front. Be-
SIDES this. 1t is claimed that certain
doubtful votes have been brought over
to opposition to Clevelands nomination
on the grounds of unayailability."
In spite of the opposition of Tammany
Hall, three days later, when the ballots
were taken early in the morning. Cleve-
land won easily on the first count. poll
ing 6l7ls to Hills ia, Boies' 1O3 and
scattering OF lesser contestants. The
election in November was not quite such
WalkoVer, but he won that, too.
OF local interest was the 18th annual
commencement at Georgetown University.
The Star of June
commencement at 81, 1892, reported
Georgetown IN part; AT 10
o'clock this morn
ing that time-honored institution, the
Georgetown College. had her 18th
annual commencement and once more
men, intellectually equipped to fight lifes
battles, were turned into the world
Within CASTOR Memorial Hall were gath
cred hundreds of parents, brothers and
sisters of the students who listened with
interest to the select program rendered"
Cardinal Gibbons came over from Bal
timore to attend. The Star printed a
long list of graduates and further de-
'scriptions of the exercises.
In dispatch from Dresden, The Star
of June 20, 1892, disposed of the question
whether or not
Bismorek Definitely Prince Bismarck
Re,;red would return to
public life in Ger
many: "A verbatim report of the re-
marks made by Prince Bismarck in reply
to the enthusiastic greetings extended to
him in this city while on his way to
Vienna discloses most important pas
sage. Replying to the address presented
to him by the municipal deputation, the
Prince expressed himself in a manner
which sets at rest the reports that he is
aiming to procure his restoration to
Office. In the course of his remarks
Prince Bismarck said: I hold no official
position in the present, nor shall 1 ever
again do so. I represent chapter of
the past that is closed forever"
Strange reading today would be an &C
count of the proceedings of the Turner
sbund 1t was an innocent
buno association of German
AA...;,, Americans and not even
the expression German
American" was unpopular. The Star of
June %, 1892 devoted considerable space
to the meeting: The followers of Father
jain. the North American Turner. were
in almost constant session yesterday, de-
spite the terrible heat, and several i'm
portant matters were disposed Of" The
important matters concerned mainly the
forms Of athletic programs and enter
tainment to be given.