Evening star., 1944-01-30
SO Years Ago
Fifty years ago battle royal, in the
exact words Of a headline In The Star oi

~ WI y AASO
Fifty years ago a battle royal, in the
exact words Of headline In The Star of
January 81, 1894. was
Bottle Royol impending in Con-
In Congress gress, scheduled to
start two days later.
The question at issue was the Govern
ments handling Of the Hawaiian ques-
tion in particular, what to do about
the deposed Queen Liliuokalani. TT Is
expected that very lively time will
ensue in the House." said The Star, "as
soon as this matter is brought up. It Is
known that number Of Republicans
are preparing to make vigorous on
slaughts upon the administrators policy
(Clevelands second administrator and
it's treatment Of Hawaiian affairs. On
the other hand, the Democrats are pre-
pairing to defend the administration,
and to attempt to make it unpleasant
for the Republicans by dwelling unfavor-
ably upon Minister Stevens action" The
main feature Of the true battle royal,
every man for himself and the devil take
the hindmost, later developed when
Democrats and Republicans alike failed
to produce real party solidarity.
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An ill-advised injunction by the
Knights Of Labor against Treasury Sec
retary Carlisle was quashed
Ia ksAM hyyE Eolaro1 T,,doo INV The
Denied organization sought to re-
strain Mr.. Carlisle from is
suing $50.000,000 worth of Government
bonds to boost the Treasury balance.
Some of the petitioners claims were
plainly specious, even to the laymari.
One was described II The Star of jan
uary 80, 1894: ''The next contention Of
the complainants was that they were
miners, explained the court, and that
they would particularly suffer by the
issuance Of the proposed bonds, in that
they would be unjustly Disseminated
against by the use Of gold, called for by
the bonds. But did that. asked Judge
Cox, entitle them to the relief prayed for,
or entitle them to interfere?" The
answer was no; the judge could not see
that because some of them mined silver,
gold bonds should not be issued.
A preview of big national headache
rix, -, sc ~,
1894: "Massillon, Ohio.-When
Coxeys ]. S. Coxey announced the
Army other day that he would Or
ganize an army and march
from Ohio to Washington to demand the
issue Of $50,00o,000 Of Treasury notes,
the declared purpose was looked upon as
the whimsical idea of rich man very
much in earnest The unvarnished fact
is, however, that Coxey is spending .
great deal of money In shaping the pro-
gram for practical execution" When the
march finally took place, Coxey landed
only about 500 men in Washington, but
others joined the band under different
auspices and some 1900 malcontents
later had to be shipped home.
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The opening of the San Francisco
midwinter fair was described in The Star
Of January ~, 1894, in
San Francisco language showing that
Fair even at that early date
the California Chamber
Of Commerce knew how to place the
State in the most favorable light: "This
is a great day in the history of Cali
fornia, the land of sunshine, fruits and
flowers; for the Golden State throws
wide open the gates of her wonderful
undertaking, the international midwinter
exposition, and displays to the world a
city Of hundred structures, great and
small, containing exhibits Of the highest
merit, the whole the result of the great
enterprise, courage and energy of her
citizens"
Just as the Brazilian government was
definitely getting the upper hand over
the -revolutionists, trouble
Trouble was brewing in Haiti. In a
In Haiti dispatch from Port au Prince
The Star Of Januarys29, 1894,
related: considerable excitement was
caused in Port au Prince on Tuesday
last Ganuary 2O by the news that a
big fire was raging at the town Of
Jeremie. It was thought at first that
the conflagration was started by enemies
of the government and that 1t was the
Inauguration Of q revolutionary move