Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-02
GATHiS GOSSIP.
The Political Ostiook as Yieged on Partf.
sans Of Both Parties.


Although the stock market was still yaria-
BILE and agitated to day, it was stronger, and
took pains to go around among the mer-
chants and ask what the prospects of busi-
ness were, pending the Presidential cleo
ton. got, almost invariably, good re-
ports.
"Our business is better than l. was this
time last year. You have seldom seen az
many boxes as cover the sidewalks on each
sideof Broadway and the cross streets. In
view of the fine crops and the probable good
demand for them, orders have come in from
all parts of the country, and the South has
become very strong Customer again.
1 inst Gen. Negiey, OF Pittsburgh, ex-
Rap1bhcan Congressman, to-day, and asked
him the prospects.
owe are out of all apprehension in Penn
sylvania," he said. Garfield VIII get 15,-
0GO to 10000 majority with u. II Indiana
should go Republican in October, Psnnsyl-
VRnia will give Garfield nearly &c, COO
I asked the general ii there we've not a
great many Republican chickering's il Penn
sylyauia.
"rhere ID qaite contest" he ssid, Gin
Harry Whites district. White undertook
something IL the ST. le OF BiaiGo IN Maine 10
handle the convention, and be pretty dicta-
torial about it, end he has strong opposition;
bat think probably be will be elected. The
ring politicians in Philadelphia who opposed
Cameron and Grant at the Chicago copven-
ton have generally beaten the Cameron IL n
for nominations, but Don Cameron ia very
prudent. He is not trying to direct tbings,
and ls placatlDg his opponents almost every
where"
asked Gen. Negley if he did not think
the waveriDg vets Of the country still
showed disposition 10 go for Hancock, and
had not been frightened by the cry of i'm
pending hard times.
He said it was difficult to see how the nom
partisan masses would cast their vote; that
they were more than likely to cast it for Gar
field, as We had been going through remark
ably good year, and nature had done her
best for Us, and sober minded people, such
as those of the Middle States end the Cen
trail West, woGid not make haste to change
good enough. "But," said Negley. ~ must
say never saw the Democratic party 80 we'll
clothed, we'll led, we'll organized; and we'll
equipped as they ara ia this campaign.
They evidently have plenty of funds from
somewhere. I can see it by the expensive
nees and Hne style of their banners which
they hang over the streets IN the villages.
Nothing OF that kind has ever been seen in
the Presidential contest with Us. They also
have torches, wsli-fed and pot bsllied stump
speakers, and are evidently going along on
full purse.
Gov. DoTzhsimer said, in conversation
with some Republicans to-day. that be did
not believe Garfield wonld get forty electoral
votes, snd hs claimed both Indiana and
Ohio, Illinois, Connecticut, New York end
New Jersey. a prominent broker offered TO
bet him even on all thoss States, provided
he would put them all in.
wa5 at tbs Park Avenue hotel today,
portion OF the Stewart estate, and the opin-
ion prevailed there among the clerical force
that Judge Hilton had given as high as
100000 to tie Democratic national
campaign fund. 1t has hitherto been
said that Hilton gave $4,000. Il YES
| also alleged among Mr.. Hilton's staff that
Mr.. Yermilyea, banker, bad also
given large sum to Hancock fund sorne
said as high az $4,000, some said S100,0 900.
The great opportunities such bankers as
| the Sehgmans, the First National Bank and
| Levi Morton have had 70 grow rich by act
| ing as factors for The Treasury, have no
doubt inspired certain other jealous bankers
with the hope of judicious treasury commits
| sions by change Of administration. mr.
| Corcoran, of Washington, said to-day that
| from his adVicss he would not be surprised
| If Ohio went Democratic and Indiana Re-
| Publican, and that ne, as a Democrat, was
| rather afraid OF Indiana, which, he claimed,
| had received Republican accessions in the
| duo course of emigration from Ohio, Hi
| nois, Canada and Africa.
Talking to Gen. Averill, the cavalry leader,
| who ia q native Of this State and a close Dsr-
sonal friend OF Hancock, I inferred from
| him that Hancock has some stiff views on
| civil service reform. Averill said that it was
| shame that man could not cast his ballot
| for President of the United States but he
| had to vote million of people oat of bread
and butter. "FOr." said he, ''there are one
| hundred thousand Federal employees, and each
of them mays be said to have ten mouths
| depending upon him."
| asked General Averill if he had heard
Hancock express himself on that subject.
| He said he had not heard him say anything
| about it since ne was nominated for Presi-
dent, but he had heard him often express in
| dignation previously that the ordinary cleri-
| Cal and executive work of the government
was put up to be the prizes of street politi-
clans every four years. General Averll
| said:
"At West Point we were all taught, Han
| cock among us, something about the law.
| We were taught military law and constitE-
| tiOnal law, SO that as soldiers we would not
| break the statutes OF the country and the
| provisions of the constitution. Gen. Han
| cock has never had scramble with the,
| politicians, and 1 think that he will have
| high minded views on the question of put
ting some decency in the employment of the
underling force of the government
The young military men who go over to
| see Hancock are profuse in their praise of
| his knowledge of character and his moral
grit. He is not placated nor diverted by
compliments, and looks bis visitors in the
eyes and says mo" when he thinks no.
l called upon leading paper-maker, Mr.
Murphy, to-day, who is an Irish Catholic
Republican, though as might be expected,
rather eccentric in his personal attachments.
He said: ~ think Hancock is the best can
didate OF the two; but shall vote for Gar
field, because I DO not want to see whole
lot of old settled questions reopened in Con-
gress and On the stump; and hear
that the Reputation OF the national
debt is already a topic in some parts of the
South. The threat to demolish the tariff,
too, bears very hard against Hancock" said
Murphy. "You take the question of paper.
We have duty of twenty cents pound in
our favor, and Notwithstanding that the
English came in here last week and sold a
thousand reams of paper to one of our
newspapers, undertaking Us. The only dis
advantage We have is the wages of our labor
ers. In England they pay them next to
nothing, and We have to pay them we'll, con-
sequently the striking down of that and
similar duties shuts up our mills. There
can be no such thing as absolute competi-
ton between the mills of a country where
they give their labor fifty cents day, and
where it ispaid SO and 81 day."