Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-30

WnaC feopie Fay About the Removal OF
Marshal Henry-One Who Regards 1t as
Good Thing and Another as an Outrage
-LeClear, the Noted Portrait Painter
Social and Personal Comment.
lSTecial Telegram to.the Globe.
New YORK, Nov. 29.-The Hurlbut organ,
brother to the late minister. Steve, speaks
thus kindly of Marshal Henry:
"He ought to have been removed long
ago, and on general principles. He was
eminently an Ohio politician, and was
fond of exhibiting certain uncouth and
bucolic effusiveness, like a dancing OK.
Few of the preposterous incidents by
which the tragedy of Gen. Garfelds ILL
ness was now and then relieved with farce
was so preposterous as Henry's bulletins
ito friends in Ohio" Since Gen. Gar
fields death he has retained Office purely
upon, the ground upon which he was ap
pointed to Office, namely, that he was
personal friend of the late president. But
it must long since have be-
come evident to everybody that in
the schedule of the political estate of the
late president, Henry figured not as an
asset but as ii .bility.''
Appointment hall -5r eed politician says
about Marshal Henry's removal:
''This action towards Henry is born of
cowardice. The case has been terribly
mismanaged on the part of the government.
There can be no doubt of the guilt of the
defendants, but their crime is nebulous,
The thing with which they are specifically
charged, the conspiracy, is lacking in
proof. The newspapers have clamored
for victims. What the newspapers should
do is to raise the alarm about this system
of spies and detectives which has come
into vogue since the war; There was
some excuse for it then, but none
now. The newspapers have got
hold of a part but not 1.-THE of the truth.
The government should be above such mat
tiers; should hold itself aloof. Jurors and
officials of the court are surrounded by
these men from both sides. It is an at
tempt to forestall Justice. think Henry
has been badly treated. 1t is fair to infer
that his successor will not dare TO be I'M
partial
Those who talk glbly about swapping
away" the internal revenue system may
keep an eye on the growing figures of the
annual appropriation for pensions. Of the
ordinary expenses Of the government, ex-
elusive of the interest charge On the public
debt, pensions now amount TO more than
holt Tho ;rko ,bo
is within SSO,cN.000; the sum
estimated for pensions during
the next fiscal year is S1OI,-
$4,000, and the maximum has not
yet cen reached. At the close of the war
S16,OOO,O0 met all the demands for pen
sions, and the saving since effected on in
terest ha, been swallowed up by the pro-
fuse evidences of national gratitude, which
the importantly of claims against and
the demogogism of members of congress
have made charge upon the treasury.
Your picture collectors may want to
know something of Leclear, the best por-
trait painter since Elliott, who died on
Sunday. He was born at Oswego, in this
state, in 1918, and exhibitated a taste for
portrait painting in the early years of MS
life, making his first attempt when about
nine years of age, with lamp
black, venetian and white, on
bit of pine board. When yet
child he sold ideal heads to the neigh
bors. He had studio for many years in
the Tenth street building, but latter,y
painted in one adjoining that of Albert
Burstadt, over the Dime Savings bank
where he worked to the time of his death.
1t was in the latter place where he painted
full length portraits of Gen. Grant and
President Arthur, which are now in his
studio. He leaves wife and six children.
three sons and three daughters, ,jne of the
latter being the wife Of VIM. T. Beard, the,
we'll known animal painter. The other is
married to James E.. Chambers. edit ruf
the Northern Ohio Journal. of PainesvlIIe.
Ohio. No other American artist has
painted 30 many persons of celebrity as,
Mr.. Leclear has. He was, the first arts
in this country who dared to charge as
much as $3.50 for a portrait head. It is
said that for two full leagth portraits re-
Gently completed he was, to receive SIO.-.
600 each. Among the persons whose por-
traits have been painted by Mt. Leclear
may be mentioned Presidents Fillmore.
Garfield, Grant and Arthur Daniels, Dick
inson, Col Thorpe, Col. Porter, Sanford
4. Clifford, Jerves McEntree, &. w. Hub
bell, John E. Russell, Edwin Booth in the
character of @Hamlet," Geo. Dennison.
Geo. Ticknor Curtis. E. W.. Ssoughton
Chief Justice Taneyr VIM. H. Seward: the
Rev. Drs. Bellows, Osgood. DIX
and vinton; Father Preston. of st.
AIMS church; VIM. Cullen Bryant.
Park Goodwin, Ex-Governor j. Gregory
Smith, Of Vermont; Jno. j. Cesco, Judge
c. p. Daily, Geo. Bancroft, Andrew Jack
son Davis, Bayard Taylor, President Bar
nard, of Columbia college, DR.. Norvin
Green, President Chadbournsr of Williams
college, and Prof. o. Marsh, of Yale COL
lege. Two of his SONS are engaged in
business in this city, one of whom is mar
ried.
Langtry has failedsagain In another part,
Julia in 1.-THE Hunehbach.r Montgomery
says: Mrs. Lansytry may understand her