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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-28
The st, Paul Postofnce.

Postmaster Day, in looking over the
postmaster generals report for 1882, finds
number of things which speak well for
the management and support of the postal
system in st. Paul and Minnesota, and es-
pscially for the excellent management of
the st. Paul postofice. For instance,
the report shows that the total
revenue of the department in the state for
1882, was $759, 2OS.58, of which st. Paul
paid $149, 8SO.84, or nearly one-fifth of the
whole, while Minneapolis paid $12s, 5O7 so
or nearly one-sixth-a total by the
two cities of little less than one-third of
the entire postal revenue of the state.
Another fact disclosed is that the postal
service of the state is more than self-sup-
porting, there being surplus reve-
nue. to her credit above expenses at the
close of the year of $22,49OO2.
Coming down to the management of the
st. Paul postof6ce, the report shows it to
be ono of the most economically managed
in the country, the percentage Of expenses
on the gross revenue of the Office being %,
while tie Minneapolis Office is 20; Chicago
81; New York SO; Baltimore 80; Boston
So; Allegheny, Pa, so; Brooklyn 81, with
Oakland, Cal, heading the list with SO per
cant
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Third Nighf.

With every representation of the 'sLights
O. London new beauties in the scenic
effects employed, and new features of ex-
cellence in the individual delineators of the
plot, are developed. 1t was very appre-
ciative audience that witnessed its presen-
tation last evening, encouraging the actors
to extra efforts to please, the result being
an unusually smooth and pleasing presen-
tation, reciprocated by the spectators by
timely and hearty applause and enthusiast
tic recalls. Little Edna Bankson, as ''Tim,
a waif," and Mr.. Patrick Malcahee, the
"Irish Policeman" were especially COM
plimented, receiving two undeniable re-
calls. Fanny Cory Daboll as "Shakes-
peere'' was also most enthusiastically ap-
plauded, while all the principal
characters before mentioned received due
recognition. The piece will be repeated
this evening.
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quate to the object in view, but it was a
stan in fha rifrh& d;.o ok;o.,-

quate to the object in view, but it was q
step in the right direction.
Mr.. Brown said his amendment propos-
ing An approximately fair division of pat
ronage between the parties before the era
of non partisan civil service should com
Hence, and other amendments tending to-
ward fairness had been voted down by the
Republican party vote. This served to
show very clearly the Republicans did not
desire there should be fair distribution of
offices, but intended to hold on to them so
they might be prepared for any misfor-
tune that might befall them hereafter. He
could not vote for a bill which was design
ed to give monopoly Of the offices to
the minority party, nor could he
see how the Democrats could support it.
Mr.. Coke regarded the bill as an utterly
worthless response to the popular demand
for reform of the civil service, measure
which was binding upon nobody, and
which would leave the question yet to be
the foot ball of party politics. Neverthe-
less he would vote for the bill in the hope
that by its passage tho authorities might
be encouraged to stronger and more prac-
tical efforts in the same direction. The bill
then passed, all the senators present, ex-
elusive of pairs, voting in the affirmative,
except Messrs. Brown, Call, Jonas, Nc
Pherson and Morgan.
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NEW YEAR,s Calls.

In the olden time, before and since John
B. Cough took the platform, New years
callers on their lady friends were freely
treated to wine, and stronger liquors, and
oftentimes, too frequent ibations made
many of the gentlemanly callers, very tip
~, insomuch that the later calls were often
disgusting to their lady friends. A custom
producing such effects ought to
work its own cure and abandonment. But
custom, aud especially one SO enticing and
fascinating, is hard to change, and
though there has been great falling off,
the practice still exists to mischievous
extent.
A large number of New York clergymen
have issued an address to the ladies of the
city requesting and urging them to put no
wine or strong drink on their sideboards
or tables on. New Years day, for the enter
tainment of their callers. The highest and
best circles are disseminating tho practice
of furnishing any liquor on New
Year occasions. But thorough re-
form, universal and complete can hardly
be looked for, as long as the practice of
making calls continues. Many, warnedby
the pernicious evils of this. otherwise agree
able custom, are of late urging an entire
discontinuance of New Years calls, and
many ladies of the first cities are adopting
this course. Either their doors are
closed against formal calls,
if they remain at home, or they con-
veniently leave the city on social visit to
some country or village friend.
The empty vanity impelled, and too
often heartless, joining in this practice
might we'll be discontinued. The appeal
of the clergymen to the ladies will
doubtless, have great in
fuence in sweeping the decanter
from the sideboard, but if the leading
ladies in the great and central cities would
go one step further, and decline to receive
those mere fashionable and ceremoniouf
calls, which have neither compromising
flavor of real friendship, or genuine
respect, a good work would
be accomplished, and the newer cities and
villages would soon be Influenced to follow
our example, SO every way creditable, sc
praiseworthy, so womanly and SO lady
like
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NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

The national Republican committee.
which assemblies in Washington on the 18th
of next month, will evidently have some
hard nuts to crack. 1t will be remembered
that the attempt to enforce the ''unit rule''
in the Chicago convention produced no
little commotion in that body, was
finally abolished, as was just, so
that is out of the way.
The convention instructed the national
committee to regulate representation and
devise plan for the election of delegates
in the future, task not easily accom-
plished to general satisfaction. Several
plans have already been suggested, but as
none of them may be adopted, it is need
less to specify. Doubtless delegates will
be elected by congressional districts,
which would seem to be as fair a
mode as can be devised. The COM
mittee will doubtless fix the time and
place of holding the convention. All
this indicates that the time is Fastening us
on rapidly into the midst Of another pres
idential campaign. The country goes
continually from one campaign into anoth-
or, and all interests, legislative, political,
and even social are Influenced by
this great and puzzling prob
lem: who shall be the next candidate
Doubtless the campaign that is coming on
will be the most exciting, and hard fought,
of any of its predecessors, and if neither of
the candidates shall have clean and IN
clouded majority Gas in 1880, conse-
quenoes of very grave character may
arise to confront the American people.
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WASHINGTON.

Commissioner Mcfarland, of the gener-
al land Office this afternoon heard argu-
ments of counsel in the famous McGarra-
han claim to the Panoche Grande ranch in
California. The question was upon the is
Idria Mining company. M. L. Woods.
and Eppa Hunton appeared for McGarra-
han and S. S. Burdett appeared for the
New Idria mining sompany. The hearing
occupied several hours, and was frequently
interrupted by McGarrahan, who charged
that the interior department officials the
past twenty years had been in the pay of
the company. The commissioner reserved
his decision.
communication from the chairman of
the citizens, committee was received by the
district commissioners submitting the
outlines of case against certain members
of the detective force and giving the
names of witnesses relied on to prove the
charge.
When the Mississippi river committee
re-assembles Capt Cowden will be tho first
heard, followed by members of the Missis-
sippi river commission and steamboat men
| from the lower Mississippi. The commit
tee expect to report about the LIST of Feb
| ruary.
hearing was had to-day before Secre-
tarY Teller on the application for patent
to certain entries made by soldiers of the
revolutionary war, heirs or assignees of
land in the Virginia military land district,
Ohio. The district embraces large
block Of valuable land between the Little
Miami and Sciota rivers, besides additional
tracts in other portions of the state. No
decision.
The president to-day nominated post
masters as follows: julius D. Bolles,
Bowling Green, o.; Feleipe Gomise, Mon
tory, Col; Jas. Wilkins, Riverside, Cal.
The ways and means committee to-day
considered the schedule of provisions du-
ties advanced cent per pound over the
commissions report on all grades of rice
and on rice -four, the rate was changed
from 211a cents per pound to 20 per cent.
ad valorem. Picked or sailed behring's
from @@1Sc per pound. Several changes
in the classification of chicory were made
without affecting the rate.
The Star publishes card from Mr.. Rer-
dell, one of the star route defendants, in
which he denies the truth of all assertiora
that he has been in Communication with
counsel for the prosecution in the star
route case. He says: II have 1T no time
conversed or communicated with either
Col Merrick, Bliss or Ker on that or any
other subject"
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The war of the Western Union and
Mutual Union telegraph companies still
goes on. The Mutual Union has
begun suit in Chicago to restrain
the Western Union from doing business in
that state, because they refuse to take
kilograms sent over the Mutual Union
wires to points on the Western Union at an
equitable rate. In New York, yesterday.
an injunction was granted, forbidding the
paying of the dividend on portion of the
Western Union stock, but Gould had
anticipated the result by paying the
dividend prior to the hearing in court.
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IMPORTATION OF VOTES

Those who have read the letters adj
dressed to Mr.. Dorsey by Gen. Garfield,
during the campaign of 1880, which Mr..
Dorsey has lalely published, can hardly
have overlooked Garfeld's nervous fear
that Indiana might be carried by the Dem
ocrats by the importation Of voters from
the neighboring States that voted in Octo-
Der. 1t is undoubtedly true, and need not be
denied, that it has been custom of Indi-
ana Democrats to import votes from the
October States into Indiana at the Novem-
Der elections; but it is equally true that
the Republicans have pursued the same
course, and generally beaten the Demo-
Gratis in the work of importation.
This shows the viciousness
and corruption of party
politics, and that in some of their prac-
tices one party was as deep in the mud as
the other was in the mire, and the charge
of knavery in this respect, of one party
against the other, is very much like the
famous traditional contest be-
tween the spot and the Kettle"
Gen.Gar6eld was exceedingly innocentif he
never knew of this artful chicanery on the
part of the Republicans,b but only knew that
Democrats were guilty OF such practices.
But if this was true he was probably tho
only prominent politician in the
country that did not know
of this Republican strategy. he did know,
however, the liability of Democrats to in
dulge in importations. The late Senator
Morton was great organizer of impor-
tations, and Mr.. Hendricks, not to be
caught mapping, was always ready "to fight
the devil with fire."
Barnum and Dorsey fought tho fight Of
importation in Indiana in 1880, and Dor
sey won the prize. Not less than "a thou
sand plug-ugly desperadoes were imported
from Pennsylvania alone into Indiana, to
uphold the sacred cause Of Republicanism,
and these plug uglies overawed at the
pistols mouth the importation brought
into the State tossustain the cause Of pure
Democracy!
Thus Indiana was put int the patriotic
ranks of Republican oomnonwealths,
while the Democracy of Indiana retired.
if in good order, not with very good grace
Here is an exemplihcation Of the
honesty of political warfare, and the ex-
treme and sensitive purity of tho ballot
box! Clearly those who jingle the most
money, bring in the strongest battalions
of plug-ugles and carry the day. This is
one chapter in our American politics.
Others remain to be written.
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The New York city postofice, the largest
in the country, has the approval of high
official authority as being in every respect
we'll and correctly managed. The coma
mission appointed by the postmaster gen
eral to inquire into and investigate post
Office affairs report: Gall applicants are
treated alike, no matter who recommends
them or to what political organization the
applicants belong" This is one valuable
feature in "civil service REFORM" and
ought to be cherished and sustained.
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THESE PAUL DAILY GLOBE THURSDAY MORNING.

publicthan all other causes, and were I t.
commence my administration, with the
experience now have, the first question ]
would ask respecting q candidate would
be does he use ardent spirits?" This
amendment simply proposed to ask as to
the candidates for public appointments the
first question jefferson would ask, if he
were now president, or q head of an
executive department..
Mr.. Edmunds said the amendment
as it stood contained legal implication
that other vices we're to be excluded from
consideration by the civil service commits
sion, and moved to cure this defect by
inserting after Intoxicating bever-
ages' the words "or is guilty of
any other immoral habits" Laughter. |
After some discussion the amendment
was agreed to, ayes 80, noes 16.
Mr.. Hawley moved to reconsider the
vote. Lost, ayes IA, noes "a.
Mr.. Blair's amendment as amended was
then agreed to.
Mr.. Plumb offered an additional section,
which was adopted, providing that where
two or more members of family are in
the public service in grades covered by
this act, no other members of such family
shall be eligible to appointment in such
grades.
Mr.. Plumb offered also an amendment
fixing the term of Office of appointees at
six years, subject to removal for cause,
and allowing reappointment without re-
examination, but providing that no person
should be permitted to remain in Office
ong or than twelve years. Lost.
Mr.. George offered an amendment pre-
viding that sending by mail or otherwise
to any government officer or employe any
letter or print containing solicitation of
contribution for political purposes, or re-
ceiving such communications by mail, or
otherwise, should come under the penalties
prescribed in this act. Lost.
Mr.. Brown offered the following: Gas
nearly all public positions are now filled
by Republicans, it is further enacted that
when the board of examiners ascertained
by public examination, which shall be free
to all applicants, that two, or if there be
more than two of equal qualification and
merit, then from these of the highest grade
of qualification, they shall select from
among those best qualified the one
whose political affiliations are with
the political party having the lowest num-
Der in position until there is at least an
approximation to an equal share in the
patronage of the government, among
those who bear equally its burdens; and
that after such approximation to equality
is reached, it shall be illegal for such board
in future to inquire into or consider the
political affiliations of any applicant for
position"
Mr.. Brown advocated this amendment as
a measure of justice necessary in order to
make fair start under the proposed law.
Mr.. Logan opposed the amendment as
presenting an entirely impracticable prop
osition, which could never be carried IN
to effect.
The amendment was rejected, II to 81,
as follows:
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ssTfle Messiah"

CINCINNATI, Dec. 27.-The annual Christ
mas performance of the Messiah by tn
Musical Festival association was given to
night at Music hall to an audience Of 1000
The chorus is what is known as the festival
chorus and numbered 600. The orchestra
was composed of local musicians. The
soloists we're Mrs. Osgood, Mrs. Cranch,
Theodore Taedt and M. w. Whitney. Mrs.
Osgood was quite i'll with her throat and a
substitute was ready to take her place, but
at the last moment she attempted her
part, singing with extreme difficulty at
first, but afterwards gaining strength.
Theodore Thomas was musical director.
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THE COURTS,
MtsnicipaE Court.
before Judge Burr.
CRIMINAL.

Buck Tierney, assault with dangerous
weapon; held to grand jury in $500 bonds.
Il. NJ. Ranney, threatening bodily harm;
bonds of $500 given to keep the peace.
H. Wilson, larceny; held to the grand
jury.
A. Ostlund, larceny; committed thirty
days; coat.
j. Murray, larceny; same.
PC. Campion, disorderly conduct; COM
mitted ninety days.
James O'Brien and James Brennan,
drunkenness; committed for ton days.
day.
r. Price, violating ordinance; same.
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.SBRsCRJPTlON RATES.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
esven issues per week, delivered by carrier,
mail or applied by newsdealers- DOLLAR
PER MONTH.
Six issues per week (omitting Sunday BY
mail, as follows:
One month, 80 cents; three months, $3.50;
six months, S.; twelve months, $40. Postage
n nrepaid on ali papers sent by mail.
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The Civil Service Bill Debated at Length
and Passed-Some Object ons to the Bill
Urged, and Doubts as to Its Efficiency
Expressed-The House Witho ut q Quo
rum
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The Globe on tho Trains.

The GLOBE has always been supplied to the
nsws men on the trains, but at the previous size
encountered difficulties which do net now need
to be recounted. At the present size it ought to
b found every who're. Parties who cannot In
the future obtain it on the trains or OF news
dealers will & afer favor by reporting the mat
tor tothis Office with particulars.
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A Ridiculous Contest.

NEW HAVEN, Ct, Dec 27.-Wm. Butler,
Labor Reform candidate, served papers on
Charles g. Mitchell, congressman-elect, on
the ground Of block ballots. Butler re-
ceived forty nine votes.
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tn You DON'T Believo IT.

Allan's Cough Balsam will burst up and cure
an old obstinate cough quicker than any other
remedy in existence. If you don't believe it
try bottle. For sale by J. p. Allen, druggist
and manufacturing pharmachist, st. Paul, MINI.
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CRIMES & CASUALTIES,
n PARTY OF HORSE rHIEYEs Treat
ED TO THE ROPE IN OREGON.

A Negro Ravisher and Murderer Lynched
at the South-Several Double Tragedies
Some Bloody "Reminiscences of Christ
mas-Fires and Other Accidents.
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House,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The house was
called to order by Speaker Kiefer; not quo
rum present. After several private bills had
passed, Mr.. Rice, of Missouri, objected to
further proceedings. By unanimous con-
sent, without transacting any further
business of importance, the house, just be-
fore o'clock, adjourned until Saturday.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-28

The following were paired: Blair with Barrow;
Hale with Beck; Ferry with Farley; Maxey with
D awes; Saunders with Williams; Butler with
Pugh; johnson with Voorhees,.
Mr.. Brown moved to amend the title of
the bill so as to make it read: San act to
perpetuate in Office the Republicans who
now control the patronage of the govern
ment." (Laughter.) Lost.
Mr.. Edmunds gave notice he would ask
the senate to morrow to consider the bill
reported from the judiciary committee to
prevent political assessments. Adjourned.
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punishable on conviction by fine Of
$500, and by dismissal from Office.
Messrs. Harrison, Logan, Lapham and
Sherman opposed the amendment.
Messrs. Jones, of Florida, George and
Maxey supported it.
The amendment was rejected, ayes Is,
noes 81.
Mr.. George moved to amend the section
of Mr.. Hawley's amendment prohibiting
the solicitation or receipt of contributions
for political provisions in public buildings
SO as to extend its purposes to the whole
District of Columbia. Lost, ayes 10, noes
"a.
Mr.. Blair offered the following as an
additional section: "No person, habitually
using Intoxicating beverages shall be ap-
pointed to, or retained in office, business
or employment to which the provisions OF
this act are applicable
Mr.. Brown moved to amend the amend
ment by inserting after the word 'bever
age" the words, ito excess" Agreed to.
Mr.. Blair spoke briefly in support of hi
amendment He thought it entirely rele
want to tho bill proposing to regulate ad
mission to the public service, and mucl
more important and philosophical than tn.
proposal to distribute public appointments
among the states according to their popu
lation. Everybody knew the indulgence il
intoxicating drinks was great evi
among persons in public of
fee, as we'll as among others
jefferson had been cited several times a
authority for the doctrines that integrity
and capacity should be tests for admission
to the public service, but another utter
ance of Jefferson made later in life show
ed that there was one other test which b
thought of at least equal importance, and
might be cited in strong support OF thu
amendment. "The habit of indulging il
ardent spirits by men in Office" said JEFF
ferson, shas occasioned more injury to II:
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Fairfield, Me-, Dec 27.-The main
building of the Somerset Fiber company
burned this morning. The huge digestor
heated by the flames, exploded, throwing
the machine in all directions. John Podlel
was killed by falling iron pipe. The
building and machinery were entirely new.
Loss $55, 900; insured.
MACON, Ga, Dec. 27.--English & HUI
guerin's warehouse, containing 1926 bales
of cotton and large amount of guano,
burned early this morning. The grocery
of Henry & Sherwood was also consumed.
Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000.
LANCASTER, Pa, Dec. pa large barn
of VIM. NcGovern, just outside the city
limits, burned by an incendiary, together
with the seasons crop of tobacco. Loss
t12, 200; insured.
MISCELLANEOUS,
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 27.-Arthur B.
Cram, the architect, who it was feared was
fatally injured by a fall 2rom a building
in the Wabash yard, couple of weeks
since, is recovering from his injuries.
Friends of the ex-special treasury agent
Wardell have paid the bank the amount of
his forgeries, but this will not interfere
with his prosecution. He has been held
for trial, and lies in Jail.
Charles g. Morris, wellknown business
man, and active Republican politician Of
Monroe, this state, and highly connected,
has left town, it is reported, under circum-
stances not very favorable to him. The