Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-20
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| holding, reaching even after an United States
senatorship, rather took his auditors by surprise
| the other night at the Cornell alumni dinner in
| New York city, by declaring that he had cast
away entirely all political aspiration, and for the
future would wholly devote himself to the in
terests of the University. Mr.. White per-
haps realizes, what others have long
known, that his political diversions
have proven injurious to the Institution of
which be is the head, and his influence upon the
young men looking to him for intellectual guild
ancs has not been of the character to most slim
ulate them to acquire the best preparation for
real usefulness in life. On the whole the con-
clusion of President White is a wholesome tne,
albeit his political courses have net brought
him distinction, though possibly, he has gained
the experience that equips him for higher edu-
cational influence in the future.
SENATOR MITcHKLL, the Pennsylvania indie
pendent, proposes that congress provide each
Sustice Of the United States supreme court with
stenographer learned in the law. Every body
connected with public affairs at Washington is
SO utterly overworked that it is wonder this
was not thought of sooner. proposition as
been sometime pending to provide clerk for
each senator, and if the project to allow each
Justice a stenographer, with two or three clerks
to each shorthand artist to do his work for him.
the happy idea to provide each senator with
clerk may also prevail. Next in order of
course will be clerks for the members of the
House. There are getting to be sosmany people
In this country, and the treasury surplus is such
a rich mine, that schemes like these, without
end, will crop out until there is Democratic
economy in the administration of public affairs,
and the aristocracy of officer holders has been
put to fight.
An eastern paper calls attention to the fact
that recent failures in the wholesale trades has
quite seriously interrs pied the avocations of a
large number Of commercial travellers, some of
whom, including salary and commissions, have
been much more prosperous than the houses
giving them employment, their incomes running
from 81 600 to SIC, 900 year. The present and
future demands for the services of first class,
high-priced drummers are very materially cur
tailed by the conditions now prevailing in the
Wholesale lines. To some extent, and possibly
a large extent, the system of drumming is re-
sponsible for the ever production that exists, a
state of things that is the enemy of prosperity.
1t may be doubted il the system of travelling
statesmen is, in the long run, profitable thing
fer the manufacturer, the wholesale and retail
dealer.
The Hon. George W. Cassiday, the Demo-
cratic congressman from Nevada, Is of the
opinion that the state of New York is not at the
present moment prolific of great men. Passing
Mr. Tilden to consider others mentioned in con-
nection with the Presidency, Mr.. Cassidy finds
Gov. Cleveland, Abram 8. Hewitt and Roswell
P. Flower. The last i.amed gentleman he says
Is ths best of the lot, and he regards him the
broadest gaugued and most level headed man
he ever met from the state of New York. ''He
y as a member of the last congress and stood
with US for questions affecting the
Pacific coast" says tae Nevada congressman,
ard further says that Mr.. Flower had the best
head on legislation affecting the revenues and
finances of the country of any man in either
House during the Forty-seventh congress.
Miss AMELIA HoYT, secretary of the Indiana
State Temperance council and associate editor of
the Monitor Journal, died at indianapolis Tues
day of consumption. Miss Heyt had for years
been widely known in the advocacy of temper
! ance prohibition. She was a pleasant speaker,
strong in debate, and facile, vigorous writer.
No woman advocate of prohibition oatranked
her, not even Miss Willard, the head cf the Wo-
| mans Christian Temperance organization.
The stress of dullness prevails in the New
England manufacturing district. The Pratt &
Whitney machinery mandatory at Hartford,
Conn.,, have reduced their forces from 700 to
500 operatives, and the Willimantio Thread
Company at Willimantic, employing GOO per-
sons have also made large reduction. Reduc-
ton Of working time is current in all the large
factories.
Two more fshing schooners ara reported lost
off the Massachusetts, coast with all on board.
These make nine fishing schooners lost in the
November and December gales, with the loss of
| enc hundred and fifteen lives. Three vessels
| of the fleet were lost in August making total
| of twelve and the sacrifice Of 1z9 lives, making
| thirty-four widows and thirty. eight fatherless
| children.
The South is at the present time attracting
| northern emigration to very considerable ex-
tent. A party OF Boston capitalists are now
reported on tour Of inspection through North
Carolina to ascertain the inducements for in
vestments, and the feasibility of emigration
from the older eastern states.
EIGHT thousand citizens of Illinois and Wis
consin have sent petition to Washington ask
ing Congress to grant a pension of eight dollars
month to every soldier of the Union amy in
the late war. That done would white hole
in the surplus quite as fast as the Blaine
scheme.
LHR New York Sun says editorially: "The
National Repub lican is now one of the cleverest
papers ever published in Washington" This of
| paper owned by Hatton, edited by kahone's
| friend Gorham, the personal organ of c. A.
Arthur, causes the remark that wonders never
cease.
At Peoria. H., Mrs. Reynolds, aged sixty,
was insulted on the street by grain merchant
| named Boylen, who was thoroughly horse
| whipped by the lady's as a punishment
After he was horsewhipped, Boylen was ready
| to sppologise, but he found it was too late.