National Republican., 1883-05-03
THE MAN ON THE AVENUE.
Small Talk About Men md Measure.

Small Talk About Men and Measures.
" SEQ the Goodsells have taken out char
ter for Chicago Graphic" observed chatty
individual yesterday, and l have little
doubt they will make the venture win. They
had hard pull of it in New York, but when
they learned the ropes they made money like
dirt, not only with their paper, but on tho
street" as well. If they can work tho
Chicago board of trade as successfully as
they have worked Wall street they
will be able to retire In five years with money
enough to live in boundless luxury for the re-
mainder of their natural existence. The
Goodsell boys know all about Chicago, having
lived there for several years. One of the
brothers was city editor of the Times when
VIII u +. Storey ran It on the red hat system,
with the pressure away up and the safety
valve screwed down. The other brother was
on the old EUening Post, and was part owner,
believe. do not know which one of them
will have charge of the Chicago institution"
s"a
IL is getting to be dangerous for CORE.
spondents to walk upon tho street without a
guard. Tho spirit of belligerency runs high,
and some of the metropolitan journals will be
called upon soon to send armors for their
writer's in Washington If this sort of thing
doesn't stop pretty soon. A fiery correspon-
dent of a Smoky City paper committed a
ferocious assault upon the person of peace
full correspondent Of a Boston paper yesterday.
The latter's early education in the prize ring
had been neglected, but he held his own,
nevertheless, and was reaching anxiously for
the belt whom outsiders separated the com
batants and spoiled the fstic duel. 1t is not
known where to-day's mill will occur
&"s
A retired statesman of wide experience
and great powe- Of observation cmits the
following; Ff"Hvs
81 have not been able to locate Sam RAN
dalPs literary bureau exactly, but there is
every evidence that he has one in active op-'
eraton, and that IL is being managed very
cleverly. 1t is also evident that circum-
stances are shaping to the advantage Of the
Pennsylvania schemer. His campaign was
started by widespread proclamation in
democratic newspapers that the party must
not meddle with the tariff. Then Sammy
Tilden went to work to smooth the rufIled
plumage Of the Louisville Courier-Jomnpl
and other free trade papers which would not
hear to such thing. They have all been letting
up little, and their assaults on Randall are
becoming less violent as time grows older.
Then paragraphs were started on the round
that Blaine had predicted Randall's election
to the spcakership. These were followed by
tho announcement that ex-senator Joseph +.
Mcdonald was very friendly to Randall and
would not antagonize him in the least,
although his presidential prospects would
seemingly be damaged by the burial of the
tariff issue. Bayard and Randall are also
represented as being on the best of terms.
The corporation influence was never so
actively nor so openly exerted in behalf of
any man as it is for Randall at the present
moment. Railway companies feel that
tho next year is going to be a
critical time for them, and they want the COM
mittees to be loaded They have deep per-
sonal interest in the election of Sam Randall,
and they are leaving no stone unturned to
elect him. No preliminary canvass has ever
been better managed than RandalPs so far.
He has every advantage on his side to begin
with, and although Carlisle would be the
choice of seven-eighths Of the democratic
voters of the country, the chances are he will
be left next December