Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-27
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| WASHINGTON, April 26.-Hon. s. 8. Cox
of New York, in talking of the speaker
ship, says that Randall has claimed tn,
Tennessee delegation because of an alleged
alliance with ex-Representative Atkins
who is a candidate for the clerkship. 1t ii
| not probable that Mr.. Cox meant to insin
uate that Mr.. Atkins had made an alliance
or bargain with Randall, but the statement
has been made and it is grossly false. At
kins is man of the highest sense of honor
and he stated to friend at the outset that
ne did not intend to form an alliance with
any one of the candidates for speaker. As
he halls from southern state it would be
to his interest to have the speaker taken
from the north, but the election of Mr..
Morrison, Mr. Dorsheimer, Mr.. Cox, Mr..
Eaton or any other northern man spoken
of would be as useful to him as that of Mr..
Randall. He will not endeavor to influence
In any way the selection of a speaker.
THE HOG IN DIPLOMACY.
1t begins to look as if the American
hogs are about to get US in diplomatic
dispute. A report made by Minister Sar-
gent, in which he criticizes the discrimina-
ton made against American pork by the
German empire, is said to have been the
wedge for diplomatic correspondence,
which has eliminated in the request by
the German government for his recall as the
American minister. The state department
officials will neither admit nor deny that
such a request has been made, but if it
has, this government will, if the usual tor
eign policy is criterion, gracefully yield
all points, recall Sargent, and let him
"root hog or die.''
De Bonneville Randolph Klein, who has
been appointed chief examiner of the
civil service commission, comes of a
Washington family, and was for some
time correspondent there. He now lives
in Reading, Pa. He is the editor of the
Cameron organ there, and for
years has been known as Don
Cameron's agent, henchman, or whatever
it may be called, for Berks county.
His intimate connection with the Pennsyl-
vania machine indicates that he will be
simply invaluable as the chief engineer of
the civil service reform mill. w. Woods
White, who has been appointed secretary
OF the commission, is a graduate of the
Illinois Industrial university, and when a
student there under Prof. Gregory was a
chum of the professors son. In due time
young Gregory went to New York and in
dicated by modest sign his willingness to
practice law, but has not established such
business IS to make it difficult for him to
leave tbs city. White in the meanwhile
went to Atlanta as the agent of the North
western Insurance company of Chicago.
Like true civil service reformer, Prof.
Gregory's frstimpulse on receiving his ap-
pointment was to seek a comfortable
position for his son, but there was some
opposition on the board to the
appointment of young Gregory to
be the secretary. It was feared
that wrecked machine politician would
make cruel remarks about nepotism, so a
circuitous method of providing for two
worthy young men at the same time was
devised. In accordance with this arrange
ment Mr.. White comes here as secretary of
the commission, young Gregory goes to
Atlanta to succeed White. This is CO.
incidence. The place of chief examiner is
worth $4,000 and that of secretary 81, 800
year.
Western Associated Press
WASHINGTON, April 26.--Secretary Folger
said to-day that the subject of the removal
of Deputy Collector Wright, of Chicago, had
never been mentioned at the session of the
cabinet, and that the treasury department
had approved the action of Collector Spauld
ing in making the removal. He also said
that Deputy Collector Wright was charged
with official misconduct and tacitly ad-
mitted the truth of the charges by making
no defense. One of the charges against
him was that he had made false measure
ments of vessels, and another was that he
was constantly in debt to his subordinates
for borrowed money.
FRAUDS ON INVOICES.
The treasury department has issued a
circular to customs officers giving notice
of the discovery that on some importations
of wool into the United States the costs
and charges specified in the invoices have
been fraudulentIy increased above the
usual rates, with view to diminish the
dutiable value of wool under the provis-
ions of the tariff act of March 3, 1883, abol-
ishing duties on charges and the depart
ment's regul ations allowing a reduction
of the charges specified in the invoices.
1t is possible that similar practices may
be resorted to in case of the importation
of other than of wool. Appraising officers
are therefore directed to scrutinize care
fully the invoices, specifying the
charges to be deducted from the in
voice value, and if in any case they shall
discover by comparison with the invoices
formerly presented, or in any other man
ner that the charges have been unduly in
creased, they will make such addition for
the market value as circumstances NAV
render proper.
COUNTERFEIT FIVE.
A photograph counterfeit of a new FIVE
dollar national bank note was received at
the treasury department. this morning for
redemption. It was sent to the treasury
by the Broadway National Bank of New
York city, and is a counterfeit on the First
National Bank of Milwaukee, Wis. 1t was
regarded as very imperfect counterfeit,
and the treasury officials are surprised it
should have passed through the hands of
bank officers without being detected. 1t is
the first counterfeit of the kind that has
been discovered.