National Republican., 1883-07-25
THE MAN ON THE AVENUE.
Small ralls About Men and Measures


by "The Lloyds" to the consuls general for
the United States, few months ago, suggest
ing that in making appointments of consular
or vice consular officers, ut might be desir-
able that preference be given Lloyd agents."
several of such agents have been recon-
mcnded for appointment. The State
department instructed the consuls gen
oral to bo on their guard against the on
croachmonts of the Lloyds, The Lloyds
constitute tho greatest marine insurance
monopoly in the world-a monopoly that is
under the protection Of the British govern
ment and which openly discriminatcs against
the shipping Of cvory nation in favor of Eng
| land. British consuls are directed by act of
parliament TO servo as Lloyd agents, and
| when it is recalled TO mind that the Lloyds
are directly and personally interested in de-
| stroying the American commerce on the high
seas. the amazing cboekincss of the attempt
| to Employ the consular services of the
| United States to assist them in this work
=. is apparent To tho Lloyds more than any
other power or influence Is due the maritime
supremacy now enjoyed by England. The
| LlOyds have built up the commerce of Eng
land and they are determined to maintain it,
Commenting on the strength and power of
the Lloyds, State department official said
yesterday: "If left unchecked these masters
of English commerce will assume the right
80 dictate the appointment of secretaries Of
state, if not of presidents. You may put it
down as a settled fact that Lloyd agents will
not gain foothold in our consular service
this year-or next"
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dall's tricks" oracularly observed tariff
for revenue only" democrat last night "and
there is strong circums tantal evidence to
prove it. Soon after Watterson's telegraphic
testimonial that Tlden was robust enough to
sling bull by the tail through a river levee
an interview with Bill Scott, Tilden's fnan-
cial backer, and Vanderbilt's confidential ad-
wiser, was published simultaneously in the
Philadelphia Times, and Cincinnati paper
controlled by Judge Hoadly, corroboratve
of Watterson's remarkable statement, and
giving it out that the sage was in
the field for president. The next day
the authenticity of the interview was denied
vehemently, and although Dana and Waiter
son have repeatedly declared that the demo-
Gratis candidate Sammy could not be, the
alleged Scott interview has been generally ac-
cepted by the press of the country as the only
autho. lied declaration of Tilden's intentions
The daily bulletins in the Sun and Courier
Journal continue to tell of Tilden's increasing
vigor, but notice that they are weakening
in intensity of their assertions that he could
not be induced under any circumstances t.
run for president. Before another month the
decrepit old fox will relent and put himself
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his groom will glue or strap him to the baf
of horse and exhibit him on Broadway.
" "Randall's idea was to start the old ticket
cry for the purpose of dvertng attention
from the free trade and protective issue and
getting the hard-headed bourbons to think
ing of something else. He had found that
he was losing instead of gaining ground in
his race for the speakership, and that he was
liable to be beaten unless he quickly turned
the tide, The success Of his experiment is
greater than he could have anticipated and
if the old man don't die on his hands before
the meeting of the forty eighth congress he
may win the speakers gavel again."
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"How are you treated out in Morsnondom ~
was asked Utah commissioner. "Do the
spirit, or do they regard you as interlopers
and meddlers"
"You need not circulate it," was the re-
sponse "but fancy l can detect a chilliness
in our reception in the territory, and dispo-
sitiou on the part Of Gentiles almost rs much
as Mormons to let us alone to make the best
headway we can ourselves We arc treated
with the greatest respect, but the temperature
is not oppressively warm anywhere we have
been. A few strong Puritan spirits welcome
us as saviors, but majority of the population
appear to feel that we are mixing in matters
that should not concern the government.
Many of the most intelligent Gentiles profess
to believe that the evil of polygamy will cure
itself if let alone quicker and more salts
factorily than if the government persists in
its attempts to regulate the nasty business.
We are making better progress latterly, how
ever, than we did at first"
~
"a great deal has been said about the In
diana campaign of 1880, and its history is
pretty generally known by this time but the
inside of the campaign four years before
would make far more interesting reading
observed the Hoosier statesman. 81 admit that
the republicans spent some money in 1880, but
the democrats spent two dollars in 1876 foI
every dollar expended by the republicans in
1880 The republicansin the latter campaign
had a fund under the control of the state
committee of about S270,000, Tilden's state
committee had corruption fund of moi
less than $500000, and money flowed like
D water Besides this tho local organizations
I were supplied with sinews of war from the
outside to u considerable extent. The ballot
a box was corrupted from the Ohio river tC
5 Lake Michigan with democratic money, and
every city and town was flooded with demo
cratic repeaters and bruisers. 1t was the
: most shamelss campaign ever seen in any
state of the union, and should damn the
democratic party forever"
~
y A democratic congressman from northern
Ohio, in conversation with a Washington
> friend the other day, confessed that the pros
f poets for democratic success in that state were
y far from bright. 81 never saw a chang,
come over the political sentiment Of tn,
people so suddenly in my life" he says; ~
month ago the democrats had sure thing
+. Now they are demoralized, and am afrai(