Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-13
OHIO ELECTION.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. |

be considered as a candidate for governor
by the Republicans of Ohio, indicates that
the canvass by the Republicans is expect
ed to be an unexcitipg one, and that Gov
ernor Foster is to be the Warwick who will
pull the wires and arrange the plan. The
idea will be on his part, no doubt, to make
the canvass for governor as tame as possible,
so that he can give his special attention to
the legislative districts. Personally Foster
probably doesn't care who is the candidate
for governor, and politically it would be
to his advantage to have the Republican
candidate defeated, if through a still hunt
campaign he could bag the legislature, and
secure his own election to the senate as
Pendleton's successor. When Senator
Sherman left here to go to Ohio, while he
had not indicated what his course would
be, some of his best friends believed he
would not in advance decline a nomina-
ton. 1t is known he was not at all averse
to having his name discussed, and that he
made up his mind to decline after
he had visited Columbus and had consulted
with his friends. The fact that Senator
Sherman says there is no public issue to
be discussed before the people in the forth
coming campaign is evidence that the Re-
publicans do not intend to allow the LIQUOR
question to become commanding one,
1t is to be assumed that as the people will
have chance to directly vote upon the
liquor question, the edict recorded will be
binding upon any legislature to be chosen,
and hence need not be an issue 10 affect
candidates. In this view of the case Fos-
much more so than Lawrence, who has no
''bar'r' attachment, and all the others who
have been spoken of, because of a like
paucity of lucre. Obviously the game of
the Republican leaders will be to have a
| short canvass and tame one SO that it
Will give them abundant opportunity to
huckster in the legislative districts. They
no doubt would be willing to let
the executive Office go to the bow vows, if
by SO doing they could spend all their force
| and ammunition IN electing a legisla-
| ture to be composed of a majority of Re-
publicans. IF ithis be the purpose the
| Republicans, the Democrats hay grand
| opportunity to force the fighting and COM
pei canvass, which will pat the opposi-
ton on their mettle. The Republicans
| having declined to make the canvass a ma
| tional one the Democrats should compel it
| to assume such an attitude. This can only
| be, however, with q candidate of national
prominence. If the Democrats should
take the aggressive, hold their convention
in advance Of the Republicans, and nomi-
nate as candidate for governor either ex-
Senator Thurman, Henry B. Payne or
Hugh j. Jewett, the canvass would assume
significance which would disar-
range the programme of Foster &
Co., retain to Ohio that national
prestige the state ought to have
a year before the national convention to
nominate president. 1t would force the
Republicans to put their best foot forward
and find out at the eleventh hour that there
was yet remaining some issue to be dis
cussed before the people, Senator Sherman
to the contrary, notwithstanding.
ST. CLOUD AND DULUTH TIMBER SALES.
Commissioner Macfarland, of the gen.
eral land Office, said to-day that he has not
yet been officially notified of the result of
the recent timber sales at st. Cloud and
Duluth, but he understood, unoficially,
that the average price realized was $3
per acre. In reference to the alleged COM
binations for bidding in the land at such
high figure that outsiders are scared off,
he said he had supposed that this scheme,
which was formerly practiced extensively,
had been effectually done away with by the
extensive advertising which the sales now
received, and the opportunity now afforded
for every one to be present who desired
to bid. He stated that if
frauds have been practiced in
the recent sales through corrupt
combinations, there is no remedy for the
government under the existing law. And
even congress IS powerless to undo the
evils that have been committed. But he
thought that legislation might be enacted
to guard agaist future fraud. At present,
beyond forcing the bidders to pay spot
cash, he could see nothing that the depart
ment or its agents could do. The law
says that as soon as the timber Ian ds have
been offered at public sale they are open to
private entry, and he saw no remedy.
BULLET THAT Is WANTED.
One bullet which is in the body
of Jacques, the coachman, is needed to
determine whether the woman Field, or
Alexander, the official stenographer of the
Guiteau trial, shot the coachman. Bullets
have been found in the wall of the house
of two different calibres. Jacques declines
to have the bullet extracted, the doctors
having decided that it is not necessary at
present for his life. The ultimate ques-
tion is whether the court will order the
bullet taken out in the interest of justice
Western Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-Jas. Ellbaugh, of
this city, was the first witness called in the
star route trial. He had known Miner for
several years and was familiar with his
handwriting. In the petitions alleged to
have been written by Miner ne declared
that six names had been written by Miner.
This answer was somewhat q surprise
to Henkle, who explained that he had not
consulted witness before he had been
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