Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-27
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w AoH1NGIONs y oil. zO.-1uSI0 dE0 JDEGo
great rivals for the Democratic nomination
in the national convention in the city just
now watching each other very closely.
They are Senators Bayard and Pen
dleton and ex-senator Mcdonald. The
latter has taken up quarters at Wizards
hotel, where, assisted by his charming
wife, he is making very active canvass.
Mr.McDonald does not believe in the hum
bug bill uponwhichPendleton is attempting
to make a civil service record. At this
moment, Pendleton is very much embar-
raised over the selection of q Democratic
member of the new civil service commits
sion. He is DESTROYS of hearing from
leading Democrats throughout the country
upon the subject of this appointment.
Nothing shows better how badly he has
the presidential fever than piece of SEN
ate gossip floating about to-day. When
the postof1ice appropriation bill was before
the senate the other day, Pendleton IA
vored the clause giving $185,000 to the
departmenNfor fast mail service. The
Western senators generally opposed this
clause upon the ground that
it was entirely in the interest
of New York morning newspapers.
After Pendleton had cast his vote for it,
Western senator wrote the following upon
piece of paper and sent it over to him by
a page: 'That vote has lost you the NOM
lnation for the presidency" Pendleton is
said to have turned pale as he read the
note. Hejumped up and ran hastily to the
recording clerk and whispered in his ear.
The clerk smiled as he heard his request to
showed Pendleton recorded against the
fast mail service. Mr.. Bayard is conduct
ing very quiet canvass. He is extremely
Jealous of PendIeton.
TALKING OF A RsIGNATIoN.
Robert Lincoln, it is said, is talking
about resigning his seat in the cabinet.
A prominent Illinois friend of his, who
has known him intimately since childhood,
says that Lincoln will resign very soon.
Mr.. Lincoln's friends think he has good
chance for the Republican nomination in
the next national convention, and are,
therefore anxious to have him withdraw as
soon as possible from his present position.
He has achieved now, they say,
all that is to be gained
by seat in the cabinet. If he remains,
he is in danger of being drawn into en-
tangling alliances, or, in other words, be-
ing too closely identified with the admins
tration. 1t is, of course, understood that
Mr.. Arthur will be candidate for renomi-
nation. Mr.. Lincoln, so the story goes, is
now seriously considering the question of
returning to his private practice in Chica-
go or of going abroad for the rest and
change to be found in an easy diplomatic
appointment.
THE TARIFF COMMISSION.
A keen interest is taken here in
all matters concerning the recently
defunct tariff commission. The members
of both houses scan the newspapers every
morning to see if any other letters have
got into print. The epistles of Kenner and
Porter startled great many Republicans
who had an abiding faith in the moral
pulchritude of these dearly beloved tariff
traffickers. But, while shocked beyond
measure by these interesting revelati ons,
they worship the remaining shadow of
righteousness with the fond hope that, by
and by, they will clutch at some substance
1t turns out now that the census
statistics, which extend largely into
the calculations of the commissioners
in making their report, are erroneous and
misleading. Secretary Porter, the school
boy statistlcian, found it out in rather "a
peculiar way, Being a special census
agent he ought to have known all about it
before going on the commission. But it
appears that he did not, and that, of
course, settles it. On Aug. 10 he wrote
the following letter from Long Branch to
Superintendent Seaton, of the census
bureau.
My DEAR COLONEL: We had before the
commission to-day delegation of gentle
men representing the saddlery hardware
industry. They would have been very
glad to have presented statistics indicat-
ing the magnitude of their trade, but I'M
fortunately on looking through the bull
l6GlQ referring TO the manufactures OF
twenty principal cities of the United
States, we were wholly at loss to find
out where they had been classified, as
in only one case, that of Newark (page III,
could we find any mention of hardware
saddlery" in which there are enumerated
thirty five establishments, $4,000 capital
invested and 128 as the greatest number of
hands employed at any one time
during the year. What we should
like to know is whether they are classified
under hardware" which can hardly be the
case, as the total is comparatively insig-
nifcant I also took out the capital given
under ''saddlery and harness. which only
amounts to $5,000,O0O in all, and could
not represent "saddlery hardware" Mr..
Oliver is inclined to think that in Pitts
burg it has been included under ''iron and
steel" because, he says, he has as much
capital invested and as many men en-
ployed in this business as you give
for the total hardware saddlery trade
in twenty principal cities. Kindly
ask Mr.. Williams to look into the mat
ter and advise me upon the subjeet.'
If the statistics of one industry are so
mixed that even census experts like Mr..
Porter cannot derive any light from them,
may there not be equally glazing inconsis-