Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-28
Especial Telegram to the Globe. ]

| spend some time in New York this week in
consultation with the new district attorney
there about the large number of cases
coming before the solicitor, in which COM
promise is asked. The growth of this
practice of compromising suits brought
by the government against defaulting of
ficers has been the subject of a good deal
of annoyance to Mr.. Raynor, and he has
| struggled against it almost in vain. The
pressure brought against him in many
! cases is very heavy, almost too much to
bear. When members of congress and other
| high officials 90 to him and urge him to
| accept "a compromise in this case
or that. urging that the party Of
| fering it is both poor and
worthy, he finds it difficult to
refuse. sit is really quite surprising" he
said to your correspondent to-day, ''to see
| the large number of requests for compro-
mise which come to US and the backing with
which they come. You know that nearly
all our business here is in the way of
prosecuting defaulting officers and recov-
ering the money taken by them or their
subordinates, either from the men them
selves or their bondsmen as the case may
be. Well, you would be surprised to see
the number of offers of compromise that
are offered and urged and the small margin
of pay on which they usually propose 70
make the settlement. Here is case now,"
and he nodded toward group of gen
tlemen who had just been presenting a
hafo &c nf
man who owes the government nearly
100000, through default while in Office,
and he now coolly offers to com promise by
the payment of $4,000 or $4,000. We
have hundreds of such cases, and to make
the matter worse, members of congress
and others whose requests demand atten-
tion come in and urge me to settle certain
of these suits in This very improper
manner"
THE VISITING MEXICANS.
E1-President Diaz and his party who
arrived here yesterday, are quietly domi-
ciled in their apartments in the old Rev
erdy johnson mansion, now an annex to
the Arlington hotel. The visit will be
much quieter than it was intended to be.
The death of Postmaster General Howe
makes official receptions and dinners i'm
possible, and the state dinner at the White
house for Tuesday evening, and the recep-
ton which was to be given Wednesday
evening by Secretary and Mrs. Freling
huyseD, have bean abandoned. The re-
ception General and Mrs. Foster were
to have given Friday evening,
will be given from to on
Wednesday. Secretary Freiinghuysen to-
day presented the party to the president in
the blue parlor of the White house. In the
afternoon the Mexicans were shown
through the vacant corridors and empty
halls of the capitol, and in the evening
they attended performance of "Iolanthe."
Senior Diaz speaks in very warm terms of
his reception in Chicago. BE was equally
impressed with the commercial greatness
of the city and the cordiality of its treat
ment of him and his friends. Since be
visited Chicago he has shown that the late
metropolis made deep and very favorable
impression on his mind. Gen. Foster says
the sleigh ride at Niagara Falls was greatly
hadss never seen snow before, with
the exception of slight fall
that occurred in Chicago. Gen. Foster
is confident that the effect will be to make
the two nations better acquainted with and
more friendly to each other and will in
crease the commercial dealings between
the two.
GOV. oRDwAY TO BE BOUNCED.
Federal officials in the territories don't
seem to get along well this year. Four or
five of them have been bounced by the
president for various misdemeanors. One
of them was brother of Senator Conger,
who tried to get the president to allowshim
to resign, but Arthur said his ofense was
so great that he could not allow him the
privilege of resignation, and now there is
another territorial official who is on the
anxious bench. He is Gov. Ordway of Da-
kota. Ordway was for long
time sergeant-at-arms of the
house of. representatives. he was
known here as being incapable
of getting left when he was in anything
going around the third house. He was in
with Boss Shepherd when the latter ran
such system of comprehensive improve
msnts in this city. They say that ever
since he has been governor he has been in
all sorts of jobs and steals. These en-
riehed him at the expense of the people of
the territory. He is said to have corrupted
systematically the territorial legislature,
and used it to further his jobs. One case
of alleged corruption is set forth in great
detail. It is said that in the matter of Sc
lecting the commission to settle upon the
site for new capital, he lobbied the bill
through the Legislature so that he had the
appointment of the commission. He
selected men who were in with him and
they will have the capital located
on their own property. Another thing
that he is charged with being guilty of is
nepotism, in that he has appointed his son
auditor of the territory at $4,000 year.
These are some of the few reasons that the
people of Dakota SGT forth why Ordway
should be removed.
REPORT DENIED.
State department officials DENY that there