St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-18
POLITICAL SPECULATION.
A Rumor Afioat That Considerable
Opposition to Bayard is
Developing.
Mcdonald the Unanimous Choice Of Indiana
Democrats for a Cabinet
r-- Position.
Arthur Working for 1ssS--The New York
neutrality-suspicious. Guberna-
toriaI Longings.
OPPOSITION Tc BArARD.


President-elect Cleveland's Cabinet. They
talk on that subject only. There is general
opinion among them that VIM. c. Whitney
will be the Cabinet member from that state,
but they do not agree on the places 10 which
they assign him. All of them put Senator
Garland down on the list for Attorney Gen.
The visit Of Smith N. Weed 10 Albany on
Saturday night has caused considerable talk.
The report was current that he went there 10
protest against the appointment Of Mr.. Bay
ard TO place IN the Cabinet. a Democratic
politician Of prominence from a neighboring
state, who has had close relation with Mr..
Weed, was asked tonight If Mr.. Weed did 20
on such an erraud. He replied: Il don't
know whether he made protest or not, but
be ought to have protested. II he did not,
there will be protest, for Mr.. Bayard ought
not to be placed in the Cabinet"
MALONE WANTS TO BE GOVERNOR.
/ hear that Senator Malone is not feeling
at all at ease. He has now reached that stage
OF his political perfidy that be doubtless feels
he ought TO realize good deal more than he
has out Of the investment. II is whispered,
that the Lilliputian Virginian has declared
10 his Republican colleagues in the Senate
that be intends 10 make the race for Govern
OF Of Virginia on the Reputation platform.
As quoted by a friend be is reported 10 have
said: 'Ihave held the Republican majority
of the Senate by the tail for sometime, aud
what have / got out Of it, When / wanted
aid for Virginia in the recent campaign ]
WAS kicked down the steps by the Repubii-
can National committee. do not intend
nat 1ItafI ~ I
no debt Of gratitude to the Republican party,
but rather the credit side is on the other
page Of the ledger"
MCDONALD INDIANA's CHOICE.
Chairman Ed Henderson, of the Indiana
Democratic State executive committee who
has been in Washington for ten days, SAYS
that the Democracy Of Indiana is a unit for
Ex-senator Mcdonald for cabinst place.
He says there is no difference or contention
between Mr. Mcdonald and Mr. Hendricks
or any OF the other prominent Democrats Of
that state, as has been published. All the
stories TO that effect emanate from the oppO-
stion. Indiana. he says, will not designate
any cabinet position, but if the state is Off
cred a place in the cabinet the leaders as well
as the rank and lille Of the Democracy, would
like 10 see Ex-senator Mcdonald recognized
as their representative. Postmaster Dalton
of the house Of Representatives, who Is q Hoo
sier and familiar with Indiana politics, added:
''You may say that any statement to the ef-
feet that there is any opposition in Indiana
10 Mcdonald is n deliberate falsehoOd, con-
cocted by his political enemies"
Mr.. Dalton said that there can be no ques-
ton Of the election of Democratic senator
to succeed Ben. Harrison in 1887. He says
that fifteen senators Of the present legisla-
ture will hold over and six Of them are from
strong Republican districts.
ARTHUR LOOKING AHEAD TO 1883.
Following the precedent of 1925, when
Gen. Jackson's friends began to work for
his nomination and election 10 the Presi-
dency Immediately after the house Of Re
publicans had elected John Quincy Adams
for the term expiring March 4, 1920, Mr..
Arthur's friends in Office at Washington are
| quietly but persistentiy working for his nom
ination as the Republican candidate in 1888.
| IL is said by him that the treaties
which now attract so large a share of public
attention, have been negotiated not with the
hope that they viii be ratified by the senate,
and enforced by the enactment of necessary
! legislation in Congress, but with the expecta-
ton that Congress will decline to act upon
them. Some of Mr.. Arthur's protested
friends say that it is not probable that any
decisive or satisfactory legislation upon poll
tieo-EeOnomical questions will be effected
during the next four years, and that in the
meantime the wisdom of the present admin
istration in negotiating these treaties will
grow upon the people, and that there viii be
a spontaneous popular demand for the nomi-
nation OF Chester A. Arthur as candidate of
/ fbo pa~uhlfcanc for praefd.nt in 1893 TTn,p
platform TO be constructed mainly Of ex-
tracts from his messages TO Congress, and
especially those bearing upon the commercial
and financial relations with Central aud
South America, they say that the hope Of such
a contamination is the cause of his indiffer-
enee as TO the result Of the Sen atorial contest
in New York. 1t is 4 brilliant programme, but
1888 will be sixty years later than the year
in which Gen. Jackson's ambition was first
successful, and the conditions Of politics
have changed greatly since that time. II
seems that the Democratic members OF con-
gress who thought that these treaties had
been negotiated mainly for the purpose OF
embarrassing the next administration, and
thereby to give aid and comfort to the Re
/ publicans were not so far wrong, although
some of them credited President Arthur with
the cunning 10 have wrought these treatie:
as anchors 10 be cast TO the windward FOL
1883. 1t is now considered possible thai
much OF the Republican opposition which {:
being developed in aud out OF the Senate 10
the ratification of the treaties is due to
clearer apprehension Of the purpose hidden
beneath them.
THE NEW YORK sESAToRsHIP.
The peculiarly of the present contest 70
United States senator in New York is III,
circumstances that the leading candidate
are not to appear personally on the scene
Their canvasses are 10 be conducted by othe
persons, by agents with the principals absent
The usual fashion has been for candidates 4
be at Albany in person, where they can see
talk with aud make promises to members, il
fact themselves make the trades and bar
gains for votes. Levi P. Morton will be de
tanned in Europe and can't be present
President Arthur will be detained in Wash
ington. II may be that VIM. NJ. Evarts
Congressman Hiscock and Lester w
Russell will 90 TO Albany in person. TIL
managers of the canvass for both Presideu
Arthur and Minister Morton have reaches
the happy stage in which they are confiden
that success for their particular candidate Il
fixed fact. They are in their own mind
certain il is so, but each is working a
though success had yet to be won. The de
yelopments to-day indicated that th
supporters of Mr.. Morton had hear