St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-17
A Correspondents Speculations
Regarding the Morrison
Bill.
Which May be Taken with Liberal
Allowances for Probable
Errors.
The Work Before Congress for To-Day and
Through the Week.
All the Education Bills to be Discussed
Together in the Senate.
OHIO REPUBLICAN TALK.
Special TELEGRAM to the Globe.

speaker was L. ID. DoWhng, the postmaster
at Toledo. Mr. Dowling was surrounded by
agroup of Ohio politicians who were discuss
ing the prospects of the different presidential
candidates. Continuing, he said: ''Our
delegation will go to Chicago unpledged. 1t
is my candid opinion that no delegate will be
sent to the convention who is known to
have the slightest prejudice against the
different gentlemen who will contend for its
suffrages. Sherman is our first choice but
Blaine, Logan or Arthur, can be
elected. Charlie Foster says we cannot elect
Arthur. That is not so. We can and will
elect him, if he receives the nomination.
Foster can not speak with any assurance on
this point for he has no following to speak of,
and misrepresents the sentiments of our
people with reference to Arthur.''
Another gentleman who was present said
''Foster has lost his grip in Ohio. Unlike his
bosom friend, R. B. Hayes Foster could not
now be elected to the position of road
commissioner. He used to go to the Metho-
dists and tell them his sympathy with the
temperance movement had alienated the
brewers and then he would say to the brew
srs that his opposition to intollerant prohibi-
ion laws had drawn down upon him the
hostility of the Methodist church. In short,
b is a political trimmer, whose methods sue
eeded for times until his duplicity became
fnown, and then he was incontinently
dropped by both parties. He will be a can
didate before the State convention for deli
gate at large. His friends are urging him to
withdraw, but 1 do not think he will heed
their advice look to see him beaten out
of sight.'
Justice Morgan, of Idaho, former resi-
dent of Illinois, is desirous of succeeding
himself as chief justice of the
territorial supreme court. His
application receives the endorsement of
tle best citizens of the territory, many of
whom in their letters to the department of
justice claim that his honesty and efficiency
are qualities SO rarely united in the gentle
men who have preceded him as to make his
retention matter of general interest. Yes
terday Senator Cullum, in company with
Fred Dubois, called on the president in Just
ice Mayors behalf. President Arthur said he
had not yet decided what course he should
pursue in the matter, but left the impression
on their minds that Judge Mayor would prob
ably be retained.
INVENTORS AND PATENTEEs.
Col. R. G. Ingersoll has been invited to
make the opening address at the meeting of
inventors, to be held in Cincinnati on the
27th inst. The convention will be one of the
most important industrial and mechanical
meetings ever held in this country Every
inventor can be a delegate. The object sought
will be to promote the interest of inventors
by producing a community of feeling
among them. The Anderson bill abolishing
the patent laws, which recently passed the
house, will be leading object of discussion
and every effort will be made to create sem
tment which will prevent its passing the
senate. Said a well known inventor this
evening; ''The farmers in Kansas complain
because they are forced to pay five dollars for
an artesian well invention, and compel
Anderson to introduce a bill abolishing
the patent laws. Not one of these
farmers would do away with the benefits of
the invention for twenty times the amount
An inventor should be paid for his brains,
the same as a lawyer or preacher, and our
fathers were right to make liberal laws to
protect him. In this way the accumulated
brains of the world has been forced to the
United States and we are enabled to sell farm
produce and IN anufactured goods even in
countries where cheap labor and good lands
are abundant.
MoRRIsoN's TARIFF BILL.
The probable fate of the tariff bill is the
subject discussed at present. Col. Morrison
admits that several members of his own party
will vote against the bill. He could give a
list of them if he chose to- but he does not.
He hopes for few.Republican votes, but does
not pretend to put much reliance
on these. He recognizes, as
every one else does, the plain
proposition in practical arithmetic that de.
fecton of thirty-five Democrats, and perhaps
few less than that, will defeat the bill, sup
posing that he gets no Republican votes, and
no such votes are to be relied on. That
there are more than thirty-fve high tariff
Democrats in the house is known to every
body. 1t is hoped by making the bill a
party Emeasure to make some of these high
tariff Democrats vote for it, but every
member of congress cares more for
his own chances of reelection next fall than
he does for party interests or reduction of
the tariff, no matter how much of revenue
reformer he may be. Before the bill was in
troduced it was believed by many Democrats
who do not favor low duties that party policy
required, in view of all the tariff for revenue
only declarations made by the party,
that bill moderately reducing the
duties should be introduced, and could
be passed by the house. Without this it was
feared that the name of free traders would
beat them in the coming election. With it
they believed they could maintain show of
consistency and yet prove that their policy
was not of revolutionary character. Dem
ocrats whose interests are altogether with
the protectionists and whose means of infor-
nation are excellent believed that
for these reasons bill moderately reducing
the tariff would be passed with little opposi-
ton. But no sooner did the measure come
before IL e house than it was found that local
interests were too strong for party considera
tions. The interests of the party might de-
mand reduction on wool but the interests
OF Ohio, Texas and California mem
bers demanded nothing of the
KIND. Not only has it been impossible 10 bring
high tariff Democrats into line under the
plea of party necessity, but Democrats who
have talked loudly about revenue reform are
found to be kicking sturdilY where interests
in their own districts are touched. Revenue
reformers from Missouri declare that they
cannot vote for the bill unless something
is conceded to lead, zinc and glass.
Free iron ore has been discarded to placate
Virginia, New York and Michigan, to say