St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-13

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Reverting again to the senatorsbip. Mr..
Townshend said: 81 think Logan win be
the Republican caucus nominee. This how
ever, cannot secure him an election bv the
legislature for the reason that no Demoerat
will vote for him. He can prevent, however.
the election Of any other Republican. Il is
for this reason, think, that the legislature
will remain in perpetual deadlock, and that
Logan viii be appointed to the senate by the
governor until we elect Democratic legisla-
ture."
''And what of the latter chaneesr' was
asked.
Excellent" was the reply. ''we have
been gaining ground for years. If the Dem
oerats of the state had had an idea that a
vote or two would have controlled the body,
we would have won the legislature by little
extra effort"
/ Mr.. TOwnshend thinks the house of repre-
sentatlves will pass the Reagan interstate
commerce bill, but that it will be defeated in
the senate. He is also an enthusiastic advo-
cate of an American customs alliance be-
I tween North and South America, which he
thinks will have the effect of extending our
trade with the South American republics at
the expense Of England, France and Ger
many.
BoTHERING DEMOCRATS WITH LETTERS.
| The Democrats are already paying the
penalty for having won great national vic
I tory. 1t is a new experience to many of
them to receive letter asking for an office,
but the novelty is fast wearing off. It is es-
timated that about 1000 letters from office
SEEKERS are received oy the Democratic mem
bers of congress every day.
81 bet this is from Bill -, and he wants
to be consul to somewhere" said mem
Der, as he picked up letter and tore It open.
There, didn't 1 tell you. 4 am
a9 applicant for the consulship to -
Yes, its from Bill, too" be added, turning to
the signature. 81 don't get less than twenty
of these in day, and have got so can call
the turn on them every time. Now see"
and he picked up handful of unopened
letters and called the names of the writers,
and the character of the positions they
wanted. Every Democrat in the house
has been flooded since congress convened.
l guess there's an average of not less than
twenty such letters for each member every
day.''
TNFUsING YOUNG BLOOD.
Senator Lamar has appointed Edgar L. s.
Wilson, editor Of the Ne3C HiSsiSsigDjan, his
private secretary There is a significance
about this which will hardly be appreciated by
those uuacquainted with the peculiar politics
of Mississippi. Mr.. Wilson belongs to the
young and progressive Democracy of his
state. He has been hard fighter against
the old conservatives, and has not been at
all wild in the war he has carried
on through the columns of his pa
per against bourbonism, ballot box stufing,
and all the methods which gave the party
bad name in the south. He has vigorously
| opposed certain features of Gov. Lowry's ad-
ministration, and has pursued a policy
which means possible division of the whites
in that state as soon as the race question
loses its overshadowing significance. The
| senator's action will be construed in Missis-
! sipDi as a recognition Of the young and hard
| fighting element, and the more so in view
of the fact that Mr.. Wilson is really here as a
candidate for a much more important posi-
ton than private secretary, the lat
ter being a good stepping stone. He desires,
under the Democratic administration, the
/ place now held by Col. james Hin, the in
ternal revenue collectorship That district
includes the state Of Mississippi The head
office is at Jackson, and there are deputies
in all the principal places of the state. 1t is
recognized as probably the strongest political
Office in Mississippi. Foote, the colored man
who was killed at Yazoo City, a year ago,
was one of Hills deputies. Point Matthews,
the Copiah county victim, was another Sem
ator Lamar is probably actuated by the de-
| sire to bind together the two elements in the
party
sHERMAN's SEARCH FOR DAVIS LETTER.
| A quiet search is just now being made of
the records and captured property and docu-
ments in the war department for the letter
referred to by Gen. Sherman, in which it was
| hinted, as he asserts, that Mr.. Davis wanted
a dictatorship created in the confederacy for
himself. The general has written to some
/ friends here about it., and no effort
is being spared to find the document
The Star, of this city, published
/ the other day a statement to the effect that
every confederate general in the senate had
/ stated TO its reporter that no such letter had
/ ever been seen by them. This does not
/ count, however, for it is now learned that
/ Gen. Sherman does not claim that the sena-
! tors referred to by him had ever seen the let
ter but says that it was captured by him en-
route to this general, now senator.
SECRETARY LINCOLN BEFORE THE SWAIN
COURT MARTIAL.
/ Western Associated PressI
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-When the Swain
| court martial convened Robt. T. Lincoln,
/ secretary of war, appeared as a witness,
! allied by the prosecution. His direct exam
ination was confined simply to the inquiry
| whether he had received any report or COM
[ muncation from Gen. Swain prior to April
Is. 1884, relative to the pay accounts of Col.
Morrow. The secretary testified he had re-
ceiyed no information on the subject from
I Gen Swain prior to that date. The cross-ex-
animation was continued by Gen. .Grosvenor
II showed the secretary had information prior
to the 18th of April of the duplication of
Col. Morrow's pay account. The first ques-
tiOn asked was whether at the time Gen.
Swain referred to the alleged duplication of
Morrow's pay accounts the secretary had not
full knowledge of the condition of those pay
accounts. The question was objected to by
the judge advocate, and a long argument
ensued. Gen. Grosvenor asserted the de-
feuse would show that at the date on which
it is alleged Swain knew of the alleged du-
pication of Col Morrow's accounts the sec
retary Of war and general of the army had
knowledge of such duplication, had known it
for weeks and had taken official action in the
I IN after He yOud state the cOurt prOfas-