St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04

convinced are expected to make their change
of mind and the reasons therefor known to
their associates. About 800, 900 is expected
to be extracted from the clerks, and the fact
that the political tax assessors are such very
practical politicians as A. NJ. Capp and
Gen. B. Raum, is sufficient assurance that
all the resources OF moral suasion will be
exerted. Recalcitrant clerks will be made
to understand that the civil service law i'm
poses not the slightest restrictions on re-
movals.
DEMOCRATIC RUsTLING.
There is rather more activity at the Demo
cratic than at the Republican congressional
committee rooms. The former have begun
sending out documents, while the latter
have not. Very few Republican politicians
have been in the city since the Republican
rooms were opened, but the Democratic rooms
have been visited by several prominent
members of the party.
If the Republicans have not got ready to
send out documents, they have at least got
ready to furnish samples of campaign decora
ton. Across the corner of the general re-
ception room hangs string, pendent from
which are number of fluffy tissue-paper
things in all the colors. They look like fly
whisks, but they are not They are plumes.
They are to be badges worn by parading or
CARNATIONS of followers of the plumed
knight, The green plumes for the
Irish are all right, but the prep
aration of black plumes for the
colored contingent, shows density of ig-
norance that was not to be looked for. The
coored people wear white, red or yellow.
The dynamite has gone off too early for the
Republicans. When the managers were ar
ranging to bring Blaine out of the obscurity
of his study, no general break for him on
the part of the Irish was anticipated. He
has been in public life for twenty years, and
the Irish have never yet shown any special
affection for him. II was hoped that late in
the campaign
HIS SPIRITED FOREIGN POLICY RACKET
Could be used to detach some of the Irish
in close districts from the Democratic party,
and as it was proposed to press the tariff
| question, it was from the beginning intended
to shoe some of this Irish into the Republi-
can heucoop by shouting English free
trade" at them. Unfortunately the mana
gers could not manage. A lot of the dyna-
mite went off by itself, and the effect has
been felt by some Irish-Americans who
do not belong to O'Donovan Rossas sect
Patrick Ford was too previous for Elkins and
Phelps. The result is that the Democrats
have ample time to display Mr. Blaine's
record on Irish matters, and the fever of the
Irish nationalist can hardly stand three
months of that, even with the aid of Parson
Peppers stories about the fright he threw two
Irish constables into by displaying pass
port signed by Mr.. Blaine and by proposing
to call for the American army
and navy. Irish-Amercans who are going
to vote for Blaine will be made perfectly ia
miliar with the details of the McSweeney
case before the date which political orators
commonly refer to as the Ides of November.
McSweeneY was arrested as suspect
and thrown into Dundalk Jail June ,, 1881.
James G. Blaine was secretary at the time,
apd his spirted foreign policy was already in
operation in South America On Aug. 8
his wife wrote to Secretary Blaine appealing
for Intervention, but the secretary
NEVER ANSWERED THE LETTER
Or caused it to be answered or sent in con-
sequence Oft any spirited instructions to
Mr.. Lowell. Mr.. Blaine remained secretary
of state until Dec. u, and he never took one
step toward procuring the release of Nc
Sweeney, and it was not till two months
after his successor took charge of the depart
ment that the state department called on Mr..
Lowell for full information in the
case. In September, 1851, Mr. Lowell
wrote insolvency a letter in which he
used language capable of being constructed
into distinction between the rights of native
and naturalized Americans. Probably he did
not mean that, but Irish-Americons univer-
sally accuse him of that meaning. This was
concluded with the words: Il have com
, munieated these views to the department OF
state, tat is, to james G. Blaine, and have re-
ceived. so far, no instructions in contrary
{ spirit The suspects were released the fol-
: lowing spring. They had been in jail. un-
tried and not even charged with crime, for
seven months There is reason to believe
that some of the most sagacious Republican
managers deeply regret that the Irish enthu-
siasm broke out so early.