Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1884-01-23


protecting property in Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi are looking forward to some fun
whom the third bill on the house calendar
is reached. This is bill directing the
secretary of war 10 have the gaps
IN the Mississippi levees closed. It shows
what the lower Mississippi people are
after in spite of repeated denisls and at
tempts to cover up the main object OF the
improvement under the plans of the river
commission.
THE LAND GRANT BILL.
The honse judiciary committee have
given up all the land grant bills referred
to them, and they have been sent to the
committee on public lands so that COM
mittee may have the whole subject under
their control. For several years efforts to
legislate in relation to the forfeiture of
land grants has been rendered futile, part
ly through conflict of Jurisdiction between
the judiciary, public lands, and Pacific
railroad committees.
CORRECTION.
1t was Congressman Singleton, of Mis-
sissippi, (not Gen. Singleton, of Illinois)
who was appointed one of the regents of
the Smithsonian institute.
HENDERSON ILL.
Representative Henderson, of Illinois,
has been absent from his seat in congress
for several days on account of sickness.
IMPROPER REMOVAL OF OFFICIALS.
The subcommittee of accounts, of which
Mr.. Deckery, of Missouri, is chairman,
hava found that tho Investigation xybieb
the house ordered with reference to the
improper removals of employees
promises to extend much further
than had been expected. They
will ask the house to give the commission
additional facilities to enable them to
proceed. Mr.. Tyson, an important wit
ness in the Keifer-Gaines matter, csnnot
be found, although he was in the city re-
Gently. He is said to be in Dakota. It is
reluctantly admitted by some of Mr..
Keifer's friends that the Investigation is
likely to result in his humiliation. It is
understood Mr. Gaines will be removed by
the speaker or be- allowed to resign
his place as an official stenographer.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
The further Mr.. Springer proceeds with
the investigation of his committee, the
more wide spread and fagrant are the
abuses which have grown up under the
department of justice. The latest rascal
tiles exposed are the crookedness of the
district attorney and United States mar
shall of Arizona. Mr.. Springer will show
probably tomorrow that each of these
gentlemen has practiced with great profit
to himself the duplication of indictments
and trumping of baseless charges, until it
is claimed that the fees of the marshaps
increased from $4,000 to 100000 per
anpum.
A FAT JOB,
State Senator Ruger, of Chicago, was to-
day appointed a special agent of the
revenue department, with headquarters at
Baltimore, Md. The appointment was
made at request of Senator Logan. The
salary is good one, with liberal allow
ance for expenditures.
LOGAN AND THE ILLINOIS GovERNoRsHIP.
MIR. FL, d. Dement, has completed his
business here and gone home. Results OF
his visit were entirely satisfactory to him
self and the gentlemen he represented
Mr.. Dement, denied when he
came here that he had any
political business, but that was a meta
phoric remark. Re came as a represent
ative of Gov. Oglesby to find out what
part Senator Logan was going to take in
! the governorship contest. There has beer
agood deal said about Senator Logan
backing Gov. Hamilton in order to beat
Oglesoy. Congressman Payson and Hen
derson have been suggested as decidedly
more available than Hamilton for the pur.
pose of beating Oglesby. There is an i'm.
preston that talk of Logan's backing the
governor grew mainly out of the desire Of
Hamilton and his friends that he
should do SO. The governor
has entertained very sanguine views of his
chances, and has been very anxious to Sc
cure Senator Logan as an ally. Frisndf
of his have written to Illinois men here
and tried to extract from them expressions
| favorable to Hamilton's candidacy, but
with little success. One of these gentle
men wrote to a mutual friend of his ane
Gov. Hamilton thai the latter could moi
| possibly get single vote in the conven-
lion from northern or eastern Illinois
| and that he might as well abandon
| his ambition to be elected governor a
once. 1t has also been suggested by
| friends of the two gentlemen that an IN
derstandipg could easily be arrived at b!
| Senator Logan and the OK senator to til,
effect that Logan should not oppose Og
| lesby's effort to ges the governorship, ant
Ogiesby should throw no obstacles il
the way of Logan's denomination. II,
had nobody TO sid and had no enemy t.
beat or obstruct, and he should not unde
any circumstances take any part in th
caucus. Some Republican congress
men here say this is the attitude
they have expected him to take
Any effort on his part to determine VIII,
should be the Republican candidate TO
| governor would make him enemies on on
hand without benefting him on tn
other; that if he should take hand in tn,
matter, he would be accused of being
'boss"-''a sort of person who is very un
popular at present. and that instead o
helping it would be a disadvantage t.