The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-06-05
,LAINE's FOx-LIKE TRICKS.

even as many as Hawley in the little
State of Connecticut"
"But Blaine is encouraging Harri
son."
"Yes, know; that's way he has"
was the frank reply.
Itis pretty well understood bere that
Don Cameron is for Logan, and will do
what he can to assist him. The Sher-
man story is a acanard. Logan was as
sured today that he WAS the second
choice of the Alabama delegation, and
has received similar assurances from
Georgia, South Carolina and other
parts of the South, so that his boom is
freshening up again. A gentleman
with whom Logan talked yesterday
said he showed great confidence, and
had no doubt of his nomination. He
may have knowledge which no one
else possesses, but to the ordinary OBJ
server the qualification of his hearts
desire is a good way off.
PREPARING FOR CHICAGO.
Chairman Barnum has been in
Washington for several days making
arrangements for the management of
the Democratic convention at Chicago
in July. Bright, the late Sergeant-at-
Arms in the Senate, is to have charge
of the management of all the details
of the Convention. Great care is be-
ing taken to prevent any packing of
the Convention by people not entitled
to admission. The admission tickets
are now being engraved. They will
have coupons for the daily sessions.
These coupons will be taken by the
d0Orkeepers so that there can be no
passing back of tickets to admit friends
of delegates. 1t is also decided that
all of the doorkeepers are to be ap
pointed from outside cities. No Chi
cago men are to be employed about the
Convention. This is to avoid any pos
sibility of Carter Harrison running in
any of his heelers.
Accommodations are to be given in
the galleries for 5000 spectators. The
tickets for the galleries are to be divi
ded equally among the delegates for
distribution. The stage will probably
afford room for 100 specially invited
guests. 1t was originally agreed that
these places upon the stage should be
divided among the States according to
the wishes of the delegates, but Mr..
Barnum has decided to keep the dis
trihutiOn of these tickets to himself
This has caused some excitement
among the free trade people, who think
that Mr.. Barnum may put too many
heavy protection people upon the stage.
1t is probable that some compromise
will be arranged. Col. VIM. Il. Nor
rison is very anxious to have the ques-
ton whether he was right or not in
pushing tariff reduction bill this
Winter, brought up very prominently
at the Chicago Convention. He thinks
that Tilden was the real cause of the
defeat of the tariff bill. He desires
with all his ability to do what he can
to retaliate at Chicago in July.
d, A SCHEME TO FREEZE OUT CRIME.
There are some prison reformers who
are trying to get Congress to set aside
some tract for a penal colony, instead
of having the prisons crowded. with
incorrigible criminals. These reform
ers are in favor of using Alaska for
this purpose. The Seal Company's
business would not be interfered with
in the slightest way, because the seal
islands are only a very small part OF
the actual territory of Alaska.
REACHING MIR. HEwITT'S TARIFF ILL
The Committee on Ways and Means
have begun the consideration of Mr.
Hewitt's tariff bill, recently intrOduc
ed, confining consideration TO that
portion which explains the present
tariff law. 1t was determined to com.
municate with the Secretary Of the
Treasury relative to the administration
of the law as proposed by the bill
Members of the committee express the
opinion that no consideration will be
given to that portion of Mr.. Hewitt's
bill which relates to the reduction o.
the tariff. They say favorable report
will probably be made on that portion
of the discussion which was begun to-
day.
THE LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE AMI
JUDICIAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House Committee on Appropri
ations have reported to the House thu
Legislative, Executive and Judicia
bill. It makes an appropriation o
$40, 1876 ,S76, which sum is an increas,
of $S8, 100 over the current appropria
ton. OF the above amount, as showr
by tabulated statement accompany
ing the bill, So ,OS2, 263 is for the ex
penses of Congress; $l3I,l30 is for tn
! State Department; $9,O02,2l9 for tn
; Treasury Department; $2,06S,ll5 TO
the War Department; $ll7, ,920 for tn
State, War and Navy Building; $2S8,
9I9 for the Navy Department; $4, 249,
779 for the Interior Department.; $Sl5,
/ l2O for the Postoffice Department
/ $l73, 800 for the Department of Justice
t $4,000 for salaries of United State
3 judges. attorneys and marshals; $33
! $40 for the Court of Claims, and q, 30
, for the Civil Service Commission.
f The bill provides for Second AS
: sistant Secretary of the Interior at
8 salary of So. 500, for ten additional prin
! cipal examiners i'm the Pension Office
J. at 81, 600 each, for $50 special exam
e ners in the Pension Office, at 81 SO
: each, for 81 additional clerks in th
y Sixth Auditors Office, and ten add
S tional clerks in the Second Auditor
: Office; office of the Public Printer, Z
g Library of Congress, 26; Botanic Ca
e den, /; Executive, 26; Civil Servic
/, Commission, Z. On recommendatio
i of the Commissioner of Pensions, th
y number Of clerks and copyists in til
t. Pension Office is reduced 27O. Th
0 total number of employees estimate
e for in the Executive departments wa