New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-02
PENNSYLVANIA INTERL SIS.
MR.. RANDALEs PLANS FOR 1883.

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BUSINESS DEPRESSION FEDERAL OFFiCE5-PAT-
TIsoN's WANING POPULARITY
frpoU Az occ ,sIpSlL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
PHILADELPHIA Feb. 1.-Notwithstanding the
general desire believe that the times arc better and
the cagerncss with which the slightest indications of
raproyemcut are watched Tor and welcomed, the
unpleasant fact remains that the condition of the
mercantile and manufacturing interests here Is not
satisfactory. Trade is dull prices are low, and money
except call loans with excellent collateral Is hard
to get The banks and private capitalists to be.
like the Democracy. waiting and watching 1t may
be that TN, condition of things partially duo to the
uncertainty that Is felt the political future but
oyerproducton and extravaganza doubt largely
accountable cor IT, To people with fixed incomes the
prcsent depression prices is of course advantageous,
but 10 all Others il serious injury. The banks have
been contracting their loans to merchants and manu-
acurcrs and placing more money on call with Third
It, people, with good collateral Business men who
want to increase their borrowings find the banks not
ONLY unwilling 10 accommodate them but wanting
reduction OF existing discounts.
James Dobson says that the accident at their great
Garnet mills will make necessary the stOppage oil That
mill tor al least weeks, and will throw two Thousand
men out employment for that time. IL Will be four
months before a new permanent engine can be mado
aud put In position. .
The visit OF Samuel j. Randall to President-elect
Cleveland has all sorts OF rumors about hin aioat
AGAIN MANY Of his friends assert that he Is booked
Tor Cabinet place and will accept II, but one ot his
closest personal friends declared last evening that
while Mr. Cleveland may have rendered place IN bis
Cabinet 10 Randall, circumstances would the
latter accept H. lie would like to have the Speaker
shin but his eyes are fixed the Democratic nomi-
nation for ssS. Anything that Will strengthen nun
for that he will do but Cabinet place he would regard
"a nm injury rather than benefit, To his chances ana
he will consequently insist ON serving the incoming
Admpistratio ION in some other way
The prompt confirmation by the Senate of the recent
Federal in this city has given cold ehlu
IN snme Dcmooratic leaders, who haye states made
FOR all the positions, which they are anxious to have
filled M soon IA possible after March H. The suspicion
IA GRADUALLY but surely coming TO them that possibly
the Democratic programme may be to let officers VINO
are in for fxcd term, their terms out and II
hi, should prove to be well grounded there Will DO
Democratic revolt that has never been equalcd
The State Senate met the Governors threat abOut
nominations fairly and promptly by refusing to confirm
Ashmead and others whose records were not SANS
factory Every one in the Senate IL waiting To see
what The Governor will do next There IL. by tho way
A statement going the rounds of usually wen informed
circles here 10 the effect that at the expiration OF MS
term of Office the Governor intends to enter the
Ne hodist ministry, and it is not unlikely that the
abatement is correct. lie read law with Attorney
General Cassidy. before he was Controller Dut ne
might succeed better III the pulpit. IL VIII make nti'e
difference the people what he docs afer his oc,a
career IL ended. Even his own party mas, largely,
broken with him.