St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-03
Ii, in the New York Senatorial
Contest, That Moment Should
Ever Arrive.
The Public Debt Increases During the
Month of December Oyer Six Hum
dred Thousand Dollars,
Whereupon Members of Congress Set Dill
gently at Work to Reduce it by Smok-
ing Nickel Cigars.
The S-m Trial, Like the Brook, Runs on
FOreyer-Granrs Health said to
be Broken.
MORTON FOR ARTHUR.
Especial Telegram to the Globe,1

Special Telegram to the Globe.]
! WASHINGTON, Jan. 2--Word has reached
here within day or two from Minister Nor
ton that he has decided to allow his name to
stand among the list of New York senatorial
candidates unless it becomes apparent that
his withdrawal would render certain the elec-
ton Of President Arthur, when he will at
once take this step. 1t is known that Mr..
Morton has been advised by his friends that
his withdrawal at this stage of the canvass
/ would not give President Arthur suf-
ticient strength to insure his election,
and, therefore, he must stay in the
! field. His friends and supporters here
are apprehensive that his determination may
have wong Interpretation placed upon it
by some Of the presidents friends and be
regarded as an open refusal to support him.
This, they say, would place Mr.. Morton in a
false position, as his loyalty TO President
Arthur can't be called into question, and
that he is ready to throw his influence in ia
vor of the president the moment it can be
shown that, by so doing, the latter's election
will follow. A New York Republican, who
has been in cable communication with Mr..
Morton, assured the GLOBE correspondent
| to-day that the latter was very
anxious that the president should
understand clearly his position and
be assured that he would
courtenance no movement on the part of
his friends having a tendency to bring them
| into autagonism. Senator Miller who re-
turned from New York Wednesday night,
/ is still very on-communicative regarding q
his intentions and talks with less freedom
than he did before he held the conference
with his friends early in the week in New
! York. His friends say that he is disposed 10
take no active part yet, but to wait further
| developments. That he is much more in.
clined to support President Arthur than any
OF the other candidates. is fact well known, /,
but he does not want TO go into the fight al
all unless 10 protect his own seat two years
hence.
CoNGREssMES SMOKE CHEAP CIGARS.
! Seeing a prominent senator buying a
nickel cigar, the GLOBE correspondent asked
one Of the handlers Of the weed at the ca pItal
| if many statesmen smoked that class of ci-
gars.
eyes, he answered "a good many OF 'em
do now. l sell good many more FIVE cent
| cigars than Of any other kind. Irememb Der
/ the day when We did not sell a FIVE cent cigar
more than once or twice week. We used
| to keep one box Of 'em set away out Of sight,
| and once or twice a week some one would
come along and ask for 'em. 1t
was a good deal more common 10
/ sell tweuty-fve-centers than fye-centers.
| There were plenty Of men in the DAYS Just
after the war who used TO spend 81. 81 and
! So day for cigars. The carpet-bag gov
ernors and other officers Of the southern
states were the fellows that made money hy.
| They never thought cigar good enough for
them unless it cost from twenty-five TO fifty
cents, but the sort OF statesmen we have
nowadays seem TO be very well contented
with fye-centers," he added, YEARLY, as he
looked over his array OF merchandise, in
which the five cent label was double OF treble
that Of any other figure.
SWAIN AGAIN on THE STAND.
Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2,-The Swain court
martial re-convened to-day. Gen. Swain
made a number OF corrections in the repor,
Of his testimony, and his cross examination
was then resumed. He testified he honestly
believes that Bateman & Co. owe him about
$4,000. He was shown letter written by
him from Kansas 70 Bateman referring to
certain transactions in which they were then
engaged, and expressing hope that these
transactions would make up the losses they
had sustained in the Ivanhoe aud
other transactions. He was asked
what other losses were referred
TO in this letter. lie replied these were
losses which Bateman knew about, and
! added: II also know OF another loss didn't
care 10 mention in that connection; II has
nothing to do With this CASE The witness
deuied having threatened 10 squeeze Col
Morrow at the war department IL the brokers
did not chip in aud pay his claim
against Morrow. He testified he had
heard from various sources about Bateman's
alleged indiscredtable methods Of doing bus
iness. He did not believe these reports at
the time, but believed them afterwards,
when he found out that substantially the
same things were being done In his case
The cruss examination here closed and the
redirect began, but the court adjourned be-
fore it was fairy under way.
PAID UP IN FULL
Pavmastcr W. Il. Smythe, who disap-
peared from savanna with IS, 500 of govern
ment funds, appeared at the war department
to-day and Voluntarily surrendered himself
to the payms,ter general. He returned
81. 250 carried of by him aud his pay for De
ceGber, $3.50, aud 81, 600 was paid for him
by a friend, making the full amount, IS. 500.
Mai Smythe saws he went OF on q spree
ChristmAs and knew nothing Of bis actions
until be found himself in New York. He
then telegraphed his clerk he would return
Immediately. He Afterwards. however. con-
cluded 10 come 10 Washington and report 10
the psymaster general.
GRANT BROKEN Down.
4 prominent government of1clai saws
when in New York few DAYS ago he learned
Eve physicians bad been called in eonsultA
ton % examine the state ot Gen Grants
health. and arrived al the con nclusiou that the
general vas broken down physically aud re-
Quired absolute rest
MINOR MATTERS.
Col Stevenson, OF the bureau OF ethuologT.
who recently speut several months in the
vss;, brought back the largest and most
diverse collection OF objects Illustrating tue
home life, industries and religious customs
81 the Pueblo Indians ever before made
They viii be sent - the New Orleans exposi-
tinu
The snbcomnitiee of the house CON nittse
OF appropriations having in charge the forti-
Gcatson appropriation ellis, intends to report
/ 10 the fan committee the sane measure re
( ported 70 The aDzse oy the majority spp-upri.
asiOrs COMMITTEES the last session, which ao-
I ProFriated about s., ,O00. 600.
! R<Prrsent4live Springer, chairman OF The