St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-18
CARLISLE WAS FIRM,
And the Prince of MugWumpS
Failed to Get Back His
Man.
But Sehurz Learns Something
About His North.Voting
Offieeholders.
Appointments Held Back to
Await a Decision in
New York.
Great Falling Off in the
Wheat Exports OF the
Past Year.
Snecial to the Globe.

CpeClhl 10 OlOD6.
WASHINGTON. May E.-When Secre-
airy Carlisle demanded the resignation
of A. l.. Sturtevant, the New Hampshire
officeholder who had been on the gov
ernmeIt pay rolls for thirty-tWo years,
during all of which time he had taken
so little interest in political matters that
he had never voted. there was great
commotiOn in the ranks of those truly
good people, the mugwumps. Carl
SchurZ, the prince of the new faith,
came to Washington and called upon
both the president and the secretary of
the treasury in regard to Mr.. Sturte-
want, and every mugwump organ fairly
writhed in pain at the thought that an
otticeholder of such vast experience was
to be dumped out into the cold, cold
world, to make way for some one patrl-
otic enough not only to vote, but also to
vote the Democratic ticket, and predic-
tlons were freely made that when Mr.
Sturtevant'S resignation came TO Secre-
tary Carlisle it would not be accepted.
HOYVled Too Soon.
The great stir over this matter has
served to emphasize the unTeasOning and
nonSensical attitude of Mr.. SchurZ and
his followers, or, rather, fellow leaders,
for there are no mugWump privateS.
That no satisfaction was secured by Mr..
SchurS in his interviews with Mr.Cleve-
land and Secretary Carlisle is evident
from the fact that the latter accepted
Mr.. Sturtevant'S resignation Saturday -
Just as soon as it reached his deSk-and
the new chiet of the stationery division
will be named in the course of the next
two or three days. But why did not the
make few inquiries into
the case of Mr.. Sturtevant before rush
ing to his defense en- maSSe as they did?
If they had done SO, they would have
found more serious matters than his
lack of patriotism calling for his re-
In the first place. MIR. Sturtevant is
worth about 100000. He is director
and stockholder i'll bank or two, has
improved and unimproved property in
the national capital that is daily increaS
ing in value, and. hence. his claim that
he was given no notice of his removal is
absurd. But this is not all, although
the mugwump organs might profitably
spend little time in specializing as to
how the depOsed chief, on his salary,
during the past thirty years could live
up to the full limit and yet
Amass Il Fortune.
In his present position. however. Mr..
Sturtevant has had much to Go with
letting paper contracts, and, while the
Fact that manY of these have been Sc
cured by paper mill in Massachusetts,
in which his son is prominent figure
may be altogether proper. it may be
that the government will lose nothing
Oy the diS5olutien of this close connec-
lion between the man who prepares
the specifications for stationery con-
tracts, and paper mill that usually
seems to be ready to meet any new
wrinkles demanded.
But, of course, the mug WumpS vera
Unable to defer THAR protest until they
knew something regarding the matter.
10 the mind Of the average citizen MIR.
Carlisle's remark that Republican
like Mr.. Sturtevant, were
given "notice in thunder tones" last
November will seem about right. but
there is no doubt that the secretary had
good reasons for desiring a new man in
place. He had been in
office so long that he had become very
and offensive. and his fellow
clerks who have known him for years
are delighted over the fact that he must
90. Their only fear has been that he
would stir up enough influence to Sc
cure his retention, as he did eight
years ago.