The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24
A WARRINGTON SPECIAL.

How q Galveston News Man Puts the SIT,
ustiOn.
The following special from Washington to
the Galveston News contains some interesting
suggestions:
Washington, April 70 The house judiciary
committee has refused to approve the senate
bill in respect to commissioners to settle the
Greer county question. This was done by the
vote of decided majority of the committee.
Mr.. Culberson presented the question as fully
as could be done. The committee believes
that suit in the supreme court in this form,
viz: The United States VS.. Texas, is the only
desirable way to settle the controversy and adj
lust the boundary; therefore some such bill
NAV be presented. The discussion in the
committee over the question was warm and
spirited, and differences we're drawn that II
this land was conceded to Texas it would be
given by that state to pension ex-Contederate
soldiers. 1t may be possible that our senators
and members may succeed in reaching plan
for the settlement of this question, but from
nv own observations | fear that the United
States will claim and keep this disputed terri
tory.
Davis Russell fight. He regards it as pure
ly personal quarrel, and seems anxious to heal
these republican dissentions in Texas. He
wants to appoint Russell, yet he feels it would
crush Davis. If he does not appoint Russell
he will give him an important position here or
elsewhere One thing is sure-he will not
appoint Blocker. If he does not appoint
Russell, H. L. Costing will get the place. Mr..
Costing made fine impression here, and his
recommendations were strong.
The president is thinking of inviting hive
leading republicans of Texas together and
requesting them to arrange their differences
and heal the dissentions in the party there.
This is the plan the president wants to follow
IF this is adopted The five gentlemen will be:
Governor Davis, Webb Flanagan, A. B. Nor
ton, Tom Ochiltree, and one other, perhaps
Judge Chambers or Judge Cooper. he will
ask the gentlemen to settle the republican
luarrels in Texas, and will expect them to
harmonic, and if they do not do so, he will
settle their quarrels himself, and settle those
who do not aggree to his plan and suggestions.
If the News correspondent is correct in re-
gard to the presidents view of Texas republic
caaism then we have nothing to hope from his
decisions, but we do not believe the president
is so poorly informed, or that he looks at the
matter of the disappointment of Russell as
merely a personal fight; if it is personal
it is on the Russell side. The administration
at Washington is on trial now, not the rePub-
lican party Of Texas, and if Mr.. Arthur Sim
ply hesitates to appoint MIR. Russell because
of his regard for Gov. Davis, we are glad that
there is at least 50 slender thread to hold the
administration from destroying itself in Texas.
As 10 crushing Mr.. Davis. the result would be
that the hundred thousand republicans Of
Texas would 60 TO inquiring about it and it
would be discovered that the administrator n
had cracked the wrong flea.
There are no quarrels in the republican
party of Texas; whenever the party has met in
convention it has been harmonious. But the
party has been reasonably indignant over the
manner in which the patronage OF the admin
istration has heretofore been distributed in
Texas, -importations from abroad to hold i'm
portant trusts in communities where thous-
and or more republicans reside, and where
there are hundreds of competent men, will
bring any administration into contempt. The
maintaining in positions of officials whose past
career has been a disgrace to the party and
to the government, will not build up or
strengthen any administration the
keeping in important places republicans
who have courted the four of the democrats
and Joined hands with them to crush out re.
publicanism, will not add or strengthen the
cause Of republicanism or liberalism in Texas
After years of trial and patience with incom-
petent and treacherous officials the republi-
cans will loose their patience in the end. The
big fact should stare Mr.. Arthur square in the
face that radical change in Texas would bet
ter the party and the civil service.
The federal patronage of Texas to-day is
largely in the interest Of the democracy either
directly or indirectly. 1t has been standing
reproach to republicans that these things
exist.
| D'Oyley Carte has made contract with
Eiss Langtry to appear on the stage in the
United States next summer. Oscar Wilde
urged her to come.
President Arthur expects to angle a good
deal this summer; but he's an old fisherman
and knows all about going home with his
trousers damp and his inwrads yearning.