Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
Political Gossip-Probable Personnel
of the House Committees.
Carlisle rs SPEAKER andall's Chances
for q Craftsmanship.
The Tariff Democracy ut Last Distinct
i've and Aggressive.
nv Mail and Telegraph.

By Mall and Telegraph.
Washington, December 11.-Th
spenkership question settled, politica
gogslps are eagerly discussing the prob
able constituents of the various hous
committees. Mr.. Carlisle proceed
with great caution. He realizes thei
power to do vast good or injury, and thu
facility with which they can MAXI
campaign capital for the enemies o
the mucratic party. The speakel
is a confessed tariff retormer and would
change the system of national taxa
ton thoroughly. but his speech on
taking the chair shows that he con
tempistes no sudden or violent
change.
Runior has 1t that Morrison will be
made chairman of ways and means.
He IL Of confessed ability and fore
sight, entertaining the precise views
of Mr.. Carlisle. Hammond % Georgia
is spoken of Us chairman of the judi
ciary committee, Cox fore gn affairs
and Belmont commerce. This
may be refused, and Belmont
given foreign affairs, with Cox or Rea-
gan at the head of the commerce com
mittee. Hewitt of New York, it Is
said, will bc made chairman of the
naval affairs committee, and Randolph
Tucker of Virginia will be well placed.
IIurd of Ohio is 10 have place on
ways and means, preferring that TO
any other assignment Much quiet
discussion is INDUCED among the Dem
ocratlc members as to the organization
OF the ways and means. the most inn
poriant committee of the house. Mr..
Randalp- supporters contend that to
avoid any agitation of the tariff which
will cause trouble i'm business circles,
the wis,-t hct uf the speaker would lie
TO place Randni, ut the head of the
ways ana means. Many of the warm
personal friends of the defeated Penn
sylvanian, who vo,e against him, also
heartily favor the idea anu
clam that IL will go far to-
wards smothering the discomfort
now temporarily existing in the ranks
of the party. The argument brought
against the proposition is that it will
show moral cowardice in Carlisle
But the probabilities are that Mr.. Ran
dali will be made chairman of the APP
propriati ons committee. Not II single
committee has yet been formed, aud
more than likely some of them will
not be completed until after the hclI-
days.
Carlisle is everywhere spoken of as
an exceptionally able speaker, and
your correspondent has heard leading
politicians say that no man OF such
statesmaulike and executive capacity
has welded the gavel since Blaine
time, and that he is even Bluine's SUI
perior in governing force. Many of
the leading Republican papers admit
,ln IL "a l,,,..
between the two parties, and that
II Republican president cannot
he elected next year without
II tremendous fight. TIE NV
prk Times tsl,ii IL bA }i ,Sall{so9rial
onG'IS.' EHtuent "A Mo - .-,.,- nj wlf. \
Zig, eXpF sses The fear that thousands
at the North who vote the Republican
ticket on account ola vague sentiment,
will join the tariff reform ranks of the
Democracy. Several leading iron tirlus
ut Pittsburg have openly declared their
approval Of the new Democracy, and
have Published that they consider
the existing high tariff Injurious to
their business.
The New York Herald rcitrrates the
assertion that the Democratic party
has at last become distinctive and az
ETcsSlNfi anu tuut IL VIII certainly tIl-
nmph next year.
The Iron Clad Oath
special to the Gazette.
Washington, December H. 49, The
house was in session but short while
today before the members agreed to
adjourn until Monday morning. The
members refused TO VOC on any ques-
ton.
Sunset Cox introduced bill to
abolish the iron clad oath, to which
objection was made by lIorr OF Michi-
gan, the representative who has al.
ways made himself conspicuous IA a
sectionalist and bloody shirt Exponent.
Governor Thr0ckmorton said to the
GAZETTE correspondent that con.
versation with members leads him
To suppose that the bill viii
readily pass. The oath, anyway,
simply has the effect of forcing those
loyal to the Union to 80 through IA
stupid performance. The samc bill
has been introduced in the senate.
The impression prevails that when
the house meets on Monday an effort
will be made TO adjourn until the close
OF the holidays.
THE VACANT JUDGfsHip.
Both the president and the depart
ment of justice are reticent about the
appointed TO the judgcship of III,
Eastern district of Texas. Oul
delegation will support Holman aftel
Ballinger. Brewster favors Evans
but his confirmation IL impossible
in the senate. Och,ltree favors Sabin
but furnishes lukewarm support
The party muchine wants Rus cell, an,
the Texas X Pacific railroad urges til,
appointment Of Herman, OF For
Worth.
CokE's RAILROAD mLL.
On Monday Senator Coke will in
irodnce bill, granting with othe
privileges, the right 10 the Texas
Oklahoma u Kansas railroad to eros
the Indian Territory.
by Associated Press.
PROTEST. FILED.
Washington, December l4.--An al
torney IN TACT of the Florida parishe
ot Louisiana has presented To The sec
rotary of the interior IA protest OF thos
parishes against granting lands With,
their limits TO the New Orleans Pacii
railway or any other corporation. Tn
attorney protests against granlin,
lands now claimed by the descendant
of us Former cOnquercrs, and for whicl
action Is now pending before congress
lie grounds the protest more particu
larly against the assignment of tn
Pack tnne mi lrnuI rr,.,,t oo la ,,..l..