Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-03
1"h0A1ETTE: FORT WORTH TEXAS SATURDAY. Noyruprpa
POLITICAL POINTERS.

Brooklyn Eagle: Mr., Conklinp',
prospects OF reelection To the senat,
seem 10 be improving.
Wilmington Every Evening: Th,
boss Is tlie creation of political indifIcr.
euce and Ignorance.
Galveston News: Whatever Mr.. Tu.
den may think, there is no doubt Am,
Hendricks ~ an enthusiastic s,innor,,,,,
OF Tie old ticket.
st. Louis Republican: A Demo.
cratic government at Washington
would certainly deal gently with the
Mormons and avoid war as long as
possible.
Cincinnati News-Jouynal: The Re.
publican majority in Iowa over NH il
5000 in round numbers, and the Dom.
ocrats have forty-eight members onf
of 100 in the lower branch of the legis.
lature. The Democrats are "inchinp
along even in Iowa.
Philadelphia Press; We beg to warn
Mr., Bayard against some of the gentle
men who are sitting in the presideu.
tial poker game with him. They an
pear to be fixing up u scheme to make
the ante so high that n man who
hash t chip any bigger than Della
ware Will be forced out of the game.
Chicago Herald: President Arthur
Insists ON incorporating u homily on
civil service reform in his forthcoming
message. Notwithstanding the pro-
tests of Billee Chandler, Frank Hatton
and Gorham. Malone of Virginia is
supposed To be the power behind the
throne. His voice is still for reform.
Louisville Courier.Journal Pro-
tectionists will not be gratiiied to learn
That the contract for the steel tllrret of
the Miantunomah has been let TO IN
English firm. The government goes
To tie cheapest market 1t appears, and
lets its beloved "infant industries
languish. 1t squite too bad.
New York Times: There is, more
over going on all over the country u
very earnest aud persistent, and on
the whole, n very intelligent agita-
ton in favor of further reductions in
the tariff. The chances are, there
fore, that there will he an active de-
hate in congress during the long ses-
sion, which cannot fail to have de-
cided influence on public opinion dur
ing the presidential campaign. IL is
not likely, ~ things look now, that
there will be any radical action ut The
next session, though it is by no means
impossible; but ii is very likely indeed
that there will be a long and exciting
debate, or series of debates.
Philadelphia Times: Judge Holman
says he is not II candidate for presi-
dent. This comes with dangerous
if not actually dcmorali2ing abrupt
ness at this time. a great deal has
been done TO get Judge Holman be-
fore the country, and, through the use
vi woodcuts and the sarcasm of Re
publican organs, the effort to do so
had pretty well succeeded. II is not
improbable that Mr. Dana's courageous
and untiring efforts might have been
rewarded with some sort of result as
they were in the case of Horace
Greeley, but the accomplishment of
the result-whateVer ii may have heen
that was sought--has probably been
seriously irterferred with by the an
nouncement made by Judge Holman
that he isn'ra candidate. II looks AS
if the indianiun lisa little fresh and
had arisen just n little earlier in the
morning than the programme called
for to announce himself for the old
ticket