Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Trade With Ben Butler--Who
Made 1t and When and How.
The Washington Posts Accoun. Of the
Transaction Anticipated by
The Gazette's.
Death OF Ex-senator Pool-The Preachers
and the Burial-A Marvellous
Fish Story.

ing in THE GAZETTE Of the 18th in-
slant how Ben Butler had been hired
~ stultify himself, after appearing In
the Democratic Chicago convention.
gave such details Of the alleged trade
rs were suffered to reach your CORE
spondent. The facts were communi.
Gated to you on the 18th inst, and
they have only appeared here and
in the great Eastern newspa-
pers to-day. copy what the
Washington Post of this morning says
of the extraordinary affair.
The Post says that at Is believed
that Butler, In his presidential candi.
dature Is only carrying out the trade
made 10y him and Chandler. 1t ap.
pears to be true that Mr.. Chandler had
Il long interview with Butler In the
cabin of the Tallapcosa mt Portsmouth
on the Goth of July; that Mr.. Chandler
then sailed for Bar Harbor. where he
held an interview with Blaine, E,lkins
and Robeson; that he then returned
to Portsmouth, and held another inter
view with Butler, Messrs. Hale and
Robson being present--of course they
met by chance-and that on the fol-
lowing day Butler and Chandler sailed
for Gloucester together, and day
later Butler sent his letter to the editor
of he Sun announcing his determine
ton to run for the presidency. lfthis
story were inconsistent with what il
known of the parties concerned II
would find much less credence than Is
now given it,
The Post forgets to state that
prior to this Butler had spent
several days in Washington and
had interviews that were much
talked about at the time with Arthur
and Chandler. Buffers confer
ences, before he determined
to become candidate, were exclu
sively with Republican leaders and
Buffers letter, now before the coun
try, is addressed exclusively TO Demo-
Gratis. No Republican" could vote
for man who proposes to reproduce
the republic of our fathers, the integ-
rity aud unity of the states and sub
slitute the mastery of the people for
that of rings and corporations.
Readers Of The GAZETTE, reading
Buffers letter, will hardly fud In II II
sentence or expression OF political pur.
pose, or the definition of theory OF
government, which they have not
read again and again In these wash
ington letters Butler OH paper,
therefore, Is a better Democrat than
the Democracy. But 1t IL only
on paper. He wrote this paper and
promulgated II to defeat Democracy
and prevent the very contamination
which he pretends he would achieve.
He robes himself in angels livery to
serve the devil In.
JOHN POOL.
An earnest, truthful, thought
full man was John Pool, late
United States senator from
North Carolina, who died here sun
day, He was short of stature. rotund
OF form and most kindly In social in-
tercourse. | was always glad to meet
Mr.. Pool. The unseen influence that
went out from him, that shone In his
face and eyes and robed his words
with kindness and generosity,
was always confessed. He
went about doing good even
unconsciously, / don't know what
were his religious convictions but his
head WAS sound and heart full OF ten
derest human sympathies. Tie only
lived TO serve his race. A good young
man. one OF the left bowers of great
salaried preacher, read the formal
words at the burial service In the usual
hum drum excessively solemn way,
for the day was hot and the great
preacher "indisposed." For all that II
truer and godlier man than most
priests or persons, whom L have
known, WAS Inferred III most
formal, busin,ss-like manner.
Those who knew and loved Mr.. Pool
tA,., NF
"that he did not witness the hollow
ness and emptiness of his own fu-
neral.n The "bull'' involved In the
criticism. Ia as solemn ~ the occasion
that produced IL. Though the old
men of the Worlds Peace society, and
many personal friends of Mr.. Pool who
went with the body tosthe tomb, shed
tears more eloquent even than the
studied, formal, precise words of the
stately, time-worn burial service. Yet
the tribute to his peculiar virtues and
singular personal worth was no une-
quail TO the mans deserts that the
church, If he were u member, anu the
Worlds Peace society should tender
special tribute to his worth and men,
Dry.
EDUCATED FISH.
OF course you have read OF the edu-
Gated ileas, with which n rascally
t'renchman used to amuse frequenters
ofthe st. Nicholas hotel until the
iiens escaped, talking up" with a
pretty woman, who fed when the
owner proposed to search for them
These ileas drew u wagon, and blood,
too, no doubt, when that woman ran
away. They ran races and fired u PTS
toll and weighed one another. A fish
erman named Ritter aud boatnan Of
the Potomac, whose boat yard, In
which he has sailing and other craft
for hire, Ia near the Smithsonian build
ing, has been training two pairs Of
monster German carp to draw little
boat on the waters OF the
river. He says that canary birds, as
well IA fleas, have been taught to do
many curious things, and that he in.
tends to educate q team Of carps aud
defeat the foremost racers and oars
men. The fish he began to educate,
he thinks, would have served him bet.
ter II lac had caught them when min
nows. They escaped from the gov
eminent tish pond la the flood Of lsSl-2
and he caught then only year ago.
III, says there Is no difficulty In guild
ing them 10 the right or
left or in making them move
rapidly or slowly, but that
the "Infernal beasts have an unac-
countnbleliisposition to remain within
a given distance OF the bottom. They
are all the time looking for grub.
However much feed them they are