Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
Investigating Federal officials The
Railroad Grants Opposed 10
Civil Service Reform.

Special 10 tho Gazette.
Washington, January IA --Investi-
cation into the alleged croOkedness Vt
A. b. Norton OF Dallas, formerly Uni
ted States marshal, and several other
former Texas federal oilice-holders,
was begun to-day by the committee
on expenditures Of the department of
Justice.
THE RAILROAD GRANTS.
Rebb of Arizona and James George
of Texas spoke before the public lands
committee to-aight in favor of forfeit
ure of the Southern Pacific land
grants. The latter stated in his
argument that the bill charterng
the road originally provided that
IL should run from Eastern Texas To
San Diego, Gala, and although the
land was given To aid its construction,
the Southern Pacific WAS now claifn
ing the land rs the assignee OF the
Texas d Pacific, which was
actually built before the
assignment was made, and
! therefore was debaried from claiming
said land MS AN inducement TO finish.
ANTI.CivII. SERVICE BILL.
Immediately after roll call of the
/ y
| Representative Shaw of iliiuois inlro-
uuced IL bill TO abolish the civil SER
| vice law, formulated ana passed
through congress by the energy vi sen
| ator Pendlelou. Mr.. shaw nau pre-.
viousiy said nothing, not even TO amy
state delegation, about The biil,
and its introuuc ION created
considerable surprise. The
na,ttef caused niuch conversation
after adiou nment Tor the day, and the
| opinion was generally expressed that
the DILL stood no show ~ pass. SHAW
stated that he regarded the civil
service law as fraud throug hout,
which is the reason he
introduced the bill, aud was
very strong in his language against it.
Tonight he declared The law undem-
ocratlc in the extreme. He is over
seventy years OF age, and has
long been proniinenG Democrat,
having served III congress
prior To the war. Democratic members
who were interviewed to-day by the
GAZETTE correspondent think It's Ill
Production viii not injure the party,
ms certain defeat awaits 1t. Public men
OF both parties speak OF The law asgood
enongh IN itself, but declare its enforce
nent Il fraud.
THE GRAHAM PETITION.
Lanham to-day presented petition
of Graham, asking lor Il 100000 puliic
building at that place.
PALESTINE AND TYLER.
Jack Ward, Judge Morrell and 9th
cts are here euueivuring 10 have the
sitting OF the United States courts re-
moved from Iyler, where tneS
have been held Tor great many
wears, to Palestine. Representative
Jones is working in the interest OF ~
Ter, doubIy 50 us ne has introduced
, bill 10 construct pubnc bulidlng at
5 that place. The Palestine ueiegatioI
: claim that their town is much more
advantageous, and are making every
effort tor removing the court.
PROBABLE DELEGATES.
Among the persons mentioned "A
possible delegates 10 the national lie
publican convention in Chicago arr
II. q. Ingersoii, Frederick Douglass
A. Nj. Clupp, Il. S. Laws, Prof. GreS
DRY and DR.. PurYis.
CHALMERS MANNING.
The house committee on elections
heard arguments in the Chalmers
Manning contested election case. II
VIII be continued tomorrow.
Ex.coNdREssMAN DEAD.
Hon. Phillip Phillips died this
, morning. lie represented the Mobile
Ala, district in congress from 1893 /,
1885.
. SUPPORTING LACK EVANS.
Col. Jno. Tcacey OF Houston, w. 4
| SSayler. mayor OF Austin, EX collector