Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
senator Maxey and the Mex,con w.
'eterans-Lcgan Commenced.
welloon and Sam Randall Their Pol;t;,
cal Relations.
Blaine's First Act as a Candidate ..
the Presidency.

| special correspondence OF the Gazette
WASHINGTON, June o-san.
Maxey has been toiling seduIouslv
through series of years, in and ont ~
congress, to secure practical recocn,
tion OF the virtues and services Of tba
soldiers ofthe Mexican war. Some orh,s
best speeches in the senate and befora
tne people have reference to this snh-
lect. In proportion to population. in
loio,', Iexas sent greater number of
soiuiers INTO Mexico than any other
s.ave, anu OF these none were more
araent or heroic than the then YOUTH
iua .. Is. Maxey. His sympathies
therefore strong. They were his co "re
rades and still his devoted frienJa
Therefore the senator has naturallv da'
voted thought and labor and exerted
ms potency in every direction in he.
nall OF the Mexican war veterans
Iheir sacrifices and heroism, unlike
toiis OF other warriors, gave wealth and
power TO the Union, and even Mexico
was most fortunate In losses sustained
since the greatest good fortune to that
republic sprang from the fact that ter.
ritories she lost have contributed as
American states and territories. tenfojd
more to the riches and progress of
that republic, than they would have
done in century as parts of that ORIG.
inai integral empire. Without a par
allel, therefore, in the annals of time
was this Mexican war. 1t was blest of
heaven in all its results and they who
fought its battles should be most hon.
ored and rewarded by their countrv-
men.
REPUBLICAN SENTIMENT.
only three years age / was talking
with Mr.. Belford, the enthusiast of
the West, who never saw the sun rise
ana has only contemplated the
glories of its setting, who knows
no East or North or south
and only the West. A lean, long.
hungry-looking, lantern-jawed New
Englander, representing an Iowa or
Wisconsin district. accosted him. Bel.
ford and l had been discussing i'm
Franklin square in this city Senator
MaXey's Mexican veteran pension
scheme. Belford said: "Surely those
old fellows ought to be recognized as
patriots, as soldiers and as our fellow
countrymen. We owe them debt
which we cannot pay in full, but am
an honest man and propose
to confess the obligation and
stand by the Mexican soldiersU
His friend. the long, lean fellow, pro.
tested: why those soldiers, at least
two-tbirds of them, became rebels in
1908 and never, while / live, shall
ID rebel, with my consent, get dol
lar from the treasury
THAT'S all well enough, perhaps,n
answered Bedford, "but they were not
rebels when carrying my country's
flag across Mexico and / propose to re-
ward them whatever their subse-
quent conduct, and then, I don't
see what their subsequent acts,
which we have pardoued and amnes.
tied. have to do with this question
When / have voted for every measure
of peace and oblivion / honestly meant
it, and as an American law-giver
know no difference between Northern
and Southern population. My people,
ike my country, are one. You, sir,are
the worst of secessionists."
Such, substantially, was Belford's
colloquial speech, addressed to
was SO intense that he could not
tolerate the proposition that any share
of sums gathered by the New England
tariff should be returned to those who
contribute twice their proper relative
share of its eXactions to the common
treasury.
THE REVOLUTION.
Beliord's more generous and Just
modes of thinking have at last perme-
ated his party, and / am pleased to
know that Gen. John A. Logan, how
ever he may he at fault in all else,
in this behalf, like Bedford, is the jeal.
Gus coadjutator of Senator Maxey. The
Mexican veteran pension bill, as soon
as the Chicago convention adjourns
and Logan returns to his place In the
senate. will be enacted. Arthur, am
told, will sign the bill, and the shad-
hellied Northwestern New Highlander,
| would fain hope. will go and hang
himself. Meanwhile, the veterans
OF the Mexican war should
have Senator Maxey's speech
es, asserting. their virtues and
proclaiming their renown, collected
ana prl7ted in pretty volume to be !
transmitted, as an heirloom, to the de-
scendants of those who made Ameri-
can valor illustrious on q hundred bat |
tle-fields.
MIR. WELLBoRN AND SAM RANDALL.
Some one has sought TO create the |
impression that Mr.. Wellborn would |
have Sam Randall nominated as can
didate for the presidency. No doubt
Mr.. Wellborn admires the
genius and personal qualities of
the astute and able Pennsylvanian.
But this is a private personal matter.
When the tariff-reform question he
came the great issue before the
country, and when it was thus pro-
Jected into the house of representa-
lives In the contest for the speaker
snip, and when its discussion was in.
augurated by the Morrison bill, Mr..
Wellborn was foremost of reformers.
from the beginning he has been thor
oughly and heartily in accord with
those who have supported Mr.. Morri-
son. l must confess that my respect
for Mr.. Wellborn's taste and just APP
prehension of the worth and
genius of others would be infinitely
lessened If he failed to confess profound
respect for the abilities and personal
ana social and intellectual qualities of
sam Randall. On the tariff question
they parted, as shown In every vote
ana speech and act of the two men.
II their personal relations remain I'M
changed, matter about which / am
not advised, ! have the more respect
Tor both, and great as Pennsylvania