Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
A Texas Newspaper Man Upsets Prior
aud Turns Huntington Down.
The Gazette's Entcrprise-How I,
Shocked Hewitt and the Honse.
Queer Facts About George Washing
TONS Political Beliefs.

special Correspondence or the Gazette
Washington, January 10 james A.
George OF Denison, the Washington
correspondent of Murray's grand
Gazetteer, made himself Immortal last
night. The COMMITTEES on public
lands held special session yesterda,
While the house sat and heard Roger
a. Pryor's argument In favor of the
ctssion OF the li300,O0 acres OF land
in Arizona ana New Mexico TO Hunt
inpton. Pryor's sIeech was ingenious
and iull of technical learning; but
when George was given an hour last
night in which to answer Pryor, every
member of the committee WAS present,
aud n large number of senators,
members and lobbyists. Georges
speech was pronounced "rattler y
lis familiarity with facts figures and
dates was amazing. Pryor supposed
he knew the law; but conversely, had
not the facts. His argument was ut
terly spoiled, aud not only was George
uproariously congratulated by the
members of the committees
and thanked for his clear
expo itiun of the conduct OF the
railway spectators, but for his inter
petration of the law and of the decision
of the supreme court governing the
case. This incident is the more signif-
icant since Georges enemies have per-
sistently asserted that he had recently
renewed his allegiance To Huntington
and become the agent, instead of as-
sailaut, of the "land gr bling corpora
tons" But IL Is fact tba Hunt
ington's hill will not get single vote
in the committee, and will not have
one In the senate. A few members of
the house may support il. The prob
abilities are that Huntington will give
up the scheme. The truth il if he
had, at this jupcture. Il proper aud just
claim, congress would not dare to
corcede 1t. Those recently published
letters in which Huntington speaks of
the congressman of the United States
n purchasable cattle, aud of AXtelle, IA
local supreme court judge, az his phi |
ant purchased tool, become Delilahs
by whom the giants brow is berefi of
It's locks aud he becomes pililully help
less even in his temple in which he
was not long ago deemed Omnipptent.
THE GAZEr1 Els ENTERPRISES.
The GAZETTE was the first paper in
America Ia ublish Hewitt's con Versa
tiUn with the British minister the
night of the day un .hich the O'Don-
neil resolution was introduced in tn,
house. The matter was sent
out a few nights later
in special dispatches and found
its way INTO the metropolitan journals
The GAZETTE WAS also the first pa
per i'm tn. United States TO tell of the |
coming Impeachment or removal of
gorgeous blood -shirt singer AX;elle, of !
New Mexico aud Arizona, Hunting
toms supple toul. All New |
Mexico WAS stirred TO its
stones by our special from
reciting the misdeeds of
the r. doubI able Axtelle, aud senators
and congressman first heard of the
overthrow of the good chief
Justice and governor of New Mexico
by reading the GAZETTE.
Hewitt will never forget his
atal blunder in presenting the bill in
he house instrucling the president TO
intervene in behalf of O'Donnell, and
hen on the same day telling
he British minister it was all
CANNON and soft solder Tor TaLmany
Hewitt will never forget how the GA
,ETTE was fist, even though IL be
eighteen hundred miles
rom Washington, To present the facts
o an astonished people. Mr.. Hewitt
xplains and smuoths IL over; but
he chances are that his conduct will
'et be subjected To the tender
nercles of an investigating committee.
lie should demand its Intervention
I'D let us hear what the British min
sler has To ga about his seeming
Without the Irish vote,
ir. Hewitt cannot be returned To CON
ress, and unless Mr.. Hewitt have All )
and show clean bill of :,
ealth he il undone. Irishmen vote
S IrishnIen and not rs American Cit
.ens
WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON.
j was telling curious stories in a for
Ter letter, about Gee rye Washington,
lch Us one hears in the vicinity of his Il
Id home, and such as have never np- c
cared in our town In books or news !
upers. He VAS certainly of violent n
.mper, sell sufficient ~ the last de- /
re-, arrogant, fond OF grandeur aud 4
isplay, and almost mOnarcliist. He E
uuied the stage effect of every word IA
nd act of his life, and resigned Office II
nat he might win immortal renown. "a
OLD LETTERS.
have been induced To recur to his =
,rical personAges and their expires :,
Ons and opinions, because the very n
lestions thai 50 absorbed popular Ut :,
ntion and shaped popular prejuuices "
the days II Washington are again y
discussed, even in our time. =
! partisan nomenclature body Of n
,Iitical thinkers, entertaining the =
,ry creed of Hamilton. and +,
,pos ing the philosophy of Jefier- .
n, style themselves Republicans"
hen in purpose and in fact they are
u Repub leans, and only Monarchists
Imperialists. The true ID. niocrat o.
-duy was the Republican" Of il fer "
MS time, and yet these modern 81
Olives in Sleeps clothing do come M
fore the people asking that "
icy be entrusted with continued "a
pure Of power, and Irishmen Il
@ even asked To support 4,
party calling itself Republican anu ~
~ desperately enamored Of British re-
facts and forms OF society II
I'd government. What was said and pl
fought OF men, corrupted by military "
ibits of lie, like Alexander Hamil al
u, who did Washing,on's political al
In his later, ~ did Id
d George Maron in his early years Il.
)pears in these old letters. u.
encountered in an "oid ii
iriositv shop" lc,
FROM AN Old NEWSPAPER. IL
The pittsiield lMass.) Sun of March u
2, 1902, says that the partially Of Y
ie first president (Washingl0D) Tor Fl
,yorite Hnuiltoul east "A shade upOn 9