Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
kilograms ellborn's Speech
Distorted by the Wires.
The Matter Set Rlsht-What lie Said
OH the Tariff Bill.
speclnl corresponaenco Of the easette.


Special Correspondence OF the Sasette'
WAsHINGToN, April ~.--four press
of the o3d instant as printed
.,,, nn,,, d. crosse in,nst,ca to Mr.
lo' oniy uo s'o's ny us.'01 " ~
Wellborn but place your correspoh-
dent in an upcnviable attitude. 1t is
no mart of nv purpose or duty to laud
.,,,,i,, ,san Taxsn n,sr,bers NJ oon.
wi''io"' re'soi ieN,n 'l'."'D.i d, " .on
gress,or to commend their pup cactioh
when criticism would be deserved.
Neither The GAzErrE nor its cor
respondent owes aught for any service
done, to any representative Of Texas at
the capital and THE GAZETTE can
well afford to deal with these gentle
men with absolute judicial fairness.
But telegraphed you that Mr.. Well
born's speech of last Saturday was au
admiral production, as ingenious in
argument. as fascinating in its rhetor-
ical excellence. ] stated further,
In this special, that the
facile speaker had been
congratulated on all hands, that he
had presented an old question in fresh
tst aspects, and that his argument was
u,;,I, re Tor, fTonestion
Win .Le 'ait. puesVioh. , l.,
such was the purpOrt OF the speclel
iispatchts to THE GAZETTE. Of course
i did not know what would be said of
Mr.. Wellborn's Grafton by the press
reporters of press dispatches, but
[ soon discovered in papers
of Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York
and Boston, that had presented to
THE GAZETTE no exaggerated state
rnent of the value of Mr.. Wellborn's
contribution to the political literature
of the period, and | supposed of course
that the p.css dispatch, sent to Texas
would be equally lust to this distin-
guished representative of that state. On
the contrary the press dispatch refer.
ring to Mr.. Wellborn died in st. Louis.
1t did not 10 over the wires beyond
that city, and curiously enough only
an eypirinp Sigh went out upon the
llightning's wings to ilumine page Of
press disnatches in the Fort Worth
GAZETTE. | find i'm THE GAZETTE of
| the o8d. i'm its general dispatches. an
silusion to Mr. Herheriis 1elabnrate
arrument - and inst after 1t this nara
granh:
rn,,-ro,v sror,d or,o- n. on,e hv n,ssao.
of The Morrison hill un the reduction OF the
tariif toa strictly revenue basis. This was
| nnstnorsd " ~ $50 "
poetpo'ieN
| cart f.o,,, ,.o,,,. ,e-c.a renotts IL n,r,
4 " ~ i'"i Nt1 ~ N1s AePoi" - 70,
4 oil the general press uispatcn
that went over the North aud East,
t,,,tar,.a,.,o,st - rrsva, -, A..
~ Nv, " nc VeAcet, ~ teA",,,oouO WI
Wellborn's speech. How did the para
=. u. a
| =, a5i,r.r ~ Ii, ;,o,,,,;.,o5 L.,
| ptSCeSutpss ~ sauiN ihts uiiAeu III
TORS numninfr thunder into the house
and Sunset Cox blowing up the sen.
ate, and then this above quoted sen.
tence, originally written about Mr.
Wellborn. is made To refer. and most
. sion hill Mr. Ws,lhurn,s name heinz
80 o,''t ~. W - '"ii'S Ss'"e
Wholly suppressed.
But [ only wished to show that
while vour Snac;ol oo,resnondent ha.
800 ~, =,
peeh piaceu IN ia,se ntlituue ny mn
r-oes d;soatc,,as az, s,nt 10 pavos a,
pn, .IIm 90 ,a is SIR " tkat' ,I ".
WellboTn himself has been mos
| o,iayou,Jv ,yronc,ad HI. ,,r,;,o., ~.
IA ahrao,3 rs.a a. =,
: his OWE state, The Courier-Journal,,
sneeis i savs. '' ''i n"'
. ~.
L and not only made n number OF hestrongrs
: points In favor OF reducing taxation 10 a rev
!. enue standard, but showed that protection
- so-callPd. did not protect. and that even
e IL did, the system was pern,cious aud un
D democntic, and ought to be overthrow
; BY the passage OF the Morrison bill he said
=, the country would be rescued from IN
II clutches OF monopoly and taxation, an
emanclpsted FROM the wicked uses o. protec
4 Nm. tItEl ff a.,
=, dom of opinion, so gioIiously asserted by III
d Revolution, would be no 1 So rlorI5usI
n added the freedom of exchsnge Mr.. Wei
N born was frequently and loudly spnlauded
>. M .asoo;o,aa p. ,:-,
u ihe Associhteu iress dispatches
,el from which you received somehow liy
!. disiointed lines. said of Mr. W.I,born,
10 ar,Sumart.
II atsuiheh''
% Mr. ny, %s ~ saiI the measure vas no
et the p hi tarI System but eSigrs,les
cy which looked 70 the reduction II ali dn tie
V, To ~ revenue standard, and Tor that reaao
4, met Ills approval. Protection laid n heay
4, burden on all agencies of commerce and vs.
~ monopoly OF The worst form. 1t was a
~ lliTgt,male and peInilG,ons use of the RICH
40 the whole range or the English Iancusr
&c more h-pOcriticai' words than "lncIden,n
a. protection" He protested against this fran
lie In o NE use , OF ianguaEe: II Protection wer
~ on its own merits, and not lean on some
II, thing so respectable as reyennI
X incidental p'otection," as des gnt
e, was praci,ca, ,,i Inc pre- ens ta,if
queradng In the hsb liInents of ina ca,, ,I,a !
heaven. A more iniq uitous burden than ii,
protective system mover rested on he nsani.
and yet the benehc aries OF the tarir I'm
blnshingly declared that the movement n NJ"
-. going ON for The relief of Tho ,.an,,s ~ ~