Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
MIR. Tilden aud Tie Presidcncy--Tne
Warwick OF The situation.
Exit Ocliiltree aud Bismarck--The Cur.
tain Falls 10 slow Music.

| i'a NoN,.s7SN loaucf NI lne peitOcrtti,
party. The first IL that he will not b,
the candidate OF his party, and the
second, that ne never approved, but OF
the contrary steadnstly opposed tn
appointment OF the electoral commits
sion of 1875, which made HAYES presi
dent. Most certainly Mr.. Tilden'.
opinions should be respected bv In.
party, aud each aspirant for the pr,si.
dency seeks his approval. But with
proper modesty Mr.. Tilden declines Ia
name any preferred candidate, II IL
| only remarkable that while commend
ing prominent gentlemen, he onits
the names of Hendricks and payne.
the latter two years his senior, md The
former, who offended, perhnps. when
he declined the second plnce ON tia
Democratic ticket when Hancocl, WAS
nominated. The silence ct Mr.. Tilden
IN reference to Hendricka and pavne
is deemed significant, while
his assent TO ltandall's leadership n
supposed TO approve the candlinture
of an incidental protectiouist.
Aud III comes to this at la4i-slnce
this Democratic house can by no possi-
bilily effect any reform in the tariff
code, II only remains for each m, lnber
TO assert his creed by his vote on the
Morrison bill, ana then with this
record so before the country with the
facts showing that there is
no party capable or DESTROYS
OF les9ening public burdens except the
Democracy, and that II there he re.
auctions these can be effected only
through the intervention of this party.
On the principle that hnlf Il loaf Ia bet.
ter than no bread. free-trnders will nd
here TO the Democratic party, cooper.
atlng, until they have gained greater
strength, with Randall's incidental
protCctionists. ~
ELECTRICITY IN THE HOUSE.
Members of the Texas legislature
should know that their valuable time
will not hereafter be consumed in call
Ing the roll. The electrical apparatus
devised for the purpose OF saving time
and securing accuracy has been per.
fected, and will be applied in
the house. Each member has small
lever attached to his desk. Turn IL TO |
the right and 1t votes yes TO the |
LEFT, mo- The votes are nutomati- |
cally counted and the name of each |
voting, his state and the word |
yea" or may" are at the same instant |
printed on the record sheet on The |
clerks desk. Objections to the me.
chanism are many. While II will save
time and millions Of money, the men,
berSwill not hear the sweet. music OF I
heir names when lugubriously pro.
nounced by the clerk, and then there
y so much magnetism in Mr.. Belford |
hat when he twists the crank lie may
Snock the speaker and clerk into
II IL said 10 be AN
easy and comfortable death--this
dealt by an electric shock, and the OBJ
lection is not therefore deemed, by the
Republicans, tenable.
THE SCHOOL BILL.
Senator Blair's bill providing for the
during the next ten years
If fifty millions In educating the pco-
Ne, If enacted, will constitute pre-
ext for the maintenance of the high
arli. Topay fifty millions TO school
masters, we must pay one hundred and I
ilty millions through one protective
ariil to mines and mills and banks,
nd then the central government, like !
hat OF Prussia, becomes the
ducator Of the people, and codes !
political thinking will be incul
ated by the schools, and they and q
ieir managers become part and parcel A
the enormous machinery Of cen y
allied power. Were il not wiser to Il
Iller the people TO retain the $50 ,000.- p
10 and the other 100000, 900, col u
cted ~ an incident by benliciarles G
custom houses of the tariff system II
he people would use this sum total
ken from them of 100000, 900, II
UGH more wisely for themselves and n
Iildren than the government and IL
detected claims for them. If the
{, 100000 were collected by direct d
sati1n. the Burden might he borne u
i by the plan adopted, this 10
air bill and tariff system will &c
81 the country notices. than 800, 000,- 70
In sums added by the tariff to the 70
gmented cost OF hats, shoes and 10
ming implements. The New 4,
impshire senator draws terrible OF
,ture of popular Ignorance but fails er
the reason discovered In 70
pular poverty generated by "a sys- In
II of revenue impoverlshipg the hi
my and enriching the few. Suffer wi
poor to grow richer by lesseDing 20
cost of living, and IN.
y have never failed TO "scbool no
ir children" That of free
FOOLS Is most corrupting system, tn
4 Is only TO be tolerated because OF 1T
necessity for the education of the sta
,red people. The meanest free SUI
DOL destroys the best private school, TIL
ii IL certainly true that the edu- orl
Ional system OF the South was best INF
en- governments of all sorts had bel
/ 10 do with IL. Governments in tht
,rposipg In this matter of popular flo'
cation have only succeeded In maxi tha
pepurious people believe them bee
es unable TO educate their chill the
a, and ii Is also true that In reniov- dan
the necessity for expenditures mia
this behalf, the government me
obliterated the strongest popular BY
to effort and Industry. pnt
the colored people must be edu- hot
ID, and the whole people must pay we
cost, and since necessity knows no Ma
We must violate all law and let the
eminent stand IN loco PARENTS, be- few
ling the educator OF the children OF OF
people. Then we have most sub con
tiaI foundation for another Prus- the
imperialism. no
BISMARCK AND ocHILTREE. -
nd this reminds me that the Bis MO
ok Ochiltree imbrOglio went out OF hi H.;
II yesterday, and LAS passed from m,
realm OF human thought forever. spJI'
iltree was given fifteen minutes In s saa'
VI " ~ III ~, ~" ',,,d nnt kno
io .,,, ~ pm Lvaru,ad' I,steraJ stat
when the fifteen minutes expired
vas tilenced. The suggestion that
be suffered 70 80 on was not app u