The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-28


points In his bl!l, agreeing 10 modify u Us
60 payments. The modified bill will be
presented in the house by Mr.. Reagan and
in the senate by SIR. Maxsy. On motion
of WsllboFn the b,l, viii bo submitted 10
members Of the Texas delegation who could
not attend the lac. meeting, sad thus &C.
cure unity OF eellon. Captain Esds va
formally invited 10 come to Washington
and present his views TO the river aud
hArbor committee and TO tbs Texas delesa'
tlon on the praetlcibiliiy OF his hAr6or im'
provemen, plsp
OUR DILEGArloN's poISGs-..PosrAL
NOTES.
WAHIgGgos, Feb. .G-[Speoial. Mr..
Stewart Of Texas II troduoed Joint resolu'
ton to-day, authorizing the secretary Of
war TO supply the military eneampmeht
ut Hous ton with tents,
I'D. Bloys has been commissioned post
master ut Honey Grove and J. u. Baker at
Ccperas Coal.
Mr.. Tbrockm orion presented to-day the
petition OF citizens OF Fort Worth, asking
Tor the passage OF bill 10 give the Fort
Worth & Denver railway right-oi-way
through the Indian Territory, and Mr..
Miller presented otitlons for the improve
meut oi Pass Csvilo. Texas.
DIR. GREEN AND SENATOR HILL.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-tPressl.-Whcn
Union Telegraph company, appeared be.
fore the subcommittee Of the senate com
mittee on postotlices and post roads to-day
Senator II IL asked that oil contract With
press assoaiation be laid before the com
mittee. DR.. Green 'equested that the ques'
tion OF furnishing the subcommittee with
COPIES Of contracts With railroad companies,
cable com sries and press associations be
referred 10 the whcls committee. He claim
adj that neither the subcommittee, nor the
whole committee, nor the senate had the
mower to require the witness to produce
said contracts; besides, copies OF them can
not be made without tho board OF directors
consent. nor could they be produced with
out the consent OF other parties TO the con-
tract. Dr.. Green declined to furnish infor-
nation concerning the receipts from the
Gold ana Stock Telegraph company, from
cable contracts, etc. He said there was
nothing in these contracts which he was
not willing the committee should know,
but he declined to answer on great princi-
pies. ,, J., .A,.
Senator Hill said: "You are public
corporation are you not? Congress has the
right to legislate In the matter. has IT pot?''
"No, sir; not the least in the world" re-
piled Gwyin, counsel tor DR.. Green.
Senator Hill: do you deny the right
Of congress 3, to regulate your interstate bus
Gwynp: mo; but congress has no right
TO interfere with the management OF our
Senator Hill: "I can't agree with you on
that; Z consider the question pertinent"
SxynD: Very YER WE'LL We will try that
Or. Green here said that he Just received
= telegram from Mr.. William Henry Smith
general msnsger Of the New York and
Nesterp Associated PRESS association In re-.
lation 10 what he (Dr. Green was reported
10 have said yesterday: He asked II the
committee would ask Mr.. Smith TO appear
in person before the commitiee; that would
be better than to receive telegram.
Tho telegram from the general manager
of the Associated Press, which DR.. Green
offered to the committee, referred TO the
incorrect inference drawn by the commit
tee from clauses in the existing contracts
that there must be some exclusive privi'
leges reserved, and IL was designed to cor
rect this lmpItesiou' MT Cntoi. er.o ooo'o
was no exclusive privilege. and that res.
ervstions were for the protection OF
ANAL papers in Texas, Colorado and other
sect ons of the west. The extension Of
rates Of the new contract, which are based
upoo blu mess done in the thickly settled
east, would have been hardship to papers
OF the southwest and west, and 1t was
more than they were paying in November
1882, before the contract was executed
Alter the original contract, executed
in 1867, and the contract sup
plementsl thereto. nothing was
reseryed inconsist ent with the contract be.
fore the committee. MI. Smith expressed
the hope that DR.. Green would explain to
the COMMITTEES the notifications that had
z heen made in the original contract by
mutual consent about twelve years ago.
This original contract was the first written
Contract in the west, It was an effort to
svstemize business that had grown by de-
creep as the wires were extended and news-
papers became able or enterprising enough
70 take q news report. 1t was made when
both :. telegraph and press business
1 vero small and undeveloped. The clause
4 cancelled by mutual agreement required
Shat the press business should be done ex.
clnsiyely by the Western Union wires, and
WilIism Orion. president Of the telegraph
COMPANY, msdea proposition and IT wa
0CCe pteQ IN Deuh!i VI VIZ oo1oGu' ~.
bv Richard Smith and Horace White. Thu!
vas sbrogateG The only exclusive clause
that was embraced in the original contract
since then there had been no attempt
"a hind the press and the latter has eDjoye c
no privilege that 10 not open to othel
papers. Mr.. Smith added that II the com
mittee shall consent TO call any pooy
,s%1H' w Of the Associated Press they may
aet accurate information. Heretofore
IA witnesses had been conspicuoul
for their lack Of information ant
their preiudices. He suggested the nsmel
81 David N. Stone. president Of the New
York Associated Press; Joseph Medill
nresident Of the Western Aseocieted Press
K INA Richard Smith, Walter N. Hsidemsn
Oharles A. Dana, Whitelsw Reid and Jame
Gordon Bennett, who are Responsible To-
Ana ureseut management a. persons cApA
81 Of talking inte)lieently on the subject
THE pANvILLE INVESTIGATION.
WAsHmaroH, Feb; 8..tPres: l-6tephs,l
y committee that he was In hardware ttor'
M day before the fight and saw two Whit
,.sn loading about 125 double-barreIeC
snna: went into another hardware stor'
IA found the whites loading double-bsr
Rnins Ratchet (colored) heard . whit.
I EiFs vere going to rule this town II VI
hsse 70 Kill all the niggers.n
John Holderness (colcred) described "a.
v;ot and the events which preceded 1t; hs
~ driving for Basil Graves grocery store
- vent TO the back door OF the store II
"a course OF bis business; found y locked
acleFk let him in;I 20 asked WY tne aoo 100,
S:Ii ~ 10 psy and in q
sSort time he would see more
@ssd nieeere than he had ever "seed" be-
1ore: there were 200 loaded pistols on the