The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Especial Correspondence 10 The Statesman.
WASHINGTON. Jan. u 1881

CIllS Ill ~ seem uSelt S. extravaganza.
To persons who see what demand
there is here on the time of senators,
1t is enlnently advisable. If a sena-
tor did nothing but attend to his pri-
waite correspondence on matters affect
his constituents, his whole time:WOuld
be filled up. AS it has been, senators
have had TO employ professional clerks
to help them out with correspondence
at cost ranging from $50 to 500 per
month. If you do not believe 1t |
come here and see how things work.
The Fort Worth Gazette'S CORE
Spo1dence from here attacks the Texas |
delegation on charge OF inharmOnv |
in their ranks. 1t is stated that they |
are at d4ggerS' points generally and |
cooperate in no measures. The |
charge Is miscOnstrued, it is hoped. for |
there is no evidence Of intense hatred |
among Texas members. l have not |
seen the article complained of and cam |
not construe it. The delegation are
not remarkably in love with each |
other, nor Is any delega-
ambitions clash too much. Men are
lighting for promotion and do not
want any obstacle. But it is a rule
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state IS up for consideration all MEM
bers unite to help it along. Why?
because no one will be behind the other
in making good record. The people
will not feel the effect of any quarrcls
If there are any.
Postmaster Pells, Of Palestine, is
here to work up the federal court from
Tyler to Palestine. He is a smart,
good fellow, and can see ahead. Go in
Pells, and make big postOfice in Pal
estine, and then get it put up
in the high grades of offices.
1t is shreWdly limited among able
Democrats that the purpose Of the
Republicans is to shake the bloody
shirt and thus divert the attention of
the people from the tariff to sectional
ism. This means that the presidential
contest is to be waged on bitter party
issues. Ben Butler believes this is so.
| The recent tilt between Lamar and
Edmunds in the Senate over the con-
| firmatiOn of Speer, is a link in the
chain of proof.
Chief Bu>hyhead, Of Cherokee ma
ton, and Elias Boudinot, also a Chero-
kee, are not cooperating on important
Indian matters before Congress.
Bushyhead, saysI i;oudinot, has not
been in accord with his tribe on any
matter of important public policy
since 1869 BJudintt is in receipt If
anonymous letters threatening him
IT he ever goes back to
the Cherokee nation. He and
Bushyhead are now in a contrO-
versy over the part Boudinot is TAX
ing in his prosecution of agent Phil
ips. Sharp correspondence is passing
in the daI1y papers here. The opin-
ion of the leading Indians here as to
the right of way for railroads is that
the roads that will be admitted with
tullegal restrictions are not objection
able. The idea of specifying the ter
r1tory is an unWelcOme one and will
be fought to the end, if the matter is
preached.
During the debate in the House
Wednesday, on the proposition to ex-
tend the letter carrier system to small
er towns and to otherwise extend the
letter delivery system, at an increased
expense to the government, Reagan
vigorously protested against the plan.
He characterized such legislation as
savoriDg too much of class privilege
on the one hand and Of charity on the
Other, inasmuch as the carrier syst e n
benefited towns and cities .alike, and
will have the effect of fastening on the
government a class of salaried chart
table subjects, to the exclusion of
!, worthy laborers, who are better paid
for special messenger service by pri-
vate enterprise lie objected also on
the ground of increasing the danger
Gus power of the government, by add
ing to its already alarmingly large
official patronage
Two tariff bills are being prepared
by members of the ways and means
committee by Morrison and one
by Hewitt, of New York. Morrison's
bill proposes to make a horizontal re-
duction of 20 per cent and an extern
sion of the free list. Hewitt has pre-
pared very elaborate plan. lie has
made out list of dutiable goods, tax
ing the tariff as it now stands in one
column; the recommendations of the
tariff commission in another: the bill
as it passed the Senate in another, and
the tariff legislation as it stood before
the agitation of the subject in another.
From these five columns he has taken
the lowest tariff ever sanctioned on
any article as his basis of reduction.
MorrisOn's bill will be looked on as a
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proper time by bill more
in accordance with the views
of free traders. Hewitt's bill
will be looked upon as a decided step
based upon particular theory. The
latter bill would provide no reduction
which had not already received the
sanction of Republicans as well as
Democrats, yet would reduce the
present tariff. 1t is generally believed
that this bill, while it would not be
received with unanimity, would have
supporters on both sides of the House,
and would have almost as many Re
publican as Democratic votes. Mem
berS generally refuse TO express opin-
ions on the bills now, nor will they
say anything as to their probable re-
ception by the House. They will wait
for the bills to lie brought before the
House and then fully discuss them.
Randall will say nothing of either bill
till they are before the House. He is
firm in this regard although his 81
lence is misconstrued.
Postoffices discontinued: Boone,
Blanco county, mail to Blanco. Eos
sill, Tarrant county, mail to Watanga.
Postoffices established: Union,
Wilson county, with $. E. Johnson
postmaster. EasOm, Polk county,
Martha J. Benham pOstmistress.
Ea>ton, Rusk county, with w. NJ.
| Gladney as postmaster.
Office site changed: Deadwood,
Pamela county, IA miles north on
route 31719
Postmasters commissioned: G. T.
w. Lange, Cherry Springs A. w.
Mckinney, Crosby T. W. FIoren,
oud G. p Warren, Sutherland
Springs E. w. Russy Bowie; p. A.
HazZaru, Colorado T.. S. Garrison,
Dallas w. w. Barber, Decatur j.
0. Frink, Taylor r.. NJ. Metcalf,
IIutto J. o. Hunt, New York J. r.
Mosely, Smithland L. +. Hornbeck,
Daugherty.
Bonds approved: j. a. Meyers,
Bryan, $4,000; J. NJ. Keith, Arm
strong, $500.
Special service discontinued De-
port, Lamar county, from Mosely
Lee, Conanche county, from Com
anche.
Railroad service established Long
view to EastoD, on Galveston, Sa-
bine & st. Louis railroad, 1906 miles
and back, six times week or as much |
oftener as trains run.
Star Service changes: Granbury to |
Acton. Extend service from Acton |
to Cleburne, johnson county, increas-
ing distance twenty-one miles.
Paris to IIaleSborough. From Feb