Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-20
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correspondence Of the Gazette.
chicago, January 10 Henry Irving
and Miss Ellen Terry are closing n
very successful engagement. They
we're well received aud In return have
given good public satisfaction. Mr..
irving is indeed wonderful actor,
Int everybody does not think him su-
uerior to our Edwin Booth. He goes
frnm here to ST. Louis. He was well
mlpas.d with Chicago. Monday night
he was accorded n surprise supper at
,he Leland by Smory A Storrs In the
anne room where Lord Coleridge WAS
dined.
There is more than possibility that
our exposition building will have to
come down. Should such calamity
occur. the city will have its blackmail-
inc city council to blame for 1t. which,
II must be confessed. would be very
little satisfaction. some of the alder
men became convinced that the stock
h.lders were making too much out Of
the enterprise, and moved for an nd
vance Of reit from comparatively
nominal sum To $40 900 per year. The
resolution prevailed aud the stock.
holders have been oflicia'ly notlntd
that they must pay that much ground
rent or move their building. The fact
of the matter is the dividends OF the
company have not exceeded four ana
"A h II per cent. and II the demand Is
persisted ia the city will simply lose
one of ia most important public insti-
tutious Conventions, 'oncerts, SHOWS.
expusitions, festivals and the like can
not he entertained. Such step would
result in the loss of millions of money
annually to Chicago trniespeopie ana
hotels, etc. Such move would result
in the city being without sucn build
ing for u good while However, it is
bv no means probable that tie people
will submit to such all outrage, and
whatever happens, Chicago will surely
keep up her reputation a. place for
great events. The absurdity of the
position of the council is m IRE appar-
,nt from the fact that theground upon
which The building now stands would
bring the city less than 1t does now.
IL is not Improbable that the railroads
hat want the property for
iepot nnd other purposes
are having some influence.
THE DEMJCR ATTIC CONVENTION.
By all meal ct the ali nal DEM
oclutlc convention be held in Chicago.
1t is the place of places. We can EN-
terrain them in proper style and offer
all of the advantages, and more too,
tina can be offered by any other like
L. city. We have one convention
fixed for this place and do NOT intend
to be greedy about the matter, but
simply wish to call the attention of
the committee to the unrqulled fucili-
ties OF this place for such "A meeting.
SENATOR PAYNE.
A most unfortunate affair was that
Ohio spiit--th- election of Standard
Oil PAYNE. Such mistakes furnish
too much dangerous ammunition for
rival mud throwers.
HOLMAN AND TIE sun.
Who would like to be VIM s Hol-
man? Mr.. Dana of the New York
sun is making an unmercifui slaughter
Of an innocent. What kind of ui-
plomacy j. that, for IA man TO family
to I'm another who has hardly ghost
Of chance, when he himself il Is
who wants 10 be doomed? IL is evi.
''iS NDhS WI. DdiIu Is III iuNiT vi ibtN-
ing II distribution of cnoice sugar
plum5 among the editorial fraternity,
rs he declares that Watterson, instead
o Williams or any other. should be
the next senator from Kentucky.
CATTLE DISEASES
Among the measures before congress
which are of especial interest 10 he
people of the Southwest il the bill for
the extinction OF contagious diseases
The Till wa4 the result of the National
Animal Diseases convention held in
Chicago last November There are IA
good many Objectionable features in 1t.
The large appropriation is liable to be
largely or wholly eaten up by junkct-
ers, who will ira I'll over the country
hunting mare's'nests and draw $40
per day each and expenses. The meas
ure, however good II may or may not
prove ns IA means of Suppression and
prevention OF diseases, will fall short
OF what its most earnest advocates
want to reach; that is, the raising of
the English embargo against Ameri
can 1--we cattle. England merely uses
The talk about fearing our cattle will
spread more disease on that pest ridden
Island as IA preteXt to cover the real
motives, which are to protect the
British landowner aud stock raiser.
S"e dare not state her true rea -ous for
excluding our cattle. There must b..
some klnd OF Il scape-goat, and II may
rs wei be set down once for all. She
VIII lind some other if this one is re-.
moved ny The action of our govern
lieht' England does not fear our dig
eased cattle, bat she does fear orr
neaithy 6eeves. She is compelled To
iooh I'd foreign countries for supplies
OF meat, but her policy Is to have ihos,.
necessary supplies put on the markets
IN me shape of dressed meats. no M
hnt 10 Offer full competition to hom,.
bred stock.
BEAcH's BILL.
me scheme of Mr.. Beach of Now
YORK, introduced in the house rec.n,lv
giving the president power to veto one |
W. more Items In an appropriation bill |
oueht TO become law. President Ar.
tnur touched upon this In his m.s.,ye
W .he last Congress. II would be ono
~ we very Oe7' checks on ipbbrrv th,t
uoulu W enacted. Il IL moi d MIST Va.
''"rhaoie 'hing TO ask of conyre.sp
Wv THE MORRISON BOOM.
WIN. II. Morrison of 1 liun;o ,oor
up ia.her prominently for this early
stage OF il.c battle, as n candido,,
ny presidency. on the Den,ocr.,ia
lex, ,e' .. course. Mr.. MorIl.on il w,
honorable, solid man. nnd r. 10 "n
sohewhat plain in his maaa., nc -
w.; ps none the less liked by tb,. ,ra n
nsnJorlty. In case our duu,' , ,ae srea'
Mf Arthur, should be re.n p.J,ueh.;
ne aud Morrison ,vn,II illuminated