Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-18
WILL IT WORK?
A Scheme to Avoid Tariff Reform BY
introducing the Silver
Question,
Yin WeIlborn Expects Busy session
~. Abolition OF an Army Board
Texas Patents.
Secretary Garlnnd's Connection with the
Pan-Eleciric -McCicllan's
Unfinished Battle.
specinl to thc Gazette.

Special TO the Gazette.
WHY DEVICE.
WASHINGTON, NOV. II. ~ Moderate
Democrats who fear the effects OF Tree
trade agitation In the house this winter
are quietly striving to devise a scheme
which will thrust the silver question
upon the consideration of that body at an
early stage OF the session, before thu
ways and means committee shall
have time To prepare and report tariff
bill. II this plan succeeds they hope that
the tariff question will assume sec.
oudary place, and that by the time the
silver business is disposed Of, other mat
tiers will press for consideration TO the
exclusion OF any effort at tariff revs-
ion. 1t is hardly probable that
the free-tmde Democrats who
are almost solidly opposed to any change
in the silver coinage law, and who are
! fierce for "tariff REFORM win consent 10
any such programme.
RECOMMENDED BN ruE PRESIDENT.
The president will discuss in his mes.
sage the evils OF private legislation. He
has been making inquiries in this d.
rection, and has examined the question
thoroughly. He will probably recon-
mend radical reform in this important
matter. Bills have been introduced
| without number in former congresses
providing for giving courts jurisdiction
OF cases which now require action OF
congress, but they have all failed.
OUR REPRESENTATIVE
Congressman Wellborn and family
have arrived. He thinks the coming SEES
sion will be busy one, and that national
/ topics will be discussed from the outset.
| He believes the rules of the house should
be carefully revised, If any business Is TO
/ be transacted by direction of the pres
ident.
The army retiring board at san Antonio
| has been dissolved.
! rEXAs VISITORS.
H. ID. Linn of Victoria, Tex, is here
] Mr., G.. W Breckenridge, Il prominent
/ banker of san Antonio, is at the Ebbett
Special to the Gazette.
| MIR. GNRIAND--uIs PAN-rLECrRiC STOCK.
WAsHINuruN, NOV. l7.-r The statement
1 recently sent out from here to The effect
that Attorncy-Geneal Garland had nc.
quircd his stock in the pan-EleCtric Tele-
| phone company through the unauthorized
acts OF his private secretary, who un-
for the stock in his name, is as false rs it
is ridiculous. Mr.. Garland was one of the
original incorporators of this company
and put his name to all the assignments
of shares. His name also appears in the
advertisements of the company. It is
needless to say that the foolish story
about the private secretary did
not emanate from the attorney
general. He is the last man in the world
to attempt to eyade a responsibility 10y
throwing IL upon an irresponsible person,
Besides, his connection with the matter
| has been so perfectly fair and honest
there Is no necessity Tor telling anything
but the simple truth. This attempt 10
besmirch the good name Of Mr., Garland
which is beyond reproach, will meet with
the rcbuke it Justly deserves. II ema.
mated from partisan press and the Bell
Telephone company, who are using every
method, disreputable or otherwise, u
grind every rival company under the heel
of their rich monopoly. ] happen 10
know something Of Mr.. Garland's connec-
/ ton with the Pan-Electric company, and
the above Is the true version of II.
GEN. M'CLELLAN's WAR Articles.
When Gen. Mcclellan died he was al
work on an article for the Century mag
azine on the battle of Autietam. This
| article was not completed, and the man
uscript as he had left 1t was found in his
| library With it were documents of
reference, his order-book and copies of
letters which he had received ana sent.
Gen. Fitz John Porter, who had charge
of McClellan's papers, has been appealed
TO by publishers in all parts OF the coun-
/ try asking that he edit the articles and
put them before the people. The matter
was referred 70 MIR. ". G. Prince, cS.
ecutor of Gen. Mcclellan, but he has
made no arrangement for the publication
of the papers. The most impor-
tant point IN the writings, of
course, is the light he was
1 expected to throw upon the action OF Eitz
John Porter in the battle for which he
was court-martialed. Gen. Mcclellan Is
! said TO have stated that, instead Of Porter
! having &c, 000 men, he had but half that
number, and that 5000 OF these were, ow-
| ing 10 Secretary's Stanton's orders, at
| Frederick and virtually out OF POrer's
hands, while those he had were continu-
! ally under fire.
FITZHUGu LEE IN 1883.
Fitzhugh Lees victory IN Virginia has
blossomed already into presidential sug-
gestions. He has retired 10 his farm
nj Evergreen, near Alexandria, and
| is busy day and night answering the hun
dreds of letters which are pouring in on
him. His success in defeating Malone,
his friends say, must be rewarded Ia the
next national convention with the second
! place on the ticket.
| MRS. GES. CUSTER AND THE DETROIT Pi.N-
sIoN AGENCY.
Mrs. Gen. Custer was not a candidate
/ for the pension agency at De-
troit, as is gcnetuliy reported. She
| might have had the Office II
She would have accepted II, but She rea-
soncd she was doing well enough in liter
ary and newspaper work IN New York,
Which was more agreeable 10 her IN every
way than an official position could possi-
I DIV be. She therefore concluded 10
transfer her interest and influence to Gen.