The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-03

Piueesteu sssiust kua GslyAasoz
cansress'sasi district having ei,her Al
ssosaey, marshal, or internal Fsyenps
s . Mr.. Grain had four .ns-
.,.N muse eniieosor,nips in bic distrIo ,
.oe asse s'Jecron 20 lsss exteuy was
e'fcu ssssuss hr. LSnhSm'a cissrlcs.
ss 70 -" celiecs0r of custams in his
ulsiiioS. l bsl'sys all OF tbs delegation.
~ p.'eseips lux in theseisoltSns mem
NO teu, sSresI as "a the.
After thsse express, oas OF ,i,s.,t,.sso.
sion, sud tse hnpelsssnos, OF harmaps I,
being he'd, tins meeting broke m w,,s-
out spy agresmsnt. / behave n 30,
one week moan thss time that tas ohslr
man, Senator Naxav' csll. A
another meeting for tbe ss,,-
purpoae at my r0sn,. Or
sAssmblias, aud after further
interchauSe OF Views, it ras dsee,-
nihed 10 try aEatu. Jsckussu ans
AieoerS sgain fec.lved a m.iority OF
! 'hse representing the Westsrn div
,rlct. The dissatisfaction expressso
otloro was again reiterated. phs
meeting broke up rithOut iurther pro
eeedinsr, and, ~ | understood, with
VOC onderstnnoisg that oAoh asp ator or
representative Nould act for himself
| III inc recommendations he goult
make Tor their several positions. MOI
Que OF the persons gppOiased uo 70 sails
WINS for internal rHyenus COLLECTOR
district attorney, or marshal, wac RS
commBnded 10y nae.
ihs question Of tho sppOintmsnt of
posttD1aters, collectors OF eustnna,
etc, WAS NOS discussed at either OF tss
meatin2s. left Washington on tbs
IL IA OF March. IL there WAS anv othar
mssuns, add | am satisfied thare WA
nonc, never heard Of Ii. SO, Won vs,il
see, 30 Tar from tnair being q 'psrti'
ar 'oomblnstion," it whs tks YER. r.-
verts of 1t. This IN Inc wanls of 1t, Ma
far ss my kpowlsIg- ext.nes.
-. soKs's CLINCHER.
Waco, OCT. 81, -,Hoa j. ". Throck.
NOR" N, Mckinney, Texas
DSAH G0vEHSoR-Aitsr having bsen
IN bed sbpdO wight days with the
denaue lever | am no, md thohkh
poorly able TO do any work. will en-
usavor To answer 9oHrs, which cams
Two dayh ago, have examined yoat
sshtemenS OF the action Of the Texas
uelsSalion had shorB sine nttsr she
Inauguration OF Mr.. Cleveland, touoh-
Ing the recommendation OF peraOns for
omcs 4 Texas, ana hsve 10 ssy that
according 70 my recoliecliOu you have
given il Just IA II occurred. Ihays no
amendment to make toit.
You are Gnquestiogsbly corset,
ano 30 il Judge Reagan, Mr.. Grain and
other gentl"meu of iho delegation, who
hsva denied the exisssnoe of \ 90.
called "CnDgressional POOP for tina
distribution OF offices ia Texas. None
suoh poes now exist, or hrs
ever exittcd. when Mr. Cleveland
was inaoedratedS all the members
OF the delegation were Inundated With
applications for rocom lasndaHDn o
Office. There were many applicants
Tor esch Office TO hs filled In Texas, Ia
some ingtAnoea d0zsns OF thom, Tney
We're generally good m60 and entitled
70 good endorsements from tho delegs-
don. M0ms OF Ne, and ~ ysslf among
tbs number, believed thai instead of
throwing This mass OF applications
before tito appointing power and 0ar-
lug 2 contest snd wraagls over them
among Tho different applicants snd
their friends OF che delegation, It Eould
Do better 20 a&reo among ourselves, IL
practicable, ~ 70 each place 10 be SIZED
aud thsn the man 20 DO recommended.
this believed would preserve mar
nnony in the lsl6gatiOu-au we all
know that tho nsefulaess, influence
and strength or = delegation in Con-
gress depends grrstly upon its unity
and harmony Fould relieve The 30.
pointing power OF D ggest tr1aDls sod
annoyance ana would iasurs
something like an equality
Of division bstween the SON
grsasionsl districts OF tho places Co be
lllsd, Ii this plan had been carried
out, al The Applications would have
gone before tue appointing power aud
bseu considered, but such aid ~ tho
delegation could hava given in select
inI from them would also have gone
With thsm.
The delegation met two or three
Hmss. ~ understBld II, Tor the pIr.
pose | have indicated, aud afsor earn
"a: Efforts, fplled TO tccOmpltsh what
waa desired, aud abandoned tho pre-
Jssi, leaving eeCh memsae 20 pursue
ais own c0Nrse With reference 10 np-
plication5 for ofliss. rhat there his
boon spy "eOm oiUation," agreement,
understanding ar concerted action IN
or by the delegation toucbiug taa dis
tributiou of patronage, / utterly dAny.
We nave been divided, solnb recon-
m.ndlng one ana som0 another.
You refer 10 y lottor Of nino to q gan-
'lem.n in Dsuton, In zach this iaa-
guege is u9ad, on She 10 n OF ASarcn
last: 81 nave tn say "a reply thet the
fscts or probabilities a. STATED in the
dispatch arc As / unaargtSnd
them" The dispa,ea refereed tn
| nave not seon since that lottss was
written, bat presume it waa 8 dispatch
from the Wsshlngt1n corrospDudauJ
OF the Galveston News, iorscGsting
thSt certain appointments, siuCc maze,
would bs made. wsa then
whiting from lifly tU yeyon.
ty-hve Letters per dsv, bad no
timo ~ make explanations, and WAS
neoetssrlly ~ brief "a possible, be-
siowius but little Thought apon the
language used. rhe letter was uoi,hsc
more nor less thsp su expression OF
NV opinion that certain appointments
would 70 made 10 predicted in that
oirpatcb. had osen In daiiy aFDct.
ation With tho mSmbsrs OF tho Gelags.
sion, had hoard oSGh ous OF the pro-
posed appointments discussed pro aud
con, and kueV the vows of shs m0m-
beib rs 10 each, as losat 40 FAR ne was
necessary 81 enable mo 20 form q cloar
opinion On ths subject, and this letter
90 the Gontleuisn in Danton
10 Simply "a expression OF opinion
based unNnowlecg derived In thatwLy.
did not mean 20 bs undsrstood M
SAY ing that all the members Of tbe dol
sSati6n dasired those appointmeta, for
| know thsb sucn was not ths case, |
only intended TO say that IN my iudg-
IN mt enough or ths momb3rR favored
those appointments 10 mako 10 TX
tremoly probable hat the appointments
would be made. Each ono OF the pro-
possd appointments hid Ia the de,sga-
tion iLs own individual support, en-
tlrely dscounscted with snI inae.
paudont o any Other. Theirs wac no
concert or coordination respecting
them. Some who supported \ Oortion
OF them opposed others OF them.
After our failure To agree on and
carrying out general plan covering
tho srhjsct, ne your statsmont indl-
Gates, there WAS never, no far aS
know or believe, any attempi TO got
mp any other agreement or underatand-
iny Nd 10 aither tim Wllle or nuy mart