Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-11
The Provisions Of Grains Resolution
Changing the Time for Meet
ING Of Congress.
judge Reagan's Room for the senate
Reported ~ Flourlshlng. Congress
man Dowdney Dead.
curtin's Special southwestern strike Oom-
mi.tee to Hold AN Adjourned Meet
Ing In january.

WAsuiEGroN, Dee. i0.--Mr. Craln'e
resolution changing tho time for the meet
ing Of congress II rs follows; The torn
of tho Fiftioth congress shall terminate
at ~ O'Clock m, on December 81, A, ID,
1855, and tho term OF the Fiity.hrst con.
gress shall thcrcupon begin, Tho CON
gross shall assemble ct least once In each
year, and such meeting shall be on tho
second Tuesday in January, unless con-
gress shall by law appoint different day,
Concerning this resolution the Post
said yesterday, sit strikes az that In.
stead Of postponlng the beginning OF the
congressional Issue 10 the middle OF
January IL would be much wiser TO adj
vance To the first OF November. II would
seriously Inconvenience but tew and II
should enable congress to reduce the
calendar below 1.-THE $4,000 bills waiting
for attention.
To this MIR. Grain responded as FOL
lowst
EDITOR post-You refer TO tho Joint
resolution introduced by mo upon tho
subject OF congressional aosalons but
you Will pardon the suggeetion that per-
haps you did not give tho resolution that
full consideration which you usually ho-
stow upon questions that you mako the
subject % editorial commont. The OBJ
| iects Of the resolution are twofcld.
4. To have tho members OF Congress
| eloltedln November meet in the month
of January next succeeding the election
Instead OF waiting until the month OF
December OF thoyoar following, as Is the
case now.
2. 10 have two long sessions OF each
congress before the members OF the next
~ al n al -
the elections come OF between the long
session aud the short session MS hey do
under the provisions OF the constitution,
The adoption Of the resolution, copy
OF which inclose you, would give each
congress two long s,saionH before It's
successor was elected. Tho advantages
flowing therefrom are very obvious In
my opinion. Your obediont servant
w. ii. CRAM
Tho Post then takes back track and
says "rhis putsa new face on It, The res.
olutlon had not reached our desk NJ tho
time Of the comment, and The published
abstract conveyed an inadequate idea OF
It.. While Mr.. Grain has little hope of
getting his resolution considered AT this
session, yet the proposed amendment to
tho constitution Is u most sensible aud
excellent one, and receives favorable
@NAbihNHh u NthHl htAh1h hlNnHNAhANN VI
party"
RRAaAN's BOOM,
Special 10 tho Gazette.
WAsnINaToN, Dee. l0.--Straws which
are waite TO Washington concerning the
successor TO Mr.. Maxey, point strongly
10 the nomination OF Judge Reagan, and
his boom ~ Increasing daily, lie has
thlrty-six votes pledged TO him and will
receive many mere and In believed enough
10 elect him on the first break Ia Joint
ballot.
rExAs APPROPRIATIONS.
special 90 the Gazette.
WAaniNuroH, Dec. 10 The committee
on appropriations have recommended The
following amounts for public buildings
Custom-house Galveston, $4,000; El Paso.
S60,000i approaches and heating appar.
atus for building at Dallas, $4,000.
TEXAS POSTAL MATTERS
Special 20 tho Gazette
WAsnINaToH, Dec. I0--The following
changes ia postal service IN Texas were
made to-day Railroad postoiiice service
established on this line OF the Fort Worth
& New Orloaus railroad between Fort
Wort and Garrett, Tex, distance nifty
two miles, the line 20 DO known as the
Fort Worth and Garrett railroad post
office.
Site changed Eagle, Wood county,
two miles east 10 original locations Ship
ports Gap, Eratb county, ono and a quarter
miles west.
Postmasters and new ollicesl Ennis
williams, Cedar Grove, Dra2oria county;
John 7. Hooker, Tyson, HIN county.
coSGREsaMAN pEAD.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 - Representa-
tive Abraham Dowdney Of tho Twelfth
-. - - 4 4. t.
In Madison avenue, New York city, al 4
O'Clock this morulng. lle was stricken
with spoplcxy while entering his home
last night. Tho speaker this norninR APP
pointed the following committee W attend
The funeral; Campbell Yiele, Merriman
and Miller Of New York, O'Neill 81 Mis-
souri,, Scranton OF pennsylyania and
Brady Of Virginia Abraham Dowduey
~ New York city was boru IN Ireland IN
October, 1910; WAS educated 40 private
schools; was q builder aud contractor;
served 10 tho late war as captain of the
one Hundred aud Thirty. second New York
state volunteers, 1862 1865 WAS chair
man OF the public school trustees IN the
disirict DO represented IN congress, IN
1882 SO, iSl, and -, ana WAS elected %
the Borlyniuth congress- AZ a Dtmocfat,
receiving 10 $50 votes against u 1854 votes
Tor Henry o Psrley, Republican, and 27S
votes scattering.
no HOLD AN ADJOURNHD NETTING.
WAsnGH0IoN, Dec. lQ.-The special
committee 70 Investigate The strike 10 the
Southwest, Of which Mr.. Curtis Of Penn
sylyania II chairman, held meeting this
afternoon and adopted the following res
olufi0ni "i,esolvcd, that notice DO giyen
10 parties Interested that ihlA committee
will hold an adjourned meeting 81 wash
inQton on January 3, next, AZ which time
any proper additional evidence offered
relating TO the matters under inyestiga-
tIon viii be received. and also that any
party Interested shall be allowed 70 place
on die with this committee such briefs a.
such party shall see IT."