Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-23
TEXAS IN CONGRESS.
Sketches Of Some Of the Men Who
Represent the Lone Star State
at Washington.
How Mills AstoDished Naval Tx
werts and wellborn Electrified
Convention,
The Great speech Cuiborson Made in
Defense OF Rothsrhiid-ol
Rcminiscerces
currcaronaence s. tl,a courIot.I errnaI.

correspondence nt TIC tourlor-%cNfnM.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.---lt was Con.
Sheridan who said that If he ownedtiell
and Texas he would rent out the lsttcr
and live in the former. That le will own
Texas agsin is hardly probable; ttat he
VIII be welcome guest Of the d1vil is
absolutely cert@'n. Texas has, perhaps
tho 0hiest delegation in the United States
lhouae ef representatives, Enough she has
nut eleven members, while New& DIRK has
fthirty three, Pennsylvania thirty, OHIO
Stwenty-one and Illinois twenty. She Is
the empire state Of the South and soon
to be the empire state Of The Union,
'One-thifd LAGER than France she only
REQUIRES Development and population
to become an empire more opulent aud
more powerful than that OF Cirrus or Cam,
byses. AZ reXarksna one Is nearer Chi
cngo than Che delta al the Rio Grande,
saitd nearer Newport News than FL Pas0.
Every diversity of climate, all varieties OF
soil, every species Of products are found
within her limits. In.the production OF
cattle, cotton, wool and oats she ranks
all other states, and IL Is but question az
"a short time whea she will be first IN
wheat, hay, sugar and the various kinds
of live stock. Cities, ltowns and villages
spring up within her borders like
magic. Railroads radiate to every
point OF the compass. Her broad prai-
ries, rich soil, virgin forests and fine eli
mate invite the em.grants VINO pour INTO
the state ut the rate OF 1000 daily. Her
struggle for independence reads like ro-
nance. Her heroes were paladlns sitter
the order Of Roland and Oliver, knightly
- -.
table round No other state no other
cline, no other people have the Alamo,
and San Jacinto was the last of the decis.
i've battles, type OF Marathon aud rhar-
salia, Bannockhurn and Waterloo, but a
nobler victory thar either.
ROGER @. MILLS
has been in congress ten years, ard is a
very able and capable man. He made u
speech on the question Of economic poity
in the Forty congress that attract
ed great deal Of attention, not Only in
the body where it was delivered, but
throughout the country. In the succeed
ing congress he showed his Independence
by refusing TO 70 into the Democratic
cancus, BECAUSE he was determined not
20 cast his vote FOR Randall for speaker,
and the speaker took a small revenge
by ignoring him in the formation of
the committees, Enough 1t was obvious
that he was in the front rank OF the elitr
OF the body he is man Of untiring
industry. vi9ilapt aud conscientious. la
the EoTty-sixth congress there was a
resolution adopted 10 Investigate The
Portsmouth, Y H., navy yard, against
which charges o. fraud and corruption
were made. The navy department was
much concerned and besought R0beson,
then a member Of congress, ~ help them,
THE ex-seeretaTy reeronded TO the call,
most corrupt department OF the gov.
ernment He succeeded in having
a Committee appointed, who scar ely
knew how salt water smeilvd, aud Mills
was made chairman He at once began
to read eyerothlug he could lay his hands
upon that treatsd OF naval Affairs He
visited the nayy-Sard here every day, and
In q short time kne'y a ship thoroughly,
from dying iih-b8om TO taifruil, from pen
nant at the toprol the main royal mast To
tho sheet anchor heayed Qverb0arS He
made himself familiar with all the details
OF the subject, and when he and his COM
nlittee went To Portsmouth the chair
man appeared SO familiar with naval al
fairs, his suggestions were so art, his
questions so searching, that he had
difficulty in making the 'sad old sea-
dogs believe that ne hnd not sniled be.
fore the mast The Investigation was
thorough snd revealed much fraud, peeu-
iatlon aud downright stealing, but such
revelations were oi so common occur
renee Ia those days that the report at
tracted bat passing notice. II 80 not
often that Mfr. Mills makes Z speech, and
when he does address the house he Is
u l.. =
full canvas, with guns doHhe-shotttd,
and ponrs his broadsides luto the op.
posing forces with precision aud effect.
He 10 thorough man OF the people, and u
more fearless, Independent, hold and
manly member does not have seat iRihe
5ody,
oIIN wFsaiBoRN /.
is serving his fOurtR term 10 congnesR.
He ~, with the possisie exception OfW.
g Il. breckenridge, the most finished
.sssstnr In Ihe body. Ia personal appear
anse he most striki6gty ETretnhles Stephen
"a Douglas. His style il dramatic, n,rp-
Gus and captivating Sic came to the
front 10 Texas when Coke war nominated
by tjiu Democrats Lar governor. The
grasp that Sheridan had upon the state
had relaxed, and the people felt that they
weru free once more. Inihe convention
every county In the statelgas fully rep
resente(, and was tho largest aud
most enthusiastic body 81 representative
men that bad ever assembled west of the
.Aiississippi. Dick Hubbard delivered
mmself Of q grandii1qaent enslrt that wae
applguded 20 the echo. Yonpg CARING
ton, a lawyer Of Marshall, who afterward
defended Garry, the murderer sof an nc.
tor, was tONollow, and ca ptctancy was at
a too wave He appeared anc set thu
whsse aulieIce sflre Before hehad con-
clndfd, w. IL. Newman OF the Missouri
PaejEc rallFoad said 10 the Dial.
las delegation: "D-~-n It., boys,
DIN WtlihOfE can discount those
fellows. Yen for him next" The ere WIS
taken, aud WelHiurn mounted the stand.
He ,Gaa Ia happy form, and ia a speech OF
more than an hasir surpassed all those
that had proceeded him. There had been
lothing NE IL since the Famous effort Of
/ kentuekR orator, Kptly described by Gd
Bpn Hardin, when be said: ''JOe Holt q,
ID there, nstrlde the rainbow, bntting hiel
head against the stars" The theme MIS-
worthy OF Cicero The state was emery
ne from the period % Reconstruction.
rhe Bahslonish captivity was over. The
iat IL Cyrus had gone firth. Tee tenn
Sic Sns 70 be rebuilt. Wellhorn referred
"A ite,e things and then mentioned the
Alamo
.fln. II ihefe be on this earthly sphere
boon, an uugriug II aven bvt''r denr,
rie The last libAiiln Liberty draws
rom d tspft laat bleeds aud breaks In esr
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