Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-14
TRIED 10 BULLDOZE HIM.
Charles A. Cleveland, an Indian Trader
Of Anadarko, !. 7, Refuses 10 Be
Forced Into Partnership.
4 brother 81 judwe jackson Of Tonnes.
see Proposes 10 Have Half the
Profits or pht Him Ont.
Tho senate 90 Nednrc the Hivrr amt mar
bot Appropriation --rhe isoutc ~.
,sded on Pension bills.
etANnINo ur roN llIa nlanra.

WAenlNoTOS, july 10 Charles A.
Cleveland Of Anadarko, 1. r. an Indian
trader, was examined 10y tho senate com.
mlttec Investigating appointments to In.
dian tfadorshlps to-day. He stated under
oath that some time prior TO tbe txplta
ton Of HE license, s Nj Jackson brother
of Judge, then senator, Jackson, notified
the witness that he aud Jackson had heon
licensed TO trade there lie proposed 60
the witness partnership, int0 which
jackson was 90 put HIS license white
Cleveland was 10 furnish tho capital, tx
perienc0 and good Will, IN addition W do
Ing oil the work. The profits were 90 be
equally divided The witness was tod
that u he did not acqnicsce Ia the ar
rangemcnt his license to trade would hn
taken away, Jackson claiming 10 have suf
flulent influence at Warrington TO briag thls
about The witness declined 20 enter
into commlssionshp and through tie
agent at Anntarko he was informed that
his license would not be extended beyond
q hXsd date, then . few weeks distant.
The witness came TO Washington aud laid
the matter before Commissioner Atkins.
but did nut succNcd Va getting the Ofdtr
Of removal revoked. rbe witness closed
his store on the datn liked aud began the
what his loss would prove 60 he, hui
thought about $4,000. Further hrarng
was postponed I'll next Thursday
70 urr rnE APPROPRIATION
wAslINaIoN, July iS.--1here is ans
understanding In the senate that when
the river aud harbor bin shnll have been
perfected, Item by ltoin, motion shall
be offered 20 mako an horizontal reduce
ton, making tho aggregate appropriation
somewhat below That Df the house bill.
Tho proposed reduction win probably he
liked at the rate % 20 or 80 per cent.
pNIDEp on A PENSION vr1o
| WAsntNGroS, July lA.- IN the case Of
\ Mts. Maria Hunter widow % Gen Hun.
ter, for whose relief the ho1ae passed
| bill granting pension ~ 900 per month,
whieh was vetoed by the president, Chair
man Watson OF the Invalid pensions com.
mlttoe to-day presented report 20 the
house IN which he sustains the veto He
says the effect OF the bin wouldho 10 give
the claimant $40 per month more than
| the sum allowed hy the general law, that
" IL alleged that the widow needs an ~
crease aitd that the committee barely TOD
GRATED The iuurease ~ The Densieui 10
widow OF an oillcer, II ls also
truo that the clamants appl.
cation for the legal rate IT
pension has boon allowed by the pension
oilice. A minority report, signed by The
Republican members at The committee
reqGt sts the passage Of the BIN over the
veto, holding that Il has been the inyaria-
bile practice 10 pension NJ $50 per month
the widows Of officers u the rank similar
TO that OF Gen. Hunter, that the president
has signed q number OF such bills during
this session aside from the case Of Gen,
HAncook's widow aud that there a no
reason for making an exception Of this
case.
ADyoCATtHa aoppr
WASHINGTON, July 10 49, Ex-senator
Johnston and Representatives Tucker,
Cabell, Wise, CroNlun aud TfiRg waited
! on the president this morning and urged
the nomination Of John Gnode as eD
Z lletor-g neral They represented that
Goode has not been fairly treated by the
senate, aud was not given sufficient 90.
portunlty TO reiUte the charges which led
to his rejection. A member ~ the dele.
cation il authority for the statement TINT
tho president, after listening TO their rep
reservations, expressed symptby for
: Goode, lie stated that tho case was IN.
. der consideration, but he had not yet de-
term!ned what course TO pursue.
1 BfIas COMPLAINS on rERaHCuTioN,
q District Attorney Bliss complains that
the auditing officers 81 the treasury are
/ making an exception IN his case and dis
} terminating TO the extent OF persecution.
/ He says that other district attorneys are
| paid special fees for prosecuting caaes
y that do hot strictly belong 10 their duties
! "a district attorneys. The attention Of
the auditing officers was TO day called 20
} this charge. Their reply In substance
| HaN IL ID
! They are not aware that any other dis
, trici attorney has been sent so much and
so widely away from his own
j district and Official duties. MIR,
G Bites has been given handsome
/ fees for the prosecution Of
d cases in Ohio, Pennsylvania New ork
/ and Louisiana, while the duties ~ his
/ own very important district have been
4 LEFT largely 90 bis suhOrdlnatesi Tue re.
. counting ollleefs consider thia an abuse,
4 aud not IN accordance with the spirit OF
: the law District attorneys for New York
!. city and some uthef districts have been
4 employed IN special cases and paid hund.
|. some special ices, but the services we're
!. performed almost Without exception IN Or
near their own districts, and the account.
Il ing officers have no way Of knowing
r. whether The district attorneys were IN ac-
!, tual attendance on their own court OF
. not. Hut when Mr.. Bliss was ~ court Ia
! New York city and New Orleans II was
A evident that he was NOT attending 10 his
4 regular duties In Sc, Louis, and accord.
b ingly his charges for the latter were dis-
e allowed.
: fIir ri0HT.nOuR DAY.
WAanINHroN, July 49,, MI U'hcill OF
Missouri, chalrmaL OF the committee on
labor, submitted q Mr. Durham, hret
d comptroller ~ the treasury, newspaper
y clipping Of verbal opinion given
!. by him on the eight-hour law
a and the claims arising ff0m the
n violation OF Il. To-day he received lhe
4 following 0fileIal opinion from Judge
q Dnrhsm Under section 975G Of the
confirmed IN RIM Pags.