Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12
CONGRESSIONAL.
senate Passes the Bill Appropriating
$4,000 for Public Building
at Fort Worth.
,sorrfn speaks on the Subject OF the srssi
deni'I 8csssGo-The Dead Luck
in the House.
Fifstath Congress.
THE eRNATB.

WASHINGTON, April l.-Mr. Sher
IAN from the committee on foreign re.
1,,;ops. reported bsck Mr.. Riddelberger'.
rs.olu:!o7 offered some days since
.oen,yed so SIS to request the President
j,not incompatible with public interest
N furnish any Information in his posses
sion relative to the dispute understood &c
oy;,t between the government of Vene
g,aIs md ths government OF Great Brit
Tan concerning the boundaries between
R,idsn Gu ana and Yenezuals. Adopted
TIE S male then proceeded to consid.
cation OF executive business. within
On minutes the doors were reopencd.
The Senlte then took up the motion to
-sfar the Pr sident's annual message and
wss addressed by Mr NORTH. lie said:
n the VS. OF doctrines promulgated In
thg message OF the PRESIDENT what en-
cour.gemeut for the fu'uCe. he asked, had
the farmer guilty oi having made invest
-nspt in sheep husbsndry end OF isving
I,oored for yesrs to acquire The knoWl-
edge and skill OF good shepherds in the
management OF their fsczs2 What en-
cnuragement did tile message offer
IN sny rev or even old enter
nrl5es? Was there any growing city or
town. any nook or crook, in the
country which could have any hope of
Advancing prosperity upon radical
changes OF the tariff as urged by the mes
s.pe Of the President WHAT new field
ofIsbor would be opened or what old
one show increased activity Rather,
which one among them sill would not be
slaughtered, with their occu paii1ns gomez
Where we're the many thousands of dis
charged lsborers to go2 The President
sDpesred to deprecate discussion of pro-
lection ard free trade, and with wonder.
ful sImplicityf forthwith proposed
10 recommend absolute free trade
in wool. He would by his measure cut
the iugular CT every sheep in the country
snd proceed to argue wi the owners
that they would be bette: of without
them or that they lost more than they
gained by p:otect ion. Deducting the
protective duty imposed for the beneft
Of American WOOL of 10 cents per pound
the value CT Texas wool in New York ami
Boston markets would suddenly drop to
4 or cents per pound. Neither Texas
NOR any other stAte would continue
10 raise wool at that price and wool
growing even In the Lone Star State,
With an sreG greater than that of Ger
many, France, Spain or I.aly, would only
be known as oue of the lost arts. The
urodigious loss to landed estates from an
abandonment OF sheep husbandry was q
problem Of fiicult solution. Tne Dem
ocrstiC party out Of power solidly pro-
claimed its policy, but having thereby
got into power IL preVsricsted and IN
bushirgly and practically reversed its
platform from end to end. It would
now perpetuste the war taxes ana
mIke the s'ustom house revenues in
sufficient. Had Lot Virgins, North CSr-
olns, Georgia, Tennessee, as we'll as New
York and many other states, valid Cause
Of complaint against the Democratic par
~ for false pretGlses2 The star OF hope
appeared 10 have been rising in the new
south, lighting all her borders with ftm-
ing furnaces, and decorating her wasted
plains with manufacturing towns and Cit
les, but these bright evidences OF better
days, If the aDti-tariff raid should be sue
cessiul, would immediat ly siuk out of
sight, and the fondest hopes Of the new
south would diSsppe6r forever. he de-
clsred himself in favor of any reasonable
reduction of public revenues apd depre-
Gated an attempt to excite panic in ansn-
clsI sfsirs because Of an expected annual
surplus of s. 500 900. Mr.. Morrill, spoke
st great length. he predicted that
should the Mills bill become law Amer
lean industry would be crippled and
farmers would have to make many SAC
r.fces on the altar Of free trade.
The Senate resumed consideration OF
the bill to prOyide for the admission of
the,stste Of Dakota and for the orgsaizs-
tion Of the territory of North Dakota, and
was addressed By Mr.. Dsvis. The
whole territory, he said, con-
tsined some COO 600 inhabitants, of which
number about $50, 900 were IL Southern
Dskota. OF tne latter 10000 were
e1 Union soldiers who we're denied en-
reimbursement By the coultry which they
had fought to save. They were to-day In
all inst constituted a state moro fully
equipped than macy states which were
now persistently denying her admission
SIS state. Why should not Congress act
ct least msuly aud jdst IL the admission
OF South Dskots2 W0y delay longer that
great act OF national justice? The ques-
lion should be stripped OF ell evasion and
sham and 1t should be plainly admitted
that the commonwealth Of Southern d.
kots hsd been denied admission as q state
Tor the reason inst the party In power
with the solid sNuth) WAS determined
not to lose its political ascendancy.
Mr. Turpie obtained the DIOR and the
OIL Was laid aside till to morrow.
The following bills, among others, were
taken from the calendar and passed:
House bill 10 purchase of the widow
and children CT the lste General James
Shields certsin swords st cost not ex
eeeding $4,000.
Senate bill sppropriatipg $3.50, 900 for 8
public building at Fort Worth, Tex.
The bill for the purchase frem Mrs.
Virginia Taylor Lewis of sword of
WashIngton's for $40 900, WAS taken no
aud read. Il gave rise to long debate
nut matter went over without action and
he Senate adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-From 2
O'Clock until dsybresk the members Of the
House remained patiently in their seats
OF reclined on more easy sofas in the rear
oi the hall. No motions were submitted,
40 points of order raised, no psrlirmsn-