Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-08
TEE TARIFF Mill.
Dsbate on the Tariff Bill Will Not be
Interrupted by ths Holding Of
the Conventions.
The Contents OF the Rspsr. on the
Irqulry Into the Fert Brown Affair.
The Appropriation
The Govssnment Determined Rot TO Pa7
Three rImes What the Lane 10
WoEth-Tsxss Postal Chanrea
CONTINUE DEBATE ON THE TARIFF,

CONTINUE DEBATE ON THE TARIFF
Special to the Gazette.
! WASHINGTON, June CONTRARY I,
general expectations the tariff bill vii
not be she!ved this week. TIE debate
will be ntinued during the time tina
the two conventions are in session. MIR
hcCrearV, one Of Speaker Csrlisle's mos
Intimate friends, said tonight: @We
have decided to continue the debate OF
the bill without interruption until it ie
passed. From time to time Z will be
lAid aside to allow the passage Of sDpro-
. sristion bills that will NOT be likely 10
;ause contest, IS was done LAST wee
with the agricultural bill.
| Gentlemen On either side who
aTe going to both conventions
nave been able TO arrange SO there ia no
! necessity for stopping the debate"
"Csn nothing De done to limit the de-
bat ?"
Certainly; It is within the power Of
Mr.. Mills 70 move st any time that the
c IN uittee rise and move thst general
debate on certain section bs limited to
: definite time. II we have mhilyjty,
snd SO far every vote has shown that We
have, the motion will be sustained
Ample lime will be given fer all proper
discussion and believe that il
three weeks the consideration OF
the bill can be Concluded,
an not one Of those who believe tnat i,
will be the middle OF August or the END OF
September before We ediourn. II we
give the Senate three weeks month
discuss the tarlff, We ought still to be
sole to 81 urn by the FIST week in An.
gust. Two years ago il Was August 5 oe.
tore we got away"
"Whst do you think about the pros.
poets Of the bill2"
~ believe 1t will psss substantially se
It'll left the committee. There will
oe come smf ndments agreed upon
as We determined in caucus.
but these amendments viii
not alter the bill bv $1,000, 600, or, 10 DE |
exact, shout 81 700 COO"
THEsBORT BROWN INvEsTIsATYoH,
Ths5hem 0ers CT the sue committee OF |
shss Rouee military committee in charge |
If the investigation OF tie Fort Brown |
matter have finished taking the testimony
md are now engaged upon their report,
cais will commend the action OF the War
Department in refusing to Gerry out the
provisions Of the law which appropriated
he sum of $3.50 600 for the purchase O,
he site, an amount considered oy the
Var Department committee as being over
hree TINES its actual value. The report
Pill be accompanied by bill zapesline
he ect and nppropristipg $50, 900 in lieu
/ The amount named. The rew bill will
ontHiu clause providing that unless the
'Wners consent to transfer the property.
usranteeiDg clear title, within ninety
avs Il the passage OF the bill. for the
um named, the act shall cease to have
Feet. The owners vii! no doubt be GLAD
o accept the amount rather than miss
&c sale altogether, but the action Of the
ommi!tee will be great dlsappoint-
1ent.
POSTAL CHANGES IN TEXAS
MsrY +. McAdsms mas been appointed |
ostmaster ct mcAc ans, Walker county
ar service between the following points
sVe been discontinued: Eanche to /.
ockeDut; Alum Creek to Smirnville;
hspell Hill to Ssmpronlss; Patterson 20 |
uuny Side; Digeon to Desmona; Valley !
ILLS to CrAHl's Gap; Springtown to .
IilloW Points Haynes store 10 Hunt; !.
etrolt to Fulbright. In star service De .
veen DSEss and Estelle and Eagle Ford .
Ill be.oEitted hereafter. =
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