Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-08
ON THE FENCE.
The Present Uncomfortable Position
of Most of the Members on Both
Sides of the National House.
Reed, the Republican Leader, Prepares
q Revenue Measure, But Fails to
Force His Party to Accept Il.
Texas OoDgreSsmsR are Delayed
With Re quests for Seed.

WAITING TO HEAR TRoM THE COUNTRY.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March THE Demo
cratic members are waiting to hear from
their constituents as to what course they
shall pursue On the tariff. Every member
10 on the fence and doesn't know which
way to jump. The Republicans are not
less annoyed. They too have been trying
to agree on psrty policy, bat thus far
have failed. Mr. Reed had prepared a
plan for the repeal OF the tobacco tax and
the tax on iIuit, brAndies and reduction
of the whisky tax from 30 TO so cents. He
met with topen rebellion snd his attempt
to force the party TO accept this plan
failed. Many of the strongest men in the
party, snd especially the western Repub-
licans, declared that II this bill WAS
passed 1t would
SPLIT The PARTY.
Mr. Reed urged united action as 8 neces-
sity of keeping the party together, but al
to no purpose. Fully one-hal' Of the
Republicans would oppose any measure
to remove or reduce the tax on whisky
and the removal of the tobacco tax would
merely be tolerated by many.
VIZ. DEOHuS vi 1uulhuS lhfOIs pAOHO-
sition to put coal, salt and lumber on
the free list, TO cut of the duty on sugar
and repeal the tax on Manufactured to-
bscco. He will not agree to abolishing all
the tobacco tax or to making any reduc-
t 81 on whisky.
Mr.. Mckinley had s resolution to sub
NIT to the House on McId.y providing
for the removal of the tobacco tax, but
he WAS astonished 10 hnd that At least
fifty Republicans
WOULD OPPOSE his PLAN.
He, therefore, pccKeted his resolution.
The leaders are still working to whip
the psrty Into line aud the independent
members are being appealed to,
but tonight thGre does not appear
to be any chsUce for al agree
ment unless the high protectionists
make some kind of compromise
with the western members. The faction
opposing Reed are not ready to follow
Mills, and some OF them are ready to Join
the Democrats in a milder measure than
that coming from the ways and means
committee, irrespective of what line OF
action their party may adopt.
TliS ls briefly the situation tonight.
THE REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION.
WASHINGTON, March 7-Having mar
shslled their forces over night, the Re-
publican members of the Wsys and means
committee renewed their attack on the
Democratic majority tsrif snd revenue
measure this morning. All OF the mem
bers were present, aud when the commit
tee had been called TO order, Mr.. Reed
opened the proce edings by renewing his
motion thst the representatives Of the
cement industry be heard BY the commit
tee. After the exchange Of some tart re-
marks between the opposing lines this
motion was defeated by strict party
vote.
Mr.. Reed again came to the front with
a motion that the marble men be heard as
theirs was so industry that would be seri-
ousIy affected by the passage CT the pend
ing bill. This wa also rejected.
Mr. Burrows then moved that the Ess-
Textbook Metallic Pen Company of Cam
den, N j., be granted ten minutes in
which to point out the probable effect Of
the bill on their business, which he ssid
would be Its absolute destruction.
When vote was taken the same result
folio wed the Democrats refusing to agree
to any hearings.
Mr.. Breckenridge Of Kentucky next Of
fered general resolution that all indus
tries affected by the pending bill have the
liberty 10 file written or printed COM
munications before the committee, but
no oral hearings be granted.
Mr.. Kelly moved 10 amend so as TO re-
quirs that the communications already on
file or eresiter received be read by the
clerk to the committee.
The proposed amendment was rejected.
Mr. McKinlty then requested the COM
mittee to hear the workiugmen and mem
| beTs of Congress on the industries In
which they are interested, and which
were touched upon By the bill. Being
put IN the form of otiOn this was also
voted down, and Mr.. Breckinridge's reso-
lutions, allowing communications to be
| fled but refusing oral hearings, was
| adopted by party vote after the Repub-
lican members had expressed their minds
vigorously in regard TO it. The commit
tee then adjourned subject to call OF the
chairman.
JUDsoN MYTH.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March For 8 week or
more past q numoer OF Senators and Rep
resentatives, mostly from the south, have
been worried on receiving requests from
postmasters from nearly every postCface
III tuClE IC5pCSbLNC os6LOS NoAih5 AOA oSSNS
end public documents by the wholesale.
Every one endorsed list giving names
OF all who got mail st thst particular
office, amounting to an average Of loo,
and asked that each man and woman on
the list be favored with field and flower
seed and public books. The request is
invariably preceded with the state
ment that the postmaster IN anish-
l fhn HGt ia NCslYU n1nRY
instructions from d. V. 81. Judson, sec-
rotary of the Democratic committee,
Wash ngton, D: c. AS rule the Sens-
tors and members are always willing to
send seeds and books
TO ALL OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS
who may write for them. This is 8 reg
ular part Of Congressmsn's commercial
duty and constitutes the biggest part OF
the commercial clerks WORK, but
10 have these petitions coming
in BY tie hundred and that