Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
Senate Passes the Bill Appropriating
$4,000 for Public Building
at Fort Worth.
Morrill speaks on tho Subject OF thu Presi
dents nsssRSe-rhe Dead Lock
In the House.
FHtieth Congress.
THE SENATE.

amended so as to request the President,
if not Incompatible with public interest,
to furnish any information in his posses
sion relative to the dispute understood to
exist between the government of Vene-
zuela snd the government Of Great Brit
ian, concerning the boundaries between
British Gu ans and VeIezusls. Adopted.
The Senate then proceeded TO consid
erstion Of executive business. Within
ten minutes the doors were reopened.
The Senste then took up the motion to
refer the Pr siieIt's annusl message and
WAS addressed BY Mr NORTH. He said:
La the wa of doctrines promulgated in
the message Of the president what en-
coursgement for the future, he asked had
the farmer guilty Of having made invest
ment in sheep husbsndry and OF having
lHbored for years TO acquire the knowl-
edge and skill Of good shepherds in the
management Of their iccks? What en-
couragement did the message offer
TO any new or even old enter
prises? Was there any growing city or
town, any nook or crook, ID the
country which could have any hope OF
advancing prosperity upon radical
changes OF the tariff ss urged by the mes
sage Of the President WHAT new field
Of labor would be opened or Whist old
one show increased activity? Rather,
which one among them sill would not be
ug1tered, with their occupations gone2
Where were the many thousands Of dis
charged laborers to go? the President
appeared 20 deprecste discussion OF pro-
tectiCn 81 d free trade, and with wonder
full simplicity forthwith proposed
to recommend absolute free trade
In wool. he would by bis measure cut
the iugulsr Of every sheep in the country
and proceed to argue wi b the owners
that they would be bette- OF without
them CT that they lost more than they
gained by protection. Deducting the
protective duty imposed for the benefit
Of American WOO of 10 cents per pound
the .lue of Texas wool in New York and
Boston markets would suddenly drop to
or cents per pound. Neither Texas
nor any other state would continue
to raise wool at that price and wool
growing even in the Lone Star State,
with sn area greater than that of Ger
many, France, Spain or Italy, would only
be known as one Of the lost arts The
prodigious loss to landed estates from an
abandonment OF sheep husbandry WAS s
problem Of d tlicult solution. The Dem
ocratc party out of power solidly pro-
claimed its policy, but having thereby
got into power it prevsricated and I'M
blushiDgly and practically reversed its
Platform from end to end. 1t would
now perpetuate the war taxes and
make the custom house revenues in
sufficient. Had not Virginia, North Csr-
olins, Georgia, Tennessee, as we'll as New
York and many other states, valid cause
of complaint against the Democratic par
ty for false pretensesY The star of hope
appeared 10 have been rising in the new
south, lighting all her borders with fam
ing furnaces, and decorating her wasted
plains with manufacturing towns and Cit
les, but these bright evidences OF better
days, II the anti-tarif raid should be sue
cessful, would Immediately sink out Of
sight, and the fondest hopes Of the new
south would disappear forever. He de-
clared himself in favor of any reasonable
reduction of public revenues and depre-
Gated an attempt to excite panic in fnsn-
cial affairs because of an expected annual
surplus Of s., 500, 000 Mr.. Morrill, spoke
at great length. He predicted that
should the Mills bill become law Amer
icsn 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 provide for the admission Of
the state Of Dakota and for the orgaaiza-
ton of the territory Of North Dakots, and
was addressed by Mr.. Davis. The
whole territory, he said, con-
tanned some 600 900 Inhabitants, of which
number about $780, 900 were in Southern
Dakota. OF the latter 10000 were
-ex- Union soldiers who were denied en-
reimbursement by the country which they
had fought to save. They were to- day in
ell that constituted state more fully
equipped than many states which were
now persistently denying her admission
as state. Why should not Congress act
st least manly and just in the admission
of South Dakota? Why delay longer that
great act of national justice7 The ques-
ton should be stripped of all evasion and
sham and 1t should be plainly admitted
that the commonwealth of Southern Da,
koss had been denied admission IS state
for the reason that the party in power
| with the solid soutb) was determined
not to lose Its political sscendancy.
Mr.. Turpie obtained the door and the
bill wss laid aside till tomorrow.
The following bills, among others, were
taken from the calendar and passed:
House bill to purchase OF the widow
and children Of the late General James
Shields cer.sin swords st cost not eY
ceedipg $4,000.
Senate bill sppropriating $4,000 for 3
public building at Fort Worth, Tex.
The bill for the purchase from Mrs
Virginia Taylor Lewis OF sword Of
W.shington's for $4,000, was taken up
and read. 1t gave rise to long debate
but matter went over without action anG
the Senate adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April u.-FrCm
O'Clock until Day break the msmbers Of The
House remained patiently in their seatE
or reclined on more easy soias in the real
of the hall. No motions were submitted
no points Of order raised, no ps1lirmen.
t,ry inquiries submitted. The Hous.
WAS in state Of seige. The advocates
OF the direct tax bill, recognizing their in
ability to cope with the parliamentsr.
tactics of their antagonists, refraineC
from any effort to dispense with AM
other proceedings.
At 10 O'Clock the first business Of tn
day WAS undertaken. It was motion b,
Mr.. Dockery OF Missouri, that the door
!; keeper be authorized to open the door
and ventilate the chamber.
Some belated filihuster Objected from