Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-11
POP THE QUESTION.
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SO'ttGtuC<@ j'OHt Il PoG 4 UgC.
the campaign fund of the DEM
ocratic party. While there as
ssssments 80 generally msde ami
esponded to are in violstion Of
repeated declarations Ct the President
aud CT tie fundamental principles of
civil service reform the committee hardly
feels warranted in severely arimSdver.-
| ing upon the conduct Ct Ihese subordi-
mates for violating the policy ammo unced
| by the President in view CT the fac. that
policy has been departed from and
grossly violsted oy the President and the
members Of his Cabinet IL their alleged
and uncontradicted Subscriptions CT
large sums to the Democratic na-
ionsl committee. 1. is not TO
BIS expected that subordinates
will feel justified in considering as STA,
cere the declarations Of 8 policy which
are so paipeb.y rerudisted by their au
thor. and the fact tnat the President Ct
the Uoited States Ia q campaign In which
ne has 80 great q personal interes! con-
| tributes nosoriously onehfth o. years
! salary for politicsi use Will be taken by
those who depend upon him for their
tenure Of ofi;e not simply ar invita-
| tor, but q command to do likewise.
While perhaps not strictly
the functions CT this committee, it may
| not be iDprope; for is to commend to the
| consideration OF the legal advisor CT thu
present iiquiry whether such subscrip-
tons 81 made we're not II direct olstlon
OF the provisions OK lsW. The provisions
o. the law are mere cited. All these
things are contrary to tle pledges re-
pestedl7 made By the President, both
oeiore his election and since
| N SIS Letters ard mes
ssges sn.l N we'll authenticated
! in ter viaEYs. The report here makes
/ quotations from the lrst letter OF accept
snca from PRESIDENT Cleveland, from his
| Ietts: CT December IS, 1884, to Hon.
| George William Curtis, from his inaugural
oddress, from his d:ss annual message
sad from his Letter Of SEPTEMBER II, 1885,
| 10 Civil Service Commissioner ELcp,
| condemnator7 CT the spoils system ard
eLllne!alipg the Presidents Views OF
| civil ssI yica reform Ii ssys the
Investigations made by the committee
shows y condition OF SGairs as
diametricsl!y opposed to what the Presl
| dent has promise !, "a II would be posi-
pie to Imagine. To show how these
promises have been kept the committee
quotes the concluding paragraphs OF the
report Of the Civil Service K I'm Aeso-
citation Of Iadiana: "Compcsed largely
Of gentlemen who supported the presi-
dent IN 1884" commenting on which the
committee Gays: "The committee can
appfe clate the condition CT mlqd IN which
,bese gentlemen Of Indiana must have
been when co: f:on!ed with the facts
brought out by the Investigation, many Of
which have been also established before
this committee"
TEIAs PENSIONS.
Special to the Gazette.
WAsHINGToy, Oct. 10 The following
Texas pensions we're granted to day:
Re:ssue-Jsmes ". Fose, Dallas. Mex.
lean Survivore-Burns B Shackert,
Gai1eeville; R1bert Calvin Garrett. MsI-
snail. Mexican Wild ,ws-H,rrlet,w widow
Of Dudley r. Allen, Fort Worth.
TEXAS rosTMAsrEEs
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Oct. l0-A postofics
hiss beer established at Roech, Austin
county, Tex ard Charles Moser has been
appointed postmaster.
Postmasiers appointed: George T.
Furry, GoliIy, Johnson county; james W
Bsrrett, Fort, Van Z,ndt county; John
". Chisholm, Mlpurne, McCulloch
county.
THE GRAPHIC ON CONGRESSMAN MOORE.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Oct. lo-The Hon.
Lafayette Moore is member of Congress
from the Interior Of Texas. He does not
come to New York very of.en, ssys the
G :spaic, but When he does no a1d
Colonel Tom Ochiltrie and John Cham
berlain and half dczsn other kindred
spirits make serious drafts on the credu-
lily of their friends by the wonderous
tales thev relate. Mr.. Moore YVES quiet
country Judge down In TeIis wAen he
was named tor Congress few yssr5 ago.
Nobody had thought much Of him ss 8
candidate, but when the convention met
end developed Into asnsrl!Gg mob over half
6 dozen OF the big msn Of tue distric who
each lsid claim 70 the nomination, orc of
the cowboys from Atsscoss stood upon
his horses back in the field where tie
meeting WAS held eEd nominated La
tayetto Moore. In FIVE minutes ne was
declared the nominee. He had never
been heard In public spe, CD before, but
when he started in that day he showed
ne wss 50 orator of the sky-rocket order
and recs!le4 to the epplaudiug delegates,
the screaming OF eagles a1d the roaring
Of lions. He turned out to be q
holy terror 10 bis opponents en-
the stump and won by big msj ority
He has been rather modest thus 1sr in
Congress, but as lie Is to be re. elected
the country may be pretty certain TO hear
from him before long.
AN APPOINTMENT.
WAsHINGToN, Oct. 10-The Secretary
Of War has appointed Otto A. Nssmitn Of
California Chief Clerk OF the Signal Office