Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-12
TREAD LIGHTLY.
Mills is Not So Certain Of the Ad-
visibility of Tariff Reduction
as He Has Been.
The Ways and Means Committee
Strikes aE Ugly SnRg In the Iron
and Steel Schedule.
The Senate Committee Making InvssiIga-
lion of the Pacific Railways Holds u
Preliminary Meeting
MUST 60 SLOW.

MUST 60 SLOW.
Special to the Gazette.
WASH 'NGToE, Feb. IL Mr.. Mills, who,
few days ago, said truthfully but indis-
creetly that he didn't expect the tariff bill
TO pass, explained the delay in reporting
it by ssyiDg that 1t WAS now necessary to
get enough votes to make 1t acceptable
to the Democratic majority of the
committee. The fair acknowledgment
that the shortly of the committee have
mining or manufacturing interests that
they are anxious to practice shows Mr..
Mills own protective instincts when re-
auctions are in question, which may In.
terfere with his return to Congress. he
fails to specify them In his talk, but he
has been getting so many letters from
wool growers in his district that
it Is probable that even wool
is beginning to appeal to him.
From letters received by Republican
members of the committee it is evident
that Texas is growing moro and more
imperative in the demand that the wool
rates
SHALL NOT BE REDUCED,
and the same sort of information from
other states shows very clearly the reason
for going slow, as Mills expresses 1t.
| He spoke Of the Democratic effort to keep
up courage by refusing to hear northern
manufacturers, wool growers and miners.
They can't shut their eyes to the letters
which force themselves on them, and the
result is the bill is bidding for help. Just
as the chairman acknowledges Scott Of
| Pennsylvania appears to be now the only
man on the committee In favor of pushing
1t through quickly, and the talk tonight
is that If Mills don't hurry Scott will
make fight about few propositions Of
| his own.
MAKING SLOW PROGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ia Democratic
member of the House committee OF
ways and means stated this morning that
it was improbable that the tariff bill
would assume definite shape before the
25:h inst, and there WAS very little hope
1t could be lsid before the full committee
10 time for action and report to the
House before March /. The msj rity have
struck a snag in the iron and steel
schedule and are unable to agree upon
the enlargement of the free list. Several
times four or five articles have been
placed on the free list and then taken
out. The chairman of the committee has
the only document that is regarded as .
bill and 1t is stated he is unable to read it
without the aid OF sill his associates.
| PACIFIC RAILROAD INVESTIGATIONS.
| WASHINGTON, Fec. 1.-The Senate
special Pacific Railroad com mittee held 8
preliminary meeting this morning and
voted to enter first upon investigation of
Union Pacific matters. 1t was decided to
begin its hearings February %, aud invite
the Pacific Railroad commissioners and
General JOHNSON, commissioner of the
railroads to appear that day. 1t will
bring the commission bills before the
Senate Monday in order to have them
printed for the use Of the committee.
TEXAS PENSIONS.
Special to the Gazette.
WAsHINGroN, Feb. 1.-THE following
Texas pensions were issued to-day
Mexican surVIvors-Henry NJ. Cook, Bel
tor; Jesse NJ. Cook, Denison; Elisha A
Briggs, Bexar; William G. Cothrum,
Jacksboro; Matthew J. Brinson, Airing.
ton; John Biggerstrap, White Rock.
ASSISTANT TREASURER.
WASHINGTON, Feb ll,-Judge AleXsu-
der McCue of Brooklyn, who at present
holds the Office of Solicitor of the Treas
ury, has been offered and has accepted
the position Of Assistant Treasurer at
New York, vice Conda resigned.