Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-07


sll the Presidents message WAS not q fire.;
trade message, but 8 pretty good pro
tecton document. He challenged
any Of the thirty-eight Dem
i ocratic Senators TO rise in hi:
place and say thst the President of thC
United States was, in his Judgment, 1
protectiouist. After discussing the Issue
presented in the message seriatm anC
showing that calico clothing, wooler
goods, in fact almost every article manu-
featured under protection laws, coula be
purchased in the United States as cheap
if not cheaper than in Europe, and there
were no manufacturers that could be
called kings and but few which have &C
cumulated 81 600, 900, Mr.. Plstt declared
With the full understanding OF what he
s2id,) that either the President in his
message intended free ade, or else 1t
WAS not dealing fairly with the American
people. The method of reduction pro-
posed by the President meant the abso-
Lutte and final destruction OF the protec-
tive system. 1t meant practical and
absolute free trade, so that the spirit and
the result Of the message led to the same
conclusion.
without finishing his speech, Mr.. Platt
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Senate soon after adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 6-Mr. White, of
New York rising to q question OF privi-
lege sent to the clerks desk and had
read an extract from the Washington
News containing reprint of Washing
ton special to the New York Tribune.
This special states that White has pri-
vSte wire, one end OF which is in the cor
ridor of the House and the other end in
| his business cffice in New York; that
| he is constantly sending aud receiving
messages over the wire and while occu-
pYing his seat in the House knows ex-
actly what is going on in his Office. This
wire, says the special, costs Mr.. White
many thousands year, while no one
knows how much more the privilege of
sitting in the House costs him. Mr..
White said that as there was an uncer-
tSinty which to some minds might be
construed as reflection upon his char
acter as q member of the House, he
would read special dispatch which he
had Gent = to the Brooklyn papers
In this dispatch Mr.. White denies
emphaticalsy that he has 8 special wire
between Washington and New York
| He re to the fact that the Tribune ar
tIcle was copied in several other papers,
notsbly the Louisville Courier, which
| thus gave as free trade endorsement to q
highly protected lie" Laughter. I
There WAS not toe slightest foundation
f)r h. story outside thu Imagination of 8
sensational paragrHpher. He states that
the Tribune Of yesterday published de-
nial Of the story, and he expressed the
hope that the free trade wing would
be as Just end see il the whole party
combined coul1 overtake this lie which
had one weeks s,srt. Laughter.
! Under the call of states the following
bills and resolutions were introduced and
referred:
By Mr.. Chapman OF Michigan, resolu-
tons Of Detroit Board of Trade in favor
of postal telegraph.
By Mr.. Gambler of Georgia, for refund
ing United States per cent. bonds in q
per cent. bonds.
By Mr.. Lsndes OF Illinois, to protect
the consumers of butter by requiring
wholesale dealers to pay an annual tax of
$500, and retail dealers to pay an annual
tax of 81, also to repeal the oleomargerine
tax.
By Mr.. Millikin of Maine, 9 resolution
directing the Secretary of the sTreesury
to make q thorough Investigation of the
so-called sugar trust in New York city.
By Mr.. Henderson of North Carolins,
| to divide the surplus money in the Treas
ury on the 1st of July, 1888, among the
several states and territories to be used
in the aid OF common schools, also to re-
peal the tax on the notes Of state banks
used as circulation.
BY Mr.. Butterworth of Ohio, to extend
the trade and commerce of the United
! States and to provide full reciprocity be-
tween the UGited States and the Domin-
ion of Canada.
During the call OF states quite a num-
Der of bills and resolutions were intro
duced, but none of them of special i'm
| portance.
Mr.. Grosvenor of Ohio offered
Joint resolution Of the
Ohio Legislature expressing faith
in the protective tariff for the sake
OF protection to the end thst the people
may have diversity OF employment, the
farmers may have home market, labor
ers may have good wages, and the nation
be independent amongsthe nations OF the
esrth; denouncing as unlawful, unWise
and unpatriotic the views expressed by
the President in opposition TO the pro-
tective policy, views which, ifformulsted
into law, would dissipate the surplus,
parSlyzs industry, degrade labor, and de-
morslizs business; and requesting the
Ohio representatives. to oppose all meas
ures thai may be offered In Congress for
the purpose of giving effect to these
views.
A resolution thanking Mr.. Cox for the
able and impartial msnner in which he
had performed the duties OF Speaker pro
TEN was unanimously adopted, and Mr..
| Cox acknowledged the compliment in an
appropriate speech.
| The House then resumed the considsra
ton of the Lowery-White election case.
After full discussion Mr.. Crisp, chair
man Of the elections committee moved
the previous question upon resolutions
Submitted by the majority Of the COM
mittee.
Mr.. Rowel Of Illinois, moved SIS sub
stitute the resolution presented by the
minority declaring the sitting member
(Whitel entitled to the seat. The suosti-
tute WAS agreed to, yeas 1877,
nays los. Following are the
Democrats no voted in the
affirmative with the Republicans. hessrs
Anderson OF Illinois, Biggs, Bliss, Bryce,
Burns, Burnett, Bynum, T. j. Campbell
of New York, C0spmar, Cochran, Collins,
Compton, Culberson, Docsery, Enloe,
Fisher, Ford, Forney. Glass, Hare, Lsf-