Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
The Republican Programme One Of
Delay and Bushwhacking and
General Cussedness.
The Blair Educational Bill Practically
Desd-What a Member Of tbs Ed
ueational Committee Says.
Time this PrOteetionists Were Aickea
Out OF the Party.
BLAIR EDUCATIONAL BILL,

educatfonrl Dill lis practically dead. The
House committee to which It was re-
terred after Its passage by the Senate ia
| almost securely committed against 1t.
A member Of the committee fscetiously
remarked to-day that they we're consid-
erirg the bill carefully In sections. at
we have good luck" he continued, 1--WE
mSy finish 1t ~ the close of the session,
but there is no assurance, even Of that"
TIE probabilities are the committee will
never report the bill to the House.
TO STAND ON THE RECORD.
Congressman Scott speaks very freely
on the outlook for tsriH legislation st this
| session. He is disguised with the south
ern Democrats who axe working with
Randall on account of the redne len In
] the sugar and rice taxes, and thinks they
should be thrown overheard. Said Mr..
Scott: "It 1 had consulted nay
own interests and locality, ard
nst looked beyond my dis
trict would hAys antagonized the free
wool proposition, but without free wool
there is no use having tariff reform. This
wool question hiss been s bone Of conten-
ton many years and it was thought best
to make 1t the PRINCIPAL feature
Of the present tariff bill. The Republi-
cans will do everything they can to delay
the final vote on the tsiiR till sfte: the
convention, June 8. We, on the other
hand, will try to pass the measure in
some form ss early In May as possible SO
as to give the Senate time to tackle It..
We will set in the convention on the
partg's
WORK ON THE TARIFF.
Mr. Randall, with his Republican pro-
tectionists, may be able to repeat his
tactics of last session, but don't think
he would dsre delay final action on the
bill. It Is an open eecret that
Randall is in bad favor
with Cleveland, who hiss regarded him
with more or less suspicion for some
time. The President says Rsndsll's &C.
tons in the House did not coincide with
the professions he made with his tongue.
do not believe Randall would hesita' e
TO back up his party at the st. Louis con-
Vsntion in tee matter Of preparing plat
form and making tariff declarations. He
is the leading protectionist OF his party.
Our tariff ibill Ienunciates the principles
Of our party and sets forth its platform,
II we have not enough strength in The
House to pass this measure in some form
and make reduction In the revenue Of
tho government, the only thi7g re can do
is to do the very best We car and go be-
fare the country on our record"
EVIDENCE OF WEAKNESS.
Il The Rapuolicsn programme Is the best
evidence Of weakness Of the Republican
position in the House with regard to the
tariff question. It is one of delays and
busnwnScking and general cussedness
It gives the lie direct to the claim that
they sre masters Of the situation, and that
with R.udall's assistance they will be able
TO defeSt Mills bill. The Republican,
sre Only fighting for delay and really
dread the introduction of Mills bill In the
House aud the opening of the debate on
the subject. DIR. Carlisle has decided to
participate in the debate and he
Will prove s teWe. Of strength
to the cause. The announcement Ia 10
welcome to the Republicans who recog-
, nizs in him not only master debster,
but one particularly well equipped for
the present mergency. Regardless oil
all obstacles thrown in the way BY the
Republicans the Mills bill win be report
ed back the latter part of the week, and al
the meeting Of the committee Saturday
) consideration Of the interstate revenue
section of the bill was practically con.
: cluded. rbe tariff section proper will be
. taken up tomorrow.
TREASURY STATEMENT.
WASHINGTON, March Is -Amount ci
: gold, silver and United States and ms.
tonsl bank notes in the Treasury to-day,
500, AIS, 044 Certificates outstanding,
gold, $94 ,270,5sl; silver, Sls7, 26e. 795;
cQrrsncg, Sl0, 225, 600
BELLS PATENTS SUSTAINED.
WASHINGTON, March 19-The Supreme
court at noon began delivering the opin-
ion in the celebrated telephone cases
. against the Bsll telephone patents. The
; court suStsins the Bell patents both for
, process and for operating. In consider
ing the question of alleged anticipation Of
! the Bell invention by the telephone OF
Refs In Germany, the court holds
that Refs discovered q, means
of transmitting musical tones ard moth.
ing more. Bells patents being for the
process and art OF transmitting speech
, would have been just as valid even il
, they had used the apparatus Of Reis IL
developing Il. The court holds thst the
apparatus OF Reis was not successful In
? trsBsmi ting speech, and that his inven-
ton wa5 not in any respect an anticipe-
: ton of the discovery which Wss made By
, Bell. All points in the telephone cases
have been decided in favor Of Bell. In.
Guiding the points set up in the claims OF
Refs, Vanderwayde and McDonough
Justice Blstchford in reviewing the
DraWbaugh case, holds thar the
force of the testimony showing
that DrAwbaugh had telephones II
use before the invention OF Bell IL
completely broken by his own conduct
and Indifference which he manifested In
regard to his alleged invention uuti
years after the Bell telephones were
known to the whole world. Drawbsugh's
, clsim Is declared TO be unsustsined.
J Justice Bradley resd an sble opinion
! dissenting from the decision Of TIT
, court.
Justices Field and Harlan also dissent
: snd Justices Gray and LsmEr did not Iii
in the case. The Bell patents are there
fore sustained by majority of one, the
court standing four to three. Justict
Blatchford in reviewing the charge Of
fraud and collision In the patent office
by means Of which Bell, it Is alleged, OBJ
tanned surreptitious Information will
{ regard to the invention OF his
rival, aud then amended hill
: own specifications, holds that there wa!
not the slightest evidence to support shil
> charge, or to cast the least reflection
upon the integrity OF Bell or his attor-