Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
4 CABINET CHANGE.
Secretary Whitney TO bs Made Minis
ter to England and Mr.. Phelps to
BIZ Called to the Cabinet.
Eumor that SsmueIF. Wilson OF Call.
fornis will ba Elevated TO the Su.
prems Conrt Vacancy.
The F1llbusterinE In the House Over the
Direct Tax Bill Likely 10 Continue
ad Inf nitum.
A COUPLE OF RUAoRs.

WASHINGTON, April l0.-There is e ru-
NOR in circulation tonight that among
the coming changes Secretary Whitney
will be made Minister to England. In
that case it Is supposed Mr.. Phelps will
be called to the Cabinet.
Another rumor is that Samuel V. VIII
son of California will be elevated to the
pending vacancy on the Supreme bench
President Cleveland, 1t is said, has Of
fered three foreign missions to Mr.. Will
son, all of which he has declined. Mr..
and Mrs. Wilson are now visiting in
Washington. They will be given din
ner by Justice snd Mrs. Miller tom NOR
row evening. The best informed Califor-
mis- politicians here think The rumor con-
Meeting Mr.. Wilson with the Chief JUS
ticeship possesses a very substantial
basis Of facts.
WEEK SPENT IN FIGHTING.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, April 1o-S!ill another
dsy has been trittered away in the House
over the direct tax bill. One week sgo
to-day The House took up the considers
tion OF this bill withou. the least knoWl-
edge on the part of any one that it was
loaded to the muZzle and that 1t Was des-
tined to bring on flgh. which would BE-
the talk of the entire country. This bill is
the on growth Of the efforts OF the Repre-
sentst!ves CT 0aio, who, while she did
| not by any means psy out the largest
amount, needs it badly, the state treas
ury being practically empty. For 8, y
eral years past she has had rep
resentstivs at Washington pushing old
war claims against the Uoited States to q
successful issue. In addition TO that gen.
tleman, (who, by the way, lives in the
best style) she has two other gentlemen
here now, one OF whom Is ex-C0ngress-
man Anderson, who was in the last Con-
| gress. Should the direct tax bill go
through, SIS nearly everyone thinks it will,
goudly amount will be taken Of the
states share
TO PAY HER AGENTS.
| Nearly all the otner states to whom there
is any amount of money due under the
provisions of this bill, are in q similar
position. l: is the presence of his i'm
mense LOBBY which has given rise
| to 70 much adverse criticism from those
| opposed to the bill. While there can be
little question in the mid Of anyone in q
position to know, yet those wild stories
of wholesale bribery will have sn
effect on some. The gentlemen sent here
are duy accredited to their state and
make no secret of it whatever and there is
no reason why they should. The gal
leries of the House tonight are crowded
| to their utmost, the ladies' having
TURNED OUT EN- MAssE
| to look down on the area below and view
the antics Of the political pigmies flibus-
tering the country's money away in .
fight which cannot end in anyway that
| will reflect credit on those who have
forced it upon the country.
representative Taylor of Ohio said to-
night: 81 know Of no conference over
the dead lock and no prospec. of Its set
Element. The settlement Of the matter
rests with the Dem cratic party. We are
united sud will remain as we are. The
DEMOCRATIC PARTY Is DIVIDED.
The settlement of the matter will depend
on the weakening Of one end Or the
other.n
Considerable anger was evidenced by
the members opposed to the bill at the
manner in witch Mr.. Hatch declared the
motion to tske recess laet night passed
The fllibusterers had come prepared to
stay all night, sll day oday, and SO on,
but Mr.. Hatch, who was presiding, gave
no one time to make an objection, but
declared the motion carried. Tonight
however, the fighters will not be caughl
mapping, and an all-night session is al
most certaio.
WHERE THE BLAINEs ARE.
WASHINGTON, April 10 Senator H,le
to-day received Letter from
his brother, dated Naples, March
81, contsinipg the following para
graph: 81 have i7st left the Blsinel
at Torrento where they will stay sons
time longer. tnink Mr.. Blaine is look
ing fine and is in the best of spirits"
ABOUT THE DEADLOCK.
WASHINGTON, April 10 Eff orts hav,
been made st intervals sill dsy to have
Democratic House caucus called TO- nigh
to break the deadlock, but the result Il
still in doubt; the state Of case Is abou
as follows: Mr.. Glover yesterday pro-
cured twenty signatures to q cell, NOR
than enough to secure caucus last night
but WAS defeated by the refusal of th'
House to take recess on a. early hour
The same call has been revived, and tn
date and time fixed for tonight. O.te
and his friends are perfectly willing Il
caucus, on condition that the call shal con
tain the names OF ell, or nearly all of ID,
Democrats favorable to the direct Is,
bill. The re.son for imposing this condi
ton is in q desire TO bind fast to the eau
Gus decision all of the Democratic friend
OF the bill, snd this desire appears to b.
based on the belief the opponents of tn
bill would be in decided mejority on tn
! csucus. Oates says he would not insis
that the friends Of the bill should b.
forced by the csucus TO vote sgsipst 1t
They might simply vote to recommit o
lay aside the bill, Or bin in a vote Il
adjourn, and so terminate the apparent
ly inlerminabls legislative day o.
Wednesday, April 1. But at least fou
Democrats have refused to sign the cal
under such condition, holding that the,
should follow the programme outlined b,
Oates. 1t would amount to 8 very trans
parent evasion Of responsibility and tina
the bill would be killed Just as surely g
by direct vote against it. The opponent
OF the bill state they will prevent
caucus from being held under Mr.
Glover's existing call by refusing to ALLOW
recess Of the House at time suitabl
for csucussing and this is the situation a
the eighth day of the battle draws to
close.
THE ELEVENTH CENSUS.
, WASHINGTON, April 6.-Mr. Cox, chair
man of the census committee, to-da
reported back to the House his bill t.
| provide for taking the eleventh and sub