Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-09
ON TIE FENCE.
The Present Uncomfortable Position
of Most Of the Members on Both
Sides of the National House,
Reed, the Republican Lesder, PrePSTes
K'y~Eue Acssur~, bus Tktls 30
Force His Parry to 8eeEpt Il.
Republicans and Democrats Divided-Eaow
Te1aA CorEresSmes sre Delayed
with RGquesn FOR Seed.


WASHINGTON, March THE Demo
cratic members are waiting to hear iron
their constituents IS TO what course they
shall pursue on the tariff. Every member
is On the fence aAd dossn't know which
wsy to jump. The Republicans are moi
less annoyed. They too have been trying
to agree on q party policy, but thus fal
have failed. Mr.. Reed had prepared q
plan for the repeal of the tosacco tax and
the tax on fruit, orandies and reduction
of the whisky tax from 80 to so cents. He
met with iopen rebellion snd his attempt
to force the party to accept fhis plan
failed. Many of the strongest men in the
party, and especially the western Repub.
licAns, declared that If this bill WAS
passed 1t would
SPLIT THE PARTY.
Mr.. Reed urged united action IS q neces-
sity Of keeping the psrty together, but all
to no purpose. Fully one-hslf of the
! Republicans would oppose any measure
to remove or reduce the tax on whisky
and the removal OF the tobacco tax would
merely be tolerated by many.
Mr.. Browne OF Indiana fSvors propo-
sition to put coal, salt and lumber on
the free list, to cut of the duty on sugar
and repeGl the tax on manufactured to-
bacco. He will not agree TO abolishing all
the tobacco tax or to making any reduc-
ton on whisky.
Mr., Mckinley had resolution to sub
nit to the House on Monday providing
for the removal of the tobacco tax, but
he was astonished 10 ind that at least
fiftY Republicans
WOULD OPPOSE HIS PLAN.
He, therefore, pCcketed his resolution.
The leaders are still working to whip
the party into line and the independent
members are being appealed to,
but tonight there does not appear
to be any chance for an agree-
ment unless the high protectionists
make some kind of compromise
with the western members. The faction
opposing Reed are not ready to follow
Mills, and some OF them are ready to Join
the Democrats in milder measure tnsn
that coming from the Wsys and means
committee, irrespective OF what line OF
action their party may adopt.
This Is briefly the situation tonight.
THE REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION.
WASHINGTON, March 7.-HGving mar
shalled their forces over night, the Re-
publican members of the ways and means
committee renewed their attack on the
Democratic majority tariff and revenue
measure this morning. All Of the mem
bers were present, and when the commit
tee had been called TO order, Mr.. Reed
opened the proceedings by renewing his
motion that the representatives of the
cement industry be heard BY the commit
In 80 So
marks between the opposing lines this
motion was defeated by a strict party
vote.
Mr.. Reed again came to the front with
q motion that the marble men be heard as
theirs was an industry that would be seri-
ously affected by the passage of the pend
ing bill. This wa also rejected.
Mr.. Burrows then moved that the Eas-
Metallic Pen Company Of Cam:
der, N. j., be granted ten minutes in
which to point out the probable eEsct of
the bill on their business, which he said
would be its absolute destruction.
When vote w6s taken the same result
the Democrats refusing to agree
to any hearings.
Mr.. Breckenridge of Kentucky next Of |
Tered s general resolution that all indus |
tries affected by the pending bill have the I
liberty to file written or printed COM |
nuDicstions before the committee, but |
40 oral hearings be granted.
Mr.. Kelly moved to amend SO Ss to re-
quire that the communications already on |
die or aereafter received be read by the |
clerk TO the committee.
The proposed amendment YVES rejected. l.
Mr.. Mckinley then requested the COM
nittee TO hear the workingmen aud mem
oers Of Congress on the industries in
which they are interested, and which
we're touched upon by the bill. Being
1ut IN the form of s motion this was also
Toted down, and Mr.. Breckinridge's res0-
utions, allowing communications to be
lied but refusing oral hearings, WAS
adopted by party vote after the Repuo-
lean members had expressed their minds
Vigorously in regard to it. The commit
ee then adjourned subject to call of the
hsirman.
JUDscN MYTH.
psclsl to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March For s week or
more past q plumber OF Senators and Rep
mostly from the south, have
'een worried on receiving requests from
'ostmEsters from nearly every postCfice
q their respective states asking for seeds
nd public documents by the wholesale.
very one endorsed list giving names
Il all who got mail at thst particular i
flee, amounting 10 an aversge of 100,
nd asked that each man and woman Oh
be list be favored with field and flower !
eed and public books. The request is !
lvarisbly preceded with the state .
lent that the postmaster In fnish-
1g the list is act1ug under .
Instructions from q. V. III. Judson, sec !
etaIy Of the Democratic committee, ,
D. G. AS rule the Sens :
DIS and members are always willing to I
end seeds and books &
to- ALL OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS /
tho may write for them. This is 8 reg '
lar part of Congressman's commercial
uty and constitutes the biggest part of 6
lie commercial clerks work, but t
! by tie hundred snd that
trough the agency of Jndson. secretary i
the Democratic committee, is little .
ore than even the most liberal of Con- a
ressmen feel Ike standing. "WrY," e
I'D Senstor Reagan to-day, Isl an getting I
sough II quests for seed to deplete the e
gricultursl Department il less than
eek II they were sent to all. 1 can't C
lderstsnd what it means. Who is n
T. Judson, sny wsyf And why
he so industriously engaged
having postmaeters all over the country 7
gsaein sending up names for seed" III
"Literally there isn't such ss fellow" 6.
Id Senator Morgan OF Alabama. I,
Haven't you caught on yet, my dear Ii,