Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Tbs Bride OF Prominent Republican
Senator Makes Bad Break alta
White HGHse Dinner Psrtys
Forecast of the Vote on The mills Tarif
Bnl-Don Cameron Back Prom
Long Filming Trip.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
I WASHINGTON, March ia good story
is told of the wife Of prominent ReAlb
Iican Senator, himself q possible csndf-
d.te for the Presidential nomination. II
seems that while this Senatorial couple
have not been married q great wh2e,. and
the wife is a newcomer in Washington,
yet she has managed to make herself pref
tY well known, and being woman of
positive ideas, she is, moreover, 0enstaRt-
ly talked about. Last week the SeE.s1f,
who has the Presidential bee in his hat,
and his wife were invited to the White
House to dine, and they eagerly accepted
as it was their first invitation to the Pres
identisl table. While at dinner, one Of
the guests turned to the bride, expressing
her qualification at meeting her, and
said she trusted their acquaintance would
not end there in the White House.
"Well," responded the neWly-made
bride, sour acqusin snce may be both
continued and ended here, in this very
mansion, for l expected to marry future
President when consented to marry Sen
ator -. think / shall not have to
wait long, either" The conversation was
repeated to Mrs. Cleveland, who enjoyed
the prematurlty Of the would-0e Presi-
dents wife so much, that she in turn told
Mr.. Cleveland, and the White House
family, as well as the ladies in their con-
hdence have been laughing over the fresh
ness and sang froid of Mrs. Senator -.
There are numerous straws sti0at In
the sir az to the strength Of the vote in
the House on the tariff bill. OF course,
all schedules of the vote sre more or less
speculative, as the expressions OF men,
bers are now subject to change, but q
CANVASS of the members opposed to the
Mills tariff bill shows eighteen Democrats
who will cast their vote against II. They
are: Randall, Sowden, Ermentrout, iron
and steel rails; Foran, Seney, Wilkins
and Campbell, Ohio, wool; the six Louis.
lana members, sugar; Thompson and
Biggs OF California, wool; Bliss and
| Stahlnecker, New York, protectionists
and McAdoo, New Jersey, protectionist
| This leaves $50 Democrats to vote for the
bill. It will receive the votes OF the fol
lowing Republicans: Nelson, Minnesota
Laird, Nebraska; Fitch, New York; Full
Ter, Iowa; Hopkins, Virginia, independ'
ent, and Anderson, Iowa, independent
| This makes total of l56 votes for the
bill, or only less seven than majority Of
the whole House.
Don Cameron has Just returned from {
recent fishing trip to South Carolina, Ii
connection with his fast friend, Senator
NJ. G. Butler OF that state. They Wer
gone about a fortnight, and captured
some fine specimens of the 1nny tribe
One OF the South Carolina papers goes 81
far as to say that Cameron actual
hooked 8 drum weighing fitty-seveI
pounds, and hauled the monster in sll b.
himself. 1t seems a little strange tina
only one paper in the state Of South Car
olina published this important cslch o
the popular Senator from Pennsylvania
but perhaps this fact is easily explains
when it is stated that the editor of tn
journal Was invited by Cameron and But
Ter to accompany them in their fshin
trip, and every one knows how me-
brand Is apt to swell the head and espE
clally the Imagination of rural souther
editor.