Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-15
The River and Hsrbpr People Afraid
Their Measure VIII be Knocked Out
by the Tsriff Speeches..
a Good Showing Oh Labor Legislation An.
ticiRated Ttis ssssion-Adnission
OF Dakota rs Stase.
RIVER AND aARDoR BILL IN DOUBT

KNOCKED CUT Dy IL. 1lelE ptBns, now
ever, like n,nY others, have been wreck
ed by the dead lock, and owing to that
the day for the taking up tariff bill is al
hand End the river ami haroor bill is still
on the calendar. The necessity for
early action is recognized as being very
great. The tariff debate will consume
a. least months time, snd
much more ii the republicans
can delay matters. Then Will come
crowding in the other appropriation bills,
none of which have been passed, and 8
great fight for precedence will take place,
In such contest the river and bsrbor
bill, as strong as it is, might be beaten
and kept out until it would be
TOO LATE TO PASS IT.
The bill Is long one and possesses all
the qualities favorable to dilatory tao
tics. In fact, should the bill be taken
up now it would be possible
for skilled leader Ike Mr..
Reed to keep it before the House till the
lst OF May. Mr.. Blanchard is very much
disturbed about the situstion. he is ex-
tremelY SOLICITORS, Of course, about the
success Of mis- bill, ana has occasion to
feel that delay will kill it, but he will not
be made an instrument in the hands of the
and ne is brought to 8 most embarrassing
state.
LABOR LEGISLATION.
Representative 0'NeiIl of Missouri,
chairman Of the House labor committee,
has returned from St. Louis, and says
that his committee will be ready 10 report
q number of important labor pills
to the House next Wednesdays
the day set apart for confederation of ia
Dor legislation. These are the depart
ment of labor bills, the arbitration ssand
the convict labor bills and the bill prof.
hibiting the Importation of contract
labor, with sn amendment Including bands
and orchestrss under the name Of ar
lists. Mr.. O'NeiIl is confident the House
will mske good showing on labor legis-
lation this session. His committee will
meet Monday.
READY FOR THE FRAY.
Mr.. Mills returned from Fortress Mon
roe tonight greatly improved. He says
he is ready for the tsriff fight,
ard will take 10 tie bill with
full hope CT passing it.
The prospects at this time looks en-
couraging for the success Of the measure.
Night sessions will shortly be ordered as
there is not sufficient time during the day |
to hear sll those who have signifed their
intention of talking on the measure |
Thus fsr Mr.. Abbott is the only Texas |
member who has given his name to the |
Speaker, but others will doubtless speak |
MANY OF the speeches will be printed in |
the Record without being delivered, IS
there is not sufficient time for al to have |
their day orally.
The Fifth Inisntry will be removed |
from Dakota to Texas, and the Eighth
Cavalry will go from the Department of
Texas to Fort Melde, Dakota, next
week.
TALK OF ADMITTING DAKOTA.
Correspondence OF the Gazette
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE dull pro-
ceedings in the House with constant roll
calls and monotonous excuses OF men,
bers when brought before the bar have
but little interest for the public and the
galleries have been almost deserted for q
week. This has attracted the visitors to
the Senate which is proceeding with the
usual decorum of that sedate body,
to dispatch public business. The
chief topic under discussion at present is
the question of admitting Dskots into the
UnioHes one state, or Of dividing the
territory, and admitting the two halves
as two states, which is the central problem
in the whole brosd question of
state making. The House has
not yet preached the subject.
The Democrats are ready 10 admit D.
kota IS Cne state, the Republicans want
to make two states out Of it. The Repub-
lican msiority of Senate committee on
have reported bill to admit
South Dakota, and the Democratic minor
ity oppose this bill, and Senator Butler Of
South Carolina, the leader Of the min0Ii-
ty, submitted counter proposition to
admit Dakota IS q whole. TIE majority
b Il proposed to ratify and confirm So
called constitution which WAS adopted in
South Dskots ever two years ago, and to
seat IS Senators, two gentlemen, both
who claim to have been
elected by the Legislature under this con-
titutionsl convention, which convention
only represented the voice of u, 900 peo-
pie out OF los, GOO in the whole territory.
"Inperialism had no terror for me-"
said Senator Butler, "there is but one
form Of imperialism in this country, and
tast is the imperialism Of the sovereign
people, sud to that imperialism bow my
head. The frsgmenta,y, fdisiointed i'm
peralism of states has never imperiled
the liberties OF any people. Il is the in
perslism of 3 concentrated, consolidated
national power, il il should ever come,
that would threaten and destroy the lib
critics of the people"
Senator Butler referred to one of the
gentlemen seeking admission as Senator
rom Dakota (Mr. Etgerton), as one
whom he had spoken OF courteously in the
asst Congress. but who, in q recent
speech in Dakota, had alluded
to him (Butlel) in an offensive
manner, drawiag parallel between the
southern man who learned nothing, forgot
,othing, and resorted to the bowie knife
md the revolver, and the Dakota man,
whose weapons were the Bible aud the
spelling book-(Edgerton was in the gal
eryD. "Thst," said Senator Butler, sis
he language OF man to whom extend
I'd the courtesy of expressing kindly feel
ngs when he wss attempting to
get seat on this floor. he is entitled
o all the credit and all the honor
md all the eclst and prestige which that
character Of language can give to him.
3ut may be permitted to say that, II 1
lad to select. either as companions or
citizens Of a great counsE, the stalking
,andit, the reckless highwaymsn with !
PISTOL and bowie knife in hand, or the
kirO ha pheyicoc ]