Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-21


New York Times.
Senator Qlay Is 10 very ursniable
mood nowKusyt, End net little Of his
Dsd hum0r Is caused By the persistence
CT the Hon. Lsvi 2. Morton In making
hin spend many Thousands Of dollars IN
endesvoring to csrrs North CaroIlna for
the Republicans. According to member
CT the National Republican Executive
Committee this hss been the burden CT
Mr. Morton,s song ever since the begin
ming ef ths campaign, Mr.. Nor.
ton said some TINA sgo that he
had given to the National Rapuo-
lican committee three times the amount
OF what his salary es Vice. President
would be, which is supposed 10 mean that
he has contributed S96 900. In rsturn for
this he hiss insisted, and still insists, that
the full power Of the national committee
shall be used to caTry North Carolina.
Senator Q1ay objected at fist, but be
could hardy help Welding to the pArty's
candidate tor the Vice Presidency and its
greatest pecunis1y aid, so an energetic
Republican campaign hiss been carried On
in North Carolina, and Senator Quay hes
spent money In that state which ne want
ed to devote to Q her states.
The disgust Of Senator Qlsy Low Is 6
discovery which he has 1rt made OF the
reasons which ectuate Mr.. Morton in de-
siripg to have North Carolina to go Re-
publican. They are, in short, that the Ann
of NJ ortop, Bliss & Co. are holders OF
what are known as the special tax bonds,
which now amount, principal end inter
est, to more than 1000, 0o0 These
bonds were is:ued waen n Jrth Carolina
WAS In the hands Of the carpe.baggers
and that /. wss pretended thst they were
to be devoted 70 the building 6.
certain railroads In ths Dijmohon CT
which Million S Littlsfeld was the chief
actor. A special tx wss levied for their
payment, hence their name. Littlefeld
took the bonde, sold them in New York
for What they would bring, and did not
build any railroads with them. The fraud
WAS so groEs that sftsr North Carolina
came under the coa.rol Of its decen. and
respectable citZslF, constitutional pro-
yisica was enacted 1or5iddiug their pay
ment unless such paymepNshould be au-
thcr-zed by msj jri!y oEihe vJter5 Of the
state st the ballJG baX.
Morton, Blisg & Co. bought up these
lords After theifs, Reputation for almost
nothtGe, and have made .segersl attempts
to collect them through the couc.s. Test
suits hsve been brought In Individual
bonds IN the United States Circuit court
fer North Carolina in thetname o; DUN
mics VINO reside in N)rfhrC.rolins. Tna
quits are no. brought by hAr.op, Bliss &
Co. in order to avoid the provisions OF
the eleventh amendment to
the Federal constitution, which for
bids The bringing of e suit against a
state by 8 resident Of smother state. O3e
Of these quits ia now pendi1g in the
United States Supreme court, with smsll
CHARGES CT success. But even II the
suits were to succeed, the collection OF
the judgement wou be difficult unless
the people, the Legislature and the Gov
error should be in fsvor OF payiIg It,
Therefore Mr.. Morton is very DESTROYS to
have Nsrth C1rolin. go Republican, sid
there are persona IS the national Rep15-
lean headquarters who sre uDsind
enough to ssy tbs. his m .ir, il not hig
sole purpose, in o5sainicg the Republican
nomination for the v!ca-pvesi1sGcy, wSs
70 be thus enabled to employ the whole
power Of the party through his n.tional
committee to collect his bonds, which he
bought for almost nothing SITTER they mad
been Iepudisted. Ia other words, that
his candidacy is only q vast financial
speculation, in which be uses the Repub-
Ncsn party IS ? tool to accomplish his
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