Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-27
T4 DEAL.
Phelps to ba Made Chief Justice,
Endicott toEGo to England, Pat
Collins I'd Enter the Cabinet.
Gov. Hill's Presidential bubble Van
Ishes Into Thin Air and His Nan
ayers give Up the Contest.
The Msjorify OF tAs Educational Sub
oommtssee VIII Report Drains Sub
sdtute Of the Blair Bnl.
THE BLAIR BILL.

Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON. April 23.-The Blair
educational bill will probably be reported
BY the sub. committee Of the House edu-
cational committee. The majority of the
subcommittee will report. however, not
the Blair bill but the measure which Mr..
Grain Of T, xas introduced as eubsti-
tute. This bill provides for transfer to
the states for school Purposes the money
derived from the sale Of public lands.
The vote of the sub .commlttee was d.
yided on party lines, che Democrats
favoripg Craip's measure and the Repub.
licans the Blair bill. 1t is probable that
the full committee will take similar action
and that two reports will be made
to the House, the maj ority being in sup
port of Mr.. Grains bill as substitute for
Mr.. Blair's. The full committee on edu-
cation is composed Of eight Democrats
ana five Republicans. There are only four
southern men on the list.
A SENATOR'S AMUsKMENT.
Senator Reagan has found new amuse-
ment, having devoted himself for months
past to the artistic tearing Of paper. Mr..
Reagan has now turned his attention to
the mechanical working of the furniture
about him. He finds fund Of amuse-
ment in the revolving chairs which are
provided for use of Senators. He sits pen
s.vely in one Of these chair while with
arms outstretched he very deliberately
turns another Of them, frat in one direc-
ton and then in another. He starts in
with a gentle push and settles back and
watches it as 1t revolves. When 1t stops
he leans forward and gently though firmly
starts 1t again. When he has turned it
about several times he tits up the chair
and carefully examines the mechanical
arrangements that permit it to revolve.
This examination concluded, he replaces
the chair in its petition and seats him
self In it.
TIE CHIKF JUsTICEsHIP.
Minister Phelps WAS at the capitol to-
day. A new deal is on foot in regard to
the Chief Justiceship which it is said will
relieve the President from his political
embarrassment. In the case of Mr..
Phelps, as is well known, Mr.. Cleveland
wants to appoint Phelps, but is afraid of
the consequences which would follow the
selection of 8 gentleman for whom the
Irish Americans entertain SO Cordial
dislike. The story goes that GER
tain New England influences
are being exer,ed to place
Mr.. Phelps on the bench, send Secretary
Endicott to England and call Congress-
man Pat Collins Of Boston INTO the Cabi-
net. 1t is said that this action on Mr..
Cleveland's part would not only neutral
ize the bad eject of Mr.. Phelps appoint
ment, but would really strengthen the
administration with the Irish Americans
with whom Mr.. Collins is universally
popular.
HILLS BOOM KxPLoDRs.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-The Hill pres-
idential bubble lies exploded and vanish
ed into the realms of space. It is now
nothing but name and has died born
ing. Col sWilliam P. Tomlinson, of the
Omaha Democrat, who had the headlines
Of his paper black with Hills name for
President, In futile attempt to boom
him in the west arrived here to-day from
Albany and telegraphed his journal TO
change its head line to Cleveland. He
further says that the Hill managers have
given up the fight as useless and are
now considering the propriety of
submitting Mr.. Clevelsnd's name to
the convention as the unanimous choice
of Hills followers. This would be grace
full thing to do under ordinary circum-
stances, but as Mr.. Cleveland is to be the
inevitable choice OF the msjority of the
state delegations to the convention their
votes will not be needed except to swell
the msj 1rity Of the present popular Presi.
dent to large proportions.
AMEND THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT.
WASHINGTON, April % - Senator
Brown to-day introduced bill intended
as an amendment to the interstate COM
merce lsw. It provides that any shi oper
who shall misrepresent the character,
weight or value Of his shipment with .
view OF securing lower rates than are
charged to other shippers Of like
property shall be guilty Of q INSIDE
meanor and shall De punished as pre-.
scribed by the inter state commerce act
ANY railroad company or common csrrier
which shall receive shipments knowing
them to be misrepresented, as above re.
ferred to, shall be guilty of Q misde-
meanor and be punished accordingly.
The following combinations were made
to-day: Lieutenant Colonel G. B. Com
stock, to be Colonel; Msjor ]. e. Smith,
to be Lieutenant Colonel; BEig.dier Gen.
eral Gsorge Crook, to be M. jar- G anersl;
Colonel ]. r Brooks, to bs Brigsdier-
General; Thomas Tunstatt Of Alsbams,
to be Consul at San Salvador; a. r Lor-
ing, to be Marshal of the district of