Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-10
Senator Coke the Only Man Who
Ever Kent a Stats Dinner Wait
ing Fifteen Minutes.
The Government Will Arm All Post
Office Employees Running on Rsil-
Reads Exposed to Robbery
Tho Character of Tsrin Reduction Bm
Now Being Prepared By the Com
mittes on Ways AID Means.
AN ENvIABLE REPUTATION.

I
vited to dine with the President, but By
some unforeseen circumstance he did TO
arrive on time. Either he spent toe
much time in dressing or was deeply
buried in s new argument agsiDst the
Blair bill. The New York Herald in an
editorial says: The Presidents state
dinner party on Thursday wss kept wait.
ing fifteen minutes By the non arrival Of
one OF the guests. 1t was 8 brilliant
party OF eminent atesmen aud ladies OF
aign position. To keep e dinner party
waiting
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
should be regarded IS the grayest social
inoecorum. The offender in this case
was Senator Coke of Texas. Senator
Richard Coke was born in Virginia in
1929, and educated at. William and MARY
College. He prscticed law, went into
the Confederate army SIS private, came
out IS Captain, became Judge ~
Sheridan removed him, was elected GAc
ernor CT Texas by over 100, 900 maiohS
and afterwards Senator. He will be 10, 4
membered IS the man who kept q sti,Asl
dinner waiting fifteen minutes. Washik ~
ton never waited more than five minutgov
so II Coke had been Washington's guest
ne would have had to skip the soup and
oysters or lsg through the dinner"
ARM TIE POSTAL EMPLOYEES.
WASHINGTON, Feb. lowing to the
alarming frequency OF the attacks OF rob-
oers upon mail trains on the spsrsely set
tied routes in the fsr west and the almost
constant pertls in which the lives Of pos
tai employees are placed By these maraud-
ersI the Postcftice Department has deter
mined to arm at the expense of the gov
eminent every postal employe on these
exposed routes with weapons of the most
effective kind. They will be supplied
with an abundance OF ammunition and
every convenience necessary for prompt
work, and will thus be prepared to sue
cessfully defend themselves and mails
from attacks OF these "rosd agents" now
ever skillfully planned or unexpectedly
made. This action has been taken at the
earnest solicitation of General SaperIn-
tendent Nash OF the railway mail service,
who has already taken steps to carry the
new order into immediate effect. II is
said that many Of the western railroads
have also decided TO erm their train meD,
and it is expected that with arms in the
hands OF train men, the express messcu- |
gers (slresdy armed) sud postal en-
ployes, train robberies in the far west !
will be less frequent in the future
TARIFF REDUCTION MEASURE
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-The WAYS and
means committee expect to report tariff
bill to the House that will be SO cautious
and conservative In its character that El-
most any man who is really anxious to
reduce the surplus in the treasury NAV
vote for it. They are endeavoring to
subordinate everything to the prime ne
cesstty OF reduction of the accumuls-
ton OF surplus, end will go as iar
toWsrd meeting the opposition on
compromise as they can without
an absolute sacrifice OF principle. They
sre trying to complete bill th.t will
pass between the two opposing economic
policies without much of Jar TO either.
They believe they have got pretty nearly
such d bill, and they sre studying every
lay how it may be further improved.
They are endeevoring to address tbs m
Ielves to
THE BUSINESS INTERESTS
" the country, and hope to overcome
as far IS may be in this way
Without yielding the principles which
Ioint toward lee trade, They propose
o recognize the fact that prote c.ion has
" its existence, become to s degree q | .
art of the general business sVetem, be- ,
1g portion of its texture. They Do :
ose to proceed by way of reform,
nd not Of revolution. They are keeping
4 their view this, that the accumulation
the surplus
MUST BE CHECKED,
nd they propose to do it by reducing the
srif taxes where the reduction
ill promote business, and to reduce
r take of the tariff from those things OF
Very-day use by the mass of the people t
mich will be cheApened 10 consumers.
hey do not propose to destroy any inter /
st OF value in order to enforce their
rinciples. Approaching the subject in I
lis spirit, they expect to be able 10 pass
bill through the House which, though I
ot doing
ALL AT ONCE 7
hat they hops in time to SC
)mplish, will lead to good results s
Id advarce the business interests
the country. The Republicans are &
liking the matter over among them y
lives but are practically inactive be il
Iuse they do not know just what the
emocrats of the committee are going Il
do. The minority Of the committee u
IS not yet been called into ?
,urcu and there is nothing
ey can dc but complete their
Irty organization so as have it under the
'ntrol Of the leaders. Should the Dem 81
rats bring In radical bill the RepubIi- c
ms would hsve 10 difficulty in closing IL
.rty lines, but il the bill brought forth Il
the character the majority Of the com d
lttee expect it to be, it will probably get Il
ary Republican voIes. =
TEXANS FAREWELL.
ecial to the Gazette
Feb. 4.-Enmett Surner 4,
Texas has been appointed clerk in the /
sr Department under the civil service n
les. =
Thornton A. Washington OF Texas has o
en- promoted in the general land office s,
I'm $1,000 to $500. n,
TEXAS PENSIONS.
ecial to the Gazette
Feb. 4.-The following
xas pensions were issued TODAY.
crease, Iyey Tsrter, CopevilIe; Mexi-
survivors, William T. Sparks. Waco;
nbrose Powers, Hico; William v. Will
ms, Giddings; Joseph Burrel. Castro
lie; Mexican widow, L1ura J., widow
Henry W. Baylor, BRENNAN; Mary Ann
dow OF John Davis, Bastrop.