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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-10

fewer congressman. Congressional dis
tricts ought TO be arranged to best suit
the convenience of the voters, without
regard to the balances of party; but
it is not insisted that either party is quite
up to that standard. Even the Republic
cans are suspected of having looked ut
the party votes, at times, in making up
the districts. No method has been de-
yised for securing exact equality of rep
resentation.
Cincinnati Enquirer: The press is
widely discussing Il curious question of
presidential succession, TO wit: If, after
being chosen president and yice-presi-
dent by the electoral college, both Har-
risOn and Morton should die before the
4th of March, would Mr.. Bayard,
through his position as secretary of state,
become president on the expiration of
Cleveland term? the Philadelphia
Press says no. The New York Herald
says yes The bulk of opinion appears
to be with the former. The purpose
of the present succession law-the
reason of its being-was TO vest
the succession with the same party that
should have elected the president and
e-president. So the cabinet was sub
stituted for the president pro tenn. of the
senate and the speaker of the house, 1t
would be overriding the spirit of that law
to have q Democratic successor to a Re-
publican president. The fact is, and was
well understood at the time, that the law
did not make provision for such accidental
vacancies as those suggested. The de-
feet should be speedily repaired.
New York Times: Whatever may be
the exceptions to he taken to the form of
some parts of the presidents message, it
will be just as well for senators of the
majority not to be too conspicuous in call
ing attention to them. The very grave
evils in our legislation to which the pres
ident has directed attention, owe their
existence almost wholly to the conduct of
the Republican party. 1t is that party
that has levied taxes on the materials of
manufacture and the necessaries of
life, with the avowed purpose of enrich
ing monopolies that are already too
wealthy for the public good. 1t is that
party that has used a part of the wealth
thus conferred in the most extensive and
most shameless corruption of the suffrage
that this country has ever known. 1t is
that party that processes to care for the
workingmen by increasing at their ex-
pense the profits of small band of
employers who pockets the profits
and import foreign labor to keep
down wages. 1t is that party that
taxes home industry by closing the mar
kets of The world to its products and in
creases the cost of living by the same
measures that reduce the demand and
compensation for labor. These things,
done by Il combination of privileged cap
italists, it may be a mistake to cali
communism - but the correct name
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-10
NEWS AND NOTES.
The population of Germany, according
to the last census, is 46, S55, 7G4.

The population of Germany, according
to the last census, is As ,S55, 7G4.
Sam Jones says tthere is one differ
ence between ST. Louis and hell-heli has
no river alongside of it, Neither has
Chicago.
Subpenas in divorce were granted at
Reading, Pa. , on the, 4th inst. in the
case of John Miller against Elizabeth, his
wife. Both parties are over eighty-tive
years of age, and the charge is deser-
ton. They were married i'll 1929, and he
charges her with deserving him in 1913.
Pilot William T Eldridge of Philadel-
phia, who was suspended from duty for
three months by the board OF port war
dens on Monday last, died the next day
at his home i'll Cold Spring, Cape May
county, n J. His death was caused by
grief over the severe sentence inflicted
upon him by the port wardens.
1t is now reported that Stanley has been
traced to place of safety. The report
goes to show that he took the route 10
the valley of the Niger, as has been
stated, and that ne is slowly working his
way out to the coast and civilization. a
cotemporary remarks that this report
serves 20 show how much yet remaius to
DC ubtit BtLDlt " Z 7iltllA t>iiOh SlS liittli
about the interior of the Dark Continent
as we do of the surface OF Mars.
French cooks are as difficult to find in
New York as dollars of 1901. They are
in demand, and if any just idea of the
value which is set upon their services ex-
isted in Paris, it would help the immi-
grafton from France Immensely. -
have had one, said q housskeeper bach
al { : F.,
believe, upon my word, that she has
saved me more money than q frugal wife
could have done. Economy is inherent
in the French race.
Governor Jackson of Maryland made
curious mistake. IN fixing the date of
the hanging of Isaac Keenan,, convicted
of the murder Of John Holly, last july,
he first thought of February - but that
date being Washington's birthday, he
decided to make it week later Al the
time he had a calendar Of 'SS before.
him, and running his finger down the
column, fixed on February %, 1899. Not
being a leap year, there is no February
%, and some legal complications may en-
sue. The date, as sent last night, was
changed to March l.
Tile mayor of Boston has established
dangerous precedent. The mayor
of Boston's cook found note IN
the mayors Thanksgiving turkey
A note from nice young
school teacher, asking the buyer of that
turkey, if a Republican, to send her a
watch. The mayor of Boston is & Demo-
crat, and he appreciated gall. He sent
her a watch with polite note. This is
going to subyert the turkey of the future
TO the infinite demands of young ladies,
and make its advent little less than Sc
ductive advertisement.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-10
1RGUT HEN AND WOHEN.

FX-Prcsident Rutherford B. Hayes
viii be the guest of Senator sherman
during the inaugural ceremonies mt Wash
ington in March.
Isaac Pittman, the shorthand author,
Is opposed to strong drink, tobacco, ami
mai food, vaccination and nobody knows
how many other things. IN religion he
is II Swedenborgian.
Ex-Queen Isabella of Spain has become
fascinated with the American game of
poker. At her house in Paris she holds
poker parties which are exciting enough
to satisfy even an Arizona cowboy.
Oscar Wilde s wife thinks that women
should dress more for comfort and pro-
lection and less for show When it comes
to making a choice for husband, Mrs.
Wilde wisely refrains from giving advice
General Francis f. Spinner, ex-United
States treasurer, is suffering from cancer
of the face, ana his eyesight is nearly
destroyed. General Spinner, who is so
years Old, is living at Pablo Beacon,
Fla.
Mrs. Charles Brown of West Bloom
field, Ontario county, has presented her
husband, who is an ardent Republican,
with twins. The boy has been named
Harrison Morton Brown and the girl
Belva Lockwood Brown.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher says: az
have great aversion to this strange idea
of cremation, and trust no friend of
mine will desire ii Dust thou art and
to dust thou shalt return, but pre-
fer to go by the natural way and not by
fire. -
Nine. Munemitsu Mutsu, wife of the
japanese minister at Washington, enter
tainS her intimate friends with music on
the ''koto, - the japanese piano. 1t is
six feet long by eight inches wide, and
the silk strings are drawn lengthwise on
the rounded top. Nine. NIutsu is Il
clever performer on the "koto, - and
she is especially acceptable when she rem
ders the music of the Mikado. -
Charles e Boles is thereal name of the
famous California highwayman generally
known as Black Bart - AT the break
ing ont of the war he was living
in Decatur, H., and joined
the One Hundred and Sixteenth Hi
nois infantry, was made sergeant and
served three years, gaining some distinc-
ton for bravery. Returning home III
1865 he disposed OF his farm, locating his
wife and three small children-all girls
in the little town of Oregon, III and
then started for Montana For many
years he has been & terror to the stage
companies and travellers in the noun
tains of California.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-10

Memphis, Birmingham, Ala. and other
points in the South, as well as from the
North. As long, however, as the markets
of the towns and cities of the South and of
the sections of country naturally tributary
to Fort Worth are supplied with ice-box
meat by the Chicago packers, Fort Worth
will only be feeding station for the cat
tie to pass through on their way to the
toll gates of the Big of Chicago While
it is well for the citizens of Fort Worth TO
build stockyards here, at the same time,
in order to make investments in stock
yards at Fort Worth profitable to
the greatest possible extent, and
in order to insure beyond all
question Fort Worth IS position as a great
cattle market, the influence of our citi-
zens, as well as of the cattlemen of Tex
as, should be exerted to successfully car
~ out the measures inaugurated by the
Association of Beef Producers and Butch
ers of which Colonel G. c.. Slaughter of
Dallas is president. The success of these
measures will restore natural conditions
OF trade, re-establish competitive cattle
markets and determine prices for both
producers and consumers based on the
laws of supply and demand.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-10
TEXAS IN TYPE.

Corn is selling at 25 to 80 cents in
Bolton.
The population of Luf kin is rapidly in
creasing.
A petition is being circulated to re-es-
tablish the mail route between Marlin and
Durango.
Eight miles from Wills Point ON Canton
road can be seen one of the finest nur-
series in Texas.
Upshur county is one of the best coun-
ties for fruit found in East Texas-the
finest fruit country in the world.
About one-third of the cotton in Falls
county is still in the field, and it will take
until after Christmas to gather it, the
weather permitting.
Miss Lizzie Smith, living on Bear creek,
Hamilton county, was so severely burned
on Friday that she died the following
Sunday, December 3.
All the blacllbirds in'the world are now
down in Cherokee county. One flock
that passed over Tyler was five miles
long by two miles wide.
The cotton crop of Navarro county is
reaching market slowly, with 1000 bales
received to date. Evidently over half
the crop has reached the city.
A petition is being circulated in the
northern part of Upshur county asking
the legislature to take another slice from
Upshur and attach it to Camp.
About $1,000 of Collin county school
money that has laid idle in the treasury
for year or so has been, or is about to
be, invested in Fannin county bonds.
notwithstanding the vast amount of
prairie and shrub land in this state, Texas
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-10
CURRENT COUlE ENT.

New York Sun: It is reported from
Ohio that the cabbage head trust has col
lapsed. This seems to be q painfully
roundabout way Of saying that the mug
wump is no more, no more.
Baltimore Herald: TIE new organiza-
in opposition to the Knights of Labor is
now an established fact. But that does
not brighten Mr.. Powderly in the least.
He has carried his point, and his serenity
is equaled only by his mastery of the sit
uation.
Philadelphia Record: John S Clark
son, vice-chaiIrnan of the republican ma
tional committee, bears q lofty tribute to
the virtues and moral worth of his asso-
ciate, Colonel Dudley. 1t is probable
that Mr. Clarkson regards Colonel Dud-
ley's circular proposition to buy - float
ers'' in ''blocks of fve'' as not only
highly practical but meritorious sugges-
ton. There may be difficulty, however,
in perSuadiug the courts of Indiana to
take n like view of this matter.
Louisville Courier-JoUrnal: While the
Northern Republican organs, in their
purpose to keep alive for political ends
sectional feeling against the South, are
raving about Southern lawlessness and
the wrongs suffered by the Southern ne
grOes. is it not q little curious that the
only region in which ku-kluXism prevails
to-day is on the sacred side of the Ohio
river, in the Northern Republican states
of Indiana and Ohio, and that the only
place where the negroes are making an
cutlery against the expressions of the
whites is in this same commonwealth of
Ohio?
indianapolis News: Colored farm ten
ants III South Carolina are said to have
become imbued with the idea that they
will not be required TO pay their rents
now that General Harrison has been
elected president. This notion is re-
carded as very funny by Democratic or
gans, but it is no more absurd than the
demand of Southern white men that the
new president shall have a special policy
to fit that region alone. 1t will probably
take some time to discover that General
Harrison is not a sectional president, but
viii administer the affairs of the entire
country impartially.
St. Paul Globe: The Republicans in
Indiana feel greatly grieved and talk very
rudely about unfair apportionment, be-
cause they were able to elect but three of
the thirteen members of congress in that
state. 1t may be conceded that that there
are iniquities in the representation but
they are not peculiar to Indiana. Here
In MinDesotta the Democrats cast 100 900
votes, and haven { even a fragment of
Representation in the next congress- In
Ohio they ppIle7i only about 20 ,000,less
ratSs.et,an the Republicans and have bat
one-fourth of the. congressman. They
gave Cleveland more votes III the entire
country than Harrison had, and still have
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-10
FORT WORTHAS 4 CATTLE lL4RKET

FORT WORTH As A CATTLE NARhEI
With a deep water harbor on the Texas
coast which would open the markets Of
the world to Texas cattle products, with
facilities equal to those enjoyed on the
Atlantic seaboard, Fort Worth, by rea-
son of its location in the heart of the
feeding Delt OF Texas, and with railroad
connections with the Indian Territory on
the north, Colorado and New Mexico on
the northwest and the great ranges Of
Western Texas and Mexico on the west
and southwest, Fort Worth would be-
come a cattle center as great rs Kansas
City is to-day. This statement may
seem extravagant, but Il deep water har-
Dor on the Texas coast would be nearer
to all points IN the entire range country,
from Montana 10 Texas, than any port
on the Atlantic seaboard, and Fort Worth
rs point for distribution. sale and feed
ing, would have Il greater territory to
draw from than Kansas City has ut this
time. The day will certainly come when
Texas will secure deep water harbOr,
and when Fort Worth will become one of
the great cattle centers of the United
States This result would forever break
up the beef monopoly of Chicago, which
has had a depressing and injurious effect
on the cattle business of the entire coun-
try. The Chicago packers are men of
keen business foresight, and they are
supposed 10 use the money that they have
wrung from the cattle producers of the
West to still further strengthen the hold
they have on the meat business of the
nation. If the Chicago packers realized
that there was an immediate prospect of
Texas securing deep water harbor on
our coast, it is reasonable to believe
that they would be active in
efforts to oppose this measure, because
its success would mean the destruction of
the monopoly they now have. That they
are quiet on this subject, while they are
up III arms using all influence at their COM
mand in opposition TO state live stock in
spectien laws which will prevent the ship
ment of dressed beef across state lines in
dictates that they have no immediate fear
of a deep water harbor being secured,
and that they have 4 wholesome fear of
the success OF the measures to re- establish
competitive markets, which were in
augurated by the conference of cattle
men and butchers recently held in st.
Louis. While Fort Worth will not reach
the zenith as cattle market until deep
water harbor is established on the Texas
coast, ut the same time with facilities
such as will be supplied by the new
stock yards soon TO be built here, and
under natural conditions, the beef trade
of Fort Worth would be sufficient to
double the present population of
our city. Under these conditions,
with proper stockyard facilities,
cattle from the corn belt tributary TO
Fort Worth and the great ranges of the,
West, buyers viii always be found in the
stockyards, who would come here from
New Orleans. Shreveport, Little Reok,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-10
TENS OPINION.

Greenville Herald: Texas pride and
Texas patriotism revolts at the idea of
being quartered for political purposes.
Terrell Star: The electoral college is
all right. As goes the majority or plu
rality Of q states popular vote, so goes
its electoral vote.
BCnham Review: Where is the man
who said \. W. Terrell was not popular
with the people? He lead the list OF
Cleveland electors, which is It rebuke to
the paTtisans who So bitterly fought
against his nomination at Fort Worth.
Fort Worth Mail: Under existing laws
of the state, drummer for n Texas house
has to pay tax, but a drummer for
house i'll st. Louis or Chicago can t BE
taxed. In order to put our tradesmen on
& footing of equality with their foreign
competitors, the legislature ought to re-
peal the drummer tax law before the
session is week old.
Waco Day: 1t is generally admitted
that the South viii have at least one
member OF President Harrison s cabinet,
and we note that General LoIgstreet,
General Chalmers ana other Southern
Republicans are pressing General Malone
for the position. The little Yirgipian las
IGpultsilJil CLlIIittN IpO utiSSiN Va W
strengthen any administration with the
Southern people, and if President Harri-
son expects to conciliate anybody except
Longstreet, Chalmers and Malone, he
will have to find other timber for his cab
met. ..s,q
Dallas Times-Herald: While the vote
for governor has not been counted, it is
generally agreed that Ross ran ahead of
~, til,
majority OF the Republicans in their con-
vention at Fort Worth refused to make
nominations because by this course they
hoped to see the great Democratic ma
jority cut down. For the Non-P artisaus
and Prohibition party prohibitionists had
promised to do great things. But an
agreement not to nominate did not carryS
with it pledge to support the opposition
to Democracy. Hence great many
Republicans, naturally those of the
Southwest, voted for Ross. Next time.
the Republicans will nominate. aasf4;
Dallas Times Herald: When there
talk of the admission of Dakota and seq
eral more of the Northwestern territoEKs,
there is an appealing look from Nsf&herns
Democrats toward Texas. ThRadmis-T
sion of these territories means an in
creased Republican majority in the
United States senate, and the looks inter-
preted are, ''Can t you divide up Texas
and give the Republicans a stand off?''
If very member CT the senate were Re-
publican, every member of the house
were of the same political faith, ana the''
division of Texas would put enough DEM
ocrats in the two houses to control, be-
sides giving the administration to Demo-
Gratis, Texas people would not for mo-
ment consider division. Not in this or
in the next generation will there be a dis
vision of the state.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-10

has larger timber area than any other
state in the Union. 1t is over 40, 900 200
acres.
The Bonham News says Fannin county
has more Democrats, the best lands, the
finest cows, horses, mules and hogs;
makes more corn and cotton, has the
best schools, neatest church buildings,
and the prettiest women of any county in
the state.
A young bride in Burnet, who has re-
Gently gone to housekeeping, thought to
surprise her husband with some light rolls
of her own make few mornings since.
As she handed him the plate one of them
fell out and dropped on the cats head,
killing it Instantly.
San Angelo has quite musical prod
ICY in the person of Miss Katie, the nine
year-old daughter of E. w HammOns,
a music dealer. She has already COM
posed several waltZes, her latest being
the 'Fort Concho Waltz which is in
process of publication by Philadelphia
publisher.
Uvalde News: Mr.. William Gieseler
has been purchasing few rattlesnake
skins rs an experiment. He is now try
ing to find q market for them. There
are plenty of rattlesnakes in this counting
and if they prove to be of value they wRl'
help out somebody's exchequer NJ
Gieseler sold last week over $500 wofth
of hides. *
Mrs. Walker, an aged lady of Req
River county, who had thumb ampu-'
tated some time since, has recovered
from the effects of the operation. a
cancerous tumor had formed on her
thumb which necessitated amputation to
preserve life. She was seventy-four
years old and in very feeble health, which
made the operation critical one indeed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-10

would undoubtedly give him an historic
Der of his party except Abraham
Lincoln. 1t must be obvious to
General Harrison that he can
accomplish neither of these things if he
adopts the counsels of those radical mem
bers of his party, who would place bit
in the mouth of the South and rein it in
as if it were an insurrectionary precinct.
Were all that they have said of the South
true, the fact still remains that coercion
never DETECTED the course of q free,
proud and independent people. They i'll
deserve their political inheritance if they
could be frightened or intimidated by any
threats or measures that might be
direc ted at them no matter from wha
source they came. Yet there is way
an easy way, by which General Harrison
may, partially at least, succeed in his de-
signs.
He can remove the impression that ex-
lists in the South that the Republican par
ty entertains none but hostile intent to-
wards this section and that it de-
sires negro domination of the
South to crafty its revengeful
feelings. Rightfully or wrongfully that
is too general belief in the South. So
long as that belief exists, the Republican
party can never gain white following in
the South sufficient to make it formid-
able.
General Harrison can do much to allay
this feeling; it is possible for him to re-
move it entirely. The administration
toward sectional reconciliation; Benja-
min Harrison can make his longer step.
As a Republican he can do what Grover
Cleveland, as q Democrat, could not do.
The South needs men and money TO as
sist in its development. 1t needs manu-
features, mills and railroads, and it in
vites Northern men and Northern
capital to supply them. Here
there is broader and more promising
field for investment than in any of the
foreign countries, which Yankee enter
prise and capital are helping to develop.
Every dollar of Northern money that
comes here and every addition to South
ern citizenship from the North
brings the two sections closer
together. In truth, all the advance that
has been made toward the establish
ment of amicable relations between the
two sections must be credited to the bust
ness interests of the country; the poll
ticians will never declare peace until they
are forced to do so By the tradesmeH, the
capitalists and the investors, who will
tire of constant agitation that endangers
their interests.
If General Harrison should take coun-
sci of this class, if he should encourage
rather than retard Northern investments
in the South, if he should seek to estab-
fish such relations between the people of
the North and the South as would induce
them to miGgle freely with each other,
without thought of uuwelcome reception,
the South will afford no cause for him to
regret his course; his administration viii
be national and his fame universal.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-10
You Can Bet on Texas.
Cincinnati Enquirer.

The scheme to divide Texas and Cali
fornia each into two or more states runs
up against clause l, section 3, article 4
of the federal constitution, to+wit: "No
new state shall be formed or created
within the jurisdiction of any other state
without the consent of the legislature of
the state concerned as well as of the con-.
gress. And we shall not live to see thPe
day when the legislature of either Texas
or California will give that consent.