Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-05
A CONSULTATION.
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to give the witness rates south iron
Nashville, and he was Obliged to ship i
in roundabout way and pc,
heavier tariff thsn that charged
other companies. Fer the pas
five or six years ne had received letters
from persons buying oil OF MIN in which
lney complained they had been threatened
BY the Standard OIL Company fOf pur.
chasing Oil from him. He had q large
pum5sr # letters and would produce
them before the committee. Witness did
not think the interstate commerce SCI
was radical enough. There were two
important amendments needed, w: That
the fine aud penhltiesprovided By the sci
should .ppiy to thu saipper as well as to
the carrier, and that these fines
and penalties should 60 to
the informer instead Of the government
C. NJ Adams OF S Louis, secretary of
the Ws'ers-Pierce Oil Company, com
pany Enlisted with the Standard, testifit
that the compauy's rate On tank Oil siuce
the Interstate commerce &C. went into
feet from Cleveland 10 S Louis WAS A
cents per barrel, nbd on the barrel OIL
81 cents. A NUMBER Of questions We're p
to the witness in regsrd to rases prior to
the interstate commerce act, but his re-
ply was he conld not answer the ques-
ion. A NUMBER ofle;ters were prouuced
from various persons on which Mr. Rice
had based his state ment that the Standard
attempted to intimidate dealers who
would not buy oil from 1t. The general
tenor was that the Standard had either
reduced or threatened to reduce prices OF
oil below the cost OF production wherever
ghe merchants bougnt OIL from Mr. R ce
Che folio Wing ere gh5 most striking sen
fences ia the letters read: "Caess, ar
ley Co. are threatening to ruin US In
business Il we do not stop selling OIL"
ave have been threatened with anuiaila
ton, bur so for the coal oil wsr has no,
begun. They would come here and ruin
them 10 business by fair means II they
can; by undernaud means IL necessary"
This closed the investigation for the
time being ct least, aud tbs committee
adjourned sui CT TO the call of the chair
man. l. cinuo5 b. stated as yet whet her
tue inquiry will be resu ned or not. Tht
committee has msde quite an extens'v
invesugs ion into the Su- ar sId Stan 1aTd
Oil Trusts, and some OF the members
thick il has secured sufficient information
on which 20 base its report to the House
After the stenogrsphic report up to dsie
hos been received, the mmittee will de-
ermine WIS. furshsr steps TO taxa.
AN ADvaRsE RRPJRr.
The Republican members OF the foreign
relations committee Of the Ssnste held .
meeting in the judiciary committee room
To day to hear toe majority (edverss) re-
pc t on the fishery treaty, which mao o =ep
prepared by Senator Eimunds, ard is
now complete. The repar. takes the
ground that the treaty secures nothing %
value TO the United States except wbai
belongs 10 us by natural ghts. The
treaty will be reported next week sDd
taken up os soon as the Chinese bill l.
disposed Ct.
THE TEXAS ELECTIoN RIOTS.
The Senate committee on privileges
aud elections waicn has fol. more tnan a
yssr past had under Investigation the
election riots az Washington county,
Texas, is nearing conclusion of its
work. The missing portion OF the testi-
mony taken by the Texss courts upon the
trial OF The rioters hiss jnss reached
Washil gton. Senator EvsrIs Will pre-
pare maj ori y report.
FITTING MKMENTo.
The following correspondence is sell
explenatory:l ..
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
WASHINGTON, May 5 ISIS.
To Hon. p. A. Ealoe, Hou,e Of Representatives
MY DEAR MIR ENLoE-It is the uoi.
versal wish Of the gentle men who were
engaged In harmoniz!ng the D m0cratic
party by the picking OF the "deadlock, ;"
which SO embarrassed our business and
party, that we should, as the chairman CT
our caucus, present to you the kindest
acknowledgement Of the Demo-
cratic party, and l may say
the Democratic people, whom
they represent. With unusual vigilance
aud assiduity you called l20 names which
assured the call of the caucus and there
by the removal Of our discor and the In
pulse which WAS given to the campaign
Of 1883 As token of this invaiushle
service which you rendered to the party
am authorized by the gentlemen who ere
interested in our success, and who
admire your energy and perseverance,
to present to You this LITTLE lock which is
not Locked with key. II is the outward
symbol Of kindly inward emotion. l
send you three greetings which are only
the hearty echo Of my Democratic
brethren in Congress. Yours with re-
spe~t, S. S Cox, Chairman.
VIM. L WILSON snd N G. BLANCHARD,
sec:slaries OF the caucus.
HOUSE OF REPsFs TNrATIvEs.
WASHING ron. My 4.
My Dear MIR. Cox:
never expected to be charged with
picking LOCK, especially deadlock, bur
If it is the decision Of Democratic
caucus that am guilty, suppose 1t is
nv duty as Democrat to bow to thai
decision and to accept the sentence
which you so kindly impose. 1 did NOT
pick the deadlock, but by sn appeal
TO the loysl Democratic party 1 found
that key OF harmony with which
We mi Gked 1t and restored that party
unity from which L. de5srred ~. As =
testimonial Of duty performed accept
the lock and key. 1. is memento fly
chosen to commemorate the event ard
I will ever cherish and preserve IT, and
with il your letter which SD elegantly ex-
press the generous sen .iments of my
Democratic colleagues in the Fiftieth
Congress. Very respectfully,
B. A. ENLoE,
To HON. s. S. Cox.
FULL OF REBELLION.
Il