Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-04
THE RESPONSTBILITY.
Republicans in the House lnterpose
Every Possible Obstacle to Ac-
ton on Important Measures.
It is Time for the Masses to Test the
Two Parties by What They Do
and Not by What They Say.
The Surgeon General Publishes the Repor'i
Upon which He Based the Statement
RsgsrdipE Yellow Fever in FLORIDA.
RAB1D oBsTRUcrIoNIsrs.

RABID oBsTRUCTIoNIsTs.
Special to the Gazette.
Washington, April 2s.-The Republic
cans in the House while charging the
Democrats with dilstoriness in the con-
sideration OF the vital question Of legis-
Iation have interposed every possible OBJ
etacle to seton upon matters OF the most
material interest to the country. They
pose IS reformers, but are
in reality strenuous obs.ructionIs.s.
Throughout the terih debate they
have rung the changes on the Democratic
inaction and on the improperly Of the
action proposed by the Democrats. II 10
about time for the masses, the business
and laboring classes, to test the two
parties and their representatives by what
they do and not by what they say. The
country demands that nothing shall in
tervene between the consideration and
conclusion of
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
Pending their debate and the vote on
the bill there must be q suspension to
some extent of certain enterprises and in
every commercial, manufacturing and
agricultural class there is an anxiety felt,
not so much for the passage or defeat OF
the proposed law as for the final DISPOSE
ton of the agltating question for the
present ct least. In view OF this Self
evident condition of things the Repub-
leans efforts at postponemert
must be regarded as impolitic in q party
sense and both unpatriotic and unwise
from a national standpoint. Everybody
in the HouseIaffords proof the absurdity
OF the claim th.t the tariff is a SUI ject
OF ABSORBING INTEREST
here. No interest Whatever is taken In
the debate in progress. The members
with the exception of the men famous for
their remarks. Several spee6 hes were
delivered to-day but not dozen mem
bers all told heard them. Not thirty
members in all kept their seats during
the time. The majority Of those who did
occupied themselves with their news
papers or in writing letters. The speak
ers, nothing discouraged, however,
held on to the end OF their
remarks and consumed the time without
the slightest compensation. This state
ct things too will continue until the So
called debate is closed. The last two
days when Messrs. Reed ard Mckinley on
one si6e and Messrs. Breckenridge OF
Kentucky and Speaker Carlisle on the
other are down for speeches Will, Of
course, be different, but for all the rest
the general debate hsd as well be
closed now. The Republicans are
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DELAY.
The Democratic lea ers would be will
ling to take up the bill by paragraphs AID
vote upon 1t tomorrow.
Friends of the river and harbor bill are
getting much concerned about 1t. Every
thing must go over until after the tari1
bill has been disposed Of, and that means
June Is or later. The House then Will
be in something Of snarl, grow
ing out of the tariff debate, and he
will be lucky chairman who, with bill
on the calendar, gets consideration OF 1t
without hot fight. Mr.. Blanchard, how
ever, makes one thing very plain, that is
that he did not intend to be dragoened
into opposing the tariff bill with the river
sud harbor bill. He was importuned by
the Republicans to do 30, but he refused.
YELLOW FEVER REPORTS.
WASHINGTON, April 2s.-Surgeon- Gen-
erel Hamilton has to-day officially pub
ishsd the full lis. of the reports on file In
the Marine Hospital Bureau upon wnlcn
was based his statement OF last ostuIoay
thu. ssLste inspection at Micanopy, fiahI
City and Barrone, Fla, hiss proved me
recent existence OF yellow fever tnere aro
that several other points in the southeth
ard western psrt of the state are 10 ue
locked upon as suspicious"
In an interview this evening, IN REFER
ence to the subject. he said: "In we"
of the chsrscteristicallv violent attacks
on me by certain newspapers l have
thought best to publish full list OF these
points. 1t will be seen from perusal Of
them that could have made more pos
tive statement and still kept within the
limits OF the information on file. l now
learn that the report of DR.. Knight. who
was detailed by the Jacksonville Board
of Health, states there we're two cases o.
| yellow fever at Plant Citv as late IS April
20. The reports as to Barrone are moi
confirmed, but as to the others, the oriei
nal information seems to have
been correct. I regret ex
tremelv the circumstances thai
made It necessary to publish the origina
warning, but under the existing law Il
w.s my duty TO other localities to give
them some intimstion of the facts. L
the publication shall stir the Florida su
thorities to proper sense OF the ool'ga
ton they owe to other states OF the Un
ion, by prompt enforcement OF vigorous
sanitary measures and the establishment
Of state board of health, the publication
will result IN great good to them ard tt
oil. Personal abuse Of the Surgeon. Gen
ersl, while it may be an amusing diver
sion to Florida newspapers, will neithe
clean up their villages, arrest their yellow
fever. nor restore confidence in them
ksslves."
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