Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-07
Sherman and Denisoh Candidates for
the Federal Court With the
Chances Poor for Both.
What Jadse Abbott Says Of the Direct
Tax Bali on nhlca The House ef
X personalities is Locked.
Consideration Of the rostof ies AP
preparation Bill-N0minatisns.
TOO MANY CANDIDATES.

court. The Culoerson bill locates the
court st Denison and Paris, but Q Senate
| bill, of which Senator Vest Is the author,
leaves out Texas al ogetber, and puts the
court st Atoka, In the Territory. So far
there has been NO understanding between
Messrs. Culoerson and Vest, and unless
some agreement is reached the Culberson
bill will not become law. lis fate is
exceedingly doubtful, and the ar
rival of the Sherman delegation
complicates matters still more. As be-
tween Denison and Sherman the Senate
judiciary committee cannot bs expected
10 have any preference, and 1t is Known
that Senator Edmands, Chairman Of the
committee, is opposed to making any
change. He considers the court st Fort
Smith as ample for all that territory now
in its Jurisdiction. Judge Hare will take
no stock in the nght to put himself in a
position of fsvorlng either Of the towns
named, as both are in his county.
ONE OF THE pEAD.LocKRRs.
Special 70 The Gazette.
WASHINGTON, April s.-Judge Abbott
Of the Fort Worth district, who is among
the members holding tbs House of Repre-
sentatives in the deadlock over the direct
tsx matter, was asked his views to-day.
He said: We have locked the House and
1 hope to keep 1t SO as long as that bill
re mains for consideration. 1t is q species
| of legislation unauthorized by the consti-
>ulion. No decision OF the Supreme court
has ever declared the direct land act to
| h. ayitntinusI TharA Ia M
WHY the excessive tax gathered bY the
protective tariff should not be refunded
as well as the tax in question.
The advocates of this bill,
continued Judge Abbott, are not
willing to refund the cotton tax though
the two are on the same footing. The
Republican party which controlled this
governmen. for nesrly quarter Of a CEN
fury, after assessing ana collecting this
tax never made an effort to refund 1t,
aud now wasn't TO saddle the responsibility
OF so doing on q Democratic Congress.
They are not acting in good faith, though
theV have the assistance Of few Demo-
Gratis In trying to pass the measure.
THE PosTosFICE APPROPRIATION.
WAsHIN eToN, April S.-Tne House
committee on posto fees to day CON-
preparation bill. As sgreed upon it sp-
propristes $50, 1880 against revised
estimates by the PostmasterGeIeralo Of
$50 220, $40.
NOMINATIONS.
WARRINGTON, April 6-The President
has sent the following nominations to the
Senate to-day:
Brig.dier- General George Crook to be
Msior General.
Colonel Bohner Brooks OF the Third in
fantry to be Brigadier- General.
EMPLOYED AS AN EXPERT.
Special TO the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-Through the
influence of Colonel Kilgore, Julian D.
Garrison of Henderson, Tex. late in the
engineering department of the Missouri
Pacific, was to-day employed as sn ex-
pert by the inter state commerce CON-
mission.
THE BOND PURCHASE RESOLUTION.
WASHINGTON, April The Mills sur
p as bond purchase resolution, with the
Spooner-Beck amendment, reached the
House to-day from the Senate, and was
referred to the COMMITTEE on Ways and
means.
ACTS APPROVED.
WASHINGTON, April Sine President
to- day approved the act granting q pen
sion to Mary S. Logan, widow Of General
John A. Logan; the act to Increase the
pension of Appoline A. Blair; the act for
the relief of William G. Galloway, late
captain in the army; the act for the relief
of Frank Baker, and the act making ap-
preparations to construct 8 road and ap-
proacses from Pineville, Is the national
military csmeterp, near that town.
Senator Daniels to-day introduced s
bill to repeal lectlon 1918 Of the revised
statues, which provides that no person
who has served In any capacity in the
military, naval or civil service Of the So
the states in the instruction during the
late rebellion, shall be app ointed to any
position in the army of the United States.
The Senate committee on education
snd labor gave hearing this morning to
several clergymen from distance repre-
septing various Sunday observance asso-
cistions. They advocated an amendment
to the inter state commerce law looking
TO the stoppage of Sunday trains.
TIE ELEVENTH CENSUS.
WARRINGTON, April 6.-Mr. Cox, chair
man of the census commit e, to-day
reported back to the House his bill to
provide for taking the eleventh and sub
sc quent censuses. He proposes two
amendments. Both have reference to
publications. TIE number OF vol
umes printed under the tenth census
w.s twenty-five, and the amendments
cut q many topics for exper: discussion
and leave only seven subjects, population
and social statistics RELAXING thereto, the
product CT manufactures, mining and
agricultural, mortality and vital statistics,
valuation and public Indebtedness. The
bill limits the cost Of the next census to
%. ooe, 900, exclusive CT printing and en-
craving.