Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-02
ROTTEN TO THE CORE.
Republicans Furnish Material for DEM
Ocratic Campaign Documents.
The Republican Senators Who Favor the Force
Bill Are Still Scheming to Secure an
Extra Session.
Another Bad Break.

| Another Bad Break
| Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-Congressman
smyser of Ohio, one of the Republican
members of the committee to Investigate
the charges against Pension Commits
sioner Raum, was to-day forced to re-
sign from the committee because he is a
stakeholder in the refrigerator
| company that Gen. Raum
organized some time ago. 1t
was stated ten days ago that the ex-
posure would be made to-day by repre-
sentative Cooper of Indiana. That
gentleman created quite sensation in
the house this morning by introducing q
resolution calling for the removal OF Mr..
Smyser from the committee and there was
AN ANIMATED DISCUSSION.
in which many of the members partioi-
pated. The exposure was like a bomb
shell among the Republicans, and they
hardly knew how to explain away the
thing. Mr.. Smyser very promptly
asked to be excused from fur
Their service on the committee, and
the speaker had to make a statement to
clear away any suspicion in the mind of
the Ohio member was interested in the
Raum refrigerator company. Congress-
man Morrill, regretted the thing very
much, and he said to-day that if he had
KNOWN IN ADVANCE
that Mr.. Smyser had any stock in the
company he (MorrilD wonld never have
consented to serve on the committee.
Mr.. Goodnight, one of the Democratic
members of the investigating committee,
made q very forclble statement,
in which ne was very fair, but
at the same time he said that he thought
that it was an act of great improperly
of Mr.. Smyser to serve on the committee
when he was q stakeholder in the come
pany, and he did not think the COM
mittee had conducted the Investigation in
a manner TO get at
THE REAL FACTS
regarding the charges that have been
preferred against the commissioner of
pensions. This affair has caused great
deal of unfavorable comment here
and within week the Republic
cans of the house have furnished
much valuable material for the Demo-
Gratis to work on in making their CAM
paign documents. Mr.. Smyser is not
candidate for :e-election as he has been
thrown in the same congressional district
with Mckinley. 1t is understood that the
latter bad arranged with the former
to run his campaign out in view of the
bad break of Mr.. Smyser. To-day it is
thought that Mr.. Mckinley will have to
look around for another manager. The
talk is that Mr.. Mckinley has
no idea of being returned
to congress. he Is hoping to make
good run in the new Democratic district,
however, AID if he can cut down the
Democratic vote he will claim the
nomination for governor next
year at the hands of his
own party, and should he be elected
governor he would then hope TO be the
Republican nominee for the presidency
In 1892.
REED GOES TO MAINE.
Things are getting warm in Speaker
Reeds district in Maine, and while it
would be claiming too much to say that
he is IN danger of defeat, yet
he has been urged to return
at once. Mr.. Reed will leave for Maine
to- morrow. Congressman Lodge and
Greenhalge of Massachusetts and other
prominent Republicans have been stump
ing the district for more than two weeks.
Messrs. Reed and Mckinley are both
TO speak at the same meeting in the dis
trict this week. The speaker did not in
tend TO go to Maine until after the adj
journment OF congress, but it has been
represented to him that If he does
not hasten homo and help to
straighten out matters at Saco where the
election laws of the state have not been
complied with, he is liable to lose large
vote there, which would endanger his
election. AS it is, the Democrats expect
to have very good case for
making contest Tor his seat before the
next house, and the advantage has been
given out by the attempt OF the Republic
can managers IN the district to fdisfran-
chise q number OF Democrats at Bidds-
ford.
Many of the members of the house are
leaving the city. It is very doubtful
whether there will be quorum on hand
when the vote is taken on the Breckin-
ridge contested election case.