Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-02-28
A TEST CASE.
Confined from Fisst Pacs.

apoplexy with which he was stricken
about 'clock this morning. He was
regarded as one OF the best officers in the
service. Arrangements for the funeral
have not yet been made.
SENATE EXECUTIVE SESSION SECRETS.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.-The Dolph in
vestigsting committee to-day continued
| its inquiry into the methods by which
proceedings of executive sessions of the
| senate became public Jules Guthridge
| of New York, J. D. Halford Of the Asso-
! clated Press. George Balm OF the United
Press, W. G. Seckendorf Of the New
York Tribune, and Frank A. Depuey of
the New York Times, testified that they
had written reports OF the proceedings of
the executive sessions of the senate of the
18th and 18th inst. at which the nominal
ton of General Morgan was confirmed and
the British extradition treaty ratified re-
spectfully but when asked TO give the
source of their in formation they declined
to do so, on the ground that il would be
q gross betrayal OF confidence. Messrs.
Seek sndorf and Depuey were asked il
they decliusd TO answer for fear of sub
iectln2 themselves to criminal prosecu-
ton, and to this they promptly replied in
the negative. Mr.. Depuey also stated
that in all his experience he had never
known of an instance where proceedings
in executive session had been divulged by
m employe OF the SENATE, or where
newspaper man had asked an employe
for such information.
Under the new rule put into effect to-
day when the senate went into executive
session the press lobby, iii which are To-
Gated the capitol officers OF the Associated
Press aud United Press, as well as all
the committee rooms on the gallery floor,
were emptied and a strict watch was
kept over them until the senate
doors were opsned again. This,
of course, disarrsnged all press
business OF the senate side
for some time The door leading into
the document room from the corridor,
twenty feet away from the senate walls,
was securely locked in order to keep out
any newspaper men n no might have sue
ceeded in evading the Gordon of guards
at the bottom of the stairs. The door
keepers we're also required to move their
chars and their persons further away
from the holy OF holes. Up to the
present time they have been al
lowed TO stay within six feet OF
the doors, but now they must
move to a minimum Of ten feet distance.
This rule in several instances pushed the
doorKeepers into committee rooms on the
opposite side of the corridors. Hersto-
fore it had been regarded as sufficient TO
shut and lock the two doors which sepa-
rate the press gallery and press lobby
where the workers do most of their
writing. What the senate expects to ac-
complish by this change is not explained.
Reporters generally are not dull of hear
Ing, but it was never charged that they
could hear through four feet OF solid wall
through two heavy doors, one of iron
two inches thick, the other Of wood an
inch and half thick, covered with terra
Gotta baise.
The executive session this afternoon
was devoted TO combinations and re-
ceiving reports from committees. A ia
vOrable report was made by the
commerce committee on the nom
ination of Il. e. Yarmouth to be cOllec-
tor OF the port Of New Orleans.