Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-24
A BITTER FIGHT.
Struggle Of the Session to be on
Federal Election Bill.
Democrats Propose to go to Almost ANY
Extreme to Prevent Its Passage.
kilgOre Speaks.
Texas Public Building BilIs-Nrs. Burchin
Secures an Allowance for Rent-Beef
and Hog Contract Go
FEDERAL ELECTION BILL.

Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, June 23.-With the
silver bill temporarily out of the way,
the two parties will now begin TO clear
the decks for the most important struggle
of the present session. which begius
Tuesday over the Federal election bill.
The Democrats are determined to figh'
to the bitter end and they propose to 20
to almost any extreme to prevent Its
passage. 1t is understood that a caucus
will be held soon TO devise means
to prevent Speaker Reed counting p
quorum unless he finds II on his own side
of the house. Various plans nave been
suggested and they will be considered at
the caucus. Had the free coinage meas
ure prevailed in the house it is surmised
by some, but probably without fOunda-
ton that some of the Western Repub-
licans would nave joined in the protest
against the Federal election bill. In
view of what has taken place during the
past twenty-four years it is doubt
full whether any previous arrangement
on the subject will hold good.
1t is asserted with great confidence that
the Democrats who are opposed to the
site direction in return for the assurance
from the silver Republicans TO vote
against the Federal election bill. 1t was
regarded as good politics to make such II
combination, especially as the ultra sill
yer men have not, from the first, ex-
pected to obtain unlimited coinage. Such
men as senator Mitchell of Oregon,
Repres entatives Bland of Missouri, Mills
of Texas, Carter of Montana ana others
in the same line have repeatedly SAID,
within the psst week, they Will be salts
fled with a bill providing for the coinage
of five million of silver dollars monthly.
Their demand for free coinage was for
the purpose of securing the most desira-
BILE terms when the bill is thrown into
the hands Of conference committee.
TEXAS BUILDINGS.
The only bills signed by the president
for public buildings in Texas are,
Houston Gncrease) S15 900 and
FL PRso, (origi nal) $50 900.
The bill for Paris has passed the house
and is now in the senate. Sherman is
on the house calender for Sos 900,
Laredo for SIS 900. Fort Worth has
passed the house for $3.50, ZOO and Is now
in the senate and Dallas is again before
the committee for 500, 900, the presi-
dent having voted the bill for $500 200.
KILGORE DENIES IT.
Information has reached Washington
that Mr.. Hubbard, or parties in charge
of his campaign, have stated that Mr..
Kilgore favored the property qualifica-
tions for suffrage in the Texas oonstItu-
tlonal convention of 1875. When asked
to-day if such was the case, Mr.. Kilgore
said: ''The story is absolutely false.
entirely without foundation, and the
man who started it is falsiier and the
man who circulated it is no better than
liar.
MRS. BURCHILL
has succeeded in securing an allowance
from the postoffice department of $1,000
per year for rent of quarters for postal
facilities in the Fort Worth board of
trade building. She left for home to-
night.
MIR. PETER SMITH
has returned from New York and will
leave for Fort Worth tomorrow.
The published account of the immense
contract with an English syndicate for
beef and hogs to be shipped from Texas
to England are correct, and Mr.. Smith
speaks enthusiastically of the great i'm
portance of this deal to the interests of
Texas.