Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-27
Legislation for the Democratic
House to Accomplish
There Must Be No Party Legislation
and no Attempt at Partisan Man
agement-A Deficit
How Bynum Of Indiana Regards the Result OF
tina Recrn. Fl pcrion-1he People Demand
Relief From the qariI.
Sins os the Eepubl.canL

Special TO tho Gazette.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 0.-Congressman
Sayres, who is looked upon as the sam
Randall OF the appropriation Committee,
said to your correspondent Tonight that
II serious financial condition is impend-
ing, and thi. threatened state of affairs
is The resu!: of .he lerge pension
disbursements. In speaking OF the gov
ernment's finances Congressman Sayres
said: Bankruptcy OF the TREASURY
seems imminent in the immediate future
or two things must be done. We must
either reduce expenses or devise some
means 10 raise additional revenue.
For the first time since '65 it is
costing more to run the government than
the government iak,s in. Col. Morrl-
son declared in the Fiftlerh congress that
II was ant safe TO 1T the national
surplus drcIiue below S22 600 600,
nni now il has sunk to
S. 900 O0O not including few millions
hel in the hnnks. How long will il take
that to melt AWAY? But how are we 10
raise more revenue: The Mckinley bill,
by putting up the inrlf so as 10 check
impOrtaiiOns will tend TO
pECREAsE EXPORT COLLECTIONS.
1t is condition, not theory, that con-
best sort Of ststesmanship TO steer clear
OF the guicksend. The Democratic
members Of the appropriation
committee have got TO lockout
carefully. The coming session OF con-
sress has TO appropriate for the next
fiscal year ending June 80, 1892. This
year there will he IL big deficit of $780,
600 ,0OO or $40 900, 0G0 for PEN
sion payments, aud money will
be diverted from the appropriations
made tor the yeHr ahead 10 make up the
forthcoming shortage. That is the pro-
Pramme Of he opposition, but it should
not 90 through. Zach year + appropr!a-
ton should stand by itself. The
Democrats must insist that the
full amount needed TO pay pen
sion clai;ns should be appropriated.
If not our party will be charged with ail
the sins of omission and commission
during the Fifty-second congress. l am
opposed to being thought of in any such
manner. If a deficit must come let the
blame 20
WHERE II BFLoSGs.
Continuing ne sad that in his opinion
the Farmers Alliance will be merged
into the Democratic party, because the
farmers can get more relief through that
party. There must be no party iegsia-
zion aud no attempt at partisan manage
nent. In the house the duty OF the
Democrats will be 10 cut down
the appropriations rs low as possible,
provide for the free coinage OF silver
promptly and pass tariff bill which will
give the relief the people demand. Put
these things right at the Republican
senate be SAID and then see whut they
Will do.
Mr.. Sayers raid ii was too early to talk
sppakership. but rs thought the next
speaker would come from Texas, and his |
name would be Mills.
MIR. BYNUM OF INDIANA,
who lie making an aggressive fight for |
The sueGkership, arrived late last night |
and was at the capitol to-day. In con-
versalon with your correspondent Mr.. |
Bynum sand that Indiana was in the !
Democratic column to-day. The recent !
election, said he, was IA grand victory OF /
the people and declaration OF popular |
opinion on the subject of ihe Mckinley |
bill and the radical course OF the Repub- |
licans IN congress during the laat session. |
In the next house, what the Democrats
have 10 do is TO avoid partisan legislation |
and 10 practice ECONOMY and coneerva-
tism No bitter party feeling provoked |
during this congress must be carried over
bv the Democrats into the next congress.
They must handle the tariff so rs 10 give
the relief char the people have sized for at
The polls, and by doing this, he con-
tinued, nothing can defeat lis In '92.
Mr.. Bynum says that the Democrats
should 90 back to their old rules ana
should treat the Republican minority
with the greatest fairness and liberalitv.