Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-29
LOST FAITH IN REED.
Republicans Declare the Speaker Has Got All
He Ever Will Get From the
G. o. p.

Correspondence Of the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-Tom Reed is
mad. Why? Because the senate has
wisely decided to let the election bill
slide, for this session at least. No bet
ter example is needed to show Reeds
intense partisanship and his desperate
methods to attain his purpose than his
action in the matter of the election bill
after that measure had been laid over
by the senate. He actually endeayored
to get Republicans in the house to pledge
themselves to defeat the tariff bill if
the Lodge bill was dropped. One of
the men to whom Reed made this prop
osition is on the ways and means COM
mlttee and was staunch friend of Reed.
He was astonished at this revelation of
Reeds desperation and recklessness
and said afterwards that the speaker
had ceased to be safe man. He had
gone altogether too far in this matter,
as he had in many others, and was no
longer worthy of the confidence which
republicans reposed in him. The
knowledge of what Reed has attempted
to do has made the friends of the tariff
bill holly indignant, and they declare
that he has got all he ever will get from
the Republican party.
Amos J. Cummings has peculiar ad-
vantages as a member of congress for
obtaining good stories, and his last let
ter to ths New York Sun contains the
following anecdotes which are specially
pertinent to Texas;
Some time ago Democrat received a
clipping from Texas paper. 1t alleged
that Roger Q. Mills, in one O. his
speeches out there, had said that if
Speaker Reed was in hell he would count
the Democrats in the house to make q
quorum. A Democratic member showed
the slip to the speaker. With grave
dignity Mr.. Reed replied: 'fMr. Mills
is right. Why shouldn't 1 count them2
If they weren't there they ID be on the
way
One of the ablest men in the house is
Judge David B. Culberson of Texas.
There is nothing snowy about him. He is
quiet. dignitied man, with a heavy
brow, broad shoulders, and great INTEL
leotual capacity. Occasionally he visits
ths cloakroom. The other day he en-
tered It while several Democratic mem
bers were commenting upon the havoc
made by the Farmers Alliance in the
South. Information had just been re-
seeking q denomination. He had done
everything that could be done to placate
the Alliance early in the season. He
had joined 1t and swallowed its SUBJ
treasury scheme. He even went q step
further. He introduced a bill as far
ahead of the sub-treasury scheme in ex-
as that scheme Is ahead of
the strongest protective tariff. 1t was
ell in vain. The Alliance ran over him,
and left him crying bloody murder.
"His case,' remarked the Judge,
"reminds me of story of a man once
knew In Texas. He was riding over
road behind a yoke of oxen. He sat in
the forward end of the cart, upon pile
of boxes. As the wheel dropped into q
rut the pile toppIed. He lost his bal
ance, and fell out of the cart. He was
afraid that the wheel would run over
him and he loudly shouted: "Whosi'
before he struck the ground. 1t was too
late. The wheel did go over him. But
this was not all. He shouted Whoa!"
20 loud and long that the oxen stopped |
and backed the cart. The wheel went |
over him a second time.'