Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-10
AFTER WANAMAKER
Irregular Mail Service in Texas
to be Looked After.
squabble in the House Over PROPOSE
ton to Remove Gen. Grants Re
mains From New York.
The Duncan Murder Case to be Argued Before
the Supreme Court To- Norrow-Ihe
Meat Inspection Bill.
Made II q Political Matter.

Made 1t q Political Matter.
Special 10 the Gazette.
WASHINGTON. Dec. There was
rather unseemly squabble In the house
Sover the proposition to remove
Gen. Grants remains from Yew York to
Arlington cemetery, which at times WAS
almost acrimonious. The New York
members were very emphatic in their
opposition 20 the resolution, end by dint
OF electioneering finally beat II, aud
Gen. Grants remains will rest undis-
turbed, at least for the present, at
Riverside park. The New Workers made
political matter of the resolution aud
got the support of almost the entire
party, especially from the South.
POOR SERVICE IN TEXAS.
There have been manv complaints by
the people of Texas who live away from
the railroads. growing out of The irregu-
lar and inefficient mail service OF that
state. This is believed to be largely
attributable to the system of speculative
bidding upon the subletting of contracts
for carrying the mails. MIR. Lanham
has been Investigating this matter for
some of bis constituents and to-day pre-
scented q resolution in the house on the
subject, inquiring of the postmaster
general rs to the grounds OF these COM
plants and the effect of the existing
system upon the postal service OF the
country. Mr.. Lauham saws that ut the
last general letting of contracts for car
ryiug the mails III Texas about 800 con-
tracts were awarded, and of this number
about $50 were
AWARDED TO NON-REsIDENTS
of Texas. One man i'll Kentucky pro-
cured contracts for 1877 routes. Another
person i'll Missouri got eighty routes and
seventeen routes were TO II Texas man.
II seems TO be the case that WHEN these
contracts were awarded agents are sent
bys the successful bidders to procure sub
sgsnfsnctors. Very frequently upon mis-
representations made rs to the profits i'll
carrying the mails and the passenger
traffic, partieL are induced to take the
contracts at low and ina iequute rates
and the people in the country are fire.
quently without mail facilities in conse-
quence OF the failure and inability OF the
subcontrac,ors to perform the necessary
services. Mr.. Lupgham is seeking TO
have these evils corrected as fur rs pos
ton Of the resolution IN the house, but
objections being made he had It reported
to the committee on pos;offices and post
roads. He has been promised by the
chairman of the committee that il will
soon be favorably reported TO the house.
THE DUNCAN CASE.
R. H. Harrison of Waco Is here In the
interest of the Duncan murder case. The
point iSrssrd that this caSs does not
praperly belong to a FEDERAL court, and
tlte code which prescribes the procedure
was never properly enacted by the state
legislature, aud is therefore invalid. 1t
Is before the supreme court on writ of
error to decide this Important question
of Federal iursdis,ictiou, and will be
argued on Thursday.
Col. Horace Hilton of Tyler is visiting
here, but will go to Virginia II few
days.