Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-27
NEW STATES.
No Democratic Territory Need
Apply to Enter the Union.
The Republicans, in Trying to Please
Everybody with Their Tariff Bill,
Please, Nobody.
Status of the Various Texas Deep Water
STANDARDIZATION of the House Com
mittee on Territories.
PURELY QUESTION OF POLITICS.

PURELY A QUESTION OF POLITICS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March -26.-There is no
sort of doubt that congress will admit
Wyoming to statehood, despite the seri-
Gus objections of a heavy Mormon citi-
zenship and unrestricted female suffrage.
The reason, therefore, lies in the
fact that it will be a Republi-
can state. Utah, which is greatly
ahead of Wyoming in all the
requisites of statehood is kept out on the
hypocrtIcal excuse that it has large
Mormon population. Although next TO
Utah, Wyoming has more Mormon resi-
dents than any other territory. Utah,
however, is democratic, and that is
enough to damn it in the
eyes of the dominant party.
Were it of the other political stripe,
there would be no question as to its ad
mission by the present congress.
In like manner New Mexico will have
to wear its territorial garments awhile
longer and for the same reason. 1t too
can be counted on to cling to the Democ-
racy and will be punished accordingly.
The moral of it is that no Democratic
territory need apply, it matters not how
thoroughly equipped, to enter the sister
hood of states.
THE TARIFF.
The Republicans are still f1oundering
in water too deep for comfort as to
their tariff bill They are try
ing to satisfy everybody
but please nobody. They put hides and
raw silk back on the free list which has
raised a storm about their ears, and now
the fight is on sugar. It Is tolerably sure
that the committee will have to reoede
from its original stand on this article,
though whatever change is made they
will likely adopt the specific form of
duty.
DEEP WATER SCHEMES.
John Willett of San Antonio, after
several months of futile effort to get con-
gressional Endorsement of his Padre
Island scheme of deep water,
leaves for Texas tomorrow,
thoroughly disgusted man. There
never was much chance for his
measures to win here, however, merito-
Tious 1t might be-. Texas cannot reason
ably hope for government aid to half
dozen deep water schemes and this being
recognized by the home delegation they
refused to lend the Willett project any
assistance.
Col. Houston, of San Antonio, who
has been here some time in behalf of
Arkansas Pass, also leaves for Texas
soon. He Is supposed to represent the
Arkansas Pass railroad IN his efforts to get
congress to sanction private improve
ment of the harbor at Arkansas Pass.
With Arkansas left out, and only a
modest appropriation for Sabine Pass
for continuing the work started,
there, there Is no reason why the appro-
priation for Galveston should not go
through. Yet, somehow, very few of
the Texas representatives seem to be
sanguine of this. They fear the house
will not consent to spending so much on
siugle port, regardless of the fact that
half dozen other states besides Texas
are vitality interested in the matter.
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
WASHINGTON, March 26.-The senate,
IN executive session to-day, confirmed
the following nominations: Pay di-
rector, Thomas II. LOCKER, to be chief
of the bureau of provisions and clothing
and acknowledgement of the navy;
Annoy Smith, Jr., surveyor of customs
at Cincinnati. Postmasters-New Mex
leo, H. G. Williamson, Albuquerque;
Jacob Weltmere, Santa Fe.
THE WORLDS FAIR BILL.
WASHINGTON, March 26.-The Worlds
fair bill was received to-day land was re-
ported to the special committee having
that subject in charge.
Senator Hiscock, chairman, was asked
when the committee would be called to
consider it. He said that he would be
out Of the city until next Monday, and
that no meeting will be held until after
that time.
IN BEHALF OF MALONE CANDIDACY.
WASHINGTON, March 26.-Warrants
were to-day sworn out IN the police court
for the arrest of c. Newton u. J. Verser
on charge of violating the civil service
law in soliciting and receiving contribu-
tons from government employees for po-
litical purposes. Newton and Verser
were president and treasurer, respeo-
lively, of the cold Dominion Repub-
lican league, - which, during the last
political campaign in Virginia, it is
charged, solicited money in and of the
cause of Gen. Malone as a candidate for
the governorship. The headquarters Of
the club was in Washington.
The civil service commission asks for
an additional appropriation of So 200, 900
for the ensuing year.
HOUSE CoMMITTER on TIE RRIToRIEs.
WASHINGTON, March 26.-The house
committee on territories held a meeting
to-day for the purpose of considering the
bill TO provide an enabling act for the ter
ritory of New Mexico. resolution
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