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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27
ELECTORAL POSSIBILITIES

In the calculations that have been
made of the probable results of the
presidential election, certain states
with their full electoral votes are given
to this or that party and others are
classed as doubtful. The tables vary
somewhat, but they agree without
exception in giving the 159 votes OF the
Solid South to the Democratic candi-
date. To get the necessary 223 votes
to make majority in the electoral
college, these 159 must be reinforced
by GA from some other source. New
Yorks SO, Indiana's 10, New jerseys
10 and Conrecticut's 6, all doubtful
states with Democratic leanings, are
looked to to supply the needed def
cheney after exhausting the Solid
South. These states must be carried,
we are told, or some other state or
states that can supply as many votes
these must he carried or the election
will give us another Republican presi-
dent
But there is an important item that
has been omitted from this calculation
The fourteen votes OF Michigan are
counted for the Republican candi-
date. There is little doubt that
the state Of Michigan will
give majority of Republican votes, but
that does not mean the election of
fourteen Republican electors in the
state. The cunning Democrats, having
a majority in the legislature Of that
state, last spring changed the law so as
to choose presidential electors by con-
gressional districts instead of by gen.
eral vote. Unless the Republicans can
carry every congressional district in
the state, they cannot secure the solid
electoral vote of Michigan-and it is
very certain they cannot do this. The
congressional delegation now stands
eight Democrats to three Republicans.
It is not at all likely that the Demo
Gratis will carry eight districts in
presidential election, but they are
reasonably sure of five. BY carrying
these they add five votes to the Demo-
cratic strength in the electoral college,
which would elect Democratic presi-
dent even with the loss OF Connecticut.
Michigan may play very important
part in the choice of the next president
with its electoral representation
divided.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

Don Dickinson is called the Jenness
Miller of politics because he is charged
with the parentage of Michigans bifurcated
style Of electoral vote.
Sir Edwin Arnold's son Julien is O hard
working member of the London Telegraph
stat, and doesn't put on any frills because
his father is editor-in-chief.
Col. Maurice S. Langhorn Of Lynchburg,
Va, recently extracted from his leg frag-
ment of the mimic ball with which he was
wounded at the battle of Seven Pines nearly
thirty years ago as he was leading his regi-
ulent, the Eleventh Virginia, into action.
Professor Drummond's famous essay,
1.-THE Greatest Thing in the World was
one of the successes of accident. It was
originally short address delivered to q
small audience. i. The author did not know
it had been reported until he found copy
of it while he was travelling in Switzer-
land.
During the last exposition in Paris
cuirassier came torthe city to get d full
length portrait Of himself painted for his
fancee. He went straight TO Meissonier
"What is your charged ne asked. What
can you payl'' said Meissoner. Thirty
SOUS" Good" said Meissonier. and ne
finished the picture for the thirty SOUS.
Later the cuiriassler said to 1. friend, u
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27

THE Farmers Alliance lays claim to
.twenty-six members of tho popular
branch of congress. The number is too
large by at least fifteen. Several con-
gressmen were elected with the help of
Alliance votes, but they have not dis
tinctly avowed their separation from
the Democratic or Republican party,
and they are less likely than ever to do
so since the November elections dis
closed the weakness OF the Alliance
third party vote. Had the elections
shown gain of votes for the Peoples
party, several unattached members
would probably have thrown them
selves into that party, but they are not
foolish enough to do so suicidal thing
now. The cat has jumped. They will
stay with the winning side.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27

| 1920 while Gideon was judge of Israeli
Hercules, according to popular myth, tore
these rocks or mountains aSunder, and
hence their name.
The Florida orange crop is now being
shipped to New York and other localities.
The yield of the state this year was over
three million boxes, and an average box
holds $50 oranges. About half the crop
will be sent by rail to the Western states.
Chicago is great consumer of the Florida
orange, and also of the California orange.
Many persons look upon Brazil as a small
affair and think revolution there could be
easily encompassed. 1t is true that the pop
ulation IS comparatively small. being only
about 1000, 900 all told, but in territory it
is about equal to the whole of Europe, or
about 100000 square miles larger than the
United States. Brazil has,few railroads and
poor telegraph service, so that 1t sometimes
takes months to communicate with remote
states or provinces.
In Heidelberg all university students
have been excluded from the theaters. This
action was taken in concert by the city and
university authorities because the students
nave been taking possession Of the theaterS
there and bowling down every performance
they did not like. The general public con-
cluded that they had some rights which the
university students were bound to respect,
hence the prohibition. Perhaps this may
serve as useful warning on this side OF
the water.
As to the origin of the meteoric masses
that have fallen from time to time on the
earth, innumerable theories have been ad
vanced. Astronomers are now trying to
solve the problem of their origin in two
ways-first, by tracing the paths of the
great periodic star showers and comparing
them with the paths Of the well-known
comets, and secondly by examining their
light by the spectroscope. The generally
accepted theory among astronomers is that
they are solid masses and arc formed by
the breaking up of comets.
1t is singular that bogus medical college
could exist for nine years in Cincinnati
without detection. Yet such appears to be
the case. DR.. T. W. Van Week, who con-
stituted the entire faculty of the so-caned
Medical University of Ohio, has been ar
rested and released on $1,000 bail. The in
stitution is said to have a charter, and
though it owned no building and no lectures
were given it did large business-in the
sale of diplomas. The price of these
''sheepskins" varied from $500 down TO
whatever DR.. Van Week could get for
them. A Commercial Gazette reporter OBJ
tanned one for nominal sum. Cincinnati
is 4 queer place and queer things happen
there
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27
NINE POINTS IN LAW.

| There is no case in morals so des-
perate but can find some sort of argu-
ment, plausible and fair-sounding, to
justify or excuse it. This truism has a
notable illustration in the pleadings Of
two eX-state treasurers of Wisconsin,
sued at Madison few days ago for the
recovery OF interest on state funds de-
posted in bank by them while in Office.
The deposit in bank and the collection
OF interest are admitted. The question
is, shall the ex-treasurers be made to
disgorge?
The first OF them, McFetridge by
name, confesses in his plea to a viola
ton of law in depositing the funds in
bank and collecting interest thereon.
He did wrong, but contends that his
conduct being unauthorized, the state
cannot profit by it in taking the fruits
of violation OF law. That sounds
quite refreshing. The ex-official pleads
his own wrongful act as the best de-
Tense OF violation of law, and OF his
right to the fruits of it. 1t is all well
enough for the law to forbid certain
things in the disposal OF public funds,
but If high official can make haul
by breaking through troublesome
statute, no one should question his
right to the Doodle, and least Of all, the
state, whose servant he is, and whose
money he traded in as so much capital
of his own. Yankee easuistry never
had finer illustration than that.
The other ex-treasurer, Harshdw,
whose case of a similar nature was
tried in conjunction with that of Nc
Fetridge, stated in his answer to the
states petition that, inasmuch as he
had employed an agent to deposit the
funds and collect the interest, he could
not be held accountable for it, He
justified the taking of interest in spe-
cial plea, on the ground that it would
have partly Unidentified him in case
the bank holding the deposits had
failed Large sums are involved in the
two cases, and the ablest legal ability
in the state is employed in prosecuting
and defending them.
To the average layman it would ap-
pear that no very extraordinary ability
would be required TO answer success
fully the arguments of self-confessed
law breakers and boodlers, but the
average layman does not know much
about the fine points of law and what
they are capable of in the hands of a
skilled legal casuist.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27
DALLAS.
One of the Virginia Editors Dead-Fort
Worth Not In the Foot
Bali Contest.
Special % the Gazette.

Special 70 the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Nov 26.-The Po,icemen's
benevolent association vii! give their an
nual ball on the night of December - ut
the city hall auditorium.
On December II the Dallas lodge of the
Switchmen's mutual benefit association will
hold their second annual ball at Turner hall
Mr. William Reilly, editor of the Times.
Winchester, Va, died at the Windsor hotel
this morning after a brief sickness. Mr.
Rely, accompanied by his wife and daugh-
ter, Miss Lillian, arrived in this city with
the Virginia editorial party, which reached
here last Monday morniug. The gentleman
was unwell at the time OF his arrival, and
took to his bed. He rapidly grew worse
until death released him Of earth's burdens.
The Knights of Pythias have rendered the
family every assistance during the sickness
Of Mr.. Reilly. The remains will be shipped
back to Virginia fer burial.
The football game between the Fort
Worth and Dallas teams drew large
crowd to the Oak Cliff park to-day. The
game was of unusual interest, but resulted
rather disastrously for the visitors as Dali
las won on score OF "A to II.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27
WEATHERF0RD.
Assrieved Attorneys Unite to Prosecute
the President of the COntiuentsI Col
lection Union of Cincinnati
Special to the Gazette.

Special TO the Gazette
WEATHERFoRD PARKER CorNry Ts-
Nov. 26.-Alr. j. II. Sloan, preside. IF ,..
Continental collection union Of J.r..ar...
Is in apOsit;on to have t. defend ,... ,-
criminal libel To-day his circU..es gr-.
scattered over the streets of this civ .--
nouncing several prominent ATTORNEYS =
the state rs dishonest and uuwurtag u en-.
tidcnce
The only Weatherford attorre. r.--
toned is Judge }. NJ. Richards, one Of u.r
best known and most h.-l's..-
spected lawyers. The circular AS,
contains the names of Wm y .-fr.t..
and Mr.. T lddleford of Cleburuc g. J.. l....
lock of Fort Worth and many other ,y..
known and responsible attorneys " 81.
state. The cause Of this attacl, seems :.
be that some time since ,Eil union ur INN
sent agents to the attorneys mentioned ..
made agreements that for SO per year .I,
contracting attorney would be reru.t,c. &:
handle all of the unions business b..as
the union never seemed to have any b.s..
ness the lawyers naturally became tlra. o.,
contributing $40 for nothing and refused t.
pay further. The LCgrieved a.,0ru,.s
have entered into an agreement TO prosecute
the president of the collecting bureau 10 tHs
full extent of the law.
The remains of Walter Winters. The en-.
Slueef WHO WIS AlIIeu Oy jumping from bis
engine near Baird last right. passed turu.sl
here this afternoon and will be inferred 1t
Fort Worth. Mr.. Winters home was 10
this city and his wife is the daughter u,
Mr.. G.. Is. Brown, a grocery merchant G:
Fort Worth He had no chiGrea. bat S
very popular here, where lie IS well known
Hon. Albert Stephenson, ex-rcprcseu'a.
tive of this county, leaves to-day for For:
Worth to make that his future home He
has formed a co-partnership for the Vr..-
tice of his profession with B. T. Ayras
and at once opens up for business Fort
Worth people will find in Mr. Stepheusma
brilliant lawyer, good citizen and polished
gentleman.
Hon. S. w. T. Lanham, with his family
leaves for Washington in day or two ald
will be on hand at the Democratic caucus 70
give Mills helping hand, if necessary.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27
ON ITS LAST LEGS.

The lesson of the indianapolis meetings
seems to be that the farmers have too many
organizations and not enough organization.
Minneapolis Tribune.
That the Farmers Alliance is not dead
already is no fault of the leaders who have
industriously prostituted the order to their
own selfish ends.-Atlauta Journal.
The split in the Farmers Alliance over
the sub-treasury scheme gives assurance
that there is hope for the country if not for
that organization.-[St. Louis Post-Dis
patch.
The Farmers Alliance seems to be a
great deal harder up than the farmers.
The calamity shriekers seem to have been
hard hit by financial calamity.
Leader.
The Alliance favors borrowing money
from the government at 2 per cent. 1t evil
IDENTIFY needs it, as there is not money in its
treasury to pay the expenses of the Indian
apolis convention Lafayette Journal.
The bits of discord which continually
crop out in the Farmers Alliance indicate
that the organization has been doing good
deal OF hard work without a very clean idea
Of what it was after Washington Star.
The Farmers Alliance began as move
ment in the right direction, and if it stops
moving it viii be because the men it chose
to serve it as officers, attempted to boss it as
masters.-[St. Louis Republic.
The finances OF the Alliance are said TO
be running very low. and there is very
poor prospect of getting further contribu-
tlons from the farmers to support o concern
from which they have not derived a cent of
profit in any way.-[St. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat.
The Farmers Alliance finds itself in the
possession Of great many ideas, but shy
of cash. 1t may not have occurred to its
200, 900 members that there is much more
money in farming than in attending con-
yentions.- Fort Wayne Press.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27
AN Ex-SHERIFF'S TROUBLE.
Pat WolTerth of Hall County to Have
| Habeas Corpus Hearing at Quanah

Fat Noinerth OF HAL County to Have
Habeas Corpus Hearing at Quanah.
Special to the Gazette.
QUANAH, HARpEMAN COUNTY, TEX, Nov
26.-Pat WOiferth, ex-sherif of Hall
county, was brought to this city yesterday
by the rangers and lodged in jail. Wolfferth
is the man who shot L. DeBaurenfied, ed
itor of the Memphis Herald, on the 18th of
August last The facts of the shooting
scrape are substantially as follows: De-
Baurenied, WOlfferth and several others
had been having a regular poker tourna-
ment. For this the party were indicted by
the grand jury, and as aresult each one
paid fine. DeBaurenfed published the
matter in the Herald, emitting his own name
and commenting severely upon the ex-Sheriff
for his participation in the game. For this
Wolferth slapped DeBaurentied's face.
Two days later DeBaurenfed and Wolf
ferth were drinking together and became
quarrelsome as the drunk progressed.
Finally on the Main street in Memphis, in
front of the postoffice, the shooting Oc-
CURED, WOlfferth receiving one shot in the
on rib made but a severe flesh wound.
De Baurenfed was shot two or three times,
from the effects &c which he soon died. 1t
IS uncertain which man commenced the
shooting. Wolfferth is in jail awaiting
habeas corpus proceedings on the 4th of
December to be instituted before District
Judge Brown.
On the oath inst. G.. Fitzgerald, an at
tache of travelling show, was arrested in
this city on charge of having attempted to
bride Justice of the Peace King of Chill
dress. Fitzgerald was taken to Childress
yesterday morning.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27
A FEW SMOKERS.

Many soldier who lacked much OF being
a saint has been cannonized.-L Buffalo Ex-
press.
The average country newspaper comes
out in new dress about as seldom as the
editors wife.-[Binghampton Republican
Gus de Smith-You have very large ears.
Gilhooly-Yes, my ears are large. All |
lack now 20 be perfect ass is your brain.
-[Texas Siftings,
The Digger Indians of California, it is
said, enjoy insects above any other kind of
food. How Jersey coast hotelkeepsrs would
like to have them rs summer boarders.
= Philadelphia Ledger.
The picture of Liberty on the new sub
sidy silver coins looks as though she was
displeaSed with something. 1t may be that
she is jealous of the old girl on the silver
doilar.-[Chicago Post.
A pocket in q vein of quartz in the Black
Hills in two days yielded 5000 in gold.
Such pocket would be very desirable in
winter overcoat, but the tailors don't seem
to be in the right vein.-[Lowell Courier.
Physician Ito his patient, hurried bust
ness man on the verge of bankruptcy
And, above all, preserve your equanimity
of mind; no cares; no trouble.
Patent-Thanks, doctor, for your pre-
scription. BY the way, where can l have it
put up?-[ Puck.
Funnyman-The soloist mentioned a
strange fact in natural history this morn
ing.
Mrs. F-What was that9
Funnyman-Why, she sang about "F'leas
like bird" l never saw one New
York Herald.
Poet-hefore he meets ber.
Oh. summer girl my heart is fired
With love for you.
After he has met her:
Oh summer girl, you make me tired
In truth You do,-LPittsburg Press.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27

The Washington correspondent Of
the Chicago Inter Ocean writes that
conservative senators do not hesitate to
declare that they hope the question of
ousting Senator Brice will not be pre-
scented, for it would almost certainly
lead to division in the Republican
ranks. The case of Senator Payne af-
fords q good precedent for this predic-
ton. His title was so violently at
tackled that his removal assumed the
dignity of a party question. Neverthe-
less, the senate dismissed the case,
Gen. Logan and other Republican
members voting with the majority.
The movement against Brice, should it
ever reach the senate, will meet with
the same fate.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27
THE H0RRID MAN,
Bon-Ton Chicago Restaurants
Serve Horse Steaks.
OLD BAGS OF BONES KILLED.
Dressed In Nice Shape and Then SoIt
Tenderloin steaks-Ali Chicago PEG.
pie Feel Bad-The Police Ar
rest One ofthe Butchers.

CHICAGO. Ill, Nov. 26-Grea. e.-s.,-.
tion was caused among the pJ-r.-z. . ..'
taurants, boarding houses anu &c..
who deal in cheap meat in this r5.. ....'
arrest of George GoungclauS Of TIA
FIRST street, o. charge of sr.r-
flesh tablets as beef TO such .u.,..
police have been aware for Slms -.-..
systematic trade in horSe-nt,u ... .....
carried on between Z certain u.-
and the restaurants. but the ma.- e. .'..
pared so carefully. all bones being g.
that II was impossible to d.'r.r .-.. 49,
Gitferencr between beefsteak ali ..
steak. Ioungclaus was II once .....-..
and on his premises the police . .
Of horse-tiesh in pickle vcrilyiu-- .-.-.. -.
that Youngclaus was shortly o. ~
tract quantity of 'corned bert" F.-.
claus is said to have partuy~. u..r.-
however, fled, taking with hin &. .... ~
horses. which were to have Dc.. .-.'
tered. T. is believed that the .r.e +,
horse-fiesh in this city has au.-...l -
thousands of dollars.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27

THE history of that popular safe
guard of popular liberty, the jury, in
cludes many interesting facts. An ad-
dition to the considerable volume of
curiosities Of this sort is contributed by
a recent report in the Brooklyn Eagle
concerning the eccentricities of Flat
bush panel. While the jurors were
considering their verdict upon a case
submitted to them. they forwarded to
The court an order for the Best Larger
Beer" Sandwiches" Pigs Feet"
Box Best Cigars" and Pack of
Cards" When the presiding judge re-
fused to honor this order, the jurors
avenged themselves by agreeing to dis
agree. Nevertheless, trial by jury is
good thing.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27

OWEN MEREDITH, whose Lucille
has in charming verse described one OF
the noblest characters Of the magma
ton, is dead. AS Edward Bulwer Lord
Lytton he held high government posi-
tons, at the time of his death being
ambassador to France. His political
work was little known, but as poet he
has delighted thousands, and as poet
he will live as Owen Meredith, whom
no reader of. LUCILLE" can ever forget.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27

THE dissension in the Democratic
party is not so much between protec-
ton and free-trade Democrats, or sill
YER and anti-silver Democrats, as be-
tween the free-trade Democrats and
the free-coinage Democrats. The Dem
ocrats who are for tariff reform want
no free coinage in the contest of 1892.
The free-coinage Democrats object to
putting tariff reform forward as the
sole issue. The result is an opposition
of the Mills interest. which represents
the in-the-last-ditch for tariff for
revenue Democrats. and the Western
interest,". which represents modified
tar't and free coinage Of silver. The
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
ANDREWS. who has been in Galveston
investigating the doings of the tobacco
trust company, relates as the results
OF his Investigations, among other
things, that the impression prevails
in the insular city that this is a free
democratic government OF the people
and by the people. Ten to one per-
petual Mayor Fulton has been stutfing
Andrews with frazzled fragments OF his
last campaign speech.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-27
Lost 4 Foot.
Special to the Gazette.

Sptt-IaI 10 IIIt JdAFVIt
PARIS, TEX, Nov 21.-Jack J5rtaa, :
printer. tried to get out of town las Ia zi.';
but missed the printers sleeper anu s.a. -
back to town. As he was coming along .,s
track he saw piece of plank lying OIL .-s
rails and tried to knock it off out Oi TIE way
of an approaching freight. In dong ...e
his foot caught some way and trlp2el A Ia.
up, and before he could regain his is-i anu
get out of the way the train caugl. a..i,
cutting his foot off, The railway l'ol.5
took charge of him and sent him 10 --'
Marshall hospital. 10,
VIII Kern, struck day before yes'eIua.,
by Frank Yarbrough with nechy 'Ae' u. =
still in dangerous and uncoIsc!'-7 t'--'
ton.