The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-29
SPEAKER CRISP SAID TO HAVE CUT
LOOSE FOR HILL.
Treasury's Supply Of Gold Increasing, hut
Goes Out Rapidly for Pensions-Lit-
erary Ring Controlling Public
Library-Bourke Interviewed.


Speaker Crisp and his friends are
making every possible effort to assure
the president.elect that the Crisp fac
tion in the house is friendly to Mr..
Cleveland and will support his policy
in every way. The anti-Crisp people
say the speaker is giving some lessons
in adroit politics by renunciation of
all alliance to Senator Hill.
GOLD IN THE TREASURY.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-rhe treas
ury department Is gradually recover
ing the gold 1t lost by recent heavy
shipments abroad, having received
81 SOC, 900 from New Orleans and $780,
900 from Philadelphia. Heavy dis
bursements. however, have reduced
net cash to $26, ,0o0, 600. Pensions pay
ments continue the chief source of
drain, $13,6s6,000 having been paid
out on this account this month.
Pension payments will reach $l4, ,O00,-
rate if continued will make pension
payments $l6S, 100000 per annum.
WHITE HOUSE QUARANTINE.
The White House is still In q state
of quarantine and bids fair to remain
so tor at least three weeks to come.
Red cards saying, ''scarlet fever
wllhin," ale conspicuOusly on the en-
trance to the private part of the man.
sion OH the first and second floors and
outside the doors display small no.
tices to the effect that the house is
closed to the public. The office part
of the building, however, is open Tor
business as usual, aud the president,
Private Secretary Halford and their
assistants will be found at their
desks by any one who has business
requiring their attention. The attor-
ney general was the only caller this
morning, am he called principally to
inquire after little Martina Harrison.
There is no material change in her
condition and none is expected until
the disease has run it's allotted course
The attack is q mild one, and gives no
occasion for alarm. Benjamin and
Marie Mckee are still prisoners in the
house with quarters far distant from
the sick chamber, and 80 far have
shown no symptoms of fever.
THEY STAND IN.
WASHINGTON, Dec. '27.-The WASH
ington Post charges that there is q
which holds control of all valuable
historical documents purchased by
the United States at public expense
and refuses access to them except to a
small corterie of New England his
torical writer's. 1t mentions instances
where q prominent western writer
made numerous efforts to obtain cop.
les of some of these documents but
had always been repulsed though
armed with orders from leading state
department officials. The Post names
q Irominent Massachusetts congress-
man in connection with the alleged
Boston ring and calls for an investi-
cation by congress.
CAPTAIN BoURKE INTERVIEWED.
WARRINGTON, Dec. 27.-Of all Of
ficers 10 the United States army who
have acquaintance with the nnfortu.
nate condition of affairs Oh the Rio
Grande, none are more familiar with
the real conditions than Capt. John
Bourke of the Third United States
cavalry, and that fact is the reason
why Captain Bourke was summoned
to this city by the secretary of war.
Internationally things are pretty
badly strained on the border and
although the state department Is in
clined to make light Of such state.
ments 1t is generally understood
among the Diplomatic corps that
Mexico is really aggrieved at the
slOwness apparent In the movement
of the United States to stamp out
petty revolutionary troubles that have
originated on the northern side of the
river
"What do I think of the situation?'
said Captain Bourke " hen approached
by reporter today, 81 really believt
things cOnnot help being worse be
fore better. also believe the United
States is going to do its best to make
life burden for the irresponsible anC
trouble making Mexicans who hav'
made themselves conspicuously disa
greeable. Those who reside in towns
such places as Laredo, Brownsville
Matamoras, Corpus Christi and Sal
Diego are in the main very decen
people and of course have nothing t.
do with these troubles. The bellig
erent class is made up of the wors
elements that never stood In the wa,
of civilization. Mexicans In origil
and speech but Mexican in sym
pathy, they cause our southern neigh b
Dor q great deal of trouble. lnciden
tally they worry us great deal 10
they are just as much anti. A Americal
as anti NJ Mexican. Their character
devoid of principle and in all their ui
terances there is no semhlence of pa
triotism. When you say they ar
against the government on both side
OF the river you have stated thei
creed. They live from hand to mout
aud are altogether extremely unde
sirable people to have any dealing
with. Most of them are Of the Grimm
al class. refugees from bey md the bon
der. When there is an opportunity
do little smuggling or great dea
they embrace it eag erly, and If
happens to involve a murder or tw
they are less disturbed about it tina
anyone else. Some of them raise
few cattle, which run around in tn
brush, few goats and handful {
sheep, and occasionally they take &C
| vantage of rainy season to plant