Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-02

ence with his colleagues OF the approprl-
alton committee tomorrow, he might
be able to declare himself for or against
the extra session. That conference will
he for devising way to relieve the treas
ury.
There viii be q rafting time NJ the re-
organization of the senate. Whether
the president calls an extra session Of
congress or not, the senate will meet in
special session on the 4th of March. Adj
lia II. Stevenson will take his seat rs
presiding officer, and the new senators,
as well MS those who have been re-elcct-
ed, will be sworn in. Every second year
the terms of one-third of the senator's,
ms near as may be- expire. There IL
| usually no change of organization, how
| ever, the senate being perpetual body,
unless there is change of party as
! ccndnncy That state of affairs will be
reached on the 4th of March, 1893, and
the majority may proceed ut once with
| the axe. The present Republican
incumbents Of the senate offices
have been enjoying their places
for long time. General Arson
| q. McCook, the present secretary of the
senate, came in With the Forty.eghth
congress, about nine years ago He was
member of the house in the Forty
| fifth, Forty-sixth and FOrty-scventh con-
crosses from the New York City district.
of which Madison Square is the center.
| The district is said to have been made
expressly for General McCoOk and after
he had been elected three times, the
makers politely told him they wanted II
| for another man, and he gracefully
| yielded and fell, unexpectedly, into the
| better position OF secretary of the SEN
| ate He Is u capable and accomplished
gentleman, and Il he has to go he will
go with all his bunting iuttering in the
breeze He was born In Stcnbenyille,
| Ohio, and was one of the famous Eight
ing McCook" family. He served with
| distinction In the war, and came ont
| n breyet brigadier-general. lie was as
| SCISSOR of internal revenue in the Six
teenth lOhiol district after the war, Col.
| L. q. Washington, well'known news
pnper correspondent. not now actively
connected with the press, Is understood
| TO he under consideration for the sec
| retaryahip. He was the Democratic
| caucus nominee on n former occasion.
| Virginia is the state to which the colonel
is attached, though he resides IN TINS
| city. He is Il Democrat from way
| bncli." and Is blood relative of the
Father of His country
Some Of the friends OF Cleveland say
| he is not entirely separated from proba-
| Die ofIicehoders on his fishing trip. IL
Is suggested that Clark Davis, who Is
his host at Hog island, will be invited
| to become his private secretary, MT.
Davis is the father of Rich
ard Harding Davis, the young
| literary man who Is so inti-
mate with the Cleveland household. lie
il n man of means, and while ne oordi'
narily would not accept such posltloh
| as that of private secretary, some OF his
friends here think that he might do so
| if Cleveland should request II. lie Is
ono Of the editors of the Philadelphia
| Ledger. which was very friendly To
| Cleveland during the last campaign.
Speaker Crisp declines to commit him
self on the subject of an extra session
| He evidently does not wish TO place
| himself In antagonism TO rAlr. Cleveland,
| or TO seem to be the leader of an anti
| administration faction. lie simply says
| il Il a matter for future elaboration
| and for the president 10 determine, An
other significant sign OF the tunes Is me
fact that Representative breckehIluss
| Of Arkansas, one of the most pronounced
| of the free-trade members OF the com
mittee on ways and means, also declines
| 10 commit himself either on the subject
| OF an extra session or OF the tafili' IN
| deed, Mr.. breckenridge goes so lar as
to intimate that it possibly may De sApe-
| dent 10 have the new secretary OF the
treasury. In conjunction with the nresi-
| dent frame a tariff bill which shall be
| submitted to congress ut the next ses-
sion.
senator Mills has given his views as
to the tariff policy when lhe yel''ovi H. H.,
| sbo,,ld inauanrnte. lie Is in favor, as he
ALWAYS has been. of a thorough revision
~ tl,a thrift IN a comprehensive bill, ana
| H. 'nnnosed TO the Diecemeal, pppEnh
system which Speaker Crisp ana Chnir
man Springer have eudeavoreu 10 i,uu
enrate Mr.. Mills saws he IS now. anu az,
ways bas been IN favor Of putting ali
~. materinls on the free list and plac-
- aniv a revenue duty on the manu-,
slt-.,,rad articles. He thinks there SHOULD
~, a ra,ision Of the tariff on broad llnes
md that ali the schedules shonIu ~
remodeled from top to bottom ~ h
s,,aa business disturbance ia lie carr
~. - M such a prOgrainme. hui ne
.iEtt's mai such a work u the business
III ~ nolicv Of the Democratic paIiy.
He saws It will not be Dossipie 70 aS ,,;sn
he thrift without exciting tns ss,,,,
OF the wool interests. in,nier ma u
ers of steel rails. and iuinOei' ''
The producers of coal
Senator Cullom. VINO ny ,stc,,
,c-,,ss With other kepnpi,ic'tln ~ ~. N.
nn.n the tariff subject ne i shH.. a w.,
me Democrats must iFt H. Mi NOT op-
pollcS uun ns1,al,rats IN an effort to pre-
po7e IN. MI -, houses Of congress thslI
Aell - - ,sri0 revision. but ne ihslsis
scheme OF net frame an independen,,
III Ue a anxious kat tue N .' ,n5
BE- presen ssysarkiarnen shall have an o q,
na,tus a 70 study the eitesss OF hat St
such sS as the pem0e ,5ag D. darisS their
- - IA me last campaign ...r
He Is Of the oulinoh s out the