Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-26
Newsy Letter as to Matters Of
General Interest.
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Washington. March 2t-An Interest,".
s.ei9 " toll in connection with the
~ VvnufinAuon by the senate of
Ivy ploulliianoh OF Robert A. Maxwell 70
- luutth assistant POSTUM VI ar. yntsraI
re was confirmed Monday last v,itbonf
. WORD o. protest froin Senator Ii1l ar
.asu",ol murphy. although il Is known
thht noth Of the New York senator's ,rer,
opposed 20 hin, and his nomination b,,
PRESIDENT Cleveland was Sian In fhnr
races which would have been resentei
MAD there been any hope W making n
ss,n.e',cesstm TIGHT against him. senator
TN 'hfew away al the chance he NAV
R9t'e hau Tor q successful fight AGAINST
HhAWsh or some other Of the President !
Wv lork appointments by indulgcnccs
senate chamber.
Y has already been limited that M the
i.st Jay OF the last session Of congress-
senator hiil became very angry nd Soma.
tof allison and said 10 the Iowan sotne
very. bitter words. The detnils ~ thc
incident are that Hin walked over 10
Alilsons chair and said: Your persls.
tent effort o. call up the sundry civil
OIL &C this time Is mere trick. nm I'M.
worthy trick, sir, 90 defeat the New York
prliage bill ia which / am Interested. %
unison mutiered something as II he hpd
R9s clearly caught HIS words, aud the
view YORK senator moved away. A few
moments aftorwarl Allison turned IA
senator FELTON,, who sits next 10 him.
ana asked what Il was that Hill had said
om not sure, replied FELTON,. 'but |
thlnk ne really meant 70 insult You"
1t is not possible" commented AMI
son, now thoroughly aroused.
Yes, ! believe he intended 20 insult
YOU said FELTON,. Then Allison asked
FELTON, 60 go with him and they walked
over TO Hill's seat. II did not catch what
The senator from New York said 70 mc
q few moments ago" remarked Allison.
Hiil repeated his charge that Allison.
by the trick Of calling up the sundiy civil
bill had cndeavorcd TO defeat the New
York bridge bin and that Is was an VA.
worthy trick
Allison looked Hin straight In the eye
and said 20 him:
You are c.. a. liar" hin made
no reply and Allison and FELTON, returned
10 their seats
Tie senator from Iowa and the senator
from New York have not since spoken
90 each other, but IIill's insult 60 Allison
and the latter's spirited reply are known
to every member Of the senate and Il rs
n striking Illustration OF the fact that
Of great events, that but for this petty
quarrel Hill might now be- wnging war
upon the nomination Of Maxwell
The result Of his quarrel with Allison
has been that Hill now has no friends
on the Republican side of the senate, and
he was never warmly received among
tie Democratic senators In short Hill
has no standing in the senate which
would warrant him IN instituting oppo-
sitlon 20 the administration Among all
the members Of that body lac has no more
than two or three warm friends. and the
great majority Of senators -Dcmocrut'
as well MS Republicans merely speak &
him as they pass by. TEerefor0 the
much-talked-of war between the New
York senators and The president Il not
likely to materialize. What might have
happened II HIN had not broken the
peace with Allison. aud thus driven bis
Republican allies fIorl him, one can only
guess.