Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-26
OH GROVER,
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Dear Grover, We Want In the
Clover;
WE WART THERE EVER so BAD
Now Don't Get SO elum as to Swear Nary
Plum
Shall Be Ours UnIoss We Hunor Your
Fad--'Twlll Place Us, You Soc,
Tween the Devil and
INC Sea.
We WART THERE EVER so BAD

ton OF the private circular letter Of
Chairman Harrity Of the Democratic
national committee 60 members Of the ma
tional committee caused good deal Of
excitement Ia congregational circlcs
This circular Is construed by congress.
men here to mean that Mr. Cleveland is
going TO use the machinery of The Dcmo-
cratic party to coerce The Democrats In
congress 20 conform TO his financial poll.
cy. II has been stated here. with more
or less emphasis, for somo weeks. past,
that the Democratic congressman who
would not vote to repeal the sherman
bullion purchase act and for such silver
legislation as Mr. Cleveland desired
would not be recognized by the prcsi-
dent in the distribution Of the patronage.
The circular Is regarded AZ meaning
by the Democrats Of the house, that
Hauity Is seeking information to fur.
nlsh MIR Cleveland. on tho strength Of
which Mr. Cleveland win honor drafts
from him for Office or course all tho
membcrs of the next house who arc
members of the present house arc al
ready on record, Mr. Harrity's evident
purpose is TO ascertain the feeling OF
members who are not members vt The
present house, but viii be members Of
the next.
There ia an ugly feeling In the house
In consequence of the cicular, aud some
members arr more or less openly doclur-
ing defiance Of the presidcnt-elect In
fact, there is some reason 10 believe
there Is an organization being formed iu
he house resis the encroach menus Of
of the executive. as they cali it, on the
prerogativcs of the members Of the
house The members say lofuly That
they DO not care n snap for postollcrs,
marshalships. consulatcs and other plums
that Mr. Cleveland will have for dlstri-
button. that they nrc going TO stand 10y
their guns and defend their opinions
They win give Mr.. Cleveland's admin
lstration cordial support they say hut
win not surrender their views on the
currency or kindred subjects ~ his COM
.mond,
Speaking Of the ictter Sfmtor Hurris
Of Tennessee said 81 FOR ono viii new
err consent 20 the repeal Of the sherman
law without the substitution of some
thing ia It's place that recognizes the use
of silver ns money
Senator Hugh Of Alabama made the
following caustic comment on the APP
pointment Of Mr.. Herbert, and Mr..
Cleyoland's purpose IN making H. ~
am constrained to believe that the rul-
ing motive for Mr. Horberts appoint.
ment was the courage he displayed IN
being the only member from Alabama
who voted against % per cent of his con-
stitucnts on the free coinage of silver.
Mr. Herbert Is the only Democrat OF
prominence in Alabama who agrees with
the enemies of free coinage There h
not man IN Mr. Clcyclnnd's cnbinct
from the South or West who represents
his state or the Democratic party ON
the silver question II Il N Mr. Cleye-
lands purpose IN making his cabinet a
unit against 80 per cent Of his party
10 disrupt or muster into the service
Of money kings, he is doomed to the
most signal failure
"The Popuists," said Mr. PETER, "re-
gard Mr.. Cleveland as being ia sympa-
thy with the Legislation that fastened
the hampered CLASSES, Notwithstanding
his commitnl 70 the doctrine Of tariff
reform which is understood 10 be IN
tended to correct the evils IN that d.
rcction. There are three members of
the cabinet given TO New England aud
New York, all men Of the Eastern type;
three men from the South. who were
Democrats before they We're anything
else. and only two whom we can call
Western by reason Of location, and one
Of these independent Of party Influences
Il refer TO Judge Gresham. Summing
the whole, / regard It az constructed
specially TO pcrpetuate existing condi-
tons, against which the Populists pro-
pose 10 wage war 10 the end
over on the house side the silver and
nnt-silyer men took diametrnlly 0p-
posite views Of the Harrity letter Rep
resentative Bland the leader Of free
coinage Democrats said. IT IL an UNI
precedented proceeding, and every meme
Der Of the house who has The least spark
Of manhood or sclf-respect win simply
tell the members Of that committee that
Il IS none Of their business"
Representative Andrews 0f Massachd-
setts said: The Democratic party is
pledged 70 repeal the sherman net and
ii Is simply a desire TO know how mem
beers stand. | do not regard It as co-
ereion, but as an attempt 20 get needed
legislation. II Is mater o. great IN
terest. The repeal Of the law Is demaud-
ed by the entire business community,
irrespective Of politics"
Representative Cultivate Of Ohio
said. Il think Il an eminenny proper
thing for the national committee 10 ~.
deayor to find out how members stand.
Ii shows that the Democmilc organiza-
ton Is attempting 10 keep its pledges 10
the people Perhaps Il tbe Organization
had taken hold Of the silver question
81 q Systematic manner instead of stray
giers attempting 10 shape legislation IN
this congress. something might have
been accomplished No, don't think {
means coercion of memebers al All.
] % think Il means the strongest Kind Of
uergna kiuu