Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-12
RETURNING
Texas Republicans Co.
ing Home.
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCES Is AT
AN END.
NJ GREG0R AT WORK.
HE Is STILL ON rTR TRAIL OF
cuNny AND ms FOL-
LOWERS.
senator Chiffon Expresses III. Views
ON the Retirement of tho
Grccnbaeis Issue.

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Washington. Dec. 1.-The Texas RE-
publlcans who have been nttcn ling
the big q. o. p. conferences acre are
one by one returning home. w. N.
Flanagan and Wilbur Crawford lett
tonight. II. II, MaoGregor la ftlll h,re
putting spikes into the coffin 81 Boss
Quincy aud his immediate following.
MIR. MncGrcsor Is interviewed al tho
Washington Post OF today, and he
makes u full exposition OF the dom'nl-
ton and greed of the black md tan
combine. Quincy Will probably remain
here for a while with Grant and posan-
| thai to look after the latter's contest.
Mr.. Mcdonald, who was quoted IN
these dispatches last night Wa tppos-
Ing Quincy and Rosenthal, also spent
| the day In consultation with hted Re
puhllcans at the Capital and 4 the Ar
| lngton. AS Mcdonald has Reeds ear
| II IL more than likely that he VIII
make plain TO his speaker Ills logical
| arguments against RoHenthal Nat q,
| Henderson and John Davidson are both
| still members OF that large and clam
orous crowd of hungry Office seekers,
| looking after the patronage ~ he new
house without much encouragem mt,
| Judge Lindsey OF Gainesville rcUch-
| cd here today on legei business an tho
| supreme court.
| Among the Texas postonices already
enumerated In these dispatches In
| which vacancies occur In December by
| the expiration OF terms N btepncns-
vile. In Representative BelrH District
where the present Incumbent ~ n 'hdy,
Ma Susie y. LYMAN. fha Office rays
$1,000 per nnnum. Miss Hymln has
conr to Washington with ionH pnth
| ton from her constituents king Tor
renpppolntmont, but she mas rot set
Heen the postmaster general itepre-
sentative Bell has recommended some
| one else for the place
The Mineoln case is Ftill ,nsettlcd,
although Representative Noalulm mace
| his recommendation bOme time ago
The delay In caused by the receipt OF
vigorous protests from Texas Nhlcn
Bob stafford, the wen known East
Texas politician, Is here 10 pfeh,ht
cnt in person.
The Greenbacte Issue.
President Cleveland has raised the
grcenback Issue In the minds or the
American people. Careful INJURY
among senators and members OF the
house of ali parties dlrcloses the fact
| Tint rroenbacks will not be retired by
this congress- Very few pubic men
support the presidents contention In
their public utterances al the hepupil,
| cans Popuiists and Hllverites hrc
agnlnst him. Very few OF the Demo-
| cr''- o~n wiz him
So far as the national capital Is con-
G. AR. Cleveland In president
without party He has been Tor
some time. He knows II ana mas known
! II all alony He has never cared very
! much 10 have II otherwise. When the
president asked congress to retire the
! rrreentscks he had no expectation That
| congress would do so. Not for mo-
,-@-t Ne ~ entertained the notion
that that body would respond. He DID
| ur. oUwcsef, that he was renchlnS
| nvnr The heads OF congress and making
nm Issue for 'gG He did believe and
still believes the people VIII be with
| him. No.
greenbacks Senator Chiffon says;
~ believe the greenbnck notes ana
the sherman notes should be retired.
But how9 II will be hard 70 convince
| the business interests or the Union
| Tint prosperity can be fairly expected
from the retirement In lump OF tbOp,-
900. 00c-one third OF our entire circulet-
Ing medIum-and the issue OF Interest,"
Nearing bonds in their place. This
would expose our commercial interests
10 the double peril OF unparalleled con-
I trantIon and nm enormous debt burden.
as nv the same shock. II II were not
FIR the unreasonable prcIuhice Nnlcn
! has been worked up against silver a
nian might be agreed upon which would
tend greatly 10 relieve the present sit
uation. II law could be enacted TO
stop the Reissue OF greenbacks I'M
Guiding treasury notea) as fast az re-
ceived into the treasury. ana compeli-
ing the coinage OF silver dollars, 70 ne
paid out In their stead, as TAR as our
present stock OF silver bullion would
eytend we would probably obtain a.
much relief IA can be expected In the
present state OF parties. Even tho
! most nervous could hardy see danger
N n deIuae OF silver in u measure
az moderate We may thus add silver
| 10 our circulation so far only as paper
money Is retired. and retire paper
money so long only as we could oil the
vacancy with the same amount or other
money II would seem prrposterous to
eubstltute $40 900 900 Of interest-bcar-
ing bonds for 100000 900 OF paper mon
ev. when we have In the treasury
enough silver bullion already paid for
10 coin $40 900 900 and thus exchange
oliver for parcr. dollar for dollar"
HALEY For Pension Hrform.
/ Congressman j. W. Bailey OF Texas
proposes during the prefent session 10
make a determined enort TO bring
about n reconstruction OF the pension
bill. He has introduced bill In con
grcss which provides that no person
shall be entitled TO receive any PEN
sion from Tie government OF the Uni-
ted States who has. Independently ot
pucb pension. q net annual income nf
1900 or more. or Who owns property 70