Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-05

would to some extent play havoc with
certain o. the Old Democratic senator's
VINO have for years ENJOY ed more tnnn
just ehare OF the SPOTS. They have
yielded TO the proposed new oruer and
WitAin a week or Two there WIN pc a
dropping from the rolls OF some
tWenty or more Democratic empluyeS
VINO have been nlling minor posluons.
such as mesAengefs TO committees.
lnDorers, extra men and the like, TO
make way for Republicans. The
amount OF patronage Tor each senator
Will be something like yii4O per annum-
This scheme has been managed BY
Senator Eliins. on the part of the Re-
publlcans, and by Sergelnt-at-ArinS
Bright and Secretary Cox, for the
Democrats 1t Is believed II VIII go
into eject very COON The effect VIII
be far reaching, FOR II means that
hereafter. no matter what party H. IN
central OF the senate. the offices will be
divided pro rata.
Mr. Charles A. Pillsbury, the biggest
miller in the world. who has been here
for a few days making n speech TO
the committee on ways and means on
reciprocity, and talking politics, says
that the recent opinion of the supreme
court in the Interstate commerce cases
VIII not have much effect upon the
shipping interests in the northwest.
In the first place, he Gays, II the rail-
roads want to give rebates TO their
patrons they will find some way to do
1t honestly or dishonestly. and when
the court decides that one way Is wrong
they will try another.
Rates are pretty low now" MIR
Pillsbury said. and / can deliver n
barrel of flour to your house In WASH
ington from my mill In Minneapolis
for the same price that II costs me to
deliver barrel of -four at my house In
Minneapolis. 1 can send carload OF
flour from Minneapolis TO Washington
at the rate of so cents q barrel, and
cannot hire an expressman to haul IL
between my mill and my house. which
are only two miles apart. any cheaper.
have sent flour all the way from
Minneapolis to Liverpool for 20 cents a
barrel. and we don't have any right
to kick about such rates. This ia chief
ly d'%to Canadicn competition, and I
think that Senator Culom and your
Chicago representatives make a mis-
take when they oppose Canadian COM
petition"
Mr.. Pillsbury manufactures one
fifteenth OF all the flour that Is made
in the United States. The total out
put Of the 1924 mills Is between 55.-
600 900 and 60000,0oO barrels year
and the product OF his mills alone will
average 100000 barrels a year. on
which the profit will average not more
than 10 cents barrel.
The venerable Senator Morrill, OF
Vermont will celebrate his seth birth
day tomorrow by giving a reception TO
his friends, according to his usual GUS
tom Senator Morrllfs birthday party
is always one OF the events OF the year
in official life. and has been SO for
quarter of a century.
The attempt to seat Mr.. Dupont OF
Delaware. who was elected TO the sem
ate last winter. viii have to be aban-
doned for the present session at least,
for the reason that the Republicans
cannot get votes enough to adopt the
report Of the committee on privileges
and elections. which recommends his
admission. II WAS expected that Mr..
PETER and perhaps Mr. Kyle, and, of
course, Senator's Stewart and Jones
would vote for Dupont because II Is
not political case and there Is no
Democratic contestant. But II has
been discovered that these gentlemen
object to the admission Of any more
goldburs in the senate and viii there
fore vote against him. That IA the only
ground OF their opposition. and they
have given notice In this case. as they
have In regard to all matters of lc-,isln-
ton. that no action can take place In
the senate OF the, limited States at the
present session until a free coinage bill
IL passed