The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 32, August 25, 1894 Page: 6
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THE TEXAS MINER.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
[Special Correspondence of The Texas Mines.]
Washington. D. C., August 20, 1894.
tariff legislation.
WHILE the action of the Senate in adopting the resolution
offered by Senator Murphy, of New York, declaring it to
be the sense of the Senate that no further tariff legislation should
be considered at this session, and that it was advisable to ad-
journ at the earliest possible moment, was disappointing to mem-
bers of the House who claim that they would never have accept-
ed the Senate tariff bill if they had not been assured by Senators
that the separate bills, for free sugar, iron ore, coal, and barbed
wire, which were passed by the House, should be passed by the
Senate before adjournment, the flood of telegrams which have
since been pouring into Washington show that it was highly
gratifying to the business men of the country, who do not care
so much about the nature of the tariff as they do about its sta-
bility. All they ask is that the subject be let alone now a gen-
eral bill has been passed.
rumors about ".strained relations."
Secretary Carlisle is proceeding just as though the tariffff bill
were certain to become a law, and his official acts have had no
little to do with solidifying the general belief to that effect. He
has forwarded by v.mail to every U. S. Collector of Customs a
certified copy of the new tariff bill, especially prepared and
printed at the Treasury department, and on the day it became a
law—midnight oí the 27 th inst., if not signed or vetoed by Presi-
dent Cleveland before that time—he will merely have to notify
the collectors by wire, to put it into effect simultaneously in every
custom house. There are rumors to the effect that Secretary
Carlisle is doing all this for effect and without knowing whether
the bill is 10 become a law or not, but they do not appear to have
any more substantial foundation than the twin rumor alleging
that the relations between the President and his Secretary of the
Treasury are so badly strained that the latter may resign, and
that is very slight, indeed. So slight that few believe either.
committee junkets.
The number of committee junkets at public expense provided
for by this Congress is much smaller than usual, owing to the
very deqded stand taken against them by influential members
of the appropriation committees, but the Senate committees on
Interstate Commerce, and on Commerce, have been provided
with occupation which can and doubtless will be made enjoya-
ble by their members. The first named committee has been
directed by a Senate resolution to sit during the recess and to
enquire whether the Southern Steam Ship and Railway Associa-
tion has violated the Interstate Commerce Law in regard to pas-
senger and freight rates differentials. It will be easy to arrange
quite a nice trip under that, resolution. But the Commerc com-
mittee has its trip already arranged by the resolution that directs
it to visit the Pacific Coast during the recess and to examine the
proposed localities for a deep water harbor. There is not only
enjoyment in this trip, but to corruptly disposed individuals—I
do not say there are such on the committee—there might also
be "boodle" in it. Some queer stones have been told around
Washington about the long delay in selecting this harbor and the
action of some of the advocates of this or that harbor.
american bimetallic league.
The conference of the Executive committee of the American
bimetallic league, which was held here last week, adopted a re-
port recommending that silver be made the predominating issue
in the coming campaign and advising that no man be voted for
by silver men who had not been true to silver in the present
Congress. One of the significant- features of the conference
was the failure of Chairman Taubeneck, of the People's party
national committee, to get a reaffirmation of the endorsement
given by the league, last December, to the People's party. It
was prevented by the Democratic and Republican members who
insisted that the league must be kept free from party politics or
it would never accomplish anything for silver.
no attention given them.
If the members of the Labor organizations who sign the peti-
tions now coming in so freely, asking for the impeachment of
Attorney General Olney for the part he took in suppressing the
late railroad strikes, could know how little attention Congress is
paying or intending to pay to them they would at once stop
signing and sending them to Washington. The ballot box is
away ahead of the petition box as a Congressional persuader,
but some people do not seem able to grasp that idea.
no quorum.
Neither Senate or House has a quorum present to-day, and
the matter is assuming a very interesting shape, as Congress
cannct adjourn for the session without a quorum, if any member
be disposed to raise the point of "no quorum," and it is almost
certain that some one will. It is believed that a quorum of the
Senate could be easily gotten together, but the members of the
House are so widelv scattered that it would be a much more
difficult task to produce a quorum there.
the river and harbor bill
Is a law. without the President's signature. While waiting for
the ten days to elapse those interested in the bill had several
scares. Mr. Cleveland has never signed a river and harbor bill
in either his first or second administration and he has vetoed
one.
OUR FORT WORTH LETTER.
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Fort Worth, Texas, August 24, 1894.
Editor Texas Miner:
This city has almost recovered from the severe shock it ex-
perienced in the defeat at the Democratic convention of "Our
Berry" and Tudge Steadman, respectively candidates for the
nominations for Lieutenant-Governor and Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court. We had all looked upon the nomination of
Berry W. Camp as a sure thing, and consequently the result has
given the community cerebral neurasthemia. This is one of
those times when the convention didn't get taken into camp.
It is quite amusing to read the comments of the press on the
prize fight (?) that occurred in this city on the night of the 15th,
particularly the virtuous indignation of the Fort Worth Daily Mail
because "there wasn't a blue coat anywhere around, as is always
the case when wanted," also because the authorities did not try
to prevent the mill.
This indignant spirit on the part of the Mail is no doubt very
acceptable to the elderly church members who read that paper,
but to those who are at all skeptical about its honesty in the mat-
ter it is simply amusing.
This great fight was held in a vacant store building at the
northwest corner of Thirteenth and Main streets—not in a saloon,
as quoted in the Mail. The Mail is right when it says that nota
"blue coat" was in sight if it means that no blue police uniforms
were there, because the summer suit of the "cop" is gray. If it
means that no police were there to stop the fight, that, too, is
true. But there were six officers present, including Chief Mad-
dox, who occupied a conspicuous seat at the ringside. Deputy
Sheriff Gunnells was there, too, and dozens of other prominent
business men, bankers, lawyers and doctors; but not even an
effort was made to stop the fight. The law was being violated,
openly, and the chief of police and many city and county officials
were present and openly participated in the violation. The vio-
lation of the law consisted merely in the omission to procure a
license, as prizefighting is permissable when a license has been
issued and paid for. However, it may truthfully be said, to re-
move the stigma from the "coppers," that it wasn't a violation of
the law, because the principals would not fight. The just danced
around one another and never struck a blow. Twenty-five rounds
of this kind of monkeying went on, when Sheldon lay down and
waited patiently for the referee to count his ten seconds, then he
was "out." As soon as the decision was given Sheldon got up
unaided and went to his corner, where the writer examined him
carefully and found not one mark on his person and no indica-
tion that he had been engaged in a fistic encounter except that
he was slightly out of breath. The gloves used were eight ounce,
instead of four ounce, as claimed, and were so soft that a man
could not get hurt with one unless it was put on the end of a
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