Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.


of the contest between the President
and the Senate in regard to papers be-
gins today with Senator COlquitt. the
Baptist parson from Georgia, in poses
sion of the floor He will sustain tho
President in long speech, ana then
ESenator Ingalls,, who is prepared fol
one Of his ablest efforts, will probably
close the argument on the republican
side.
In one of the most notable speeches
of the past week, the new Senator
from Wisconsin, Mr. Spooner, made
appearant some of the presidents
weak points. Speaking of that re-
markable expression of the presidents
recent message, 'inocuous desuetude, y
he said the term always provoked a
fsniife, though there was nothing to
smile at. This was government of
law, and he was sorry that the chief
executive should have used such words
of any law that stood on the statute
books. It was dangerous time when
the president of the United States,
with On oath registered in heaven to
take care that the laws should be
faithfully executed" should send Il
message TO the Senate saying that a
statute had fallen into harmless dis
use. If ever there was time when
respect for law was needed it was now,
when thoughtful men in many States
were turning blanehed faces to the fu-
ture. How could the people be expect
ed to yield cheerful obedience to the
statutes when the first citizen of the re-
public, himself charged with their ex-
ecution, asserted that statute could
larnlessly fall into disuse? But Mr.
Spooner said that the president did
not believe his own statement his acts
had been better than his words, for he
had sent IN large number of nominal
tons OF men to t"ke the places os of
flcers suspended by him. under the au-
thority Of the very act to which refer
ence had been made.
Sen. Spooner is not only the most
youthful looking and youngest man
in the Senate. but al.o the shortest in
stature. lie is Familiarity called coat
tail'' Spooner among his constituents,
the soubriqnet having arisen from a
remark on the opening day OF the sas-
sion that Mr.. Spooner's coat tail came
nearer to the floor than that of any
other Senator in the Chamber.
1t is now believed the amorous pro-
clivities Of Senator Jones, of Florida,
hopelessly ruined his political future.
His friends think that had he paid any
sort Of attention to his senatorial du-
ties this winter he would have had no
trouble in securing a reelection TO the
Senate term beginning next year. but
on account OF his unnecessary and per-
sistent absence from his post, it is
ana ahGFFR5 rdha s i th FaHgg 20 abbRf sGsEnng
some one here to fill his empty seat
during the remainder of this session.
The Senator now ignores every eff
fort to induce him to give up the hope
less prosecution of his Detroit suit and |
return to Washington. lie no longer
responds to any messages sent him on |,
the subject, and some of his best
friends say that there is no doubt
about his partial insanity and ire
sponsbility for his actions.
Senator Jones is q heavy. coarse
IrislIman. who, as Naval officer re-
marked, through the confusion of pol
tiles in Florida became United States
Senator. lie has inordinate vanity, |
especially in regard to his destinations
for ladies, which exist, however, only
in his own Imagination. His present
the people in Washington, who know
him and have seen him in pursuit of
rich wife several times before. His
course towards II rich Massachusetts
widow, and next towards a wealthy
Baltimore lady were scarcely less pub
lie and absurd than his pursuit Of the
Detroit heiress.
An interesting hearing has been Civ
en- this week 10y the House Committee
on Territories to the Woman's Suffrage
Association. IL was on their petition
for n law giving women equal suffrage
| in the Territories. Reverend Annie
Shaw made an address showing the
rnpolicy OF excluding one half of the
citizens Mr. Blackwell, of Massa-
chusettS showed by seventeen years
experience in Wyoming, certified 10y
1--WE successive governors, leading Of
ficials of both parties. and all the
newspapers that woman suffrage was
successful and that nine-tenths II all
the women voted. Judge Carey also
gay e emphatic testimony TO the good
results of woman suffrage out there.
lie mentioned that his wife had voted
for him several times, and once against
him, and he raised laugh by stating
that bis motherin-lnw had voted for
him repeatedly.
The social event for which the fash
iouable world of Washir,pton Ia now