Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-02-09
Observation-Disclosures


Inc gntt-Clevelanu element In the |
democratic party Is growing and secret |
~ organizing in quite number Of
states. il politicians from those states,
who visit this city from time to time,
may be believed. That the feeling is
encouraged by quite q number of
prominent democrats In congress Is a
fact well known. IT is said here that
an organized open opposition to the
denomination of Cleveland is shortly
TO be staredin the states Of Pennsyl
vania, New York, Massachusetts,. Con.
necticut. Rhode Island, Maryland,
Virginia. w. Virginia. Tennessee, Ala
bana, and possibly. others.
1t is also said that Samuel j. Ran
dali will head the fight against Cleve-
land. All of this may or may not be
true. but that there is strong demo
cratic feeling for Governor Hill more or
less openly expressed among prolni-
nent members of the party, is fact
that cannot be gainsaid.
The hall season i'm swell society is in
full blast. Last Wednesday evening
the charity ball, so called because they
never have anything left for charity
after paying the ridicuously large ex-
penses that are annually incurred to
make this ball the event of the sea-
son each year, was given. 1t is hoped
that the patrons will not have to put
their hands in their pockets to make
up large deficiency as they did on one
of the former occasions. On next
Wednesday evening the Chinese Minis
ter will give grand ball to celebrate
the Chinese New Year The upper
ten are engaged in wild scramble to
secure Invitations to this ball, which
rumor says it is to be very select.
Senator Frye says, the exemption OF
imported liquors from the operation
of state laws relating to the sale of dis
titled and fermented liquors is interior
ing with the the temperance move
nent in Maine.
Cleveland is making quite a record
~ pard oner of criminals.
The delegation here from Dakota
have been making strenuous efforts
this week to convince the House Com
uiittee on territories that Dakota las
every right to be admitted to the sis
terhood of states.
| Hon. Frank Lawler, the hoodlum
member from Chicago, has introduced
"a bill to remove the tax from eleon,ar-
garine, which, he says, he intends to
see passed this session.
The Senate Committee on Pensions
has unanimously approved Senator
Manderson's Grand Army" Pension
bill. This bill is practically the same
a. the Dependent Pension bill which
was vetoed by Cleveland last year, and
there is but little doubt that il will be
nassed nrnin=hy this congress Some
Grand Army men believe that Cieve-
land will sign IL this time.
Democratic representatives from hall
n dozen tobacco growing states have
made a combined for the purpose OF
taking the official scalp Of Statistican
Dodge of the Department of Agricul
ture. on account of alleged defects in
his estimate of the crops Of
tobacco of last summer. They have
petitioned the President for Dodge,
removal, which it is thought they will
get. He has occupied his present pc
r sition for the past twenty-five years.
i CIevelan ]. in his haste to get solo
with the catholic voters, through hi
, present to the Pope, seems to have for
, gotten the fact that there was losin,
as well as a winning side to the game
s He knows now however, and he viii
know still more when he hears frou
!. the rest of the protestant brethren il
$ the back counties. Cleveland's luck
? which has heretofore take the place o
e brains, seems TO be deserving him.
That Republics are ungrateful" wa
never more strikingly shown than il
the case of the survivors of Lieut.
Greeley's expedition to Lady FRANKLIN
!, Bay. They have not to this day, re
ceived from the government their reg
: ular allowance for fuel and quarters
Congress has not yet found time +
:. render justice to these men, althoug
fourteen of the nineteen persons nan
ed in the bill before it are now dead