Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-04-19
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health has never been better. Al:
statements to the contrary are either
idle rumors or malicious faiseIioods.
and in either case are entirely I'M
worthy of belief. Senator Hale. OF
Maine, has Just received a letter, dated
Naples. Mar. 9TH, from his brother
who is now travelling abroad. In which
Is the following paragraph: IL have
passed the last tour or five days with
the Blaines and have enjoyed 1t very
much Ia this fine country or southern
Italy, in weather which is our best
June weather. ! have just left the
Blaines ut Sorrento, where they will
stay some time longer, think. Mr..
Blaine is looking finely and Is In the
best of spirits"
Senator Morrill,. who is by the way
the senior member of the Senate, hav-
ing served continuously in that body
for nearly thirty-two years. made a
strong speech Wednesday, on the
presidents message. He began by
contrasting the last annual message OF
President Washington with the last
of President Cleveland-the former
giving encouragement to the manufac-
turers, and the latter being unfriendly
to, and denunciatory of manufacture
ers. He said: "A tariff for revenue
only (the banner imposed by Kentucky
on the democratic partly was q
synonym for free trade. Henry
George, a free trade propagandist, had
characterized the message and the new
democratic tariff bill as deadly blow
ut the ugly features of protection.
He then proceeded to discuss the
presidents recommendation for free
wool, showing the prodigious loss TO
the farmers of the country that such a
law would bring. He said: Deduct
ing the protective duty, imposed for
the benefit of American wool, of ten
cents a pound, the value of Texas
wool in New York and Boston would
suddenly drop to or 6 cents a pound.
Neither Texas nor any other state
would continue to raise wool at that
price, and wooi-growing even in the
Lone Star State with an area greater
than that of Germany, France, Spain
or Italy. would only be known as one
of the lost arts"
He also discussed the probable future
OF the thousands of working people
who would be discharged If the new
tariff bill became law. The speech
was listened to with marked attention
by the senators of both parties.
This week has brought out two new
candidates for the republican nomina-
ton for the presidency, or perhaps it
would be more proper to say that two
more gentlemen had openly avowed
their candidacy. The gentlemen re-
serred to are Sen. Stanford, of Cali
fornia, who has decided to allow his
name to go before the Chicago con-
vention and has asked the support of
the California delegation, and ex-Gov
Alger, of Michigan, who has been in
terviewed on the subject as follows
II abhor personal methods, and shall
not go about from state TO state try
ing to influence this ward and that
district to send a delegate to tho con-
vention for me. Such means i cCnsid-
err disreputable. The Office of presi-
dent is u high one, and believe
should come to a man that does no:
require the loss of his dignity and res
pectability."
The dependent pension bill which
recently passed the senate, will scarce
ly be recognizable after the democratic
majority of the House pension CON-
mittee get through tinkrring with it.
They have amended it by striking out
the second and third sections which
gave IL a month to all soldiers of the
rebellion who served three months
and are now from age or any other
cause incapacitated for earning liv-
ing, or the same sum to the widow
and children of such soldiers as have
died, and substituting therefor sec
ton which provides for the regulation
of pensions by the term of service at
the rate of one cent month for each
day of service in any of the wars.
Mexican. Indian or the rebellion. II
also provides that all soldiers. wheth-
er Incapacitated or not, receive a pen
sion rated in this way after they reach
the age of 81 years. 1t is now almost
certain that the bill will not be con-
sidered by the House at this session.
Mr.. Cleveland does not want to sign 1t
in any shape and he is afraid to veto it.
So it is probable they will compromise
by hanging it up in the House.
The Supreme Court has set the
second day of the next term for hear
ing in the case of the United States
os. the Bell Telephone Co. This is
the case that was originally brought in
Ohio by Attorney General Garland
and which created the great scandal
which resulted in. showing up Mr..
Garland's connection with, and owner
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