Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-03

Is not expected that the workmen can
possible finish the repairs before the
first OK October and TO get through
that early it has been found necessary
ITO postpone portion OF the work 70
be done until next Summer.
Secretary Foster reports our flnan-
cial CONDITION TO be excellent and i'm
proving every day. He anticipates
not the slightest diligently in taking
mp such OF the Al per ct. bonds as shall
not be presented for extension Mt 2 per
sent on or before septe,nbrr 2, which
Is the last day that they can be extern
ded. He does not think the apionnt
to be redeemed will much exceed S20,-
600, 600, and he has an available- bal
ance of SlO6. 900, 600 exclusive of the
500, 600, 600 in the much written
about ''gold reserve" fund. These
! bonds like all issned by our Govern
ment are made payable in gold should
the holder desire IL, and rs the Treas
ury has in its vaults more than 500, 0OO,-
600 in gold coir, in addition to the
gold reserve, there will be no diff
Guilty in accommodating the owners of
the bonds presented for redemption
even should they all desire to he paid
in gold. This state of affairs is very
gratifying TO everybody, bnt the dem
ocratic calamity walters who have for
months been saying that the United
States Treasury would be bankrupt
and that when the time came TO take
up these bonds it would be compelled
to default in the payment of them.
OF course those of them who know
anything knew better all the time,
hut having been so successful last tall
in their campaign of iuisrepresenta.
tion they have for lack of any other
principal adopted that method of
lighting the republican party.
The news OF the. Governor OF Yer
mont having formally notified Secre-
tsry Proctor of his intention to APP
piont him to serve ont the unexpired
term of Senator Edmunds, when his
resignation takes effect November LIST,
created no surprise here, as it was on
ly carrying out what everybody had
accepted several months ago as GER
tain to occnr. Secretary Proctor has
ably administered the affairs of the
War Department, and while anyone
rejoices that he is TO occupy phase
that is more coDgenial to him there is
n great deal more regret than usually
follows the retirement of n member
of the cabinet that he IL to lay down
the War portfolio. Speculation IL rife
as to who Will succeed Secretary Proc
tor In the cabinet and many names
lare being mentioned among them
those OF Elk. Gov. Cheney of New
Hampshire; Senator Carwell, and ax-
Representative Cannon. of Illinois;
ex-senator Spooner. of Wisconsin; ex-
Senator Malone, OF Virginia; Hon. X.
T. Lincoln, U. 8. Minister to Eng
land: ex- Representative McComss, OF
Maryland, ex-senator Ingalls,, of
Kansas and Gen. Alger, of Michigan.
The president is away and there is
nothing to base any reliable predic-
ton upon to be obtained here, so that
everybody may guess to their hearts
content, and take up their favorite.
There is reason TO believe that the
President has already picked out the
man and obtniRed his acceptance of
the place, but it isn't probable that
his name will be officially annonnced
until Secretary PSoctor,s resignation
has been formally accepted, and no
one here seems to know just when
that will be. Secretary Noble, as the
bead of the Department under which
the United States Geological Survey
works, was selected as the proper per
son to deliver the address of welcome
to the members of the International
Congress of Biologists; how holding
its fifth triennial session in this city.
and the selection was well made, as
his address was an excellent one,
highly satisfactory TO his hearers and
creditable to himself and the admins
tration for whi,h he spoke.
1t raised broad smile in Washing
ton when Representative Crisp said
that the contest for the speakership
was IA friendly one. DIR. Crisp may be
friendly in his feeling towards his OPP
ponents. but they. or rather their rep
resentatives are certainly not friendly
towards him, when they are running
around abusing him and trying to ere
ate the Impression that he Is the friend
of all the democratic lobbyists and
that he will be under their control II
elected. This is particularly true of
those who are working for MIR. Mills;
they are doing everything except
charging personal crookedness to bring
discredit upon Mr. Crisp, and they are
doing that by Inference by saying that
he has promised more committee
chairiuanships than exist, for the pur-
pose OF obtaining pledges of support.
III this be a friendly contest, pray,
what would Mr.. Crisp call an un-
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