Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10


II the town whsre politicians congre-
rate, has been turned into veritaole
pandemonium this week by the demo
Gratis In their efforts to decide who
shah be Speaker Of the House. Dem
ocratic abuse Of democratic candi-
dates and democratic methods has
been constant, loud and deep. II
there are any crimes known to the
political wire puller that
have not been charged to the workers
for one or another Of the candidates
il is because they have been overlook
ed. Mills friends. who, to give the
devil biz due, appears to represent the
better element of the democratic par
ty, II 1t can be said to have better ele-
ment, have openly charged that ex-
Congressman Alexander q. Cochran,
Solicitor General OF the Missouri Pa
cific Railroad, who came here with
the Hatch boomers. was here as the
personal representative of Jay Gould
for the purpose of working against
Mills, and that the whole Hatch boom
was being manipulated solely to in
jure Mills.
Everybody is heartily glad that the
democratic caucus tomorrow will set
tie the whole business, but from the
manner In which this preliminary
work has been conducted 1t Is fair te
assume that the election of Speaker
will be but the beginning of new
troubles for the democrats. There
will be half dozen claimants fo
every craftsmanship of prominen
committee and the disappointed mel
will be apt to be heard from the foo
of the House, and when the ''gettinl
even" process is started the republi
| cans of the House are not likely t
retard 1t any. Besides, the Sneake
will have the impossible task of salts
flying the various outside element
that have contributed. directly or In
directly, to his election. That tn
House will be an unruly body Is Gel
tain.
Proof that the Alliance movement
in the South will not antagonize til
democratic party are constantly turr
ing up. The latest Is the withdrawt
of the Alliance candidate for the VI
cancy In the Eighth Virginia Congre
sional district caused by the death {
the late Representative Lee. TIL
withdrawal was made after all a
engagements had been made to max
an aggressive canvass of the district
with the assistance of the AllianC
contingent in Congress, and the onl
reason therefore is that the republ
cans of the district have nominated
candidate. The Alliance people, a
though claiming 10 have been snul
bed and insulted by the regular dem
Gratis, will swallow their grievance
rather than to take any chances I
the election of a republican.
Senator Proctor is preparing
turn over the affairs of the War ID
partinent to the Assistance Secretal
General Grant-as he will on Monde
, take his seat in the Senate. 1t Is e
!. pected that his successor will be nom
. mated by the President next week, I
the same time that other inportaI
nominations are made.
Ex-senator Edmunds, who has bee
. here since the opening of the Supren
, Court, concluded not to remain uni
q Congress opened, SO he has gone
, Aiken, South Carolina, to join h
family. He was asked just before
left who was his preference for Pres
dent next year. ''The nominee
"A tire repupficdu couventfou, ne rep
ed. IF he is the worst republican
. the country he will be preferable
the best Democrat.
r The bearing of the arguments
the Supreme Court In the three cas-
brought for the purpose of breakil
down the Mckinley tariff law, whi'
: took place this week, was not Gale
s lated to encourage the gentlemen wi
= have been persuaded to furnish 4
money to hire the bigh-priced la
i yers. One of these suits Is broug
+ on the ground that the omission
J.; the tobacco rebate clause fro
0 the bill as signed by the Pre-
;. dent makes the whole bill vol
II another that the sugar bou
u ty clause was demonstration
and the other that the reciproci
q clause is unconstitutional. For CT
IL venience the three cases were heard
re one, and il there was any doubt
Il what the final decision will be it "
G. almost entirely dissipated by the +,
r or of the questions put by the Justi'
D. during the argument to the lawye
p Constitutionali.y Of the law was al
o. maintained by Attorney GENERALLY
'p Ter and Solicitor General Taft.
a Secretary Foster has been confir
N to his house since bis recent trip
X New York, to speak before the Cha
Der of Commerce of that city, but
was well enough this week to put
49, final touches to his annual repc