Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-04
WASHINGTON LETTER


The President will take part In the
Memorial exercises OF the'G. A. H., at
in accordance with a
made more than a year ago,
when circumstances compelled him TO
recall half acceptance Of an invita-
ton 20 do So on last Memorial day
He will leave here Ia the morning and.
return the same evening.
After waiting until he was heartily
tired TO receive the answer OF the Brit
ish government to Secretary Blaine's
proposition for closed season In Bell |
rings Sea, the President called The
Cabinet together and decided upon the
policy OF this Government for the pres
ent season without regard to what may
or iuay not be the wishes OF her males
rvs government, and sailing instruc-
lions were telegraphed to the revenue
cutters Bear and Rush. Nothing OIL
ciaI h known of those instructions,
but there are reasons for believing
that they do not differ materially from
those of last season. which were in
short to prevent illegal sealing as far as
possible, but to make no seizures out
side of the three mile limit. Secreta-
ry Blaine WAS in Geographic commu-
nication with the President while the
Cabinet consultation was going On.
Many rumors have been floating
around this week about the resigna-
ton of Ger. Raum, Commissioner of
Pensions. One of them being that the
President had spoken to some of the
prominent New York republicans who
were here early in the week, about ten
dering the position to First Deputy
Commissioner Davidson, of that State,
ard the same thing has been proposed
at a Cabinet meeting. No member OF
the Cabinet would confirm this, and
Commissioner Raum and Deputy Da-
wilson both profess ignorance of it
The impression here is that Gen. Raum
will resign as soon us his successor is
agreed upon.
The Immigration question is daily
becoming more important to every cit.
lien of the United States, and some
rGnod. results are hoped from the inves-
tigation or the coIumrs~roa-.~.----
appointed by Secretary Foster. Elk
Representative Grosvenor. of Ohio,
who is chairman of that commission,
says on the subject: Just what is of
flcially expected of the commission
do not know, for we have not vet re-
ceived our instructions, but do know
that there is pressing necessity for &C
= ton on the part of the authorities. :
!. Never was any country the receptacle
for such a stream of immigration as Is
pouring in on us now; all our previous
records as receptacle are being
2 eclipsed. The increase, which has be
come so apparent of late, has its orr
: gin principally in Southern Italy, an6
: as NEST of the material now arriving !,
non -assimilative, something must b'
e done to decrease the volume. The In
Dor organizations complain that suffi
u cient employment cannot be secured
y for the people already here, and there
Is n very general demand tor more rig
e id immigration laws. The country j
: becoming too strongly tainted will
j foreign doors. Take Wisconsin for in
e stance, a State that is almost q Europe
Z an province. The people there de
mand the conduct of the publ
schools in n foreign tongue and Civ
y other marked evidence of their- alien
s ism. In little while they will insist oil
having the records of their legislator
kept i'm their non-American language
i and on top of that will come an en-
'e deavor to have the courts operate i
IF the language or languages native t
1t other lands than ours. This is a
l. wrong. We cannot afford to welcom
le those who will not be of u.s."
Is Senator Hiscock. and ex-senator
le tinguished New Workers here thi
'. week. They all spoke encouragingly c
republican prospects in the Empir
State.
Ex-senator Reagan, of Texas, VIII
is in town, gives Cleveland rap b
= saying that the Texas delegation to th
v democratic national convention wi
% demand the nomination of Wester
81 man for President. He evidently TO
:" gets that Texas is too reliably dent
y cratic to WELD much influence in til
Nc conyention. It's no secret among NJ
Reagans friends that he deeply n
:" grets having been compelled to retiI
The Attorney General has decide
" that the Secretary of the Treasury hs
authority to issue silver certiicat.
against the 81. 600, 900 which has bee
gained from the coinage of bullion
and it will be done at once. Sc,