Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-10

having organized a new scheme, hav-
ing for It's object the capture Of the
Presidency by the democrats. 1t be-
ing apparent that In square fight be-
tween the republican and democratic
parties the chauces OF success are
largely in favor of the republican par
ty, the democratic bosses have been
cudgelling their brains to hatch mp
some undetermined method of aiding
their party. Mr.. German has found
that method. or thinks he has. The
scheme is to give the electoral votes OF
four or five of the Northwestern States
to the peoples party. which would ac-
cording to the calculations made,
throw the election of President into
the House and of Vice President into
the Senate. giving the democrats the
President and the republicans the
Vice President The details OK the
scheme are very shrewd--this expos
IRE may cause change in them-,t the
intention being to keep the whole
thing in the hands of few men,
sworn to secrecy, in each of the
States selected until election day.
The usual process of selecting demo-
CRITIC electors is to be gone through
with, in order to blind the republicans;
but on election day the democratic
tickets are to contain only the names
of the electors of the peoples party.
This is a nice little scheme to capture
the votes of the republican members
of the Farmers Alliance for the demo
cratic party. but now that 1t has be-
come known it is not probable that
many republicans will be caught.
Three thousand men and women,
having influence, direct and Indirect,
with probably one million voters, en-
rolled in the ranks of the various Ia
Dor organizations of the country, or
controlled by the newspapers with
which many of them are or have been
connected, are anxiously waiting to
see whether democratic parsiInony il
to keep their lives and health in the
danger to which they are now exposed
by refusing to provide for new Gov
eminent Printing Office building. The
three thousand men and women are
the employees compelled to risk their
health and lives in the present build
ing in order TO earn LIVELIHOOD for
themselves and families.
Representatives of more than 300 OF
the lumber firms in the United States
met here this week TO protest against
the passage of the bill placing lumber
on the free list. A resolution was
unanimously adopted recitiDg that the
lumber industry is the largest single
industry in America, employing more
than any other; that owing to the
peculiar interests of the lumber indus
try the formation of trusts, combines
and other organizations injurious to
the consumers are not possible; that,
to-day the American tariff is the only
protection which the country has
against absolute ruin; that, this tariff,
if removed, would mean the success
of Canadian interests, and the price
of Canadian stumpage would be in
creased, not lowered, and the import
duties now part % the revenue of this
country would be lost; that, the ques-
ton therefore. is whether the lumber
resources of Canada shall be develop
ed, or the lumber interests of this
country, particularly of the Southern
and Pacific coast section, be protected |;
that, in view of these considerations
this convention earnestly aud respect
fully protests against the passage by
Congress of any legislation looking to
the removal of duty on imported lum-
Der.
The democrats Of the House are
having hard time getting their free
trade machine to work. The three
bills placing respectively wool, bind
ing Irvine and cottoD-ties and cotton
bagging on the free list, which were
reported to the House early in the
week, were to have been called up
this week but the sickness of Mr..
Springer, who was to have made the
opening speech for free wool, snade
change necessary, and it is now stated
that Mr.. McMillin. who like Mr.. Mills,
is opposed to the Homeopathic meth
cd of attacking the Mckinley tariff
law, which is stronger than ever since
its approval by the Supreme Court.
will, by the irony of fate, make the
first speech in favor of what he is
known to be- at heart opposed to.
Odd isn't it2
The republicans have not fully de-
termined what part they will take,
next Monday, when the House is to
vote upon the resolution reported from
the committee on Rules naming March
%, %. and "a for decentralization of
the Bland free coinage bill. Two
are under consideration.
One to vote solidly against the resolu-