Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-19

House next November. The commit.
tees work is constantly being made
easier by the action of the democratic
majority of the present House.
The Senate committee on Foreign
Relations does not agree with the
House in ignoring the good prospects
for largely increasing our commerce
with the other republics on this CONT
nent, so 1t has reported amendments
to the consular and diplomatic bill In.
creasing to $50, 900 the amount appro-
priated for the maintenance of the
bureau of American republics, and ap'
propriating S65. 900 to pay the share OF
the Quilted States of the expense OF
the preliminary survey for the inter
continental railway, recommended by
the Pan American Congress.
There Is considerable opposition In
the Senate to the confirmation of the
nomination OF Il. jefferson Coolidge
to be minister to France, but the i'm
preston Is that It Is hardly strone
enough to reject him. The opposition
Is headed by what are known as the
silver Senators, who are opposed &c
sending q man of Mr.. Coolidge's pro
nounced views in favor of single
gold standard to bi-metallic coun
try.
Having passed the big river and har
Dor bill, the democrats of the House
in order to even up things slashed
away at the items of the Sundry Civi
appropriation bill, making reductions
that all admit to be absurd, such fol
instance, as cutting down more thar
one-third the estimates for ''repair'
and preservation of public buildings"
Representative Coggswell. of Massa
chusetts. wittily said that II he were
called upon to put motto at the
head of this bill it would read thus
mo saving, but postponement; nc
economy, but increased expenditures
in the end".
There is big difference between al
lowing two of the finest steamships In
the world the privileges of American
registry, on condition that at least two
similar vessels be constructed In Amer
lean shipyards, by their owners, as the
bill signed by the President this week
does, and passing a bill granting those
privileges to any and all vessels built
in foreign countries, rs the democratic
House will soon find out, If it accepts
the advice of Representative Fithian,
of Illinois, and passes bill to admit
foreign built vessels of all kinds to
American registry. The first bill will
result in an increase of work for Amer
leans, while the last. should it become
a law, would eventually result in the
closing of every American ship-build
ing establishment.
The House committee on Elections
has reported in favor of another re-
publican Representative Shonk. the
sitting member from the Twelfth
Pennsylvania district, and as demo
crat in the case is not backed by boss
Hill it is not probable that the House
will reverse the action of the commit
tee this time.
Senator Sherman says all the talh
about his becoming candidate
against the President is bosh. He ex
poets the President to be nominated
on the first ballot or not at all.
Boss Hill thinks It will be easier fol
him to control the Chicago conven
ton with $50 than with 900 members
so he pretends to believe that II is no
legal to choose delegates to the Ma
tional conventions and members o
the Electoral college upon the new
Congressional apportionment and tina
the Electoral college will consist o
421 members, instead of 444. which i
the proper number under the new ap
portionment. He has not found {
single man of prominence In any par
ty to agree with him nor is it yer,
likely that he will.
Since It was discovered that tn,
House has appropriated $50, 600, 00'
more than was appropriated at thi
period of the first session of the las
Congress the democrats are not doinI
80 much talking about the "billiol
dollar Congress-.
Strong but intellectual appeals wer
made to the House by Representative
from the sections affected to secure
sufficient appropriation for the surve,
of public lands; but as this would ben
eft only the poor homesteaders, tn
democrats would not hear of such
piece of extravagance.