Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

WASHINGTON. D. o., March IS. 'es-

The dangerous illness of Senator
Morrill, has cast a gloom over the SEN
ate wing OF the Capitol. where every
one Is the friend of the Senior Yer
mont Senator. His age gives him but
n slim chance in fighting pneumonia,
which Is the dreaded foe of the strong
est men. Mr.. Morrill, has been In Con-
gress. first In the House and then In
the Senate, since 1855.
Secretary Blaine continues to I'm
prove, although he has not yet VEN
tured out of the House. He has not
decided upon taking trip to the
South, but he may do so.
Secretary Foster has returned much
improved In health by his family trip
TO Europe, and he also picked up
while in England in an unofficial
way. some financial information that
will be found useful to him in his
official capacity
Commissioners Raum took the wind
out of Representative Cooper's sails
by telling the House investigating
committee that while ready and will
ing to answer any question or to give
desired information about the Pension
Office or anything relating thereto
he would not answer questions abont
matters pertaining exclusively to his
private business affairs. The Com
missioner is generally commended for
having taken that stand. His official
acts are properly nnder tie control OF
Congress, but with his private acts
and business, Congress has nothing TO
do.
Colombia, Hayti, and Venezuela
the only countries that will feel the
heavy retaliaory hand of Uncle Sam,
all the rest of the countries concerned
having either completed reciprocity
agreements with us or got them sc
near completion as to let them out
The Presidents proclamation issued
this week restores the duty upon su
gar, hides, coffee and tea from the
above named countries until sucf
time as they shall give public notice
of their having removed the dutie,
they now impose upon the agricultural
and other products OF this country. II
speaks volumes FOR the success of rec
procity that only three countries have
to be retaliated npon.
A more absurd statement was never
made than that of the democratic ma
jority of the House Ways and Means
committee that they had concluded to
postpone the taking of vote on the
free wool bill from the 21st inst, tC
some indefinite date in tue future In
order to accommodate members who
wished to speak on that measure,
The speeches that the democrats have
made on that bill might just as wei
have been made on any other bill. and
the real reasons for postponing vote
is that the democrats are not ready to
cell up any other free trade bill, there
being difference of opinion among
them as to which of the proposed bills
attacking the Mckinley law shall be
next called up.
The democrats of the House do not
expect to succeed in repeating the act
to increase the efficiency of our ocean
mail service, commonly known as the
EMAIL subsidy" act, and their only OBJ
juct in reporting bill providing fol-
its repeal, and in pushing it through
the House, as they will probably do,
is to embarrass the Postmaster. Gener.
al in carrying out that act.
Representative Walker, of Massa
chusetts, said in speech defending
the Mckinley tariff that if the tariff
were not In tho intereste of the farm
ers and wage-workers of this country
which was the lowest taxed country
on the face of the earth, he would
vote TO recall II and adopt free trade
He presented figures showing that ON,
year. under the present tariff, our for
eign trade had increased $4O6, 900, 600
~ per cent.