Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-07
WASHINGTON
wAsHrseros, D. O., July |, 'ss.

Senators, but the eminent Illness OF
Mr.. Foster for the position was 80
generally recognized that every Sena-
tor as willing to accord 1t to HIM.
The only possible objection that
could have been raised to the appoint
ment of Secretary Foster was that In
diana already has one representative
in the Cabinet. and under the clrcum-
stances that does not hold good. 1t
was absolutely necessary that the new
Secretary of State should be man
thoroughly posted upon the numer-
Gus unsettled foreign complications
with which the administration Will
have to deal between now and the
Fourth of next March, as well as with
the reciprocity policy, and as Mr..
Foster has been for more than two
years acting as a sort of assistant to
Mr.. Blaine, besides having almost ex-
elusive control of all reciprocity mat
tiers, he was, perhaps, the only man
in the country, with the possible ex-
ception of assistant Secretary Whar-
ton. who was prepared to take hold
of the State department with thor
ough knowledge of all it's business.
A new man no matter how able he
might be would have been compelled
To have devoted months to study mp
the various important matters with
which he would have to deal, and In
the meantime the President would
have had to do much extra work.
| Representative Meredith, of Virgin
ia. should hang his head In shame
leyerytime he meets a man who fought
on either side during the late war and
knows the part played in that conflict
; by the noble women who left comfor'
table homes to go to "the front" 70
nurse the sick and wounded soldiers.
Mr.. Meredith in his efforts to defeat
| the bill pensioning army nurses, which
; was finally passed in spite of him by a
, vote of IA to 26 used language con
corning men now on the pension rolls
! OF the Government, some of whom DC
, called bounty Jumpers, "camp fol
. lowers" and "buInmers", and the ar
; nv nurses, whom he accused OF hav
; ing entered the service solely for the
pay they received, which came with
! bad grace from man who fought
against the Union. Mr.. Meredith al
one point In the debate dramaticail,
exclaimed: ~ thank God that no wo
. man south of Mason aud Dixon's line
q who served as nurse has come here
asking for pension. The answer
, was prompt and pointed, when Rep
resentative Caruth. of Kentucky, an
; other democratic said: my friend i
, mistaken. have two bills on the cal
, ender now. Then the House laugh
!. ed. and DIR. Meredith looked sheep
Z ish.
Judging from the disgust the demo
Gratis have already expressed the selec
ton of Mr.. w. J. Campbell, of Chica
90, by the President and his selection
:, to be chairman by the national CON
mittee was an excellent thing for tn
republican party. For many years
has been part of the policy OF Tn
democratic party to abuse PERSONAL
. the men who becomes chairman
- the republican national COMMITTEES
Mr.. Campbell, who left a most exec
:, lent impression upon those who Inc
= him for the first time, here This week
&c only smiles at the democratic abuse
and he expects to continue smilin
~ until he has the pleasure OF KNOWN
that Harrison and Reid have bee
elected, a pleasure which he Is ver
" confident of enjoying next Novembe
ID Mr.. Campbell has gone home for fe
ne DAYS. and the announcement of Il
ee mem bership OF the executive COMM
Mt tee. which will have charge OF Il
IL campaign. will not be made until h
ne return to Washington, which will
ne shortly.
ms Sc nator Hale. sounded the keyno
ed of the campaign in brilliant spee'
ng in favor of his resolution setting for
ut the difference between the republics
TO- policy Of protection and the dem
cratic policy of tariff ior revenue
ly", otherwise free trade. notified {
he democrats that the fight would
lin fought by the republicans as an Am
in lean fight, the policy of the democr'
an ic party, shown by its tariff plank.
ac- ing British and not American. 1T
ng III for revenue only, said Mr.. Ha
~. with protection denounced as rc
to berry, British doctrine. Senator V,
lit attempted to reply, but the only
i've portant thing in his speech wos his
ceptanc efor his party of the issue
in protection against free trade.
g. The anti-Cleveland democrats
ust making frantic efforts TO get togetl
arg and to hold the solid South togetl
led by shouting in concert "force b
TO- and NEGRO domination" In the Sou
its Republicans smile at this revival
Inc the "bloody shirt.
are AS a claimant Jerry Simpson Is eI