Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-26
WASHINGTON LETTER
lFrom Our Regular Corsspondsnt.i
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of whom have themselves been promi
nently mentioned In this and othel
presidential years az available candi
dates. and It brought ont the fact
that although each OF the five con
stantly met him, not one of them had
ever heard Mr.. Harrison say one single
word that could be construed as ex
pressing a desire to be nominated. :
They were all of the opinion that the
only ground that exists for supposinl
that the President does wish a renom
nation Is that he does not say that III
did not. The conversation was priv
ate, which precludes the use of names
The Senate commerce committee af
ter mature deliberation concluded thai
the river and harbor bill was too large
and proceeded to cut of moro thar
two million dollars, making the reduc
ton general and uniform In nearly al
the items of the bill.
Secretary Foster approves of th'
idea of coming $40, 900 600 in silvet
half dollars with a special design com
memorative of the Worlds Fair. anS
has promised to lend his aid In secur
ing the necessary Congressional legis
lation.
The democrats In Congress dali!
grow more uncertain on the Presiden
tial question. They now consider tina
Hill Is no longer even a possibility
and regard Cleveland as a possibility
but decline to concede the probabilit!
of his nomination In the face Of Hill
active opposition. Many of them con
fess that they do not know which wa!
to turn for candidate.
Senator Allison. chairman of tn,
Senate committee on Appropriations
and one of the very best authorities OF
public business. gave the calamit,
walters of the Mills stripe q knock
down blow when, In defense of thu
amendments attached to the Naval ap
preparation bill by the Senate commit
tee, he told the Senate that instead o
being bankrupt at the close of the fis
cal year the u. 8. Treasury would hav,
after meeting all legal demands sur
plus of $25, 900 600. Referring to th'
charge so often made by democrats o.
the fixed appropriations under laws en-
acted by republicans, Senator Allison
asked the democrats Senators to name
what laws they would like to repea
so as to reduce the fixed appropria
tons. Senator Vest replied that the
democrats would like to repeal the
postal subsidy and the sugar bounty
laws. Mr.. Allison smiled, as well he
might, when he saw that he had 90
neatly trapped the democrats. and
turning to Mr.. Vest, said: ''The repeal
of those two laws would save about
SS. 900 900, SO the country is asked to
elect a democratic President and a
democratic Senate In order that the
sugar bounty and the postal subsidy
laws may be repealed"
Senator Villas, of Wisconsin, has
ideas on international affairs,
as well as upon National politics.
While trying to secure the defeat OF
the Senate amendments to the Naval
bill. he said: 1.-The idea of England's
going to war with the United States Ia
this age of civilization and good sense
is simply preposterous. II he lives
long he will probable change his mind.
The country which relies solely upon
civilization and good sense" to pro
tect It from England may fairly b.
considered as being on the road t.
ruin.
The democrats of the House com
mittee on Appropriations In report
ing adversely upon the joint resolu
ton appropriating $50, coo for the re
lief of those made homeless by the
overflow of the Mississippi river il
Warren county, Mississippi, on the
ground that there is no law authoriz
ing such appropriations and that Il
would be dangerous to set such pre-
cedent, forgot the highest law of all
humanity. If it is right for Congress
to appropriate millions to improve riv
ers and harbors in the several States
it cannot be wrong to appropriate 4
few thousand dollars to relief suffer
ings brought upon honest hard work
ing citizens of one of those States BY
floods which they could not have fore
seen or prevented.
People who usually run away will
everything have been disposed to make
much of the statement that the De
partment of State has received no for
NAL acceptance to the Presidents In
vitation to foreign governments to at
tend the promised international none
tary conference. While 1t is true tba
no official acceptances have been re
ceived. Great Britain, Italy and Aus
tria Hungary have accepted and il
due course of time copies of their 40
ceptance will arrive by mail. France
Switzerland, and several other coun
tries have given satisfactory intima
ton of their intention to accept.
Ma.nha.a rf fha National Ar Aaao