Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-02
WASHINGTON LETTER
lFrom Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. ~. 'ss.

Said ex-Speaker Reed on tue SUBJECT
cit strikes me that this adjournment
business is carried too far. 1t Is all
we'll enough In certain instances, but
In others IL is simply u hollow Inockery
that takes the form of AN excuse TO
shirk work." Representative Burrows
of Michigan. said: 1.-The meaning oil
these frequent adjournments Is that
the House does not intend to DO any
business at this session. But they do
no harm, for the democratic party is
always safe when it isgolng to funer-
al" Representative Stewart, OF I'LL
nois, asks this conundrum: IF we
adjourn twice week on account OF
somebody's death when the popula-
ton is only $4,000, 600, how many days
will we be in session when there are
ten times sixty million and the proni'
nent nen increase in proportion
The question may be shirked now, out
sooner or later it will have to be met
and settled, and there is only one com
mon sense way to settle 1t.
New Mexico, Oklahoma and Utah
NAV come into the Union as full fiedg-
ed states. So said "A caucus or repuo-
lican Senators held this week. 1t had
not been fully decided whether the
Territories will be admitted in one bill
or each have a separate bill. The mat
ter is to have the right of way in the
Senate after the Anticipation and the
Cherokee Strip" bill, now before the
Senate, and the Nicaragua bill. yet to
be taken up. are disposed of. This
will throw it quite late In the session.
and may result In its failure, as the
Senate will be bound to give lots OF
its time to the appropriation bills
none of which it has yet acted upon.
| Cooler than the recent cold weather
is the proposition. seriously advanced
by the democrats, that the President
shall not I'LL the vacancy In the SUI
preme Court caused by the death OF
Justice Lamar, bnt leave 1t for the
democratic President to fill. The
principal argument advanced In sup
port of this unique proposition Is
that there are too many republicans
already on the bench of the Supreme
Court. If the President really held
doubts about the wisdom of filling
this vacancy this argument would de-
eide him In favor of making the ap
pointnept, for there never was a per
, liod when It was more necessary te
have a majority Of that Court MADE
. up of men who have republicans ideai
] of Constitutional law than for TIT
: four years beginning the 4th. OF mex
. March. There is no telling what thu
d democratic administration; and Con
j. gress might be tempted to do II the!
: knew there was a States rights, demo
} cratic Supreme Court to pass upon tn
4; constitutionality of their acts. You
) correspondent violates no contdenc'
r in making the positive statement tina
d the President will promptly ill thi
t vacancy, and from talks with repubii
), can Senators it is evident that the maj
:, nominated will be promptly confirm
ed. no matter how much kicking tn
democratic Senators may do. Prov
II dence has given the President the or
n portunity to make 1t reasonably Gel
II tain that the Supreme Court will re
IF main republican, and it will not D
n neglected.
l. Representative Abner Taylor, of l
y linois, q prominent republican men
IS Der of the House Coinage committee
II said concerning the present agitatio
for the repeal of the Sherman silve
s. law: II know that three-fourths, an
D, believe four-fifths, of the republican
~ ~ in the House are opposed to any r.
ry peal at this session and will vol
e. against it. Nothing can be don'
1e The matter will go over for the ne
20 administration to deal with"
Four States-Indiana, Montan'
Wisconsin and Oregon--failed to ser
by messenger duplicates of the offici
III electoral vote forward by mail. 1t WI
VI ut first thought that the order to col
ne ply with the law, the Secretary of Sta
're would have to send a messenger 4
e. the duplicate returns, but after co
IRE ference with Attorney General Mile
l'c and careful examination of the law
'ry was decided to be unnecessary as o
Sc set of returns had been received frc
lne each of the States by mail. Und
'er- similar circumstances in the past IN
!" sengers have been sent.
=, Secretary Fosters report OF the cC
- dition of the Treasury up to Deceinl
- 31st, 1892, and his estimates of
probable receipts and expenditures
the government for the remainder
-. the present fiscal year and for the
- - cal year beginning July LIST, 1898, G
- ed for by resolution Of the House,
n, been placed before the Ho
~. Ways and Means committee. 1t d
80 rot differ from his annual report /
80 terially, except that it goes more I