Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-09
WASHINGTON LETTER
wAsHrssros, D. c., Mar. 8, 'ss

a man as ever ltveu. Out tuefc - u iih's
70 the courtesy OF even the most couI
teous of men. He will not assist Mr..
Cleveland in reviewing the inaugural
parade. but will go from the Capitol.
where he will perform his last official
duty. by being present at the formal
Inauguration of the new President. to
the special train which will take him,
his daughter aud grandchildren back
TO his Indian home. The reason for
his not assisting Mr.. Cleveland 10 re-
viewing the inaugural parade Is obvi
ous. Mr.. Cleveland declined 20 assist
him in 1889. although he had himself
been assisted by Gen. Arthur in 1885.
No man who entered public life with
the Harrison administration has
gained the esteem of the people to a
greater extent than Levi p. Morton,
who has given the Office of Vice Presi-
dent dignity and influence it never
before possessed. No other retiring
Vice President was ever rendered and
given banquet by the entire Senate,
regardless of politics. In political af-
fairs Mr.. Morton is a strong partisan,
because he believes IN firmly as he
does in HE bible In the principles of
the republican party, but no demo
cratic senator has ever complained or
been given cause to complain of any
decision made by him while presiding
over the Senate One of the largest
receptions of the year was held at his
residence Wednesday night In honor
of his successor and Mrs. Stevenson.
Mr.. Morton has large property inter-
ests in Washington. and will probably
keep up winter residence here.
There may have been congresses
that accomplished less than the Fifty
second-they all appropriated less
money-but If SO they were further
back than your correspondent remem-
bers. The closing hours of the pres
ent congress do not differ from thoss
of its predecessors, except that there
are about ten times as many Office.
seekers crowdIng the corridors of the
Capitol as were ever here before. IL
1889 IL was thought that the army oil
office seekers which marched upon
Washington was large. but it was only
as regiment TO corps compared with
that now here. The excitement and
turmoil i'm congress has been great al
this week, but there has been but lit
tie business of general interest trans
acted. as the appropriation bills, which
were in an unusually backward condi
ton, have taken up most of the time
in both House and Senate. The hot
fight which was expected over the
Sherman bond amendment was avoid
ed by the friends of the amendment
agreeing not to press it; that being re
garded as the only way to prevent the
failure of the Sundry Civil appropria
ton, as the silver men had announced
their intention to fllibuster against i
to the end of the session.
/ One of the very few meritoroui
laws enacted by this congress is thai
providing for the use of automati,
car couplers by all interstate railroads
which was forced through the Hous'
and signed by the President this week
It is probable that no bill signed by
Gen. Harrison during his term gave
him more pleasure than this one
which he was so largely instrumental
in bringing to the front, by persisten
recommendation in his annual mes
sages to congress.
DIR. Cleveland arrived yesterday al
ternoon and was enthusiastically
received by the assembled office-seek
ers. who saam-fo-think- that the dis
nissal of republicans is to begin brigh
and early Monday morning.
If any democrat who held promi
nent office under the last democratic
administration is absent from Wash
ington at this time he must be too IL
to come or unable to raise the neces
sary cash. But they all seem to b.
here. and every man of them is anxious
to get his old place back or a bette
one.
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The anti-option bill, which has occu
pied so much of the time of both Uh
House and Senate during the Fifty
third congress came to its death be
cause its friends in the attempt to &c
the House. under supension of tn
rules to concur in the Senate amend
ment could not muster a two third
! vote.
Republican senator's are responsible
for the failure of the Senate to act o.
the Annexation treaty.
e The Blairsville, Pa, papers say tha