Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-27

awaiting his return to Washington.
When he left on his feathered duck
hunting trip he thought that he had
the democratic ducks, lame and other
wise, OF the House all cooped, and
that the currency hodge-podge pros
posed by Secretary Carlisle would be
passed by the House before he return
ed. He had scarcely got away be-
fore the revolt began, and 1t quickly
reached such proportions that the
House committee on Rules did not
dare to report rule limiting debate
and setting a time to vote upon the
currency bill. SO many democrats
expressed their intention to vote
against such rule that it was made
plain that with their votes and the
solid republican and populist vote of
the Ho use cast against 1t the rule
would be repudiated by the House,
which would not only have killed the
currency bill but would also have
given the committee on Rules bad
black eye.
The debate on the currency bill is
to go on until Saturday afternoon,
when recess will be taken until the
Sd of January, when it will be resuni.,
ed and continued until democratic
caucus decides what is to be done
with the bill. Its best friends admit
that the passage of the bill by the
House is very doubtful, and it is re-
garded as certainty that 1t cannot
pass the Senate in its present shape.
The silver men in the House are at
work trying to secure pledges from
majority in favor of substitute cur
rency bill which will include the free
coinage of silver. They say they will
not make the attempt unless they are
certain of success. The republicans
have given notice that they will not
flllibuster against the bill, but will be
willing to have it voted upon after
reasonable time has been devoted to
debate.
Hon. J. A. Kasson, of Iowa, thus
defines National protection, which Is
now and always has been advocated
by the republican party: 1T means
legislative encouragement to the EN-
ployment of American capital and Ia
Dor at home in the development of all
our national sources of wealth and
prosperity, instead of sending our
capital abroad to aid in the produc-
ton of foreign wealth and to pay for
foreign labor. 1t means legislative
security against the dependency of the
Nation upon foreign countries for its
means of defense, and our people for
necssaries and comforts of life. 1t
means legislative barriers against the
exhaustion of the wealth of the country
by sending it abroad in exchange for
perishable articles, instead of nsiDg it
at home in exchange for the like arti'
cles produced by American labor from
the earth or in the factory In the
former case both money and the arti-
Gle it buys are lost to our country; in
the latter, the money stays at home
and goes on buying."
Poor Springer He is catching it on
all sides, because of his turning fl
nancial sumersault to lead the admin
istration forces i'm their fight for the
!arlisle currency bill, but the unkind
est cut of all came from one of his Ill.
colleagues, who said: "You fellows
are altogether too hard on Springer
It's pity il SO able man as Mr.
Springer can't be permitted to chapgs
bis mind as often AS once in session
ESPECIALLY as the administration had
not declared itself on this subject las
session."
| Ex-senator Malone, of Va, is still
blocking legislation for the erection o.
a new Government Printing Office
For four years he has been able to xii
in the Senate all propositions lookin,
, to the purchase of any other grount
than that owned BY him, but no
strong enough to get the House to en-
dorse the purchase of his ground
The fight has been renewed. and
will soon be known whether the vic
: tor will be Malone or Congress. ]
3 the latter a new Government Printing
e Office will at once be begun; II tn
t former, the whole matter will go owe
= to the next Congress and the fight b
!, started fresh next year.
The long delayed report of Admire
J, Walker, made public only after it we
e demanded by Senate resolution
] exposes another diegraceful chapter !
n the administration treatment {
J. Hawaii. Although admiral Walk,
v made 1t plain that an American we
r vessel should be kept in Hawaii W,
b ters to protect American interests an
d to counterfeit English influence, til
% administration has failed to do SO, thu
;. giving the English, who do keep W,
N vessel there, every opportunity
h scheme against the new republic an
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