Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.



statement is made by gentleman
who presumably enjoys Gen. Harri-
sons confidence. This time it is
Hon. John w. Foster, OF Indiapa.
who was Secretary of State during
the closing months Of Gen. Harri-
sons administration Mr.. Foster
clinches his statement by saying that
he believes the Indiana delegation
will go to the next republican Nation
al Conver tion without state candi-
date for the nomination, and not
united on any candidate He thinks
the delegation will be divided between
Allison, Mckinley and Reed, those
three gentlemen will control. MIR.
Foster, who has been In China for
several months, acting as adviser to
the Chinese government in its nego'
tiations with Japan, was given a
cordial welcome back to his Wash
ipgton home, this week, by gather
ing of personal friends which includ-
ed about all the prominent people
now in town. The Chinese govern
ment was anxious to place Mr.. Foster
upon its permanent pay roll, and
made him very fiattering offer, but
he declined, being too good an Ameri-
can to permanently enter the service
Of any foreign government
Senator Pritchard, the new repub-
lican Senator from North Carolina,
was In Washington this week. He
said he thought the administration
was miscalculatlng the strength OF
the free silver democrats of the state.
Speaking OF his own position, Senator
Pritchard said Ii was now just what
it had been ever since he reached the
years Of discretion. Il am" said he,
"for protection and b!metallism-pro-
lection for the undeveloped industries
and raw materials Of the south, and
the use Of both gold and silver as
money metals"
1t is estimated by those who have
had access to the figures that the ex-
cess Of Treasury payments over
receipts has for the first eleven DAYS
OF the new fiscal year averaged more
than a million dollars day, Much
of this money should have been paid
out before the first of July, but 1t
was held back so as to keep down the
total of the deficit for the fiscal year
that closed June 30. 1t is now adj
mitted by intelligent democrats that
legislation for the increase of the
revenues Of the government will be
one Of the absolute necessities of the
nextsess on of Congress. Republicans
have known it ever since the new
tariff was under discussion In the last
Congress, and urged the democrats
then to adopt tariff bill that would
provide sufficient revenues for the
maintenance Of the government, but
the urging was in vain,
The administration Is very much
alarmed at the prospect Of the re-
publican Congress passing bill rails
ing the duties on such articles as are
too low in the present tariff law, In
order to furnish the mouey to run
the government, and it is resortinl
to all sorts Of schemes to create q
public sentiment against any revision
Of the tariff and In favor of raising
the money by some method of inter
nal taxat ion. One Of the shrewdest
OF these schemes is that for the In
crease Of 81 barrel in the interna
revenue tax on beer. They calculate
|, that the Temperance element will
favor an increase in this tax, bu
their principle reliance is upon thu
influence Of the eastern brewers, whit
will, it is said, favor the increase be
cause it will have a tendancy to driv,
western beer, which Is now largel!
J consumed, out of the big eastern
cities. The western brewers alread.
have to pay the freight and meet thu
prices of the eastern brewers in thei
q home cities, and, 1t is claimed tina
!. with a dollar barrel added to tn,
I tax and no increase in the sellin,
: price they would not lie able to d.
2 this. and that the eastern brewer
n would gladly pay dollar a barre
r additional IL they could thereby ge
!. the eastern trade now held by west
!. ern breweries.
+ 1t is now stated that failing in hi
. ambition to secure a fourth nomina
. ton, as he almost certainly will, Mr.
II Cleveland has about made up hi
e mind to push Secretary Olney as tn
o ad ministration candidate for tn
q democratic nomination. The MAJ
!. that could enthuse over Mr.. Olney a
a a candidate would make a good ex
d hibit for museum; he would be tn