Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Warrington. Inc prtncipai purpose
OF his visit being to inform Mr.. Cleve-
lend Of the total collapse Of the Hd-
ministration campaign against free
silver In that State, which was inau.,
gurated by Mr.. Clevrland's letter to
that alleged non partisan Chicago
committee. Incidentally Senator
Palmer took occaaion to express his
opinion of two prominent Illinois
democrats he accuses of straddling the
silver question, In the following lam
guage. Nobody expected anything
else of vice. President Stevenson. be-
cause It is well known that II any
question has two sides to II Stevenson
will have no opinion on It. Bill Har-
rison. however. 10 not usually 80 mod
eat, and his position 10 the beginning
was rather surprising. although
think. as affairs are shaping them
selves, he was wise In takinga conser-
vative and non-conmittal position.
It will give him more Influence when
the real fighting begins, If It ever
does" Speaking of the coming dem
ocratic convention in Illinois, Senator
Palmer made these paradoxical re-
marks: 1.-The convention was called
for the purpose OF endorsing free sill.
yer. and the programme will be car
ried out to the letter. There will be a
large amount of superfluous enthusi-
assn, of the manufactured kind. but
it will count for nothing. The sil-
yer era re is subsiding, and it will con-
tinue to subside."
Mr.. Clevela,.d's reports from Ken.
tucky are no more encouraging than
those from Illinois. A prominent ad-
ministration democrat who has just
returned from Kentucky, where he
went for the purpose of instigatinR
the free silver strength among the
democrats. say- there isn't the slight
est doubt of the failure of Secretary
Carlisle to stem the silver flood in the
party, and that he regards the adop-
tion of 16 to free coinage platform
by the state convention ms certainty.
He says also that IL would not sur
prise him to see the republicans elect
majority of the legislature and a
successor to Senator Blackburn. If
the administration could control
enough votes to prevent, Blackburn
will be reelected, even should the
democrats succeed in retaining con-
troll of the legislature.
The administration is now pinning
its hopes to the effects of the Memphis
Sound Money" convention. held this
week. upon the southern dem ocrats.
bnt it remains to be seen whether
these hopes are not of the same soap
bubble kind as those recently held
concerning the defeat of the silver
democrats in Illinois and Kentucky.
Appropriations are to he withheld
Whenever possible. in order to prevent
the calling of an extra session of
Congress. which Mr.. Cleveland ac-
knowledges himself TO be afraid of.
At the last session of Congress S., 000.-
600 was appropriated to pay deferred
sugar bounties. Not one cent Of this
money has been paid ont, and there is
little probability it will be for some
time. 1t is the same with numerous
other appropriations.
The annulment OF the income tax by
the decision of the Supreme Court has
added to the certainty that the next
Congress will be called upon to pro-
vide for additional revenue. in order
to furnish the money to meet the enor.
nous deficit which will exist at the
close of the present fiscal year and to
prevent a similar deficit during the
next fiscal year. A number of ways
to do this have already been suggest
ed, but it will not be surprising II the
republicans in Congress decide the
best way to raise the money and at
the same time boom American indus
tries will be to raise the tariff duties
upon all articles competing with the
products of the United States. That
the administration fears this course
will be taken Is shown by the asser-
ton of its friends that Mr.. Cleveland
will never sign q bill increasing the
tariff dnties. OF course they are bluff
ing and the bluff will be kept up to
the last minute for the purpose of In
fiusncing the extent to which duties
might be raised, but the administra-
ton is bound to have more money and
It cannot get 1t without Congress. 1t lie
probable that Mr.. Cleveland will sign
any revenue bill that passes Congress,
although he would do so unwillingly
IL it carried a raise. however slight.
Of tariff duties. He will have his
hands full to pull the government
through without having to call an ex-
ira session, and by the time the rsgu-
lar session meets, will be glad to ac-
cept almost anything that promises to
raise the money needed for the expen
ses of the government.