Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-05

EDITOR AVALANCHE
The confidence game that President
Cleveland and Senator Brice are try
to play upon each other Is being
watched by the knowing ones. as 1t ID
bound to be very interesting a. II
progressea These two democrats
have not worked together heretofore.
but now that each thinks he
can use the other they are to form a
copartnership Mr.. Cleveland wants
friends In the Senate very badly. and,
although Senator Brice Is not an ora
tor, his ways are very persuasive
when 1t IL to his interest TO make
them so-and he may be able to rem
der Mr.. Cleveland valuable aid in he
Senate by sllencing democrats who
may be disposed to make speeches
criticizing the administration, IL In
no other way. Brice Is not under
taking the task found so burdensome
during the last session of Congress by
Gray of Del. Villas of Wis. and Mills,
of Texas from philanthropic mot
i've He isn't constructed that way.
He thinks he can use Grover Cleve-
land or he never would have agreed
to become his champion on the floor
Of the Senate. Brice has developed
Presidential aspirations. He has had
Campbell nominated for governor of
Ohio by the democrats in order that
his overwhelming defeat may remove
him from the field of Presidential
possibilities. That will leave the
field clear for the presentation Of
Brice's name as Ohio's candidate for
the democratic Presidential nomina-
tion, and Brice believes the friend
ship of Mr.. Cleveland will help his
aspirations. Perhaps so. But will
that friendship be given after Brice's
purpose becomes known to Mr.. Cleve-
land? Keep your eye on this Cleve-
land-Bri partnership Mark the
moves of the partners.
Hon. Lloyd Lowndes, the republi-
can nominee for Governor Of Mary
lsnd, passed through Washington
this week. He 10 very confident OF
his election, although he frankly says
that it will be no childs play to GUST
the democrats who have controlled
the State government for nearly
thirty years without break. The
Maryland campaign will be fought on
local issues exclusively. The tariff
and silver will not cut any figure.
At last years Congressional elections
the state went Republican by about
5000, and this year with the repub-
licans united aud enthusiastic and
the democrats divided and Indifferent
it is not surprising that the republic
cans should expect to carry the state.
A gentleman who has Just returned
from trip through the Bay shore
section of the State says II the feel
ing is the same in other sections and
the oystermen and farmers vote as
they talk the state will give repub-
lean majority of 10000. This gen.
tleman says that he did not meet a
single democrat who expressed any
confidence OF carrying the State, while
he met scores who said they thought
the State would go republican and
that they didn't care IL it did.
1t is whispered in the most exclus-
i've cuckoo circles that the vacancy in
the U. S. Supreme court has been
placed at the disposal OF Mr.. e. e.
lery Anderson, of New York, who is
one of the origional cuckoos, and who |
is, like Mr.. Cleveland and so many of
his appointees, corp ration lawyer.
to these cuckoo whisper
ings, IL f. Eilery wants the place he |
has only to say so and 1t will become |
his, after Mr.. Cleveland has made all |
the use possible Of the vacancy as
to make prominent demo
Gratis see the financial and other ques-
tsons as he sees them.
Just now there is considerable talk
among those who are usually used by
the administration when there is a |
desire to ascertain how the public
would take anything about the In
tention of Secretary Olney to give
US vigorous and thoroughly Amer
lean foreign policy from this time on.
This may or may not be true about
the future, but there is certainly moth
ing vigorous or American in the ex-
slow manner In which
the case of poor Waller is being hand
led by the Department of State.
Perhaps things will get more rapid
move on after Secretary Olney re-
turns from his vacation. One thing
may be set down as certain. II Sec
rotary Olney will take a bold stand