Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27

EDITOR AvALANcKE:--
Republicans are delighted and
democrats are disguised with the
proceedings OF the Republican Ma
tional League Convention at Cleve-
land. The democrats had predicted
that the convention would bring
about . big row In the republican
party until they had actually got to
believing It themselves. Their pre-
dlctions were but the expression OF
their wishes The men who lead
the republican party had no idea Of
throwing away the National victory
which awaits the party, by fyhtIng
among themselves. The divided con-
dltion of the democratic party Is too
good an illustration Of the effect Of
party dlssensions. Even IL there
were republican leaders who favored
a fight within the party for some
cherished idea about which there are
d fferences of opinion their common
sense would teach them that this Is
no time to make 1t. At the p oper
time the republican party will set
tie all questions In dispute, and set
tie them right, as they have done
with other important questions in the
past.
Well, well! or all the crazy ideas
ever entertained by an am bilious and
egotistic man, that OF Mr.. Cleveland,
OF his being supported by republicans
In his candidacy for third term on
a single gold standard platform, is
about the craziest. There Is no long
er the slightest dolbt that he does
entertain these ideas. A member or
the cabinet this week stated that Mr..
Cleveland expected to be nominated
by the gold wing of the democratic
party and that he expected his can
didacy to be endorsed by eastern re-
publicans and the great monied in
terests of the country. Think OF re-
republicans being expected to vote
for Grover Cleveland under any cir
cumstances or upon any platform.
The discharge of old soldiers from
the Pension Office has aroused quite
as much Indignation as the discharge
of the granddaughter Of the author OF
the "Star Spanglel Banner" and it
may be fraught with more serious
consequences for those responsible
for them. There was no law against
the discharge Of Miss Key, but there
is law against the discharge Of old
soldiers, except for cause. One Of
the old soldiers discharged says: II
know that the Revised Statutes and
civil service rules in favor Of the I'm
ion Soldiers have not only been ignor-
ed ia many bureau Of the govern
ment service. but especially defied in
the Pension Office. lam sorry to say
that under the present administra-
ton there Il no remedy or redress for
a Union soldier and the only way l
see for the future Is to elect only
patriotic, honest men as Representa-
tives, who will dare to force the
heads of bureaus to do justic and
execute the law. I, for my part can
not understand why the American
people tolerate such inhuman, un.
christian and inconsistent treatment
of the defenders of the Union. An
archism, riot socialism and other isms
will increase on account Of such &C
lions of the servants Of the people,
who are put In power to see that the
laws Of the country are enforced, hut
who, on the contrary, defy the law,
retain INSCRIPTIONS chiefs OF divis-
ions, who, perhaps in return for few
drinks of whiskey, or an occasional
small loan, protect and uphold worth
less and inefficient clerks, and cause
the dismission of ex-soldiers who are
known to be efficient In every respect
and entitled by law to retain their
positions. Judging from Secretary
Hoke Smiths haste in denying
rumor that he had promised to rein
state Miss Key, she Is out for good.
1t was announced this week that
Secretary Carlisle mad signed the reg
ulations under which the $1,000, 900,
appropriated to pay deferred sugar
bounties would he paid out 1t has
taken about four months to prepare
these regulations, and those having
claims upon that appropriation would
like to know how much longer they
have got to wait for their money.
The money will probably not be paid
out until every conceivable excuse
for delay has been made use of.
According to the annual report of
the U. s. Civil Service Commission,
soon to be made public, the number
of civil service employees in the coun-