Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
lFrom Our Regular Corrsspondent.l
20 -
WASHINGTON. DEC. l3, 1895.


lie criticism of Mr.. Clevsland's neg
lect OF important public business II
to on a hunting iunket at public ex-
pense-he Is drawing salary for do.
ing nothing, and Is besides using a
government vessel-and have frantic
ally implored him to return to Wash
ington and stop the criticism. Score
tary Carlisle's annual report is ready
for transmission to Congress, and al
though the law provides that this
report shall be made to congress, and
not to the President, he is afraid to
send 1t to Congress until 1t has been
edited by Mr.. Cleveland. And Eecre-
tary Olney is afraid to open his
mouth about Lord Salisbury's COM
munication until Mr.. Cleveland has
instructed him as to what he shall
say.
1t is now considered doubtful
whether the caucus committee which
is arranging the republican member
ship Of the Senate committees, will
complete the task before the holiday
recess. 1t is not an easy job, by any
means.
Representative Grout, of VT, has
introduced bill that ought to be-
come law, inasmuch as it probably
represents the views of nine tenths of
those who live in places where there
are fourth-class postmasters. The
bill provides that all fourth.class
postmasters shall be elected by ma
jority vote OF those who receive mail
at their post offices, and directs that
the Postmaster General shall appoint
only those who are so elected. Those
who have lived in places where men
objectionable to almost all theii
neighbors, have been appointed post
masters, can fully appreciate this
idea.
Senator Cullom, of Illinois, made
on able speech this week on the Mon
roe doctrine, concluding with these
manly and patriotic words: @We have
reached the time when it becomes
our bounden duty to say to the world
with dignity and flrmness, that thus
far, but no farther, shall foreign sys-
TENS of government be permitted to
approach. Our doctrine is the pro-
lection OF American interests, and
our motto is: America for Ameri ans.
We do not claim that the world is
ours, but we will insist on our right
70 be consulted upon affairs pertain
ing to the American continent. Let
us build so strongly and speak so
plainly that the way of the future
Executives, Prime Ministers, and
Ambassadors OF our country shall be
undOubted. Let 1t be so clear that
no statesman OF the future can find,
as Mr.. Calhoun did in the Senate,
any ingenious theory to weaken its
force and value. Let 1t be so certain
and emphatic that no Secretary Of
State can hereafter become a willing
party to treaty, yielding a share OF
the control and supervision Of any
intcr-oceanic canal to any European
country, as in the Clayton Bulwer
treaty. And let it he so straight and
practical that no American Ambas-
sador to the British court shall feel
at liberty to question the policy Of
his own government, or possibly
apologize for the Declaration of In
dependence and the Monroe doc
trine."
The result of the adoption by the
House Of Representative Barrett's
impeachment resolution, directing
the committee on foreign affairs to
investigate two speeches made by
Ambassador Bayard-one in August
and the other in Move m BERN which
he characterized republicans as So
cialists because oft heir le!ief In the
policy OF protection, and otherwise
abused Americans, will not lie the
impeachment OF Mr.. Bayard, but it
Is almost certain to be sharp Gems
ure from the House, unless it can be
shown that he was not correctly re-
ported by the English papers. Mr..
Barrett's resolution would not have
been introduced If the democrats had
not adopted the policy Of objecting to
every resolution offered in the House.
Mr.. Barrett's Massachusetts colleague,
Representative Mccall, offered res
olution merely asking, whether the
President had taken any steps to as
certain. whether Ambassador Bayard
had used the language attributed to
him, and when that was objected to
by Mr.. Crisp, Mr.. Jarrett got mad,
and raised question Of privilege,
which was sustained by Speaker Reed,
and offered his impeachment reso-
luton.
Those Republicans who are not CON-