Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18

upon Tue COuvenUlOn. Inc hepuD-
lican party has never been a single
idea organization, and there isn't the
slightest danger of Its becoming such
Delegate Catron, of New Mexico,
had the pleasure before Congress ad-
journed, of presenting a strong re-
port to thcHouse, from thee Committee
on Territories, In favor of the bill
New Mexico to statehood.
The report recalls the fact, that az
long ago as the forty-third Congress a
bill for the admission OF New Mexico
to the Union passed both branches
of Congress, hut was hung up because
OF Senate amendment upon which
the House did not have time to act.
Mr.. Catron Is confident that the bill
will go through all right at the short
session of Congress.
The Indian bill, as flnally agreed
to, limits government aid to sectarian
Indian schools to the fiscal year, be-
ginning July lst, next, and provides
that the money appropriated shall be
as far as may be equally proportioned
among the Indian schools of all de-
nominations.
Chairman Dingley of the House
Ways and Means Committee, is one of
the comparatively few Republicans In
Congress who will not attend the st.
Louis convention. Before leaving
for his home to take a long rest,
which he needs, he said: II regret
that the democratic friends of the
administration, and the silver men In
the Senate, refused TO accept the re-
lief for the Treasury obtained in the
emergency tariff bill passed by the
House. A number of prominent dem
ocrats have told me that their party
made serious blunder in not taking
that bill, which was thoroughly
non-partisan in its construction. and
passing 1t through the Senate as
promptly as 1t passed the House. Sen
atOr Hill has told me more than once
that his party associates made a
serious mistake In not accepting that
bill. From a party standpoint, he
was oblig, d to defend the admins
tration and his party, but there never
has been any doubt In his mind about
the insufficiency Of the revenues. Not
only has Senator Hill admitted that
fact, but Senator German and other
Democrats have made similar state
ments. Secretary Carlisle, in spite OF
his public utterances to the con trary,
has admitted the insufflciency Of the
revenues, but in justice to him will
say that he had always ccompanied
the admission with an expression OF
the hope that the next month would
bring an increase. l have appealed
to Secretary Carlisle to use his in.
fiuence with the administration and
his party In Congress to treat the
subject as purely business prof. ost
ton, and divorce 1t from the narrow
lines of political sentiment and false
partisan pride. But he could not
bring himself to look at the matter
in that light. The administration's
advisers took the ground that the
democratic tariff bill would produce
sufficient revenue, and although they
have discovered their mistake, they
cannot bring themselves to the point
Of publicly confessing their error, but
insist upon forcing paper balances
and showing fictitious surplus"
Secretary Csrlisle's story of the
bond issues was given to the senate
In vestigating subcommittee and pub
!ished this week. 1t isn't as inter.
esting as the Secretary's personal
testimony is likely to be. The in
vestigatiou, which will begin shortly,
will not be conducted behind locked
doors, az Senator Harris wished IL
to be.
The report Of the House Ways and
Means Committee on the danger OF
japanese competition In our markets
is an interesting document. The
committee does not think there ID
any immediate danger from that
quarter. and say that when there is II
can be easily warded of by the same
policy, which between 1851 and 1893
proved 80 effective against the pro.
ducts Of poorly paid European labor :
q protective tariff with duties high
enough to make up for the difference
In wages paid in foreign countries
and the United Stitea