Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
wAsHIEGToN LETTER.
lrrom Our Regular Correspondence
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wAsHrNoroN, Jan. 81. 1897.

Senator Tillman of South Carolina,
was q little bit slow In bringing his
pitchfork into action. but he got It
unlimbered this week and for moie
than an hour he jsbbed 1t into MIR
Cleveland, the Rothchilds. aod other
RoldbuRs, and the democratic party.
as theoretically as the aver &c hired
man would into pile OF hoy while
the boss was In sight. He refe red
to Mr.. Cleveland In such endeariny
terms az sthe bullheadcd and self
idolatrous man who holds the reins
of power" traitor to and destroyer Of
the democratic party, and said sncer-
ingly 10 the democratic side of the
Senate: @How many of you, men
grown old and gray In the service Of
the party and of the nation, men
who were it's trusted leaders before
Cleveland was heard Of. how many,
l say, have been called into his coun-
sells? II any speak. ] shall be glad
to hear them. Where has this man
sunk his personality? Whom has he
consulted? Whose advise has he rec
0ynized? None but that of the boot
ticks and sycophants who have crawl
ed on their knees for the crumbs of
patronage, and betrayed their consti-
tuents for the offices In his gift. In
the entire history of this country the
high Office Of President has never been
so prostitutcd, and never has the ap-
pointing power been 50 abused. Claim
ing to be the apostle of civil service
reform, he has debauched the civil
service by making appointments only
OF those whose sponsors would sur
render their manhood, and. with
bated breath walk with submissive
head in his presence. There was a
whole lot more about "this besOtted
tyrant," whose conscience has become
debauched, who ought to be i'm
peached, etc., but space forbids its
reproduction. He wound up by abus-
ing the Supreme Court for It's in
come tax decision, and predicting a
war between the poor and the rich,
unless his remedies are adopted fOr
all the diseases the body polite Is
afflicted with.
The Senate committee on Foreign
Relations has reported long reso.
luton setting forth the condition OF
affairs in Cuba, the damage to our
commercial interests, and requesting
the President to use his good offices
with Spain to get that nation to rec
ognize the Cubans as belligerents
Senator Cameron presented a minor.
ity report requesting Spain to recog.
nize the independence of cuba.
Hon. John M. Thurston, Nebraska's
new Senator, made a speech this
week Ia favor of the Monroe doctrine
resolution, which attracted much
more attention, than is usually ac-
corded to anything said by a new
member of the Senate, and which
was alike creditable to himself, bis
state and to the republican party of
which he has long been a honored
meml er. He took especial pains to
show the fallacy of the position taken
by Senator Wolcott, of Colorado. In
his speech opposing the resolution.
Speaking OF England's attempt TO
scare us into abandoning the Monroe
doctrine, ly putting the financial
screws upon US, he said: I'VE SOL
EMMY advise them that our foreign
policy is not matter OF exchange OF
barter, and no financial panic can
ever induce US for a single moment
to lower the standard of our national
honor" He closed his speech with
the following words. which any
American might justly feel proud OF
having uttered: "Sir, believing tina,
the honor OF my country is involved,
that the hour calls for the highest
depression OF loyalty and patriotism
calmly confident of the verdict nj
posterity, reverently calling God t.
witness the sincerity Of my purpose
l shall vote for the resolution re
ported by the committee on Foreigt
Relations. shall vote for it not a,
an affront to any other nation, bu
to uphold the dignity of my own.
shall vote for il in this time of pro
found tranquility, convinced tha
peace with honor can be preserved
but, Sir, would vote for it just a
surely, were we already standing II
the shadow Of declared war. / would
vote for 1t, were the navies of al
Europe laundering at our harbors
would vote for it, were the she'll
of British battleships bursting allow
the dome of the nations capitol.
would vote for 1t and would maintail
it, at all hazards, and at any cost
! with the last dollar, with the las
man; yes, though 1t might presag