Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-19
WASHINGTON LETTER
lFrom Our Regular Corrsspondept.l
WAsHINaroN, Nov. Is, 1895.

Wuevuer VuC RcpuUAiCouo VIII W.
eide to attempt to put the Dingley
emergency tariff bill, which was pass
cd by the House at the last session
OF Congress, through the Senate at
the coming session, or will wait until
the Ffty-Hfth Congress meets, and
then pass q general tariff bill IL .
question yet to be decided, and CIR
cumstances will probably make the
decision. II the Republicans are to
control the Senate after the 4th OF
March the chances would be against
the passing Of the Dingley bill at the
coming session, as that bill Is only
intended to be In effect two years
from the date 1t becomes a law. and
while it Ia an excellent emergency
measure and would serve the purpose
for which IL was intended-to bring
the revenues of the government up
to its expenditures-it Is not what
most Republicans would desire as a
permanent law. II the Republicans
are not to control the Senat after
the 4th of March 1t is probable that
the Dingley bill will be pushed, as
whatever else may be done 1T Is alb
solutely necessary that the revenue
of the country be increased, for one
of the certainties of the near future
is that no bonds will be issued by the
Mckinley administration.
The opposition are doing more wor'
rying over the probable makeup OF
President McKinley's Cabinet than
the Republicans are. Republicans
know that Major McKinleys wide ex-
perience in Congress, aud his ex-
tensiye acquaintance with members
of the party in all sections of the
country make 1t well-nigh impossible
for him TO make any mistakes in SC
lecting his cabinet consequently they
are perfectly satisfied with the cut
look, and there is no doubt that the,
will be equally we'll satisfied with the
cabinet when it is announced. The
party has 50 many available men tina
Major McKiuley's greatest difficult!
will be to decide which Of them b.
shall honor with cabinet portfolios
Men who have talked with hin
within the week say that he has a
yet given the matter no serious con
sideration. There is plenty of Cim'
to decide upon the personnel OF hi
administration.
1t. Gov. Worst, of North Dakota
who is also president OF the Agri
cultural College at Fargo, was IL
Washington this week to attend tn
meeting of the National Association
of American Agricultural College
and Experiment. Stations. He say
the republican majority In his stat
was about 1000 above expectations
|, Speaking of the meeting Of the legis
lature, in January next, to elect
successor to Senator HansbroIgh, MI
Worst said that the Senators re-eleC
r tion would be antagonized. althoug
E no other avowed candidate Is yet Il
the field, and that he would not al
= tempt to say, whether Mr.. Hans
. brough would succeed himself, bu
: was absolutely certain, that the ma
J. elected to the Senate would be Rt
publican.
: The absurdity of the gossip allies
ing that a gold-democrat would b
Invited to become member OF Pre-.
r ident- elect McKinleys cabinet hs
' become so apparent that 1t has bee
e dropped, and the gossippers hay
: come down to the common sense an
a probable basis OF saying that sever;
O gold-democrats Of prominence will
e given judicial and diplomatic pos
d lions under the coming republica
i administration. That will be a
l. right and no Republican will raj.
n any objections to the bestowal {
such honors in payment for the wor
and votes of the gold -democrats, bl
a place in the cabinet would be
> horse OF another color entirely.
J. The agreement of Great Britain
e arbitrate the Venezuelan bounda1
Is dispute is much more than triumI
le of the principles Of peace. IL is g
ID Official acknowledgement Of the CO
IL rectness of the Monroe doctrine
laid down and maintained by eve
81 President of the United States sin
Q. Monroe, and when this acknowledg
~ ment comes from the greatest E
III ropean power it makes 1t practical
10 certain, that the Monroe doctrin
rs which we were told not long ago
~ English authorities had no status
III international law, will in the futu
Oh be recognized as binding upon
ne nations. While few Americans b
go the slightest doubt of the bindi
g nature of the Monroe doctrine,
RI cause of their knowledge that behi