Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-18

wAsH1seroN. Nov. 18th, 1897.

gress, but owing to the number of
prominent callers he has had this
week, that hasn't been much. In
addition to the numerous Senators
and representatives who called at the
White House within the last few
days, the party of Canadian officials.
headed by Sir Wilfried Laurier, Pre-
mler OF Canada, who are In Wash
ing ton as interested spectators at the
sealing conference now going on be-
tween experts. representing the
United States, Canada and Great
Britain, and for the purpose Of gen.
orally improving the relations exist
ing between this country and Can
ada, II they can, were presented to
the President by Sir Julian Paunce-
fote, the British Am bassador. While
the visit was purely one of courtesy,
both Sir Wilfrled Laurier and Pres
ident Mckinley took occasion to ex-
press their wishes that all matters
causing friction between US and our
Canadian neighbors might be adjust
ed to the mutual satisfaction and
benefit of both.
The Presidents callers have in
cluded prominent Republicans who
participated In the recent state cleo
tions, and they have given him all
the information he wished concern
ing the causes which brought about
the results, but very few have been
able to tell him anything that he did
not already know. The party did
quite as well as it was expected to do
In those states, in which the cam
paign was made upon political instead
of personal issues.
Senator Foraker, who is in Wash
ington, Indignantly denies that he is
party to any scheme to make fight
upon the election OF Senator Hanna.
In his own words: II do not know a
thing about fight over the Senator
ship, except as see statements to
that effect in the newspapers. So far
as 1 am concerned the campaign
ended on election day."
Hon. ]. H. Brigham, Assistant
Secretary of the Department Of Agri-
culture, who took an active part In
the Ohio campaign, says Of the ru-
mors that some republican members of
the legislature will not vote for Sen
ator Hanna: at looks TO me like a
transparent scheme of the democrats
to create bad feeling between ,uem-
bers of our party. 1t may be pos
sible that there are few men, call
ing themselves republicans, who
would be glad to see members Of the
legislature refuse to carry out the
wishes of the party, as expressed at
the State convention, but members
of the legislature will hardly offer
themselves as sacrifices to satisfy the
resentful feelings of men, who are
not clothed with responsibility. They
will understand perfectly that very
few members of the party would en-
dorse such a course, and ! am sure
that no member of the legislature
will put himself in this position. In
the case of one member of the legis-
lature quoted as being in opposition
to Mr.. Hanna, have reliable per-
sonal Information, that he will vote
for Hanna for Senator, and fully be-
lieve that the same Is true OF every
other republican member who is re-
ported as opposed to him."
Representative Laudenslager, Of
New Jersey, is very positive that
Senator Smith will be succeeded by a
Republican. He said on the subject:
I'VE elect a legislature every year,
but there will be enough republican
holdovers In the Senate this year, to
make that body surely republican
next fall. We ought to carry the
state and secure both branches of the
Legislature. Senator Smiths term
will expire March Sd, 1899.
A report is current in Washington,
that the Senate Committee on priv
ileges and elections will soon after
Congress assemblies make report In
favor Of seating Mr.. Corbett, who was
appointed by the Governor of Oregon
to the vacancy in the Senate, caused
by the expiration OF the term Of Sen
ator Mitchell, aud the failure of the
leg islature to elect his successor.
All matter addressed to John We'd
derburn, John Wedderburn & Co., or
the National Recorder, Wasbingt ton,
d. O., will be stamped fraudulent,
and returned to the writer's, at once
IL the address is visible, otherwise
through the Dead Letter ONCE. This
Is the result OF the issue of a fraud
order against Wedderburn, who had
already been disbarred from practice
before the patent Office, for fraud,
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