Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
WASHINGTON LETTER
lFrom Our Regular Corrsspondent.l
WASHINGTON. Jan. %, 1897.


that there was no truth in the num-
erous rumors about his having made
an agreement with Secretary Olney
concerning the Cuban policy to be
maintained during the remainder Of
his administration, and that to be
adopted by President McKinley's ad-
ministration. He showed 1t again
by this fat-fo0ted announcement
concerning the stories OF his having
accepted the Secretaryship of State
as part OF bargain: my accept
ance of the portfolio of Secretary OF
State was without any reservations
or conditions. Gov. Bushnell has
about six weeks yet before 1t will be
necessary to appoint my successor 10
the Senate. There seems to be a
general desire that Mr.. Hanna should
be selected for the seat, and while i
have no assurance on that point, ]
believe that Gov. Bushnell will ap
point him." The Ohio Republicans
In the House are a unit In saying
that there is no truth In the printed
stories OF disagreements among the
Republicans OF that State over who
shall succeed Senator Sherman. They
say that the Ohio Republicans were
never more harmonious than they are
now.
The Senate committee on Foreign
Relations has not yet arrived at a
decision as to the nature of the re.
port that will be made on the arbi-
tration treaty. Amendments have
been proposed, which will make it
clear, that neither the Monroe Doc
trine mol our right to control the
Nicaragua Canal, when it is con-
structed, shall ever be submitted to
arbitration; also, one striking out
that clause of the treaty which au-
thorizes the King of Sweden to choose
the Umpire when the English aud
American representatives cannot
agree upon one. Although hone of
these amendments have been FORM
ally accepted by the committees, it
Is probable that some II not all Of
them will be.
The House by vote OF 1877 to SO
passed a private pension bill for the
relief of Jonathan Scott, who served
in the Fifth Iowa Cavalry, and who
now lives at Oswego, Kansas, over
the Presidents veto. The Senate now
has several bills to act upon which
have been passed over the Presidents
veto by the House.
Representative Hartman, of Mon
tana, gave the New York papers
which are constantly sneering at
the West, a sharp rap. which was
fully appreciated by the House, when
he offered an amendment to the reg
ular Indian appropriation bill, pro-
vidinR for an appropriation Of 81. ZOO
600, 900 "fOr the education aud civil.
cation Of the Seeley savages of the
Manhattan reservation" Mr.. Hart
man made no remarks on his amend.
ment None were needed. Every
body saw the point at once, and the
amendment had done its work before
1t was ruled out on the point OF
order.
Senator Lodge exposed the source
Of most Of the opposition to the I'm
migration bill by reading a copy of u
telegram sent broadt asst through the
West by the Chicago agents of the
North German Lloyd Steamship Co.,
requesting tho>e who received it to
wire their Congressman, at the Chi
cago agents expense, to vote against
the Immigration bill. Mr.. Lodge
allowed the kilograms to do their
own talking, contending himself with
saying: Il am very glad to have this
opportunity Of proving the truth OF
what I said in the Senate, that the
opposition to the restriction emanates
entirely from the steamship com.
panies that bring them" The same
kilograms read in the Senate by Mr..
Lodge were read in heHouse by Rep.
resentative Stone, of Pa. The House
showed its appreciation of this mode
of fighting legislation by agreeing to
the report OF the conference COM
mittee on the immigration bill. The
bill would probably have been passed
anyhow, but the North German Lloyd
Steamship Co. probably gained it
votes.
Representatives Grosvenor. Brom-
well and Van Vorhis were appointed
a committee by the Ohio Republicans
In the House, at meeting held this
week, to make arrangements for a
dinner to be given Senator Sherman
on the Hrst day Of March by his COL
leagues In Congress.
The election of Hon. John C.
Spooner to succeed Senator Villas, of
Wisconsin, whose term expires March
Sd, brought great deal of pleasure
to Washington, both in and out Of