Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
WASHINGTON LETTER
tFrom Our Regular Correspondents
wAsHIsaros, May 81, 1857.
EprroR AVALANCHE

on 0dlI-COCkeO. no always Auo"o
when he starts just where he wants
to 20. When he sent that message
to Congress, asking that $4,000 be
appropriated for the relief OF desti-
tute Americans In Cuba, he went as
far as he desires to 60 In that direc-
tion, at present; and he was not az
fected by threats of Senators, to side
track the tariff bill. II the Cuban
belligerency resolution was not
adopted. nor by the contemplate
tactics of the Democrats 10 the
House, who delayed that appropria-
ton three days, merely to try to en-
barass the administration, and TO
seek for popularity through the
known sympathy existing among the
people for Cuba, by trying TO COM
bine the recog milton Of Cuban bellig-
erency with the appropriation. While
all this has been going on President
Mckinley pursued the even tenor of
his way. He has more real sympathy
for Cuba than some of those who
have been making blood and thunder
speeches Ia Congress, as will In due
time be seen. He is looking forward
to something a good deal better than
the recognition Of the belligerency Of
the Cubans, and when the proper
time, In his Judgment shall arrive.
he will act, and his action will be In
keeping with the man, firm, resolute
and above all thoroughly American.
He doesn't believe In doing sensa-
tional things, nor in being so hasty
that important consequences are over
looked. With the destitute Amer
leans in Cuba provided fOl, there Is
no occasion for haste In any further
action towards Cuba, while there Is
every reason for haste in getting the
tariff bill, which will be taken up In
the Senate next week, enacted into a
law. The first duty of the govern
ment and Congress is to help our own
people; then we can devote some
time to helping the distressed and
oppressed elsewhere.
Representative WILDER, Of New
York who has been studying and
working on the subject for a long
time. thinks method has been
found that will make it impossible
for limitations to be sold In English
markets as genuine American cheese.
Mr.. w. A. Mcknight, a member Of
the Liverpool and Manchester Cham
Der of Commerce, has been in this
country working In conjunction with
Representative WILDER, and he prom
ised to aid in suppressing the sale
of imitation American goods, and the
consequent extension of the sale Of
the genuine, on his side of the At
lautic. Secretaries Gage and Wilson
are thoroughly in favor cf this prof.
ect, and the Commissioned of Inter-
nal Revenue has already given the
necessary orders to government Of
fcers at New York and Chicago to
put into effect.
Ex-senator Ingalls,, Of Kansas, is
In Washington, cut he says that pol
itics have nothing to do with his
visit, and that he is not an applicant
| for office.
Senator Hawley took occasion dur
ing the Cuban talk in the Senate to
reiterate warning words upon sub
ject he is thoroughly familiar with.
He said: "We are In no condition as
a country to step forward In the
arena of the world and say: we are
going to see justice done to every
poor people everywhere; that we will
declare belligerency, or that We will
declare war" The Senator from
Illinois (Mason) asked with vigor
once or twice, II we were afraid of
war. ayes, am afraid OF war on the
part of an unprotected nation. /
declare we are not 1T to undertake
a war against any but the very weak
est nations of the earth, and this Is
the text upon which l have been
preaching these ten or twelve years,
more or less. My hope is to see our
coast defenses and our navy put into
such a condition that we can conduct
an international debate, for we can
not have an international debate
without the guns; and when we have
something of an armament that is
BETTING our great place In the world,
we can afford to assume the respon-
sibilities the Almighty has placed
upon us by reason of our wealth and
our power" In speaking thus Sen
ator Hawley made no pretence OF rep
resenting the administration, or In
fact anybody but himself.
The order closing the doors OF the
International Postal Congress to the
public and to the newspaper men,
has hoeu rathor nm iuatlv crlt iciaad M