Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
WASHINGTON LETTER
iTrom Our Regular Correspondence


offered and 90 much opposition has
been manifested that he doesn't con.
slider the outlook for disposing Of the
treaty ut this session particularly
good, In fact, 1t would not lie sur.
prising II he should quietly abandon
the effort, and let the treaty 60 over
to the extra session of the Senate,
which will convene on March 4th
There Is much that can be said IN
favor of such action on his part. II
the treaty were temporarily droppe d
1t would give the Senate more time
to devote to a number Of important
measures that ought to be disposed
of at the present session. The extra
session Of the Senate would have
more time to give to. the treaty as
1t will have nothing else to do, ex-
cept to act upon the nominations OF
President Mckinley. The attempt
to keep the proceedings of the Senate
In executive session secret has re-
suited, as usual, in the publication of
the substance Of the proceedings
daily.
The last formality, but one needed
to make Hon. VIM. Mckinley Pres
ident and Hon. Garrett A. Hobart
Vice President, was gone through
when the Senate and House assem-
bled In joint session, counted the
electoral votes, ard officially declared
the result of the balloting In the
electoral college. This ceremony,
which took less than an hour to COM
pletc, was held In the hall of the
House. Vice President Stevenson
presiding, with Speaker Reed seated
on his right. There was no excite
ment as the votes of the several
States were read out by the tellers,
except that caused by the faint,ng Of
a woman in one of the crowded gal
leries, and the only marked demon
stration was the round of applause
which greeted Mr.. Stevenson's an
nouncement OF the totals, and cleo
tion of Mckinley and Hobart.
Senator Chandler has been showing
his friends letter he has received,
asking him to endorse the writers
application for office under the COM
ing administration, from which the
following is an extract: Il wish to
be appointed to one of the follow ug
positions: U. S. Consul, AMBASSADOR
to denmark or Sweden and Norway,
or q. S. Revenue Collector, Revenue
Agent, Pension Agent, Superintend-
ent of the Coast and Geodetic Sur
we've, Surveyor General OF the U. S.
public lands, Immigrant Inspector,
Comptroller, Register of the U. S.
Treasury, or Collector of Customs.
The House this week passed two
private pension bills, for the benefit
OF Rachel Patton and Caroline Now
att, widows OF soldiers, who had
remarked and lost their second hus-
bands, over the Presidents veto, and
agreed to the conference report on
the amended immigration bill. The
Senate also passed over the Presi-
dents veto the bill, establishing
new place for holding court in the
Eastern Judicial District of Texas.
This bill Is now law, as the House
passed it over the Presidents veto
some time ago.
The Senate Committee on Naval
Affairs have settled, so far az it lies
in the power of a com mittee, the
long drawn out controversy over the
price the government should pay for
armor plate for its fighting vessels,
by deciding that $500 a ton shall be
the price, and providing for the
establishment OF a government plant
to make the armor, II the two COM
panies having plants refuse to fur
nish 1t at the price stated.
The amended Immigration Bill
has at last reached the White House,
and 1t is supposed that It will In due
time become law, although Mr..
Cleveland threatened to veto It be-
fore the last amendments were
added.
Considerable surprise is felt by
Senators and Representatives at the
attempt OF Senator Allen to make a
sensation out Of the movement
among some of the wealthy friends
Of General Nelson A. Miles, com.
mander Of the U. s. army, to raise
fund for the purpose Of presenting
him with a house in Washington,
and more at the action Of Mr.. Allen
in Offering resolution prohibiting
the acceptance of any gift of value
by any army-officer on the active list
of the army or the navy. This action
on the part of Mr.. Allen is merely a
bid for the support of the anarchistic
element, which hates Gen. Miles for
his very prompt action in putting
down the Chicago rioters, who were