Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.


President Mckinley has about COM
pleted the selec tI0u Of officers for
the new regiments Of volunteers, and
he Is receiving many compliments for
havingIstuck TO his plan of giving
those conn issions only to men whose
military experience will A. them to
properly all the positions. Not q
single commission has gone to man
without military experience.
Secretary Algcr and Mrs. Algcr left
Washington to-day for Long Branch
to spend couple of days with the
Vice. President and Mrs. Hobart.
Before leaving the Secretary said of
the last newspaper attempt to re-
tire him from the Cabinet: Il shall
not resign this year, certainly, and
cannot say as to the future. My
private bushes and the state of my
health will govern my future course.
Nothing that have ever heard OF or
know OF, has been SO cruel as these
attacks upon me. Ii my critics can
point to one thing In my official Ca
reer l have done that ! ought not to
have done, or where have not
done what should have done, shall
be very glad to surrender my present
official duties"
Capt. John B. Eaves, OF N. c.,
now in Washington, said OF politics
in his state: III the republican party
ia North Carolina would make the
fight 10 the coming campaign solely
on an honest republican platform,
and giving the gold standard and
protection planks the prominence to
which they are entitled, the chances
OF victory would be reasonably sure.
McKinley's policy Is popular with the
milling, banking. railroad, moneied
and progressive element, and pros
perity is more important issue now
through the South than efete party
lines"
Attorney General Griggs has gone
to New Jersey for short vacation.
which he has earned by great deal
OF hard work, made necessary by the
many knotty law points, brought up
In connection with the results OF the
war with Spain.
1t was In Washington hotel. A
democrat was RECALLING crowd with
stories indicating his belief that the
democrats had show to carry Ohio
this year. After awhile a quiet
gentleman, who is a prominent Ohio
business man, quietly remarked: Il
see that you don't know. The Dem
ocrats have no chance of carrying
the state, no matter what sort of a
ticket they put up. l have been in
more than half of the counties of the
state during the past four months,
and have taken special care to get
the drift Of public sentiment. The
discussions within the republican
party are neither so widespread nor
SO serious as the Democrats think,
as they do not extend to the mass OF
the voters. Some individuals are
sore but they do not affect the re-
suit. The state will 20 republican
by about the usual majority, although
big vote for an of year Is likely tt
polled, In Judge Nash the Repub
licens have a candidate who does
: the party credit. He is an amiable
man and yet has nerve enough t.
meet any situation.
A delegation representing the Ma
tional Temperance Society and kin.
dred organizations, called on the
, President this week and requested
him to set aside the opinion of At
torney General Griggs on the @can
, teen" clause of the army act OF the
last Congress. The President tolG
= them he would make a personal in
vestigation to satisfy himself as Il
the correctness of the construction
put upon the law by the Attorne!
. General, that IL found correct Il
! would stand, IL not 1t would be SCI
) aside.
8 This government will not pay dam
ages on account of the detention o
y passengers, or their sickness, on tn,
9 vessels seized during the CubaI
e blockade. Such in effect was tn
e reply made by Secretary Hay to tn
t French Ambassador, who had fle'
J. a claim for $10, 900 on behalf of
French passenger on one of tn
g French steamers, captured aud hell
9 until released by decision of tn
e Admiralty Court. It was considere'
o as merely an incident of war.
+ Commissioner Evans not only CAV
g q cordial welcome to the G. A. r
= committee which came to Washing
}. ton to investigate the Pension Blu