Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-12
WASHINGTON.
PEARLS DROPPED BY CHARLEY GR0S-
VEN0R.
The Incompetent National Board of Health
A Singular Secret Circular to United
States Marshals; They Must
Supervise Elections.
General Charles Grosvenor.

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with for the aforesaid lunatic asylum,
where his wife and daughter are visiting
mot inmates), and told the hotel clerk
that if any body asked after him to say
that he would return next week, until
which time the Athens statesman will
nurse his grievances among lunatics. A
Star reporter caught him on the fly,
and he thus discoursed: First he
said that he was the subject OF Il
good deal OF newspaper criticism in his
| own State, because OF his refusal to sup
port the Republican local ticket nomi-
mated in his county. In explanation of
his action he said that he had no other
course to pursue and maintain his own
seli-respect.
"But, General" quoth the Star man,
"yOu will support the Gubernatorial
| ticket?"
~ will, and it will be elected"
"Is Fosters nomination strong
one?"
"Yes, sir; the very strongest that
could have been made"
Stronger than that OF Judge TAFT,
think you?"
"Why, bless my soul, yes. Fosters
nomination is 1000 votes stronger than
Taft. lie has shown that already"
"Will the campaign in Ohio be live
ly one?"
at will. 1t will be the hottest that
has been fought in the State since the
war. The Republicans will elect Foster,
and if they carry Hamilton county
and the indications are that they will
they will also secure the Legislature,
and elect Republican to succeed Sena-
tor Thurman"
"What of Ewing-is he a strong cam
didate"
eyes. He is, think, the best NOM
ination the Democrats could possibly
have made. Now you will find this to
be the feature of the Ohio canvass when
it opens: Ewing's campaign will be
snowy and brilliant; Fosters will not
contrast with it in the superficial scene;
but when it comes TO counting the votes
in the box Ewing will be surprised to
find that large vote he expects to be
polIed for him will have failed him."
"Do you mean by that, General, that
the Graan haoL ora will not vote fn~ him
Il roundabout way. General Ewing
made speech recently in Columbus,
wherein he treated rather gingerly the
financial question. ! am Of the opin-
ion-subiect, of course, TO fault-that
General Ewing will do little hedging on
the currency question and II he does
he will find a good many of the Green
hackers crying for pa. The German
Democrats will not support Ewing with
his financial hereCies, and, in order to
capture the hard money vote OF the
party, Ewing is liable to lose the Green
hackers"
"Who is Ohio for as a Presidential
LEADER"
"John Sherman. His is the only
name prominent in that State, and he
will receive the support of the state
first, last and all the time in the nomi-
mating Convention"
"Would Sherman's Presidential
chances have been advanced had he
himself led the Republican Guberna-
torial ticket in Ohio"
81 think so. / think he made a great
mistake in not allowing himself to be
nominated. He would then have be-
come the central figure in American
politics-woud have made n tremen-
| dous campaign-would haye been tri-
umphantly elected, and would have
been uppermost in the public mind as
the great Republican leader. "
"Of course, had he so desired, he
could have received the nominations?
"Without doubt. All he had TO do
was to have indicated that he would
have accepted-nOt TO say that he want
| ed it-fOr if he would have accepted he
would have been nominated whether he
wanted IL or not.
A Valuable Board.
The National Board OF Health, created
under an act of Congress at its recent
session to look after the yellow fever
| plague and adopt measures for its pre-
| vention. has sgnalized its ignorance OF
the subject matter it was created to treat
by being profoundly in the dark "a to
| the existence OF yellow fever in Mem
phis until it was advised, with the gen.
eral public, by Associated Press tele-
grams from Memphis. Since its organi-
zaton it has done nothing but quarrel
\ with Secretary Sherman because he re.
| fused to allow it TO build the Gamgee
refrigerator ship, which is believed by
many to be only big job at best; and
worse than this, the material for the
\ Yellow Jack is under its very nose in
| this city. The local health Off
Ger, in report made to-day,
says OF the condition OF the Potomac
flats bordering on the city as follows.
The offensive mass covers an area ol
about fac acres and consists of decayed
vegetable matter, with an intermixture
OF sewage brought back by the tides.
] The early period at which it has begun
TO pour forth the noxious odors is at
| tributable to the long period OF dry
weather from which We have been suf-
iering, causing an unusual low state OF
! water in the river. The material forms
a scum on the river from two 10 six
| inches in depth, the vegetable matter
| being in various stOges OF decomposl-
| ton. This scum is compact enough TO
he removed in large flakes, and its re-
moval into the channel ia, in my opin-
ion, if possible, the best plan for its dis
posal. Disiniectants will have to be
used literally, and at once" Mean
while the Board, in it's anxiety to get its
floatin5 ice.box built, remains idle and
listless, and inxites the suspicion that IT
is body OF nincompoOps and incompe-
tents.
Secret Circular.
To United !Sates Mdrshdis:
The appropriations for deiraying ex'
penses OF courts during the fiscal year
ending June so, 1879, have proved in
adequate and are now exhausted. Ap-
plication was made to Congress before
tho close of the recent session for an adj
ditional appropriation, but without
avail. In consequence ofthe deficiency
your unsettled account, now in tins
Office, cannot be paid at present. 1t /:
confidently expected that the amount
needed for the payment of all accounts