Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27
A WHITE House SCENE.
A High Toned virglnlau Attempts 10
Present Two Blooded Pups
to President Cleveland.
DIR. Sunderland Losing His ParIshlon.
ers Because He Refuses 10 Inter.
- .ssede for One o. His Deacons.
cieveiand Decapitatrs the Onicial Heada
OF Democratic aud a Republican ON.
eiai who Make Political spec Ones.
NOT 4 LOVER on puPs,

NVi = isVNhN pf fUPAs
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26--It was after
O'Clock before the president appeared In
the east parlor TO formally receive tho
two or three hundred persons assembled
70 shake hands with him. One elderly
gentleman, said to be virglnlan and Of
nrst family was among the
earliest to arrive, lilo had
With him two very we'll
bred pointer pups, which he said he had
Drought TO prossnt to the president The
old man met with some opposition at the
door In getting his pups passed IN, but he
finally succeeded. On entering the par
lor be seated himself In an caey chair
with a pup on either knee. when the
president entered, the proud vlrgiulan
took his place In line with pup In each
arm. just before reaching the president
the pups began to quarrel and In less
time than 1t takes TO write II genuine
dog light was in progress. The sner In
his excitement dropped the belligerents
TO the door, where they continued their
hostillties, not stopping until they had
rolled over between the presidents feet
The dogs were quietly taken out OF the
room withsthe owner following. After
the reception an effort was made 10
allow him TO make the presentation, but
the doors were barred and the pups were
taken back to Virginia,
CHURCH AND STATE NOT ONE.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 - Some time ago
Deacon Patterson OF DR. Sunderland'a
church, which President Cleveland at
tends, was dismissed from tho suneryis,
Ing architecre oflce. The deacon IL
about seventy years of age and has 4
large family 20 support. There were no
charges against him. He went 10 DR..
Sunderland and asked him to 20 20 the
president and lay his case before him, but
the doctor indignantly refused, He did
not propose to say anything Of y
political nature to the president
even for deacon Of his church
large number Of the congregation next
called upon the doctor ana requested that
he speak to President Cleveland, and use
his influence 10 have the old gentleman
renstattd. The callers were treated with
marked disrespcct, This caused q futter
among the DOCTORS nock, some Of whom.
openly rehelled and used strong language.
"rhe truth OF the matter,n said mem.
Der OF the church, yesterday, els that Dr.
Sunderland Is more afraid OF
losing President Cleveland by steak-
Ing Of political matters 70 him,
than doing a human act by endeayorlng
to help an old man who IN deacon I'm
his own church and who, with his large
family, Ii near starvation. party Of us
went TO the president aud he intlmated
that should DR.. Sunderland support
us in our desire TO have
the old gentleman relnstated, II
would be done. But the doctor stub.
bornly refused, uad a great many Of us
left the church. a large number will do
an hal mn Ia MAN NM
member In twenty VIII support the doctor
IN his cOurse.n
There /, a great deal Of feeling against
DR., Sunderland, and II looks as II II
might result In n general outbreak, II 10
lntimated that Kind OF boycott campaign
Is to be waged upon the doctor by bis
Pensioners,
cLEvKLAND's AXE.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2G--The president
to-day directed the suspension Of M. ~.
Benton, United States attorney for the
Western district OF Missouri, and OF VIM,
A. Stone, United States attorney for the
Western district OF Pennsylyania. The
action In the case Of District Attorney
Benton was based on information that he
is now, and has been for some time past,
engaged in addressing series
OF political meetings throughout
for nearly every evening up TO the time
OF election. The president endorsed the
paper setting forth the above statement
''Let the oflcer be suspended at unce,n
and returned IL 10 the attorney general
for enforcement of the order. The sus-
pension Of District Attorney Stone WAS
made for similar reasons. OF the sus-
pended offlcers Benton Ii Democrat and
Stone a Republican,
PRESIDENTIAL APPoMThnNTa
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2G.---The president
made the following appointing nts to-day.
Abner b. Williams Of Washington, Ark,
70 be = member of the board Of registra-
tion and election Ia the territory Of ulah,
vice james II Pettigrew, deceased.
Fred A Baker OF Keen, N II TO DO
marshal Of the United States for the dis
trict OF New Hampshire.
FULL CABINET 1iEKrwu.
WAsHIN0ToN, Oct &c rbe meeting Of
the cabinet to-day was tho first meeting
at which all the members were present
since Secretary Manning was taken sick
in May last The Canadian lsherleH
question and the cabinet participation In
the Bartholdi statue Inauguration were
discussed
THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY
WAsHINGroN, Oct. 26. THE pres
idept this afternoon appointed Sam
uel Campbell to be collector ~ customs
for the district 81 Detroit Mich, vice
VIM. Livingston, Jr', resigned.
The presidential party 70 yislt New
York 10 assist in the inauguration Of the
Barth0ldi statue VIII consist 81 .even
persons, AZ follows The president, II O.
rttafy 81 stae, secretary u war, secrctt-
~ ~ the navy, secretary ~ the interior,
II. iat fussttlt .ueu. III ADD cha gtfpsfdpaffa