The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-22
EUSTACE EUCHRED.
GIBSON poURs OUT MS WOES.
Hts Grievance Against appointment Clerk
Hasslst, who has No LSVo for HIm-Hs
CritICIEss The PFsaldOnpS Position on
Civil ssrVIOS-WAuhiugt gtOn News.
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Special DiEpGieh 70 he IRtsIliORe:r,
WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. 2l.-In q con
yersation with your correspondent thil
morning, the Fourth District Statesman
Mr.. Eustace Gibson, said;
This fight which is being made upon
me in West Virginia and in Washington
Is all the result Of personal spite on the
part Of those who desire my retirement tc
private life, but am confident that my
constituents will endorse all that have
done. The same element tried to defeat
me at the last election, but failed in the
attempt,
l notice that the newspapers in my
district are beginning to tcatCh on" to the
lnwardness OF my position and are en-
dorsing my course, There Is the Wayne
Advocate, Its editor was personally op.
posed to me last year, | notice It Is now
disposed to treat Inc more Justly, as are
also the Democratic papers in Hunting.
ton, There has been come complaint that
| am doing very little good to my Constit,
lenCy here, and there has been some at
tempt on the part Of the State ring, out
aide OF my district, to tie my hands here
and prevent me from controlling my
patronage in Washington. However,
can show that have secured more rs.
movals and appointments than any oi
them."
TIdHTINo wEsT VIRGINIA REPuBLlcANs,
In answer to question asked him, he
said;
"fesi have been making Aght on
West Virginia Republicans who hold Of
fee here. Ihave advocated replacing them
with Democrats on the principle that to
tho ylctors belong the Spoils.' The Dem.
ocratic party ls in power and ought to
have the Offices. There Ia only one Of the
Government Departments in which can
yet no appointments. That ia the Interior
Department, ard there am hardly treat.
ed with common deCeDcy. |. is all on ac-
count q that fellow Hasslsr, the Appoint.
ment Clerk. lie hates me because ICaused
his brothers. commission to be revoked,
He had secured a place for the latter, who is
one OF the meanest and most contemplate
Republicans Of my district.
NPPRD IN THE bud.
II telegraphed to the Secretary cf the
Interior and nippsd Mr.. Hassler's little
scheme in the bud. Since that John
HHsler has done mo sll tho dirt in his
power, and 30 long as no is appointment
Ulerk OF the Department will be unable
To get anything there. He was opposed
TO mo in the convention last year and
never did me a friendly turn. lie Is a
mean, yindictve fellow, and ought never
TO have been placed in the position he
holds"
suggested TO Mr.. Gibson that his civil
service ideas did not agree with those OF
the President.
"No," said he, "they do not. l have a
great admiration for Mr, Cleveland, how.
ever. | think that, In many respects he
is making an excellent President. be-
lieye he is patriotic, courageous, honest
and sincere, but think he is wrong In
his civil service policy. He has made q
great mistake. BY his course, he has
shown himself not to bs In favor Of party
power, but oi personal power. Ills ad.
tninistrstion is the interest Of Mr.. Oleve.
land and not the Democratic party"
MIR. Gibson's conversation then took a
humorous turn and he related an anecdote
Of an 1rishmap who had unsuccessiully
tried for an office in Washington, and
who said to a friend: "Arrah, Pat, we
Democrats have been fghtin' for twenty
years to get In an at last we're In. II
now whin we're in we are unable 10 get
in, what was the use OF US Hghtin' fur
twenty years to get lnl"