The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-12-20
The Cabinet. j,

The Cabinet officers constitute the
President s official family. They are pre-
sumed to be selected for reasons personal
to the Chief Executive with view to
having accord and unity OF purpose IN
shaping the policy Of the Administrations
They are officers who should be chosen
without the interference Of outsiders
the recommend ation of political com nit
tees, enforced by the pressure and impor-
tunity of party delegations. When the
President has such large acquaintance
with public men aud been associated with
nearly all the leaders of his party in one
way or another, and at one time or an
other, it is about as little as the true
friends of his administration could do,
to leave him to make his choice OF his
constitutional advisers. without unso-
lcited obtrusion. Under all the circum.
stances, it seems to us, Gen. Harrison
ought to be let alone in this respect. But
whether so or rot, he will be very apt to
make selections to suit himself land not to
further the purposes of selfish place-hunt-
ers. The larger the boom that is pro-
jected in his resence to influence his
determil alton in regard to any particular
person, the more intensely disguised will
he become with the person so doomed; for
generally the boom is designed to obscure
the defects of the doomed. Gen. Harri-
son has happy faculty of getting to the
bottom of things in very direct and short
way, and will likely see through all the
parade and pretension of the various
booming delegations who will visit him
to tell him what be ought to do.
Gen. Harrison may be trusted to make
up a safe and acceptable cahinet-one that
will be, especially, agreeable to himself.
This he can do more successfully than the
little squads of boomers who may obtrude
themselves on him in the interest of indi-
viduals can do for him.
Prof. r. N. Pool.
Our South River correspondent "Thom-
as notices the fact that Mr.. Geo. Hall,
a prominent and useful citizen of that dis
trict is in Stanton under treatment for
serious malady. We had call from Mr..
Hall few days ago. He is stopping at
the Mozart" and is under the treatment
of Prof. r. n. Poole, for disease of the
lungs. Mr.. Hall stated to us that when
he was brought here he expected to die.
His physician had informed him that he
could do nothing more for him, and he
came here as last resort, with very little
hope of relief. He was entirely helpless,
and said he could not dress himself could
scarcely walk, had no appetite, and was
the next door to the grave. While in
the office, and after stating his condition
when he arrived here. he got up from his
chair, stepped nimby across the floor,
and threw up his leg as vigorously as if in
perfect health: said he could dress himself
as we'll as ever. had first-ciass appetite;
was gaining flesh. and felt strong and ac~
tive for man Of his age. He takes his
walk every day and moves as actively and
steady as could be expected for any gen
tlhman as old as he is. He stated that he
did not know fog what Prof. Poole was
treating him, but he did know that he
had been greatly benefited and felt that
he was rapidly on the road to restored
health.
There are others whose complaints have
been far more complicated than that of
Mr.. Hall, who have been successfully
treated by Prof. Poole, since he has been
in Augusta county. Cancers have been
taken out; pafalytics restored; Commissions
and wounds relieved, and other cases in
the last stages of disease, brought from
death q door to condition of healthful-
ness. These cases are right here among
our own people, known to our own COM
munity. and not away off somewhere else.
Prof. Poole ia a very remarkable mainland
is doing much to relieve suffering human.
ity by his own discoveries and their appli-
cation.
John B. Trlbbett, has been appointed