The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-23

buO WeASto-bdeh6ls L uO buhb Win All SUCH
letters, and il didn't you would be as poor
as a church mouse before this sdministra-
ton is over. They come here on all sorts of
pretense, asking for thousands OF dollars,
and II they were answered or considered,
all your time would BE- taken up with
them !"
Mr.. Wynue then explained TO the lady
how these letters came in, and she left the
office seeing that it was impossible for Sec
rotary Foster to attend Co them, but asking
| Mr.. Wynne to hereafter make an exception
In her case This he promised to do. A
vast number Of letters are received by Sec
rotary Foster in regard to green goods cir
culars, and the men who write these always
! say they are willing to help the secretary
ferret out the offenders for consideration.
There is a little toy now sold which, through
a trick, enables one TO apparently make
good greenbacks out of white paper. IL is
done with genuine hills, however, and is
only clever sleight- of-hand trick, and say
ing that the little clothes ringer like ma
chine would make any kind of bills from 81
up TO $50, that the machine would be a very
bad thing for the government, and that he
would expose the man If he were paid for it.
| The private secretariesa are expected to keep
beggars aud crauks away from their chiefs,
and it will be surprising to many to know
that beggars come right up TO the offices OF
the cabinet ministers and try to get anthem
|
all sorts of clothes, and it is hard to detect
the crank or the msndicant from business
man. One called at the treasury depart
| ment and said he wanted to see Secretary
Foster, whom he knew very well. Mr..
| Wynne received him in the ante~room. The
man wore clothes Of O preachers cut, and he
had white cross on the lapel of his coat.
be said he was a minister, that he had
known Mr.. Foster IN Ohio, and that he
merely wanted to pay his respects to him.
he protested that he did not want any office
or any money, but to merely shake hands
with his old friend. the secretary. Mr..
Wynne concluded to admit him. He was
admitted. Secretary Foster did not Femem-
Der him, but he talked in most familiar
way, and finally struck the secretary for
SO. AS MIR. Foster took this out Of his
pocket and gave it to the man he looked up
at Wynue. as if to ask how the man got u
there, and Wynne stepped up to him and
said - o.
Didn't you say that you did not want
either money or an office, and you would
not ask Secretary Foster for anything If /
let you inr
The man said: YES, did, but changed
my mind about the money after got it,
and forgot what l told you"
THAT seems rather thin" said Wynue, as
he let the man out land L can assure you,
you won't get In again"
| 4ue OSltldaL6T GSDbEhA perhaps receives
more begging letters than any other cabinet
minister. He is known to have an enor-
| nous income, and the vast sums which he
has spent on Sunday schools aud other
charities have made him the target of all
the professional and other beggars of the
United States He gets thousands Of letters
every year Of this kind, aud churches of
every denomination, Sunday schools and
lecture rooms send appeals to him every
day for aid. He gets hundreds of letters
| from cranky business men asking for a lit
tie capital to start them on the roadR to
| fortune, aud his letters for charity come
| from almost every country Of the world.
One lies before me from Germany. 1t is
not translated, but there is a brief con-
nected with it, and this brief states that
| "Gottlieb Hess Of MeiniugeD, Ger
many, states that he is in the habit Of keep
ing daily family prayers, and that he can
| play the piano. He thinks these family
prayers might be much more impressive If
the singing could be accompanied by a
piano, but he is too poor % buy one, and
asks Mr.. Wanamaker to send him check
for enough money to get one"
These letters are, of course, never pre-
sented to the Postmaster General and it is
those Of real merit that ever meet his eve.
1t is impossible to investigate the cases, and
did the letters present genuine want the
fortune OF Jay Gould would be too small TO
Der of them to-day in a pile which repre-
sented the pickings of those received during
the last week or 30, and give few by way
Of illustration. Here is one from the south:
| Mr.. WdnGmdker: l am a poor colored boy
not having any chance TO school, never seen the
| inside of college, not able to get books. | ask
you, the great head OF the Philadelphia Sunday
| school, in the name Of the Lord, please send me
the book called the American Cyclopeiia, CON
tanning 2, 796 pages take all idle time trying
IN aqd mud uTTTf a a nd
and good man. Our postoffice box is 1874.
ours truly, ------.
Here is letter from Omaha, written ev-
identity by Swede which asks Mr.. Wanna
maker for "S5. 81 or 81, or so cents or %
cents, and closes with: ny GU are rich and
l am poor. II you send me some l will be
very thankful.
Some Of these begging letters quote Latin
and not few quote the scriptures. They
offer to sell Bibles and paintings and every
thing under the sun to Mr.. Wa amaker,
and the appeals for aid are based on all
sorts OF grounds, from prospective marriage
| to possible acknowledgements suits.
Some OF the letters state that the writers
will vote for WauamaKer as President if
he comes out. Here is one
SIR am on the war path again, begin is
| better than steeling htink where there is so
much weth and grandure among the citizens
of washington the president and congressman
]
| cold out by the sheriff for $50 interest. | work
| hard every day as my Anurvest hands show it
drink no strong drink and make the best OF
everything, | Can'tf&eep the wolf froat The
| door. Could you speak word anon SSthe
| welthy and help mesa little this spring LII may
| be like bread castrupon the wRters when YOU
| come out for president, If not hope to meet
| you in tue kingdom.
| Requests for loans come from every-
where, and they range in size from $40 up
to thousands Of dollars. A Wisconsin man
wants $500 to take the mortgage off his
farm, an Ohio woman wants ei00 which
she will pay as soon as she can. A Ken
| lucky mother has q boy In some sort of
! trouble with girl and needs money 10 get
out Of it, and there are preachers and bus
mess men from everywhere. Here is a
letter from Oregon from woman who
wants $780, which she will pay in three
years, and here is another from one Of
the Northwestern states asking for s.. 900
! to lift mortgage from a farm. Many Of
7 these letters state That the Lord loveth a
cheerful giver." They are full OF ''God
bless yous." and Of pious cant, and Il great
number OF them are from professionals who
are evidently working the world for all it
| is worth, and this is one of their methods. I
would say TO them, however, that it Is
purely waste of postage. and that such
letters never meet the eyes Of the men they
are intended for.