The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-03-16
Posts Regular Correspondcnt.)
WASHINGTON, March l3, 1893.

ALREADY Won Two consecutive i@iiS IA Ito
great, hut unequal, catch-as-catch-can
wrestling match with the Office seeking
element Of his party, and unless his wind
or backbone should suddenly fail him his
! final victory is certain. The first fall was
one before the office seekers got good
grin, by the announcement that no sue
cessors to officials holding four year COM
missions would be appointed before those
commissions expired, and the second,
which was back-breaker, by the an
nouncencnt that none Of those who held
Office during the last Cleveland admin
istrasion would he reappointed. Both OF
these strokes made the President few
personal enemies who, while prevented by
their own loud praise of Mr.. Cleveland in
the near past from making an open attack
upon him, will take pleasure in ripping
him up the back OH the sly when the OPP
portunity occurs. But they also gained
him many friends, as boldness and cour-
age always do for any man, whether he he
president or private citizen.
The Democratic editors who charged
Mr.. Harrison with substituting the press
by appointing editors to office have had
their arguments turned against them
selves by President Cleveland, and given
as u reason for not appointing Democratic
editors to Office Mr. Cleveland also took
occasion to say that lie was not pleased
with the idea prevalent among editors or
small papers, that the Office of postmaster
in their town belonged to them. II this
thing keeps up good many men will soon
lie asking themselves, "Whcre am att
While President Cleveland has been
having everything his own way Mt the
White House things have been exactly
reversed at the Capitol, where the Scna-
tors Of his party have been engaged IN
arranc ing tic slate for the reorganization
of the Senate committees, in accordance
with The change of majority in that body.
The one committee in which Dir. Cleve-
land was more deeply interested than all
others was that OH finance, which Will
have 10 deal with all Of the financial and
tariff bills that may reach the Senate OF
the Ffty-third Congress. The senior
Democratic member Of that committee Ill
The last Congress was Senator voorhees,
and according to Senatorial precedent he
was entitled to the craftsmanship OF the
committee in the present Congress; but
his financial views being directly and APP
parently unaltcrably opposed to those OF
President Cleveland program was ar
ranged by the Presidents friends, and
approved by him, to prevent Mr. Forheea
becoming chairman of the committee, and
also to so arrange the membership of the
committee that the silver men would he
in majority. This programme was COM
pletely ignored, and not only was Dir.
Voorhees, made chairman Of the committee,
but q majority of its members are pro-
nourccd silver men. This assignment
which was made Ivy the caucus committee
has vet to be ratified by the Democratic
Senatorial caucus, but of that there is no
doubt. So it may be put down as certain
that Mr.. Cleveland will not be able to
dictate financial legislation to the Fifty
third Congress.
Secretary Herbert says: 81 do not be-
lieyc in dismissing a workingman from
tire public service simply on the ground
of his politics. He also says that he will
continue in force the Civil Service Rules
for Navy Yard employees, which created
such commotion when issued by Secrc-
tary Tracy in the first year of the Harri-
son administration. Verify, the expected
spoils of the spolsmcn are rapidly van
ishing.
It is not believed here that President
Cleveland withdrew the treaty for the an
nexation of Hawaii from the Senate be-
cause he was opposed to annexation. The
idea seems to he that he did not like the
Indebtedness Of several clauses in the
treaty. and that he has already directed
Secretary Gresham to negotiate new
one. a good many believe, however, that
This will not lie done until q commission
shall lave visited Hawaii and obtain
certain desired information rs to the
wishes Of the native Hawaiiens etc. This
commission could go and return before
thc present extra session adjourns, If, as
now thought, the Senate shall remain in
session until about the last of April.
The present administration is just as
much opposed apparently to new issue
Of bonds as was the last one, although the
solicitor general has given an opinion
that The use Of gold reserve to redeem
Treasury notes would he legal, it will do
neither, except as last resort to prevent
gold going to premium. Just at present
there is cessation iii the demand for
gold. and the free gold-that is, gold in
the Treasury over and above the $780,
400 eco, reserve fund, is steadily increas-
ing, and not few people believe that the
furry is over for the present, but that it
will be renewed by the same influences
when Congress gets together again, and for
the same purpose-the repeal Of the pur-
L.,;,x oIo,ca IF t;,e Sherman Silver law