The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-12-21

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| CLEVELAND
IsNitl Not Favor His Opponents. Says
a Democratic Congressman.
Ee Was Given to Understand That II He
/ 81 Himself. by Voting. to BE Friendly
| Toward the Administration.
WAsHrSeToN, Dec. 1s.-Storics re-
garding the determination Of President
Cieveland.to subordinate everybody in
all issues, unless they agree with his
ideas, multiply. The latest has for its
author prominent democratic con-
gresham, who went to the white house
to look into certain post Office appoint
ments.
''After patiently waiting for a NUM-
Der Of congressman, who preceded me
to make their wants known. it did not
take long for me to discover" said he
sunday, while relating his experience,
that the president was ina mood to
descend to the pettiest tricks which
one might expect to fud in the make
upof the poorest politician. After ques-
tioning me pretty closely as to the avail
ability and capacity of my candidate,
he wandered off on dissertation on the
tariff and Hawaiian questions. Then he
sounded his views on both subjects, and
gave me to understand pretty clearly
that if I expected any favor at his
hands, must prove nyselfto be friend
ly toward the administration in my
voting. This was revelation to me,
for l expected better treatment and
hoped that stories circulated concern
ing the presidents methods were ex-
aggerated. My experience taught me
a lesson, and it will be long time be-
fore subject myself to repetition Of
the treatment accorded me at the white
house"
Another story in which Senator
Palmer appears as the luclllcss man
appears here. The senator from Hi
nois went to the white house and in
formed the president that be wanted
John Donnelly appointed marshal not
later than Wednesday, so that he could
depart for Chicago to help elect Hop
kins, the democratic candidate Tor
mayor. Wednesday came, but no nom
nation.
Senator Palmer receives little SYM
pathy from his colleagues in the sem
ate, who say he ought to have followed
Voorhees, example and got his patron
age before he became al ailministra-
ton senator. The answ.y which tho
president is said to have made cot long
ago, when asked how lie came to ap-
point young Eekel> controller OF the
currency, ooh, heard Senator Palmer
wasn't going to let me do it, so I
thought I'd Sec" is recalled by those
who heard of his late rebuff,
PlTTSRUSGE'S POOR.
Andrew Carnegie Has a Scheme for E:is-
ing 100000 ior Tncm.
PITTsHUEGu, Pa, Dec. 13.-When the
police and frcmen of Pittsburgh Start
ed out Tuesday to take !. complete cen
sus Of the unemployed ard destitute it
was confidently expected that they
would finish in two days They have
been at it constantly since, yet the
work has not been finished, The
names of $3.50 families have been
turned in to Director Brown, Of the de-
partment of public safety, who has
charge of the census Nh. Brown said
that the complete returns will show
$500 families who arc actually in want
In nine out.ofsten cases the families are
large, and fair average to each would
be six persons. This would make :l,
600 people to lie assisted by the relief
committee.
These figures may seem G little high,
but Director Brown says they are
right The officers We're provided with
blanks in which they entered the
name, residence, NUN Der of people in
each family, how long the wagc-sarn-
ers have been out Of work and whether
any Of the family is i'll. Cve: half the
blanks turned il tell pathetic stories of
sickness. IA but few cases were ply
sicians in attendance, the great MA jor-
ity suffering for medicine and nourish-
ment. There are also number Of
cases Of births in which there were no
physicians in attendance, the people
being too poor to call one,
Andrew Carnegie has intimated that
he will raise 100000 for tire benefit Of
the poor. he has scheme for the
city to furnish employment for all the
able-boaied men, and pledges himself
to raise this sum to pay them. The
workwill be on public improvement,
such as grading the Schenly park, in
which Mr.. Carnegie is building c ST.
coo, COO library. ANA street labor AS
the city appropriations have been ex-
hausted and no work eau be done until
next years appropriations ,arc made
the money will be lent to the city. Mr.
Carnegie has Unlimited that he does
not care whether the loan is repaid or
not so long as work is furnished to
those who want it.
His MOTHER