The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct IO.-The Presi-
Dental train left Washington this morn
ing for the Omaha exposition, but the
President was not aboard of it, The
President and Mrs. Mckinley left Satur-
day hight for Canton to attend the funeral
of Mrs. McKiney's brother, who was
killed. After the funeral, the President
will join the Washington party, consisting
Of members Of the Cabinet, other officials,
and ladies of their families, and proceed
to Omaha, in accordance with the publish.
ed programme, but when she left Wash
ington, Mrs. Mckinley expressed her in
tention of remaining at Canton.
Secretary Alger has gone to Omaha,
and he left Washington in an excellent
humor. Whatever may have been his ex-
pectations of the evidence that would he
given before the Commission that is in
vestigating the war, he could not have
expected anything more complimentary
on the whole TO the War Department than
the Witnesses thus far examined have said.
There isn't the slightest doubt that the
general public has been greatly surprised
by the evidence. 1t was expected that
some mismanagement would be shown by
he testimony of almost every witness, but :
such has not been the case, and the
have included men, who certain 2
should have known of the existence of
nything that was very bad-such men as q
'ens. Lee, Wheeler, Boynton and Greene, a
he last of whom said he thought that the b
My trouble was caused by the army .
equations, which had been adopted in \
me of peace, not being adapted to the o.
xigencies of war. o.
The difficulties in the way of securing 81
ny mutual satisfactory tariff arrangement =,
-recIprocity-between the U. S. and
anada, have been strikingly brought TO
Ie front, while the joint commission,
hich has been sitting In Canada, and n
hIch after short recess, will reasonable
Washington, Nov. / has been dealing
tn the subject. First it was The lumber or
Ell who were alarmed at the favors that in
IRE being asked of the Commission nv all
NADIA, and now it is the coal men who no
We become frightened and called upon :
cir Congressional friends to save them of
I'M Canadian free coal. Chairman brt
nSlev, and Representative Grosvenor. of ST,
10, who represents a coal mining dis Kel
'ct' have had their heads together, de- VIII
ing means TO impress upon the minds law
The u ). Commissioners that Canadian ciat
i must not be admitted free, no matter the
at is offered as an Offset. 1t is lust as ofic
| to bear in mind that the work of the nee
1t Commission will not bind this az I
ntry until it has been approved by the NOT
sident and ratified by two-thirds vote for
he. Senate. ~,
BIshopville" is the name that has been poul
IN to Washington since the assembling char
he triennial general Convention of the men
;. Church in America, last week. be- m
&c OF the large number of Bishops in dolIa
ndance upon the Convention. TIL
nat truth is stranger than fiction" Cd q,
be, but politics is stranger than fair
er. The talk of some politicians held
nd Washington about the present TIL
'aign in New York, is the latest proof jam
his assertion. For instance, il is a gre
'o"e republicans that there imprC
arge element in their party who desire the n
ROOSEVELT to be defeated for Governor. Tn,
Use, if he wins, he might be trouble the in
candidate for the Presidential nomi- the o,
IN l9oo, and 1t is equally as strongly intere
D'"o0i"'s mat lhelr party in ment
outh and West want Roosevelt To Tho
because, if Van Wyck wins, the New in M
'o" " tue next democratic cation
nal Convention would suppose them. WI
to have prestige enough to keen the The
issue out of the platform, just as it in 20,
'P' o'. u the new York State supper
RIM, aud to insist upon the nomipa. -