The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-03
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SIDE WHICH, would PAY YOU THE Mosr.r
"Whoever said that" exclaimed Duncan, ''is =
Here DR.. Keller, who had repeated tho statement
to Custer, looked up and said =
c duncan, you must take that back. am General
Clusters authority"
duncan said In respOnse:--
~ wont take Il back. 1t Is not true"
A., STRUCK DUNCAN TWICE IN TIE FACE,
anu ne lDuncan reached back and caeghs
me- struck out ut Keller and the two exchanged
wnro aOzea blows which injured neither No arms
wsre produced and the spectators rushed In and
n0paaa.cu mem Duncan finding himself In the
possession OF the most OF his faculties and quite
ia sa'e s, from further attack, then proceeded
in this S SdSa sort w9P vay Ss sy
s1adea,y fell upon Col Bon wooley, lawyer OF
full looking man. and a brother OF Charles WP"oley-
OF Cincinnati. He said at once: =
"Duncan you are mountebank amt liar YOu
Then Wooey dared him to prove the contrary.
Duncan sat back, with face nearly IA white as hi,
flannel suit OF clothes but did not retort It Ia The
apprehension Of many people here that there viii
Kentucky people are astonishcd that maa
of Duncan's slmness, morally and mentally
can have attracted strangers TO the city to aid
Grants reelection. The band which arrived TO-
day comes from Shippingsburg, Pa, which IL in the
district or Halderman, who is q sonin-law OF
Simon Cameron No secret OF the fact Is mads
that transportation expenses were furnished tn
these people before they started out. There arc
tune in tho Gait House rccenaon room INT R aer
Duncans fight with DR.. Keller. Judge Barrett Of
New YORK, does not mean to come to the Conyen
ton, and the most eminent man In the concern IL
New York city. Apollo Hall furnishes the mass Of
probably thirty-two or thlrty-three OF these men
who have resources and independence OF character,
but the rest make no secret OF tho fact that
ALL THEIR EXPENSES WE'RE PAID IN ADVANCE;
that they had some quarrel with the Custom House
authorities about the rate OF compensation per
and charitable estimate OF the amount OF honesty
in the delegates who have thus far arrived would
those who have come expect to go over TO New Al
bany to hear Oliver T Morton address repabll.
put up the money that organized this show, one OK
the most shameless persons replied that thomas
Murphy. Zach Chandler. 0. p. Morton and simon
country that Kentucky has no sympathy with
this concern, an enormous meeting is to
The Peace :. Jubilee i;, YIN take AXE. place u
environs Of the city, where some hundreds Of
thousands OF dollars have been expended In drain
ing and bridging On the highest point of this park
large structure Is to be enclosed and rOofed and
Kentucky will endeavor to announce to the country
that 1t has as much interest in peace and tran.
Charley Wooley, brother of Bob woolcy, who de-
fed Duncan to-day Is said TO be working for Hen
dricks defeat His motive is Hendricks Opposition
Charge cha ", Of Judge Hading. The ticket will
probably be O'ConOr and j. O. Adams, or Adams
and Hancock Signs OF trouble appear In the Con.
vention. It is said that Proctor Knott Flournoy.
of North Carolina and Others mean to oppose
nomination OF any person, and to adjourn under
cover OF resolutions.
1t now looks as il the Convention wOuu be COM
posed OF four or five hundred delegates. The dele
gates best known are Senator Bayard, OF Della
ware; Judge Woodward, of Pennsylvania; Hon.
]. Proctor Knott, Of Kentucky; Chauncey Q. Burr.
Of New Jersey; Hon. William M. Cory, Of Ohio.
Nearly all the states will be represented. There
Is, however, an absence OF prominent men from
the South.
A good deal of excitement was created this even
Ing among the friends Of this movement by the re.
ported discovery OF a scheme to
FORCE THE NOMINATION OF GREELEY
by taking possession OF the Convention or through
q JudiciOus application OF force, creating such
confusion as to prevent the nomination Of
OConOr. 1t Is alleged that o large number
OF Greeley men Will endeavor to get into the Con-
ventlon, 20 as to be present from States not for
mally organized, and attempt to force tho COnven-
tOh altogether, or II possible press Greeley on tho
Convention, In which effort aid il to be received
from well packed lobby. IT. through the vigilance
OF the Committee on Credentials, this plan fails,
then the Convention Is
TO BE BROKEN UP IN A ROW
and the movement In effect destroyed There IL no
doubt but some such scheme has been Canvassed,
but whether any have seriously thought to attempt
to put 1t into force Is not known. How
ever, great excitement and indignation
prevail at the headquarters OF the dem
Ocrats over the discovery OF the scheme
Ofthe Greeley men to take possession. They have
determined to resist and make straight nOmina-
ton. There Is a large number OF Greeley 1iberala
Chairman.
The Convention will meet at one O'Clock. 81