National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-18
REDDY ELCH AGAIN.
A PROTEST FROM THE wOMAN's CLUB.

A PROTEST FROM THE wOMAN's CLUB.
IL IL Not Responsible for Ready or Any
Other Man-what the City Reporters
Do-Reddy's Love for whisky, Dunk-
Notes aud Newspaper Notoriety-The
story OF Ills Marriase-A Description
of Ills Den-The Consequence OF the |
aIarrinEe-RcddyI IL Not the wIcLede.t
Man In washiugton--Innue Of Ills
Companions.
wAsHISaros, d. c August Is, is7a
rohs Editorof he National R,psbteaa!
SIR In this mornings edition OF your enter
prising paper appeared an article headed Freddy
welchs Den Sad Results NJ the Kindly Onices Of
Reformersl His Wife Wreck ~ &C., &c, which
would have been quite as sensational II It had
been somewhat more historical. II Is thought by
two or three Of our city reporters to render
stories Of family brolls and saloon riots a
trine more Interesting to make the womans
Club appear on the scene at Q critical moment,
as the inspiring genius Of the occasion; and the
public have become 30 used to this fabulous
reportorial style OF serving up that It has come
to be generally understood, when We are men
toned In such story, that It Ia because we were
not there, and know no more OF the parties than
n they had sinned and suffered and died In Her.
cuianeum and Pompeil. But we do know Reddy
WEIGH and his wife, and It Ia due to them and TO
you that the article In question should he revised
and corrected.
The truth Is that, with the shrinking deiIcacy
and sensitlveness peculiar to gentlemen Of the
press, your reporter has not done your fraternity
justice In giving Reddys career. lie Ia your
eanvsrt aush he In aifnaat ralv.-nat
result" OF any "kindly offiees Of refomer," Y.
NJ. c. AS, woman's Clubs or temperance 90
cieties.
Why did he seek "John Allen notoriety'"
Only that you might deliberately describe him Is
q character" Why has he "so extended q repu-
tation" that his place IN looked into BY gentle
men doing the town" Because your "retro-
spective" descriptions Of his career have made
him celebrity. Every one who knows Reddy
IL aware that, next TO whisky and rolls OF bank
notes, he loves newspaper article with himself
rs hero, and that he regards the newspapers as
his best friends for repeatedly advertising him
and his place Of business without charge. II II
Ia your purpose to reform him and beuent the
community the "result- Ia before you. We Yield
you the palm In this "morai crusade" our ac-
qualntance with him was but an episode In his
history. You are the life Of It.
Now to the trinins corrections: The womans
Club did not sphinx Reddy would be q good
card" did not make an attack upon him;" did
not shave his picture hung In their parlor;" did
not "asslst him In procuring the lease Of the
building on Thirteenth street" He did not
promise ITO keep It In a respectable manner"
nor In any manner whatever.
This Is what did occur Early In December,
1871, a delicate little woman, In failing health,
came to me with an evidently sincere desire to
do what seemed to her right, and stated that she
for three years; thst whatever he might be she
| loved him and eould mt make mn her mind IN
leave him ia Ind nromised 10 marry nsr ~,
the president OF the Womans Club would come
down and talk with him about It, and witness
the ceremouy.r mad never seen the man. INIT
| .ss 80. o.. syn s"' mA., .ua
'nouRh tne papers caheu MN the wickedest
man In Washington" and he was generally be-
ileved to have committed inang fearful crimes,
nousu' , uuss 70 ' ',.a soou IN nm s,nce
suon eenuer-hearteu niue woman couid love
MIN so well As 10 share that den with him with
IL IA time many women ,ove mon necs,,s ,,.v
-, -. .a,,,s,,o,s ~, ,,,.' nv,
, %us' lo.e soineoooy anu, aespa,rns OF wnai
they would, sip tue nearest drAughf," though II
be deadlIest poison. But hoped for the besf,
and waa ouIte willing IN 90 once nj ha, MAJ A.
inc wnors sncn = ,s.s uon,. = s,n,, al, n,as,
ing, Where such WEAK WOMAN coulu uWeil nlRnt
and day for long terrible years. II he kept his
word IL would satlsfy her conscience. make her
bappy. at least for awhile and ncrha IA be ronId
respect his wife enonph 10 tate nor away from
M Am ana a. no, a. e.. ~ a. - pia
people whose highest conception Of q motive
for human kindness Ia that the recipient "would
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