National Republican., 1873-11-18
Tom Hyer and Horace Greeley.

| lbI LOUIE hopuDlChul
| There Is an Anecdote Of the Chicago convcn.
vention and the part Tom Hyer played In II that
is worth crystallislng In print. The struggle he
| tween the Seward, tho Bates and the Lincoln
factions was intense and bitter. The Chicago
Demoerat Long John wcntworths paper, then
bristiing all over with fierce Saxon, was putting
In its hardest hitting for the rail.spllttr Of the
bangamon, and, as matter OF course, no salient
point In the lines Of his adversares was permit
Ted 70 escape assault. After Greeley, on behalf
| OF Bates, had made combination with the Lin
coin men, IL was determined TO attack the Sew
ard men In front and nank-or, u use an expires
sion more IN keeping with the tenor Of this in-
struction, u was arranged TO throw sand In the
% knock Seward out OF time by blow the belt.
20 the morning after the coalition was effected
tne Cnlcago Demseraf came out with scorching
denunclAtion Of the tactics Of tho Seward peO-
pie. and the main objective point Of tho
assault was Tom nyers presence as a
sewsri delegate. The famous pusilist awoke TO
pen Of Greeley had been busy all night making
him the cynoscure OF surrounding eyes. lie
wNa psrnded - !he leader Of the Seward forces,
hitter Of the Seward blows. In short, this intel
lectual giant had made political Titan Of the
physical Meroalss, and he had then, after invest
made him the representative Of seward,sm. 30
then, there 10 no telling 70 what extent the
pssseeoe Of that prise nghter a. that convention
inasmuch a. his heavy weight" which had ii.
ready broken the back 6f Yankee Sullivan in the
rrixe-ring, proved the last straw that fractured
tae spinal column Of Seward a. Presidential
morning he laughed heartily enough at what he,
IN his great big, good-naturod way, thought
good Joke. But tho inteliects Of the Sew ard
party saw In what Tom thought TO be . good
Joke the token Of their disaster. But they de-
termlnod @ have their fun out OF II anyway. 50
they took Tom over 10 the Brigga house after
breakfast 70 Introduce him 70 Nj. Greeley.
When ihe party reached the Driggs, Mr: Greeley
men" was announced, the phllosopher, fondly I'M
AgtninR that they had come TO patch up truce or
make Q bargain that would obviate contest and
allay bitterness, went out TO meet them with his
extended. A gentleman from Chenango county,
New YORK, who WAS one OF the party and who
knew M. areeley very well, graspcd the prof.
i Iered hand o. the great agricuufist, and forth
with dragged him Into the centre OF the group
With, "Mr: Hyer, let me Introduce you TO Mf.
uIecleyj Mr. Greeley, Tom lIyeri" Before the
Astounded Journalist could even bow his 40
knowledgments his own .puny hand was In the
guering Morrissey, and the prize lighting Seward
delegate inquired with an asperity which he mad
been carefully informed to assuinei "Mr Gree
isy, dld you write that abusive article In the
toa se, po;sf ,nn SS this mornins' have been
"Yss-yes, no; well yes, l suppose wrote ono
o. them" ssia Greeley, still taken abacE and
conIassd; s Bat suddenly recovering his wonted
pose DID, what the devil are you going to do |
about III You are all pack OF d-n Tuifians, |
and Won't have any communication with YOU |
Gel G, ont ont Of my apartments instantly, or will
Here the great editors shrlll voice was drowned
10 roar OF laughter a. the nature OF the Joke |
dawned on the bystanders, and the Seward |
broke for the bsr-room TO brace up against the |
utIeat thht stared them In the face,