The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-05
INJUSTICE TO MARK TWAIN.
THE REPUBLTCIN MANAGERS BOLD-
IL STEALING ms IDEAS.
A sketch that supplied the plan for the Per-
sonai Warfare thar has been Wnsed
Against Mr.. TiIdcn In the Pending Canvass.

A sketch that supplied the Plan for the Per-
sonaI Warfare thar hns been wnaed
Against Mr.. Tiidcn In the Pending Canvass.
F,om Sketches bv marx Team.
few months ago | was nominated for
Governor OF the great ST tie Of New York, to
run eaiust stewart l.. Woodford and Jonn T.
Holman, on an Independent ticket. sOme-
how felt that had one prominent advantage
over these gentlemen, and that was. good char
acter. IL was easy to by the newspapers,
that IL ever they had known what II was To bear
a good name, that time had gone by II was
plain that In these latter years thev had become
familiar with all manner OF shameful crimes.
hut at the VERY moment that was exciting my
advantage and Joying in IL In secret. there was 2
muddy underc aren't of DISCOMFORT "riling"
the deeps OF my happiness-nnd that was tho
having to hear INV name banded about In fami-
lar connection with those OF sucn people. J
grew more and more disturbed. Finally wrote
my 81 ndmother about T. Her answer came
quick and sharp. She said .
You have never done one single thing IN all
your life to be ashamed oi-not one. LOOK at
the newspapers look at them and comprehend
what sort OF characters Woodford and Hoffman
are and then see II you are willinI to lower YOUR
sell u their level and enter public canvass
1t was my very tboushti I did not sleep a sin.
Gle moment that night. But after ali, could
not recede. was fully committed anl must ga
on with the tight. As was looking ilstlessly
over the papers at breakfast, came across tina
nay puib ool 4 heNoN was ru
confpunded befOre
oots 6s HoT ,na e, ". Mark rgsn
escend to expiiiu how he came to be nv,cted Of
perjury oy thlry.iour wltnessesin Wlkawak Cochin
poor native Nidow and ner help - family OF meagrs
reavenehi sna their association Mr IVAN owe. itts
b e ~ e wen nj 9 grsi pISpI NV sao o nase'
thought I should hurst with amazrmentN
Such cruel. he rtless ch rge-I never had seen
Cochin Chinal never mad heard Of Wakawakl
a 4 - 4
did not know what tn do. was crazed and
helpless. ! let tne day slip away without doing
anything at all. Tue next morning the same "a.
per had this-nothing more;
siGNIFIcANT. Twain. It will be Observed Il sug
ges.ivey siient ABOUT the Cochin China perjury.
lMem.-Durlns the rest Of the campaisn thi,
than as "the infamous perIurer Twain."1
Next came the Gazette with this:
WANTED TO RNow. Ni1 the new c ,ndidate for Gov
ernor degn 20 sxplan to certain Of his fellow citizens
arr Of S s ,Sfu e M p Sny e scS@
usoles from lime TO time until AZ last, these ning
in his (newsp pers he rolled his traps nj tnei
felt compelled to give MN friendly admontion ~
him Oh rail-. aud then advised hin - leave a perna
nent vacuum Ia The place he usually occupied IN the
Could ANYTHING he mora deliberately malt
cious than thatS For never WAS in Montana
[After hls, this journal customarily spoke OF
me as " Twain. the " 'ntana lhief"I
got to picking ~ papers apprehensively-
much as one would lit desired blanket which
he had some ide might h We a rattlosnaks
under II. One day this met my eve:
o'fmnag n ESQ. Of ne Five ? ,nt'. ID Mr HI
tSGshed that Mr Marx Tsain, Vie stStsm'nt hal
Jchn wa Si Y G
brutal aud gratuitous he, without single shadow Of
tuous men to see such shameful means re-
ens Of the dsa IN .e raves aad dens e se
honored names with smnd'r. When we thins
the innocent relatives friends Of tne deceased
we are almost drive g ince n outraged and lrsulted
traducer. But no let Us eave MIN 10 the agO.y Of
the better Of the public, IN its blind iury they
should do the traducyr ood injury Is out 100 oeyt
perpetrators Of tie deed.
The ingenious closing sentence nd the effect
OF owing me out Of bed wi despatch thai
night and out at the back door also. while this
"outraRed and insulfed OIL Ilic" surged In the
front way. breaking furniture and windows IN
their righteous Indignation $ they came, and
taking on such property as they could carry
when they went. And yet can lay my hand
upon tue Book AMI saw that never slandercd
Gov. Hofnan's 9randf sther. MOre-l never
even heard OF MIN OF mentioned him up TO that
II will state. In passing, that the journal above
quoted from always referre - me afterward ~
The next newsp iper article that attracted my
attention was the following:
a SWEET G.SnIpArEmNars Twain. VINO was to
Inc Inc epend MS las nyit, oidi'l come TO tmc' 4
knocked down ny .rI1tG y tea Ani hi. leg Sroken
~ iso PAGES .sah rsr hing IN sreat agony ami g
sore Aud tne Independents ire hard 10 swallow
know what a. t,eiea reason OF the ABSENCE OF the
a6 I'D aes crea'arc Snom tGey dsnomiaste u
Mr ans hOte last niSnt ia OeIsy state u ntoxL
to pr that ihiq Dsitcd brute was aot Marx Twain
hlniscf We h,ve them at lac rns Is acase that adj
Ia tsSad der e: WAC was TIA mn H' ''''"
Itw IS incredible, aos )lutey incredible, for
moment. tntt IL was rsdiiy nv name that was
coupled with tins di,gr ,ceful suspicion Threei
long years had passed over my head since
| mad tasted ale, beer, vice, or liquor OF any
kind.
III shows what effect the times were having
on me when say IN 1t saw myself confidently
dLOOr " Mr. Deliriun rremens Twain" m the
next Is ,ue of,htt ,urna witnnIt pang-not-
witnstanding | knew tht with monotonous
niehty the paper would 20 on callihg NE 40 TO
By tnl- time ANONYMOUS letters were getting
20 he n important part OF my mAll matter. lhh
form was common;
How about that Old wo nan you kiAed Of your nrcn.
sers wnlch WAS Oesn., - Pol iES.'
And this:
knowens to an D1dg out ne ~ letter rot out a few
HANDY Andy"
This ia about the tde,. could continue then
till the re der was surfeited, IL desirable.
convicted me Of wholesale bribery. and tn,
leading ID IN Der tho per " nailed an aggrI
waited case 81 9lacNm'i'lug to NE.
Tia TINS way acquired wa additional names
the Loalhsome Enbiacer."
by rms lime tuere had grown to he such
| clamOr Tor an "an-wer" to all the dreadhI
charges tnat were laid tn me, that epe editor
| am leaders If my patty SAID IL would be pOllt,
| teal rum for me to rem IN silent any longer. Al
! n to make their appeal the more imperative thf
folluwing appeared IN one vi the papers the verI
! next day;
lrnoLD THE MAN The Independent candidate eth
mAint ns snence. because ne dtrc not speak. Eycrl
inty nave peen endorsed ro-eniorsed 10y li- owl
eoquent siiehcu an tni' dhS ne STAMPS forever cun
] IA @.