Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-01
Has Version of the "Dificulty' Nth Gen.

HIS Version of the "Dificulty" With Gen.
Rosser.
New ORLEANS, June 25.-The scandal con-
corning Congressman Acklen and his diff
ficulty with Gen. Rosser has beed exploded
in the main part. and there is little possibi,-
ity of duel. After much telegraphing to
find out his whereabouts, Major Acklen OBJ
tanned this telegram from Gen. Rosser last
night: minneapolis, Mimi, 11:1O P. H.,
Jnne "a. Hon. j. II. Acklen, New Orleans:
have made no statement to newspapers
concerning you; have not seen the National
hepu6tlcnn nor extracts from it, and am not
responsible for what it has published, which
surely must be false. T. L. Rosser.'' Acklen
called at the Democrat office late last night,
and made the following statement of the
scandal:
''Ihe story that Gen. Rosser assaulted me
in Welckers restaurant because of an offered
indignity to lady is UNANIMOUSLY false. I
cannot believe it ever elnanated from hir.
left Washington on Thursday evening.
June 20. The SANDER was published in the
Ecealng Star on the DIST, and did not come
to my knowledge until the night of the 2Sd.
Being unaware of Gen. Rosser's whereabouts
telegraphed to various points to secure his
refutation of this assault, while at the same
time al explicit denial of it was made by
competent parties in Washington. No
efforts will De spared to set this matter right
if necessary. For this purpose I Will I'M
mediately return to Washington
"Rosser's telegram of denial was received
near midnight. Acklen started for WASH
ington this evening to seek to discover the
origin and authors of the scandal In the
event of success he proposes to make it warm
for his slanderers. The foundation for the
SANDER is supposed to have been the follow
ing incident:
The night before that of the reported as
sault three different parties occupied al
jacent rooms in Welcker's restaurant. Ros-
ser with a lady the first, Acklen and COM
panion the second. and party of convivial
congressman the third. The exclusively
Congressional party was exhilerated and
noisy to such an extent, in fact, as to annoy
Gen. Rosser, who, arising to find ont where
the noise was, passed the door of Acklen's
apartment, which was partially open. Ros-
| ser. bowling to Acklen, asked him whether he
knew where the noise was made. Acklen in
| formed him. Then Rosser returned to his
companion, and shortly afterward went away,
Acklen soon following. Gen. Rosser passed
him at the foot of the steps, and there the
ordinary civil salutations of parting were ex-
changed.
Acklen's friends consider the story aspub-
Iished base SANDER to injure his political
ssp!rations-one manufactured by certain
persons intimately connected with the in
| terror department OF the administration,
whose hostility he has incurred, or as
amanatinS from the Republican campaign
headquarters to injure his reputation in q
doubtful Congressional district. AS Ack en-
aas determined to probe the story to the
bottom, duel is not improbable. He is
one of the most expert shots and skilled
swordsmen in the country. Duck hunting
in season is a favorite pastime with him
The peculiar feature Of his sport is that, in
following it, he uses the revolver exclusively
md is uniformly successful. His marvellous
skill with the pistol was displayed in pigeon
match in Tennessee in 1870, where, after
winning the match, on wager, he killed
with pistol two successive pigeons sprune
from the traps at an eighteen-yard rise. Tx
easily vanquished Bogardus here in 1876.