National Republican., 1878-09-07
ApRosprcTIyr .pooLE."

the moon cut in Kentucky. Our HENRI
WATrERsoN, the peaceful Bo-peep of the
100000 unarmed lambs of lS7G-'57, is in
danger of n foot-race or CORY doole. Some
of the friends-rclatives it is allegcd-of
the Hon. MILTON J. DURHAM, Democratic
candidate for denomination and reelection
TO the House, have charged that HENRI
fresh from his brow-bcating contest with
ABE HEWITT, has himself been brOw-bcatcn
into n support of DuRHlM's candidacy by
threatened exposure OF his alleged personal
and selfish connection with the Texas Pa
ciic Railroad. The whole story is worth
repeating. 1t begins with statement pub
lished in the Richmond Ky correspond
encc Of the CoUria-Jourdal, which reads as
! follow:
PERSONAL IssuE.
| Right here l must make public a matter
| that should not have noticed had not lIr.
! DUEHNNs family and friends surroptitiOusly
] injected II as a vailed issue into the campai gn.
ON the train Saturday evening were Judge
DURHAM Colonel Fox, Colonel Ton WAITER
SON uncle of the editor of the Courier, ,IDHTnGl,
and Colonel GEORGE ALFOED, u prominent
| Lincoln County stock trader aud an active
partisan Of Mr.. DuRHAMs. That night, in a
casual conversation in the Office Of the Garnett
House, Colonel AFFORD said lin substanceJ to
Colonel WATTERsON, in the presence of your
correspondent aud several other gentlemen:
Judge DURHAM hushed NJ that editor kins-
man of yours very summarily."
Colonel W.-"well, how did he do it? by
going to his residence and asking a suspension
Of criticism as q personal favor and the better
party pOliCyy
4 " L.. 4. 4 Il. L., Al, .Na..
ing 10 expose him-by threatening to publish
letters in his possession showing that the
Courier r-JOurHdi advocates the passage Of the
Texas and Pacific bill for selfish considerations
and from that day the attacks upon DURHAM
ceased.
Colonel w.-Vcry well, sir; l shall comnu.
nicate this matter to the Courier -JOnr,tIl aud
want TO know your authority for making
such statements. Is Judge DURHAM responsi
bic for themr
Colonel Alt doesn't matter who is rcspon
siblc they are true.
Colonel Wit doesn't matter who Is respon
sible they are damn lies, and DURHAM shal
answer for them.
Colonel A.-DuRHAM is not responsible 70
the statements. ! made them upon my owl
authority We were bull-dozing about tn
race and made the charge in An informal
joking way.
Other passages Of heated character fol
lowed. and II personal difficulty was preveute,
by the interposition Of bystanders.
As ! have said, no public notice would b
J taken of the matter were 1t not that respon
sible gentleman Is authority for the statemen
that son Of Mr.. DURHAMs had made tn
sane charges, celebrating them by saying tina
his father had letters from Mr. WATTERso!
and Mr.. HALDEMAN, urging him to vote 70
the Texas aud Pacific bill as personal fi'vo
to them, they having a large amount of stoc
u l..
: father of Mr.. HENRY WArTERsoS, being q
q attorney fnr the road. "By threatening to pub
lish these letters" said young DURHAM, IN
father stopped the mouth of the COmrier-Jou,
b nal, and there will be no more war from tina
a source"
Now, as TO who is the author of these caluin
u MES do not know or care but, If they ar
= true, II dev0lves upon Judge DURHAM to pull
d licly prove them; If false, to publicly disow
them. Here Is certainly casuS beili, cominI
If not from the Judge himself, from the cam
e Of his friends.
y The conclusions of the corresponder
= that herein lies edsus beM are conflrme
e by Mr.. WATTERsOS. In an editorial prrn
+ ed in the Courier-Jouradl Of the ith insta,
Mr. WArTERsoN says:
Our Richmond correspondent makes mer
e tion of sOMO extraordinary statements or il
situations OH the part OF certain friends
= Judge DURHAM touching the silence Of tn
s. Couricr.JoEradi as to the race for Congress |
II the eighth district since the Somerset CONVEX
;, ton. It is incredible to believe that Judg
DURHAM himself can have had any agenC,
u direct or indirect, in these base lies. That
:, should come TO Louisville, and, by the arts
~ cOncililtiOn and peace, obtain suspension
hostilites, and then go of aud give out tho IN
III preston that the success OF his ission was du
~ ia. N H.. l..
of famous a suggestion to be tolerated for one n
n mcnt. We shall look, therefore to see JudI
" DURHAM, tho moment his eye falls on til
C. writing, make prompt, full, and unequivOc
It denial, not merely in respect to us, but in r
IA spcct to himself.
G. This demand for an explanation equiv
n len, to public demand for satisfaction,
n made with al! the emphasis Of double-lcadC
ID type in the most prominent place in the i,sr
ID of the Cowicr-JouiHdio of the date mentione
lr Of course Judsc DURHAM cannot fail TO pg
- heed to it, and when he dOes-well, yum
H. yum . yum .! But this matter is Of ftl
in thtr general interest, because, If WATTEl
,e son kills DURHAM, or DrRHAM kills WA,
,e TERsOS, or neither kills the other, or, bctt
il yet both run away, there is prospect of
ID gain to the strength OF the RepublicG
party in DuRHAM'5 lthe eighth distric
is The same correspondent quoted above clos
e his letter Nc follows:
:. Asamere expression Of opinion, but ol
II founded upon a ten.day study Of the situatIo
- | venture 10 say that a large majority of II
al people Of this district favor Government a
d 10 the Texas Pacific Railroad majority
nj them do not want man who is opposed
~ that great aud Just measure 10 misreprese
- them in the next Congress; that If judi
is DURHAM gots the nomination by the mea
c rcsOrted 70 at Somerset he will be defeated
Republican aud that in Phil THOMPsC
= or Judge MIKE OwsLEY lies the preferen
l. and the safety Of tho party in the Eoyemb'
Il fight. L. u. L.