The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-08-28
PRESS COMMENTS.
On the DeYOunS- Il aIloch Affair.
WILL BE ELECTED WITHOUT SERIOUS
OPPOSITION.

WILL BE ELECTED WITHOUT SERIOUS
OPPOSITION.
Chicago Tribune.l
DeY oung proposed to kill the man whom
he had been unable otherwise to silence
Armed, he entrapped Kslloch, who was
unarmed, into ambush, and fired upon his
unsuspecling enemy. Its difficult to recon-
cile this action with even the lingering
. rinciple of manlinass which is supposed to
exist among the votaries OF bloodshed. No
sense of wrong or outrage can redeem this
proceeding from the cowardice which il
Inseparable from assassination. He led
X alloch, unarmed, into ambush, and then
shot him. The manner OF the act excludes
Whaiev.r sympathy might have existed be-
cause OF the immediate provocation, and if
Kalloch shall die, the universal sentiment
will pronounce the killing as a murder,
committed in a cowardiy manner.
Kalloch may survive the wound, and,
sh.r uld ne live even to election day. he will
be elected without any serious opposition.
Should he die before The election, then the
party of which he was leader will add
immensely TO its vote because of the man
ner in which he was stricken down. In
either event. the excitement, which up to
the tine OF this occurrence was intense
throughout the whole State, will reach a
pitch which does not give promise for the
preservation of law and respect for au'hor-
ity. kalloch's recovery and election will
be the surest guarantee Of the preserv stiou
OF public peace, and will avert the violence
and disturbance which otherwise seems to
be inevitable.
THE EFFECT UPON THE POLITICS OF THE
CITY.
IChicago Iuter-Ocean
As soon az he was nominated for mayor
Charles De Young, one of the proprietors
Of the Ctronnie, attempted to compel his
withdrawal by holding over him the threat
to publish the old scandals connected with
his name This attempt was unsuccessful.
and the Chronicle proceed ed to publish its
own version of stories told about K alloch
twenty years ago. At last came an aseault
on Kalloch's father, and this called out
from the victim OF the Chronicles abuse q
bitter reply in shich De YounR's mother
vas mentioned as q dis'eputable woman
The statement was a. near the truth, it is
said, AZ any of the charges made against
Kalioch II matters not. Under ORDINARY
circumstances it would have been inexcuss-
bic. 1t was called out by attacks Just as
bitter, and Kalloch simply placsd himself
on the level of De Young and turned the
lstter's weapon upon himself.
Knowing himself vulnerable, DeYoung
said the wort he could say about Kslloch,
and then cody told the latter If he referred
IN he published statemepte about him de
Young) he would shoot him. Kalloch |
made the statement and vss .hot, and the |
question Is whether DeYoung was in the |
right or wrong?
Impartial bservers will say that having I
re.orted to billingsgste himself be should |
have prepared to take a. bitter words rs he |
cent His position that it was his privi-
leee to abuse . man ~ he pleased, and his
right to cut of abusive replies in return,
il untenable. The shooting of Kalloch
under the circumstances was a. indefensi-
bic ~ it was cowardly.
Ii this connection it should be stated
that the Republican papers Of San Fran
cisco have treated the candidates Of the
Workingmen and other parties fairly.
They have dealt hard blows, but have not
descended to billing.gsie and vituperstion.
What tie effect + the tragedy on Saturday
wills be seen in the results Of the campaign |
no one can doubt To the Hon. Bilks in
San FraDcisco it will be simply disastrous.
To the Workingnen, if they are prudent,
il will prove IN element Of strength; ifs