The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-27
,vcw York Times tRcp.) Editoria,.l

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.birb has convulsed with excteme"s .ne
N,nnIe OF that city. is the result OF ulas
lF"F' personalities into politics. The muir
g'ns os,sult had its origin In A private
""-,, There are four politicai parlcs
G"A., S,,tc OF CaliforDia-RepuDNca
IN toe ,;r Workingmen's or kearneyite,
pew ~, Constitution or Honorable
anm !. !" The latter organization sprahg
PIN; .,e nnexpec,ed success OF the new
&%a o.. - la:ely adopted by the people.
/ t"ns sner the leader OF the WorklnSmen.
hsaad almost exclusive credtt Tor this
o'.~ rr He refused 10 unite with any OF
'N'v Yn;,;,icianS who had also supported the
;'s constitution in organizing party
N" sbould secure state offices as the
""'.I Units OF the victory just achieved at
Ia'. ,,,jI.. and when he gave to the new
'm -.r rho name of " Honorable Bilks," the
i i".,. G., the cpithet was instantly recog-
.;7r5 and The title adhered.
rho so.caucd New-Constitution party Is
4 .,eAr composed Of office-seekers; and
s~,st NJ its leaders are old politicians who
I.ys held office long since, and who wear,
:, co,,rtcsr. the title OF :. Honorable" be-
t-s ,hc;r names. The " Honorable Bilks !"
,,,ae no nominations for Congress. In San
y-,acisco they divided the municipal ticket
n,h the Democrats, joint committee OF
,,p,wo parties having agreed TO PARTITION
,La nominations equally between the TWO
4 Carnations. The Workingmen'S noml-
100 for mayor is the Rev. Isaac ;. kalloco,
man OF unsayory reputation, and VINO nus
tsan in the pulpit as violent and Yltupera-
,;r,. ,s his rrca, leader kearney has been
On the platform.
whan EoIlnch was nominated some refer
once 10 his previous record in Boston was
,,oAa The kcarneviteS were evidently
"mrnri,ed. They had nominated him chiefly
an !crnunt Of his pronounced anti-Chinese
sentiments. They knew nothing OF his an
! ,ar.d,nis. He was called upon to explain
end defend himself. With his explanation
and defence. made partly in public and
,grtlv in private, the kearneyite leaders
;;yprcssed themselves as being satisfied.
M, the san Francisco Chronicle, the organ
rrd head and front OF the party OF Hon.
cr3hle Bilk>," revived the old story OF kal-
nchs alleged immoraltieS and irregularl-
ties. and, in iutilment OF Ia previous threat.
a,>aiIed the personal character OF the
Wbrkingmcn's candidate for mayor. Kali
Iacb. to meet this fresh attack upon him.
self. revived 4 scandalouS publication in
which the character OF the De Young bro
Tiers, editors of the Chronicle, as well as
that OF their mother, was aSsailed. The
elder De Young did not resent this assault
in hot blood On the day after it was
made he sent word to kalloch that a gen
ilcman was waiting outside to see him, and
w'lcs the deceived object or De Young's
wrath came out he was met with shots from
= revolver. Ii he was not instantly killed
il was not because the intentions OF his
a,,aiant were not determined enough.
AN A. D. T. BOYS STATEMENT.
Great interest has been manifested to oh.
tain 4 statement from the American District
boy who accompanied De Young in the
colpe at the time OF the shooting, but diff
Guilty was experienced in finding him, az
his name was 1T first kept secret. A num-
Der OF contradictory statements were given
out as TO the course adopted by De Young
immediately preceding the affair which the
bos's statement was expected TO clear up.
lie was run down by reporter OF the BuL.
ietln Monday. and his statement is publish
I'd, As follows:
About O'Clock on Saturday morning a
gentleman drove up TO the branch office at
No. 9tl Mission street in coupe, and call
ed fora messenger boy. 1t was my turn to
20 out. and | went with him. l did not
know the gentleman in the coupe, never
having seen him before. We drove on to
No. -23I4 Nineteenth street. He told me to
20 to the house and inquire for Mr.. Kali
loeb, and tell him that a lady in the coupe
wanted'to see him. The door was opened
by boy. delivered the message, and the
boy told me that Dr.. kaIloch was not in.
The gentleman told me toinquire what Mr..
/ ,NDpn'S 9TH
thu he WAS at his Office from 10 to -. We
Or. e from Mr. kalIoch's house along Mis-
5, &. street 10 Fifth street. Before reaching
Fifth street Mr.. De Young lowered the win
dow OF the coupG. We turned down Jessie
street to the entrance to the Temple on that
street, passing the buggy before stopping.
When we stopped, Mr.. De Young peep
cd through the curtain OF the rear win
dow OF the coupe and said: You see that
man with The white ulster on; tell him that
q lady in the conpG wants to see him.
went. The gentleman in the ulster was in
the buggy, accompanied by another man,
and Was in the act OF picking up the reins
wien / delivered Mr.. De Young'S message.
He At once stepped down and approached
the coupe cautiously, as il he anticipated
something wrong, petring sideways at the
window OF the coupe. When he reached
The coupe the shot was fired, which SO
irightcd me that | ran as fast rs / could
back to the Office" The boy had not read
the accounts in the papers OF an impending
ciilicuIty between De Young and Kallocb.
Tie did not suspect at any time during the
!dc that the person with him in the coupe
Intended 10 do anybody any harm. The
Gentleman was cool, and there was nothing
about his person to indicate that he con-
tcmplalcd the deed that was committed.
THE De YOUNG BROTHERS.
The father Of the De Young brothers, NJ.
De Young, was 4 well.known Baltimore
merchant, who at the time Of the great
panic in 1897 was at the head Of large
sAeIt ana silver manufactory in Baltimore,
.nG director in two Of its leading banks.
mere was also q line OF sailing packets
known rs "De Young's line" plying
regularly between Baltimore and the West
lhoics. Tue panic carried down most OF
thc leading merchants OF the city. but Mr..
De Young succeeded in meeting all his obi
gallons promptly. He removed 10 New Or.
leans, where he became cotton merchant.
owning large cotton warehouse. Subse.
qlehtly he resided for q number OF wears in
.inclnnatl, and finally decided to 20 10 Cali
lorha. He completed bis business arrange.
!hents, engaged passage from New Orleans.
AUG shipped from New York cargo of
merchandise and household furniture. In
Tue passage down the Mississippi river on
.ne steamer Osceola, Mr.. De Young fell
.onl 1he perth in an apoplectic fit. The
. .I'alaef put into Vicksburg and took on
iaSslcian, but Dir. De Young died, and bis
N'as was taken to New Orleans where IL