The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-07-03
Mistaking the Man.

Hon. Oscar Turner, a Democratic mem
Der of Congress from Kentucky, to Mr..
Robinson, the Chairman of the Repub-
lican Executive Committee of Ohio, re-
suited the other day ir the exposure OF
the true character of the National Vicao,
Greenback paper, the publication of
which was commenced in Washington
few months ago. Mr.. Lee Grandall, a
Greenback writer of some notoriety, is
the editor and proprietor of the soft
money organ. Ever since the paper was
started he has assailed both political
parties as untrue to the cause of more
money" and has urged the Nationals to
have nothing to do with either~to pre-
serve their independence and thus OBJ
tain control of the Government at the
next election. When the Democrats OF
Ohio nominated General Ewing, prom
inent advocate of the Greenback doc
trine, for Governor, it was generally be-
lieved that the Nationals of the State
would support the ticket. But Mr.. Lee
Grandall and the National Vie,o were vio-
lent in their opposition to such an alll-
ance, and insisted that the Nationals
should put candidates of their own in
the field and prepare for triangular con-
test. 1t was and is apparent to every one
that in campaign of this character the
third party has no chance ofsuccess. All
that it can do is to take few thousand
votes from the Democracy, and injure the
party to that extent. But the course so
zealously advocated by Mr.. Lee Gran
dali and the National Pie,o was adopted.
The Ohio Nationals met in convention,
decided not to support General Ewing
and put full ticket in the field. One
wing of the party, however, recognized
the utter folly of the movement and
called another convention to meet in To-
ledo for the purpose of repudiating what
had been done at Columbus. Against
this Toledo meeting Mr.. Lee Grandall
and the National VieD directed their
heaviest batteries. They did not for a
moment wish to contribute to the success
of Mr.. Foster and the hard money Re-
publicans. but the financial declarations
of the Democratic platform were not pro-
nounced enough for them, and they had
good reason to believe that the people OF
Ohio would rise in their might at the
next election, defeat both Democrats and
Republicans and place the State in the
hands of the apostles of the true faith.
The absurdity of such expectation was
apparent, but people have some respect
for men who profess to be battling for
principle, and the National organ and its
editor were regarded as sentimentalists
who preferred no bread to half loaf.
| But the remarkable resemblances of Mr..
Turner to Mr.. Robinson, al5ded to in
the beginning of this article, has caused
the editor of the National VieD to appear
in very different light. Mr.. Robinson
has not been long in Washington and is
not very we'll known to Hon. ]. A. Hub
bell. of Michigan, the Chairman of the
Republican Congressional Committee.
Nor does Mr.. Hubbell know Mr.. Turner.
Mr.. Robinson had, in some mysterious
way, been made free Of the floor of the
House. Mr.. Turner has for some time
been using crutch, but the other morn
ing entered the House without this aid to
locomotion. While passing the Repub-
lican side of the Chamber on the way to
his seat, very much to his surprise he was
accosted by gentleman who said he de-
sired to speak with him. We now let
Mr.. Turner tell the story:
stepping back few PAGES, he asked
me if knew the editor of the Green
back paper on Pennsylvania avenue.
told him did not remember him. He
remarked that he was rendering us great
or valuable service in Ohio and Ken
lucky; that he had attended the
convention in Ohio and was instru-
mental in preventing fusion be-
tween the Democrats and Greenbackers
and that he was sending thousands of his
papers into Kentucky and Ohio, and
making inroads into the Democratic
party and doing us much good" He
said: "We are aiding him, and it re-
quires good deal of money, and would
ike that you would aid him." 1 asked
him what was the editors name. He
pulled card out of his pocket and said
Lice Grandall." looked at him with
surprise and made no reply. He then
asked me to take the matter under con-
consideration and aid him if I could, and
turned around and walked off,"
When the Democratic member from
Kentucky recovered from his surprise he
asked an acquaintance standing by the
name of the gentleman with whom he
had been talking, and was informed that
the drummer for the National organ was
no less person than Mr.. Hubbell, the
Chairman of fthe Republican Congression-
al Committee. The fortunate mistake has
fully revealed the true character of the
National Nic,0 and its editor, and their
earnest advocacy of a third ticket in
Ohio is fully explained. They are sim
ply paid by the Republicans to attempt
to divide the Democracy and bring about
a Republican victory. After this expos
ure, however, they will not have much
influence with the Greenbackers of Ohio
or of any other ate."-Augusta Chron-
ics and Constitutionalist.