New-York tribune., 1880-09-28

man for President. | regard Hancock not as, the
Democratic candidate. but as the peoples Candidate
but shan't vote for him.. q,
Have YOU got a large membership in the city
Not so much as elsewhere, as we are senaiug put
circulars and organizing all over the country, put
we have several hundred here"
QUEER LOT or MEMBERS.
"Will you give me some of their names 7" asked
the reporter.
"Well there is our president, Leonard w. Je-
rome The Republican papers darcn't say he isn't
| Republican,"
Didn't he run for Congress on the Tammany
ticket9"
"No, sir that was his brother. You know that as
well as do. Then there is A. b. Mullett. He is
another of orr officers"
| "Was he the man the Democrats accused so freely
| of corruption and extravaganza when Supervising
Architect under President Grant and who was
forced to resign, and aftcrward became Green
backcr p inquired the reporter
| "Well, he was Supervising Architect, believe.
Then General Patrick II. Jones is one of thc' three
presidents"
"Is be the man WHO was a Republican years ago,
but who was lost sight of until last year. when be
was made prominent because of his attempted nego-
tiations with Mr. Hilton for thc return of Stewards
stolen body 2"
This kind Of questioning did not please the be-
nignant Secretary. "What have you got to say
against Mr. Barney? He is another officer"
lam simply seeking information" meelly re-
spondcd the reporter for the benefit Of the Rcpub
licans of the United States who have read of the
formation of your club, with its 8 5000 members Mr..
Barney. believe. very respectable Old gentle
man, who was Collector of this port twenty years
ago bur you sure you axe using his name with
authority p
"Wen,D replied the secretary" l think he did
=. hat ho
| thought he was too much cOmm ted to the Other
| SIDE for hls name TO he OF any Use t. u.s. Mr. l. Il.
| Wakeman is another Off rCg however,
Wakeman," nlused tnc reporter. u think the
| name was rather prominent IN The report
OF the Liberal Convention in Chicago ID,
other day--a Convention 50 very Literal
that Colonel Iqgerso renougTe1 M w,baa AZ Go"Hgc T6o
made a speech advising thar If 4 man snOud be
found guilty ill State court to let him 90 to h-l.'
Was that the same man Y
"Yes, sir; that was the same man"
WHO are the other officers = was asked, the sec
retary seeming not TO care to furnish any tnrther
Mr. 4. N. Trull and myself" was the reply,
"but here is General Este, lie can tell you all
about i;-more tGan can ana me secretary very
kindly intooduced the reporter to General Este, q
| BUSTING sort OF man. who had just come III WIN
| two or three promising rocr' It's. ,
4" | have been talking all the evening and don't
care 10 IL k any more" said Mr. Este " ! can tell
YOU one thing though None Of BarnumS mules
run this cnb." s. ,ooo -,
| /
! your membeI~" said the reporter.
- don't think Ii advisable to give them because
the Republican newspapers are sncp bulldozers thai
they VIII drive men away from u.s."
Surely not If they arc working for the sake OF
prncple." suggested the reporter.
"Wcll, don't know about that" replied the
mir. A. J. Plumb is member" said bys;ander
LIGHT ON THE MEMBERSHIP.
As this was all the information that could be had
the reporter wendell his way down to Republican
| bcadauarters where he found a number of old and
well-known city Republicans talking together
"Do any of you know a Republican by the name
of Colonel II. Hadley.7 inquired the reporter
| Never heard Of him. was the uuanmous re-
| sponse.
Never heard of such man cither.'
| "Or A. j. Plumb ??
"Ycs He al one time held position in the Gus
tom House. and suddenly resigned for reasons which
| District-Atorncy Phelps can tell You about. OF
| course he afterwIrd became Democrat
The reporter then walked down TO Democratic
| Headquarters and inquired Of wcll-tnOwn Demo
crat there: " How many members has ne Hancock
and English Republican Club of which Mr. Jerome
is presdonts"
About thirty" was. tho reply, bat we are
gc:tiDg more every day"
| The 5000 having dropped to thirty, the reporter
| thought it unnecessary 10 extend his inquiries.
| RECOGNIZING AN OLD COPPERHEAD.
An incident further illustrating the character OF
this organization may be added Democrat in
| tins city who was very enthusiastic for Hancock,
| and lad taken much interest IN the formation and
| progress of the Jerome Club. was never weary OF
taking about it to two Republican friends Of hls
| He assured them that all the members wero well
| known Republicans who had decided not to vot,
for Garfield aud Arthur, and that the character o
the membership was convincing proof of a very
serious detection in the party. One evening he per
suadcd his two Republican friends to pay
| A visit with him TO the rooms o
the club On the way he dilated upon the strength
ard high character of the organization. insisting
| again that 1t WAS purely Republican clab, com
| posed exclusively of men who would not support
the National ticket, but had never been Democrats
"ln fictD he SAID earnestly. there Is not slngi,
| Democrat IN 1t. The three men tDtcred the room
of hc club and there at the centre of the table. the
most prominent figure ia the room. apparently fol
the time at least, the very lead and
whom one of the Republican visito:s III
stantly recognized as a former resident Of san
dusky Ohio who had been the Tankcst OF Copper
beads during Tie war-had even been imprisoned
for his reasonable acts and uttcraUces. ana had al
ways been a Iabid Democrat. Aud this man was
masqucrading rs a Hancock Republican,. The Re
publican visitor, who had formerly llvcd in Ono
had known tins man. and was talDlIar with tht
facts of Lis career told his Democratic friend who
had taken hun 70 the cluD rooms. the truth abOu
thls spurious Republican. The Democrat was Sc
crastfalien that he retired Immediately, ana since
then he has been jecrei at numerically III regarc
to his Hancock Republicans. Out can hnd no words
with which TO reply.