, 1880-05-24

his loaded weapon. One of the employees
in the rooms at the time had in fact writ
ten the obnoxious article, but neither Of
them was armed, and they did not con-
slider that the interests Of journalism
would suffer if they did no. at once dis
close the authorship. At length
Hansbrough SAID that the guilty man
was not present, but that he was some
where about tile building and that be
would 90 and find him at once. Accord
ingly he went to DeYoung's room and
told him that blood-t;,irsty outlaw was
raging the premises animated By fierce
desire to murder one of his editors, and
that il liz felt like being shot at just then
there was su excellent opportunity for
him. DcYoung said, "senG him in."-
He was seated At a desk with drawer
&C either side, and he placed his finger
upon the self cooking revolver which
was always in the room when he was
present and quietly awaited his visitor.
He came IN. still swinging his artillery
about, and motioning his intentions in
the most threatening manner. DeYoung
greeted him with the calmest possible,
t. Well, what can 1 do for you, sir 2" fol.
lowed by the remark that if he would be
seated they could talk over his grievances
more a::vantae eously. and perhaps arrive
ut a better understanding. The result
was that the assailant was disarmed by
DeY"ung's calmness, and left the office
pacihed. Apparently every prominent
journalist on the Pacific slope takes his
life in his hand when he engages aggress>
lively in newspaper work. The last act
DrYoung invariably did on leaving the
Office at night was to put his self>cocker
in his pocket, and he departed with his
hand upon it. His tread was - soft a.
that OF cat, and no one ever heard his
going or coming footsteps on the stair
ways. His custom was to pause at their
foot moment, look searchingly about
MIN and then vanish So quickly that it
was difficult to tell in which direction he
had gone. He never went home on two
consecutive nights by the same route,
and in times of unusual political excite
ment coupe called at the Office for him
nightly and the driver accompanied hin
from his office to the carriage. Hans
brough knew KallOch well, and speaks
OF him as man surprisingly eloquent,
but guilty Of all the immoralities charged
upon rim by the Chronicle. Indeed he
insists that that paper never brought
charge against man unless it had the
documents to- sustain it. 1t has been
prosecuted for libel 81 times; only one
of these was successful, and that only
partially.
B. these things as they may, DeYoung
WAS always ready with the pistol, and
used it aggrrssively. The supremacy Of
public order, had he lived would have
required his punishment for shooting the
elder Kalloch and law and order now
demand that stern justice be meted out
to the younger Kalloch for the taking off
of DeYoung. The lite or death OF either
of these men, or all of them, is of less
consequence than the maintenance of law
and social safety and tranquility.
GRANTS CUNNING ELEcTIoNEERINa
ToUR.-General Grant has way Of ar
irving At the most important point in the
field of political operations at the critical
moment Of the contest for Delegates to
Chicago. He visited Philadelphia few
werks before the Pennsylvania State Con-
venti"n was held. Returning from his
Mexican tour he appeared in Texas and
att rward in Arkansas just prior to the
meeting of the Conventions in those
States, and now he ends lis travels and
rea ches Illinois at the moment when the
Republicans there are in the midst of q
hot contest over the question of his can
dldacy. These condolences may be ac-
cidental, but they do not have that ap-
pearance. General Grant d,0 not do
things by accident when he was q soldier
and it is scarcely probable that he il
wandering over the country in an aimless
way without any thought of the effect
his travels and speeches may have on his
Presidential prospecta-N ?. Tribune.