Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-30
EXCITED OOLLEGIANS.
Rutgers Studeuts Attack the ONCE
of n Newspaper Containing an Ar
Gicle Adverse 20 the Late President
New Brunswick In a Ferment.
Ness York Herqls. e5th.

Never has the city of New Brunswick.
| N. j., been so full of excitement as dur.
| ing the past few days. The students OF
Rutgers College have at times created
much trouble and talk among the people
Of that usually quiet little place, but only
in the present instance has their con-
duct been made the subject of general
comment. The city, which has about
eighteen thousand inhabitants, boasts of
three newspapers. One of these, the
| Times, is Democratic. This journal on
| Wednesday last published an editorial
article attacking General Garfield, both
as statesman and as a soldier The
article, it is claimed, was written by
Colonel A. E. Gordon, and its general
| tenor was rather offensive to the memory
of the deceased. After some comments
as to the scholarship of the late Presi.
dent, his military career and
his position in respect to free
trade and protection, the
article went on to speak of General
Garheld's Congressional career and class
ed him as one of the men who had
been concerned in various alleged illegiti-
mate enterprises The concluding por-
ton of the article referred to the
| Generals connection with the Electoral
| Commission and said that the people
would not fail "to record the fact and
denounce the methods by which the
wishes of the people were disregarded
| and the electoral votes of at least two
States stolen bodily from Tilden and
Hendricks and given to Hayes and
Wheeler"
The article was very widely read, and
when the local quidnuncs came to dis
cuss the subject they voted that Colonel
Gordon should be taught lesson. The
students of Rutgers College and of the
Theological Seminary were particularly
excited over the matter On Thursday
evening about sixty or seventy students
met and resolved upon showing their
opinion of the action of the Times. They
appointed committees of various kinds
and then separated. At nine o'clock
that night they went to the residence of
Colonel Gordon, on College avenue.
Joined by about one hundred citizens
the crowd numbered nearly two hun
dred. The students sang
Wen hang old Gordon on sour apple tree
and pelted the house with ink bottles
and rotten eggs. After becoming con-
vinced that Gordon was not in his resi-
dence, the throng went down to the
Times Office, in Commerce square. The
business manager of the paper had heard
that the students intended to visit the
building, and applied for police protec-
ton. Officer Robotham, who was in
charge of the police station, said at first
that he had no policemen, but afterward
summoned by telephone Messrs. Fowratt
and Meagher. The three officials
marched to the newspaper Office, and a
few minutes later were joined by some
of their companions. In about half an
hour the students and citizens came in
sight. A lamp lights the square and is
in front of the Times office, which is in
a twO-story frame building. The crowd
marched up and down in front of the
office, and finally one of the officers
asked what they were doing there.
Watching the Times building" was
the answer; "just the same as you are. !"
A laugh greeted this reply. The Off
GERS ordered the crowd to disperse, and
just as the order rang forth, a low whistle
was heard, and at once streams of ink
were propelled through squirters at the
Times building. and ink bottles were
thrown in through the windows. This
was kept up for three or four minutes
Finally some one cried out:
Don't hurt the building. 1t don't
belong to Gordon"
Then the students ceased. The police
made rush and arrested two young
men, and took them before Recorder
Daley at once. The prisoners proved to
be students of the Theological Seminary
and were discharged. The crowd of
students and others who had followed
their comrades to the Recorders, upon
hearing of the latter's action, marched
away singing,
For Dailey's a jolly good fellow.
The people guarded the newspaper
Office all night. 1t was about three
o'clock on Friday morning before the
mass of people in New Brunswick could
go to bed, so great was the excitement.
The students marched about the city and
the people sympathized with them in
their outcries against Colonel Gordon;
In the morning the Colonel left the city
and has not been seen there since.
CoNDEMNAToRY RESOLUTIONS.
The citizens last night held meeting
and strongly condemned the action of
the Times The following resolution
was adopted on the subject:
WHEREAS, There appeared in the
New Brunswick Times, of September 81,
an article in the editorial columns on
Mr.. Garfield reiterating the vile SIAN
ders Of the late political campaign, which
to all honest persons were refuted when
the late Garfield was elected to the Presi
dency; therefore be it
"ReSOLUed, That the Garfelders desire
to express the sense OF all falr-minded
men, and to denounce the writer of said
article as being wholly without honor
and all the qualities of head and heart
which mark the true gentleman, and
that the publication of such an article at
this time, when the nation, without re-
gard to political faith, is in deep mourn
ing over the infamous crime which has
deprived them of their honored ruler,
was an outrage upon humanity and
burning disgrace to the civilization of
the age"
Not content with the signal act of dis
approval of the course of Col. Gordon,
the Common Council, at a meeting on
Wednesday night, was informally asked
to cOuntenance the formation of a drum
corps to drum Gordon out of the city.
The other papers in New Brunswick
have strongly condemned the act of their
brother journalist, and large number
of citizens have testified their disap-
proval of the. deed by hanging an ef1gy,
attired as Col Gordon usually is, across
Church street, in front of the place of
business of Hammel Brothers, not far
from the Times office
The Times building is all daubed with
ink and the panes of glass are broken.
Mr.. Fisher, the owner of the paper, says
that he saw Gordon yesterday, and the
latter felt very sorry for what he had
done. The feeling is very strong against
him, and solely because of the editorial.