Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-21
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fected, soggy with the wet. The ar-
keeper gave the Information that the
crowd that assembled was too large
for the quarters, and that tue meeting
had adjourned bodily over to Longs
Hall. Nj. Slayback proposed to walk
across the ward TO the meeting. A
social glass was partaken of, an UNI
brella was borrowed, and arm-ln-artn
the pair walked out III the peltlng
rain. The colonel chatted away III
his genial way upon various subjects.
First he talked of his family III Il
warm-hearted manner, and then n
prospects of the democratic city lick
ct. Then he preached the subject OF
moral and physical bravery. Head
vanced, the proposition that n man
who held his wiie's hands during the
agony of a confinement was as brave
"a q man who held his pistol before
an opponent at ten PAGES. Then sud
denly lie asked; i'.Do yon know
cocKERILL, oFTHE POST DISPATCH"
ssOuite WE'LL" answered the repor-
ter.
sis he of good stock p
s'As fine as Ohio ever produced.
His father was a distinguished general
in the Union army, and later was
elected secretary OF state of Ohio,
dying, l believe, while in Office"
But what kind of a maj is hep
"When a mere lad of 10 or IL his
father took him to the war with him.
He had a little gun that he carried
with ease, aud tor a boy, he had thrill
ling adventures, being twice lost from
his fathers command. and once taken
prisoner. But he got back all right"
ga self rcliant little cuss, l expect"
and the colonel laughed heartily, "bnt
how did he get into the newspaper
business p"
.sHe drifted into it naturally COM
menced upon a country paper at
Hamilton, near Cincinnati, then be-
came owner of it, then a reporter Oh
the Cincinnati Enquirer, OF which he
was subsequently city editor and then
managing editor, to which position
he succeeded j. b. McCullagh, when
the latter vent 10 Chicago to star:
the Republican. or course you know
about his being II of the original
editors of the Washington Post, when
Hutchins, Puli!zer, Jim Gordon, of
Cincinnati, and himself started in to
revelutionlze journalism at the CAPT.
tai. He then went down to the Balti-
more News. which paper be left to
come to St. Louis"
That much of it L know, but where
did he get his
TITLE OF COLONEL,
and what do you think of him'as a
man?
"He got his title as colonel i'll 1876,
when VIM. Allen was elected COVER
o of Ohio. He made him one of
his aids; the governor of Ohio APP
points but two. As to himself, he is
a man welded to his profession, with
out social membranes, ready to
take the field with any man who call
ed him out properly, and a man who
eften states that he never wrote any
thing in his life. that he was not pre-
pared to stand by"
81 like your description, and | like
his history, and l call him, from what
1 know, a genial. brave, whole-souled
fellow"
The pair reached Longs Hall at
this juncture,. and, declining an ill.,
vitation TO go into the basement. and
further insure against the possible
bad effects of the damp walk, the
colonel led the way up the soggy out.
door staircase to the hall above, where
be was Don shaking hands with
many of the hundred gentlemen OF
the ward assembled.
The ballot had been taken for delegates
and tellers were at work. There were
cries for Mr.. Slayback to make {
speech. The tellers Withdrew to at
ante-room to make their court in quiet
and the speech was made. 1t lastet
for nearly an hour. and the war ques
tion and the German vote and the new.
from Ohio were discussed with the gen.
tleman's usual readiness and reckless
nsss. Then no touched upon Mr.
Broadhead's canvass. and that seemed
to give him the clue for q veritabl,
TRADE
AGAINST THE POST DISPATCH.
He referred to it as Il matchmaking
sheet, devoid OF principle; a shee
which had maiigned every decent ma
who had ever dared to oppose its view
on anything a paper which has poIlut
ed the mind of the youth of the cit!
with its unnecessary parade of socia
nastiness under the hypoaritical pie
that i. was serving a great moral mis-
sion which has sent its dirty, contemp
tibie reporters to invade the sanctitv o
our households and insult our wive
sisters and daughters with their NEEDLE
some and impernent attempts at inter
vlew.' He referred c%rushinyly to tn
defeat OF the proprietor of that paper i
his congressional aspiration as a whole
sale, unanimous and merIted rebnke a
the hands of the decency and respecta
bility OF the district. There was niue
more OF this kind. The Globe. Demo
crat in referring TO the meeting sal
Yesterday morning:
"Much of a highly complinentar
nature the Colonel had to say ior h
partner, James o. Broadnead. NaugI
but billingsgate had he Tor the Pos
Dispatch, its editors and reporters"
The Republican, in Il contributed I,
port, said:
"Col. Slayback congratulated IL
meeting upon the Ohio returns, counse
ed modei alton IN the democratic coul
sells. and INDUCED in some rather s.
we're structures upon the Post Dispatc
which he regarded not as a democrat
paper. but as an assassin of priva
character. This last sentiment W;
vociferously applauded."
The full tenor OF the remarks w
reported to Mr.. Cockerill, who, i'll Il
absence OF MIR. Pulitzer, is the respoJ
sible editor OF the paper. When ask
at noon what he intended to do ato
the matter, he said to a friend, "Not
ing, only to republish this card of Jol
Glover's. 1t once went into the I'll
edition of this paper, and was taken O
of the last two, i'll a spirit OF .kindne:
1t will be given to-day the full benefit
the circulation OF the Post-Dispatch."
THE CARD -REPUBLIsHED.
When the second edition OF the Pc!
Dispatch came out yesterday aiterno'
it contained the following:
"Mr. Alonzo w. Slayback. an i'm
yidual whose chief claim to distincti