Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-09-01
Political.
WILL FIGHT BOSS MALONE.

WASHINGTON, Aug. % 9-Representa-
tive Fulkerson, the readjuster from the
Ninth Virginia district, will tomorrow
inaugurate his crusade against Senator
Mahonc at Abingdon. Fulkerson fail
ed TO be re-nominated, and has an
nounced himself as an independent.
He claims that he has not been prop
erly treated by his readjuster associates,
and that his popularity in his district
is too great TO allow him to be defeated
by the Malone candidate. Informa-
ton received To- day states that the
gathering at Abingdon to hear Fulker-
sen will be one of the largest ever wit
messed in the state, and number of
correspondents left here this morning
for the scene OF action.
REPUBLICAN CRITICISM.
WASHINGTON. Aug. pa promi-
nent straight-Sut republican from Nir-
ginia said tonight that the administra-
ton would end if it would determine
that liberal democrats should be admit
ted III preference to straightout repub-
lcans at the next national convention:
that it had hard road to travel
before attaining its end. He
thought that after the defeat
which Malone he felt sure would sus-
tain this fall, the administration would
drop him and direct its energies to
building up republican party pure
and simple in Virginia. He believed
that the republicans who broke up boss
rule at Chicago would break up any
such project as this. He said that if
the worst came to the worst the
straight-out republicans could coalesce
with the democrats and defeat the lib
erals in every southern state. He
thought the only reason for such
move as the administration was said to
contemplate WAS the promise of the
votes of southern liberals for Arthur
in the next national convention, under
the supposition, which he admitted to
be probable, that the straicht-outs
would vote for Blaine and other anti
administration candidates.
BRAGG's ANSWER.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 29.-General
Bragg filed his answer to-day in the
United States circuit court to the sum
mons and complaint of John A. Rice,
of Chicago, on 81 money demand. The
answer was drawn and presented Ivy
General Bragg in person, and he viii
act as his own counsel III the case.
The answer is rs follows And the
said defendaNt, in his own proper per
son, comes and defends the wrongs
and injury, when, etc, and for answer
to the complaint Of the said plaintiff
ayers that each and every obligation III
the said complaint contained. alleging
that the said plaintiff made any
advance or loan to the
defendant. upon the faith or credit
| of the said drafts, or either of them,
or that the defendants received any
money upon them or either of them,
is untrue; but, on the contrary, this
defendant alleges that such drafts and
each of them were given and received
to balance an account existing and run
ming at the time of the giving of the
same, and this the defendant express
ly denies each, all, and every state
ment and thing i'll the said complaint
containing, alleging or tending to al
lege any fraud, deceit or false pretcnce
on the part of the defendant, but he
AYERS that the draft and each of them
were drawn in good faith, and that he
fully believed, that at the time of the
drawing of the same, he would be able
to have the same met and paid.
REPUBLICAN RIOT.
CANTON, d. T., Aug. 26.-The county
convention to-day was the scene Of
what was probably the most violent ex-
| hibition of partisan strife that the terri
tory has ever known. n. G. Nash,
chairman of the CT unity committee,
called the gathering to order and de-
manded that all delegates pass their
credentials to the central committee,
| thus claiming for it the rignt to pass
upon the contests from several Of the
townships. A majority of the commit
tee being against Pettigrew, the friends
| of this candidate refused 10 make il
the Judge as to the rights of delegates.
| Chairman Nash was requested to sim
ply read the call and either appoint a
temporary chairman or allow one to be
elected This he absolutely refused to
do, and then commenced reading
such credentials AS the anti Petit
grew delegates had handed up. A,
this juncture ID. c. Waldo, member
of the central committee, and favora-
BILE to Pettigrew, read the call for the
convention, after which Pettigrew't
friends selected Hon. William Cuppeti
temporary chairman. A rush for the
stand was then made by the opposing
factions, and one of the fiercest and
most desperate conflicts ever seen in a
convention, occurred. For fifteen ol
twenty minutes there was as much
turmoil and uproAr as 200 men about
evenly divided could make with then
voices and with
CHAIRS, sPITTOoSS, LAMPS,
and all the miscellaneous wea pom
which thoroughly incensed body 0
men could find under such circum
stances. Blows were rained right anC
left, seats broken and windows anC
chandeliers crushed. Two .1en Jump
ed from the second-story windows, ant
others took positions for movemen
OF the same kind, and the only wonde
is that nobody was dangerously in
| JuI6u, tDc "OIbI udLIdSe LHdl Icbhlbc'
being the breaking of one mans riI
and number of bumped heads
and confused skins. Sherif
Dixon and Mayor Clifford strov'
with all their might to enforc'
order, but unavailingly. The Petit
grew men gathered about Cuppett nj
made him permanent chairman. Afte
going through the form of passing up
on credentipls of delegates, they elect
ed delegation to Grand Forks, attend
ed to other business, and then adjourn
ed and withdrew from the court room
The remaining delegats then organizes
another convention by electing w. II
Pelton, chairman, appointed a com
mittee on credentials and chose con
testing delegation. The first name
delegation was instructed to labor 10
the nomination of Pettigrew, and tn
second for the nomination of Hughes
and to do everything IN their powe
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