Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-20

"JoHNNY" M'LEan REToRTs.
He Calls Halstead a Liar and sIan.
y deFeR.

CINCINNATI, September 19.-The latest
defslopment in the fight between Mclean,
OF the Erquirer, and Halstead, of the Com.
mefcial Gazette, is the petition of the latter
to brye Mclean expelled from the Cham
bCr OF Commerce. In referring to this the
Enquirer says: 1t is not, Of course. sur.
prising that Halstead has insisted on
thrusting his wees on the attention Of the
Chamber OF Commerce. II he could get
little encouragement he would pass the
bat taround in that affluent establishment
to get money enough to run his
who heaps abuse upon con.
terhporaries, and then cries for help when
be finds he cannot have everything his
own way. There Is hardly a mau OF prom
pence in Cincinnati who has not been stung
by bis venom. He is a natural liar, and a
slaDderer by profession, but hasn't the grit
cent brute in his Office, and the behavior
Of 3 gentleman is shocking to him. Still,
he persists in foul ISLANDERS, and then asks
decent people 10 take up his fights.
What is this common blackguard crying
abOutp Hasn't he been making business
of abnsing the proprietor cf.the Enquirer?
) Hksstt he exhausted the Aic.ionAry in the
search for epithets? Has he paid any re-
spect to business amenities, or the COM
mon business proprieties? And hasn't
he yelled for help every time before he got
through?
HalStead was the aggressor in the present
controversy between the Enquirer and
Commercial, as he has always been: and
now he is lusty in his old exclamation
''Take him off :" II he has been exposed
and made ridiculous in the eyes of the
public be has himself TO blame. II the
truth has been told about his paper, and
the condition OF Its business, it has been
because he has lied persistently about the
ENQUIRER and its business and used all the
means at his command TO damage it. In
the present instance he mixed in a Demo
cratic quarrel merely through his hatred
for the Enquirer, and his desire to SANDER
its proprietor.
II the Enquirer has damaged Halstead in
his property, why does he not go into
court? Why doesn't he sue and show
where he has suffered?
The venom OF Halstead carries him into
quarrels where h9 does not belong, aud
leads him frequently TO the humiliation OF
having his lies Crammed down his throlt
He has even slandered Republican candi-
dates every year. He called Garfield
thief. and used every means at his com
msnd TO break him down. until he was
nominated for the Presidency. He accuses
pracricing piracy himself He is bound to
eat Dick Smith up. We are sorry for
Smith. Left to himself he is not at all Dad.
In referring to the action OF its mana
gers the Commercial.G q IzstJe says: The
Cincinnati Enquirer having published
statemt nts affecting the business and Imam
cgal standing of the Commercial-GIzette,
which were malicious and in every re.
spect false, and Mr.. Mclean being mem
Der of the Chamber of Commerce, COM
plant has bte en- made, under the rules o.
that body, t. the Board of Officers, OF his
dishonorable conduct. This has been
deemed better way than newspaper
controversy or a libel suit, as the facts will
by this method be made to appear; and
pending the investigation any farther ref
erence to this subject in these columns
would be improper. Personal abuse or
political differences could have no place
before the Chamber OF Commerce, aud
these are not included in the charge, that
have cen flied,