The Evening critic., 1884-03-07
JOHN WISE AND PAGE M,CARrY
Keeping UP stendy Fire of Paper
Bullets.


Congressman John S. Wise and Mr.. Page
McCarty are firing paper bullets at each
other in very lively way. The other day
Mr.. Wise published letter savagely de-
nounciDg Mr.. McCarty, and in tho course
Of which he used thefollowing language:
Since McCarty killed Mr.. John d. Mordecai
he has been going about smelling the blood
on his hands and painting for more, apparently.
Unmarried, penniloss, without any fixed
employments, dissipated, with nothing to lose,
he seems possessed OF q devil, and would, no
DOUBT, esteem 1t a mercy for some gentleman
to kill him and ease tortured brain and con-
science. He may play Sir LuctuS OIrigger to
his hearts content, boastlng OF his ancestry
levery one OF whom has killed his mani, his
family portraits, and honor, but he must lnd
somebody else than me TO kill him.
In the same letter Mr. Wise announces
his firm purpose never to fight another
duel, and says he cannot be driven away
from this purpose by any amount of provo
cation.
Mr.. McCarty yesterday afternoon pub
lished reply to Mr.. Wises letter, in which
he says:
There is n card IN the Wig OF yesterday
morning from Mr.. John Wise, the object OF
which seems to be an explanation OF why he
did not challenge me In answer TO an article
charging him with being q suborned witness
against his State, and the alleged reason is
tnHt ne mas given Quellng. III ne had rested
his case with that statement there might have
been claim to dignity in his plea, but when he
calls me Sir LuciuS o. 1figger, / must say that
the comparison could have no other founda-
ton than his own likeness to BOB AcYes, whose
reform as q duelist only occurred In the face
or an adversary whom his excited fancy exag-
gerated, Just as Mr. Wise does me.
Innocuous by It's oyer2eal against his State,
and sntirized by his doubtful position in n
contested seat In Congress, perhaps he will
further sfgnalize his reform by treating the
country TO the particulars OF his contest with
Mr. Massey, In which, during the taking of the
evidence, this suddenly reformed hero of thir-
Ssea oh paper me ieSs 81
that would be glad to get an opportunity for
| some gentleman TO kill me. When reach that
point should certainly not apply to Mr.. Wise,
| and for two reasons. First, his unsupported ties.
| timony, which he himself does not believe, is
| insufficient TO establish him as gentleman;
second, the hero OF thirteen bloodless paper
| duels is not the person whom ono would nat.
urolly seek to do the job. Mr.. wIse's testi-
| niable proof that he is a ridiculous little pol.
| troon and an ass, who, not being able to wear
the lions skin, is flt for Just what he is, the
trick mule In sherman's Danville circus.
And so the battle goes on. The Rich
mond correspondent of the Baltimore SIN
says:
| The determination OF Congressman Wise to
| give up duelng for the future Is somewhat OF
lees prominent members OF his party. Those
have looked up 10 that gentleman, and much
OF his popularity among his followers was due
10 the fact that no was regarded as a believer
In tho code. Mahone's party started out two
years ago with the boast that they had as
many fighting men among Its leaders as their
Democratic opponents. Malone, Governor
Cameron, Riddleberger, W. @. Elan, OF the
lPAig, and John 8. Wise were pointed out as
fighting men. MIR. Elan is the only one OF
them who has been strsck on the field or been
in n duel in which blood was epilt. He was
twice wounded in affairs OF honor growing out
OF editorials written in defense OF Malone q
LInp NIL lfNh nQ NM nd
have intlmated an intention OF declining to
resort TO the code in future.