National Republican., 1884-09-18
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

"a Roman citizen ana unC0ndemnod."
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POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.
Allen o. Myers, tho exceedingly fresh cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, and
wcl.known Ohio politician, was a party to an
exciting scene ut Ironton on Monday morning
Allen had been "riled" at some comments
upon his political methods published in the
lronton Busy Bee, and essayed to get even by
stating In speech that "Mr Tomlinson's
mother was a negro and not reputable at
that" Editor Tomlinson emphasized his OBJ
lection to this statement by making his appear
ance at the hotel Myers was stopping at, and
the scene that ensued is thus described in the
ohio Slate journal by an eyewitness:
Myers had taken his scat in the dining room
! in company with Joe Fischer, a gentleman
who Is the partner Of Mr. Leo Ebert ldemQ-
business Fischer Is large, hsnvily- built
| man, has some reputation ees being ready
listed and was cyidcntlyaittiug as Myerss
body guard. Beside yh'ssc two a couple OF
aud his wife Mt t6e other end of the room
! These wetethse only occupants when Mr.. Tom
llhson eJlb6red, revolver In hand, and stalked
10 t4sJther side of the table where Myers
. Whs sitting, all tho time covering the latter
Y with his pistol. Myers jumped TO his feet.
Tomlinson pointed the revolver squarely at
his breast, with hand on trigger, and said:
Now, you accursed ,scoundrel. raise your
hands and swear by the Almighty that what
you said about me and my mother Saturday
night was lie, and that you knew 1t was
lie Swear instantly, or III send n bullet
through your hcartl" As the gittcring revol
YER was within foot of Myerss breast and
| IomlinsOn's hand was pressing the trigger,
there was no time for hesitation, SO he
threw up his hands and sworo the required
oath like a little man. Now" said Tomlin.
son, you're not it to live, and | guess I'll
shoot you anyhowv" Myers again threw up
his hands and begged Justify for pardon and
iiie, Mr., Hutsinpillar had by this time come
son and saying, you've got now what you
came for!'' succeeded in leading him out of the
room. Fischer all the time. sat still and spoke
blanched to an awful whiteness, sat down and
finished his breakfast, and then. going to his
room, sent Fischer TO call the sheriff OF the
county to his said. 81 believe ! shall be at
tackled Us take the train" said Myers, as he
saw number of persons passing curiously
back and forth before the hotel windows The
sheriff (Alr. jones' soon came with several
! deputies; but the precautiOn was wholly use
| less. No one else In lrontOn considered him
self as having quarrel with Myers, and Tom
linson had had his say and had gone TO his
Office BY the time the train started for Co
| lufnbus (g:2j u. m.) about five hundred people
had gathered about the hotel; and when
| Myers came out of the house and stepped on
the cars the crowd greeted him with good
humored, laughing, and derisiyc cheer
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The Indianapolis Journal records the fact thnt
Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks was an apparently
highly pleased auditor of Carl Schurz when
he spoke there on Monday night. Aud then
the Journal unkindly recalls Mr. Hcndricks's
statement made not so long ago, that schurz
was "a lying Dutchman." And also that
schurz in his speech at the wigwam in that
city in 1850 declared that there could be No
calamity equal to the Inauguration into power
of the democratic party"
~
Young oliver T. Morton, son OF the great
"War Governor" seems TO have inherited
something of his fathers taste for politics. lie
is canvassing Indiana for Blaine and Logan,
and draws largely wherever billed TO speak
Five thousand people gathered TO hear him at
Cambridge City on Monday night and hi,
speech is described as extremely effective, his
method of reasoning being very much like his
fathers plain, simple, ''sledge' e'hammer' style.
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The Cleveland Leader points out the letters
upon which Schurz bases his bitter personal
attacks upon Blaine are dated July and Octo.
Der, ls69-iifteen years ago; that they have
been reviewed by the public several times and
are never heard of except when Blaine looms
into prominence for some great Office; tha
since their first publication MIR. Blaine ha
' filled some of the most exalted positions IL
the gift OF the American people, and received
Endorsements sufficient to outweigh all schur
could say If he were TO live Us long as the ven
cradle Mr.. Methuselah and put all his days il
talking against Blaine.
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Il. C. Long a democratic candidate for presi
dental elector in the state of Florida, ha
made au extremely frank speech at Madison
Fla, in the course of which he said:
desire to say to you black men that the
white people of this state have tolerated you
fOOlishness just about long enough. You hav'
opposed us i'll everything we have undertaken
since your emancipation. In every step w
have taken forward your hands have been Il
our throats to retard us; you have not aided o
assisted us in any manner, and we want yol
to understand that we don't owe you any
thing. Whatever rights or privileges you nov
enjoy is II gratuity from our hands extended 4
you, not because OF any obligation that rest
| upon u.s. one thing you might rs well under
, stand first as last that is you ure not going I
rule this government, and we are getting tire'
of having our minds diverted from question
| which uilect the prosperity and material az
| yanCement of the state to your preten
sions ut each recurring election in this direC
} tion. You may think that the allianc
) you have made with the socalled independ
1 brightens your chances of success but let IN
r tell you that no combination of circumstance
can render this possible, mean what ] say
:. and can tell you that the democratic majol
, ity in this state is getting to be u bad thing I
tread on especially when the horns are sticl
T ing up. There has never been but one seriou
:, conflict in this state between the white ma
and the Niger; that occurred in this count!
Q and then we had barbccued Niger. / don
&. want to sec Il recurrence of this, but don't yo
forget that we are not going TO see this govern
ment go into the hands OF anybody who prom
0 iscs You half of the Offices
> We are going TO have a constitutional col
vention in less than eight months; that col
= vention will be controlled by white men; Il
? one but white, men VIII be allowed vo
there; the angel Gabriel himself would not
allowed u vote; and don't you forget that Il
status ofthe Niger as II factor in the polite
of this state will then be fixed,
The Troy n. " Times rather pointedly Il
d Guires of Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginso
= once leader In the cause OF emancipation
/ one time commander of n regiment of bra'
~ colored union troops and now leader Of Il
. Massachusetts independents" how he @
joys training in the same party with the bloc
: thirsty, niggerhating Long.
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The Hartford Courant, in reply to the char
that 1t had suppressed the new batch of Fish
l letters, shows that us a matter of fact the IL
T tiers were not given to the Associated Press
! the republican newspapers, but were careful
kept as a sweet morsel for the independe
and democratic newspapers. The first that I
publican newspapers knew of the new sens
ton was through the arrival of their favor
' contemporaries laden with stunning headlin
and solemn comments on Mr.. Blaine's "ter
{ bic exposure.
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Schaefrcr Challenges Slosson.
> PITTsBURG Pa, Sept. 7.-Jacob schaefIt
c tho champion biliardst, now in this eli
( challenges George r. slosson to play an Gig
4 OF ten.inch balk.llne for from $500 to $1,000
, side. lie will play two games-one in Cl
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