Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-22

tnhs you Sn0ulQ hCld any correspondence
with me OF personal nature. Our
mutual friends mxy not have recognized
THIS ASSUMPTION OF SUPERIORITY
but let that pass l will not say that
ycu are prompted to this by considera-
tions unworthy Of man OF courage, but
will say that you are pursuing exactly
the course coward might be expected to
pursue under like circumstances, and
certainly 1t ia not the part Of courage to
denounce man and at the same time rs =
sure him that YOUR position Is so much
more exalted than his that he need expect
no redress from you. AS for myself,
while l have not said anything in this
letter or sny Of my interviews with mem
bers OF the press, which | die
not believe was true, nor anything that
is or was intended to be personally Often
sive; yet II at any time or for any cause
you should desire 8 meeting with me,
can as, ure you that your slightest init.
nation to thst effect will meet with
prompt attention on my psrt. It rest;
with you what the result OF the contro-
versy will be. Sincerely, -:
A. W. RUcKER.
The publication OF the letter crested
the utmost excitement in every circle
aud much speculation ls INDUCED In So &c
Ssnstor Blsckbu1n's course sfier reading
it. In conversation upon the subject
Judge Racker said: 1.-The whole affair Is
very deplorsble, and reere. more thar
anything in the world that Il
has occurred It is hard o
NE to forget the old time
associations that for years have made
CanatNr nlaNfrNr.rn
est personal friends, We were scho u.
mstes together, and for yesrs have been
like brothers to each other"
On being shown special from the New
York Sun, in which S5rator Blsckburr
called Judge Rucker liar, the Judge re-
fused TO state what he would
dc. He declined TO make any
statement to the press. A dispatch on
tsining an interview with Editor John
Atkins OF the Denver News, now in New
York, in which he makes
AN ATTACK ON THE JUDGE,
stating that he was not man OF courage,
WAS produced. In reply to this Judge
Rucker said: "Mr. Atkins knows my
opinion OF him, and on that score he has
none the best OF me. Our personal rela
tons have not been very cordial for
several years"
Colonel Moore, referring to the
Atkins Interviews, said: "Mr. Atkins
don't like southerrer, 9 gentle man, 8
Democrat" and thus dismissed the ques-
ton. He thinks that Blackburn should
Re pushed TO the Wal In the matter, and
will stand By Judge Rucker in this affair.
For several dsys Judge Racker has been
giving the subject moSs serious consider
alton, and has repeatedly refused to
make any statemant as 10 what
he would do in the matter, but the affair
took sudden turn yesterday in the sp-
pasrance Of Colonel John Moore 10 this
city. Ha Is 8 gentleman who has had not
little experience II affairs ct honor, snd
is well Informed on the points CT
ETIQUETTE OF THE CODE DUELLo"
He was q colonel in the confederate
army, and Wss known IS fighter. Al ore
time he WAS the managing editor of the
Kansas City Times, and is cousin Of
Morris Mumford, the msnsger of that
paper, and If the sffsir results in 8 meet
Ing between the K9ntuck sGs, he Will
probably De RucksF's second, while
Colonel Phil Thompson will act for Black
burn Blackburn end Rucker both have
1CSOAN5s IL 10 I'll OlO SGJIJ II
Colorado, out one that has been quietly
told, and in which 1t Is said that Judge
Rucksr once
CHALLENGED GOVERNOR GRAFT
OF this state. It Is said 70 have occurred
a. the time Judge Rucker wss candi.
date for the appointment Ct Judge OF the
l. 9adville criminal court. Someone made
an stack on Judge Racker's character,
as the story goes, ana Governor Grant
TO give the rame OF his inform
ant, Judge Rucker sent the chsllsnge.
It is also said that Senator
Blackburn WAS to have been
Rucker's second, but the matter wss
Fixed up III way that wss considered
honorable TO Governor Grant and Judge
Rucker, and they have been good friends
ever since. Blackburn hiss reputation
in the same line, and 1t Is also said that
IN the Blackburn-Burbridge sf.ir Judge
Rucker was to have been the senator's
second.