The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-01
MANNING AND FELLOWS.
THE COLONEL WILL PRESERVE A
VALUABLE MEMENTO.

Judge of Human Nature.
New York, Dec. 81 The event of the
week has been the death of Daniel Man
ming In no place in the United States has
his power as a politician been felt more
than in this city. For years Manning was
the head and front of the opposition TO John
Kelly. 1t was his firm and unyielding dis
position that drove Kelly out of the Dem
ocratlc State Convention in Syracuse eight
years ago. and gave the County Democracy
recognition as the sole Democratic organiza-
ton in this city. IL was Manning's tact
that brought Tammany back within the
fold as a tender to the County Democracy
locomotive. 1t was Manning who held
TammaEy true to Cleveland in the election
of 1884, when the slightest detection would
have defeated the Democratic candidate for
President
After Mr.. Manning was made Secretary
of the Treasury he appeared to be the only
man in the Cabinet who was willing to give
Tammany a fair share of the patronage.
His course cenented the good feeling be
tween the factions and made it possible for
the Democracy to win its great victories in
the State and in the city. When sticken
by paralysis, Mr.. Manning did not lose his
interest in the consolidation of the city De-
mocracy. All through his illness he closely
watched the political struggles i'll the State
and city. How deep this interest was has
| just been accidentally shown.
Judge Maurice j. Power found in his over
coat after Mr.. Manning's death letter di-
rected to Col. John r. Fellows. This letter
| had been handed to the Judge during the
exciting political campaign in November
last when Col. Fellows was candidate for
| District Attorney. The Judge was request
ed to deliver the letter to Col. Fellows per-
sonally. He placed it in his overcOat
| pocket and forgot all about it. Upon dis
covering the letter he gave it to the Col
onel, who promptly opened it. 1t was from
Daniel Manning, and it was filled with
| cheering words and a check for $50, which
| he begged the Colonel to accept and use In
paying his election expenses
The Colonel's eyes filled with tears as he
read the letter from his old time chief.
THAT money" he said, "can never be
| drawn. | shall frame the check and place
it in my room where / can see it every day
and remember the great and generous
| friend whose heart went with his sigma
| ture.n
1t is about seventeen years since Mr..
+ Manning was the legislative reporter of the
Albany Argus. He also did some Associated
Press reports. While he was thus employed,
| Legislature 1t was strongly pressed. A.
T. Stewart was bitterly opposed to it, and
| sent a lawyer of the name of Fuller to Al
| bany to defeat it, Fuller stirred up
breeze, and did his best TO please his en-
| ployer. One morning he saw something i'll
| the New York Tribune which touched him
to the quick. 1t bore an Albany date.
Nathan Comstock was then the Tribune cor
| respondent Fuller met him i'll the lobby
Of 4bo nd tn ythi i'm
! for sending the dispatch. Nathan replied
| that Fuller was mistaken. He had never
| sent such dispatch, and it must have coma
| from the Associated Press. Dan Manning
is the Associated Press correspondent"
Nathan said. Don't you know him, Mr..
| Fuller"
mo, don't, answered the irate lawyer;
| ''but I'd like to know him, and give him a
piece of my mind"
ooh, he's a good fellow" Comstock re-
sponded. "I'lI take you down to the Argus
office and introduce you"
They went down to the Arglts office
| They found Dan at work with scissors in a
room with William Cassidy. Nathan in
| PRODUCED Fuller.
''Did you send that dispatch to the Tri-
! bltne yesterday" asked the lawyer, pointing
| to a copy of the Tribune.
| Eyes, replied Dan, whose sluggish tenn
| permanent was at that time matter of re-
| mark among all who knew him.
Then" exclaimed Fuller, his eyes blaz-
| ing with anger, you're an Internal liar
and an i'll begotten scoundrel! Good day,
Sirn
The lawyer took off his hat with mock DO
| likeness and left the office. Dan remained
| in his seat scissors in hand, as though he
| had been struck in the back of the neck
| with Sand-club. A moment afterward
| Mr.. Cassidy, who had overheard the con
versation, turned to Manning and said
"Dan, are you going to stand that"
Dan gazed at Cassidy for full minute
| and then replied.s
Il don't think it my duty to stand it.
Mr.. Cassidy, and | believe | won't stand
| il. y
| Mr.. Manning then asked Comstock where
| he could find Fuller.
''You can find him at the capitol if you
want to see him, Dan," Constocs replied.
He asked me TO bring him down here for
| an introduction. | supposed him to be u
| gentleman, and thought that he would talk
| am cably with you over tae matter"
Mr. Manning slapped on his hat and they
| started for the capitol. Fuller was not
| there, but they afterward found him in the
| rotunda of the court house. Manning went
for him as Sullivan goes Tor his opponents.
! In flash Fuller drew a revolver from his
hip pocket and presented ii at Dams breast
Comstock withdrew in a hurry. He said
that he had no faith in Fullel's skill as q
| narksman, and that he didn't want to take
| any chances. What followed was never
| known Manning made no reply when
questioned concerning it, and Fuller has al
ways kept his mouth closed. Certain it is
that something did happen, for both men
left the building arm i'll arm, and from that
day to the day of his death Manning pro-
fessed the warmest friendship for Fuller,
and Fuller protested the warmest friend
ship for Manning.
Manning was The life and the soul Of the
| County Democracy. He bound up its
wounds and applied alnica to its bruises
| Hubert O. Thompson was only his lieuten7
ant, and no man was more grieved than
! Manning himself because Hubert failed to
| reap the reward TO which the County De-
| mocracy thought him entitled.
| Daniel Manning was true friend. He
4 made few promises and never broke one.
He was silent man Rarely did he make
a speech, and lie never probably spoke for
more than five minutes. What he said was
| the essence of condensation. AS a reporter
| he was plain and practical, and never bril-
liant. lie used few adjectives, and pruned
his sentences lntuitively. While editor of
the Argus he penned few editorial articles.
The work was done by men whom he knew
and trusted He was Il rare judge Of hu-
man nature, and in all his political life it is
safe to say that he never made a mistake in
choosing his men. Nearly every politician
of repute in the city attended his funeral,
n Ia I..as Il