Daily Republican., 1889-05-14
COLONEL FELLOWS ENEMY,


From the Detroit Free Pressl
The other day cay down to dinner In
the Gait House, at Louisville. Next to
Ine sat gentleman who at first sight |
thought j knew. The second look and
his own glance Of unresogntion at me
showed me that | was mistaken. Al
ter lew moments | saw why 1t was that
thought recognized him. He bore
angular likeness to the cartoons of Mr..
John x. Fellows, the District Attorney
OF New York, the man who defeated DE
Lancey NIcoll, and the man about whom
President Cleveland wrote a letter Of
recommendation, as it were. Fellows
picture had appeared at the time IN many
OF the comic papers, and my neghbor at
the dinner table bore great resemblance
to the cartoons. At last / said:
DO you know that you look very
much like John II. Fellows, OF New
York;"
Yes" he answered. 81 have often
been taken Tor him. Do you know him"
| "No, do not; but have seen a great
many pictures of hun In the papers. Do
you know hlm?"
81 am slightly acquainted with him, I
regret to say"
"Then he is not friend OF yoursl"
| staS SVhtih NhNhils
"Well, It must be embarrassing to lool;
like PERSONS worst enemy"
"Ob, don't know that Fellows ia my
worst enemy, although perhaps he Is"
Then Imagine you didn't vote fol
him on the occasion of that memorable
struggled"
mo, sir; did not Sill / dill not
vote for Mr.. Nicoll, SO it Is sort of
'saw-oH' between Fellows and myself"
"Well, | would have gone further.
would have voted for Nicoil My sym
. pathles were with him In the contest"
Then you are not New York mann
mo Pm from Detroit"
, "Ah! did not think a local election
would have had any interest so far west.
"Far westi Bess you, Detroit is no
far west Detroit is an eastern city. l
has the stability of the East with the Gu
terprise Of the West"
"Must be wonderful town"
con, it is. What is Nicoll doing now.'
81 believe he is practising Law. lie
, a good lawyer "
: 81 should think you would have bee
sorry yon did not vote for him, when yo-
must have felt that it was the RICH
thing TO do"
+ "Well, none of us do as we should, 20,
| hhOhs OOolhNct q ROAoOh W DC
: these things clearer after they are oya
than he does at the time. Anyhow,
| would not have made any difference wit
the result"
"That so. By the way, what sort @
a District Attorney is Fellows making
How does the average man regard him 4
"W9ll, it's like this. Fellows is yer
much like the rest of us. He Is neithe
: as good us his friends try to make out, no
is he as bad as you or might think hir
9 to be. In word, he's human. He like
1 his friends, and tries to give his enemie
as good as they send"
81 suppose you know that"
"Well, | ought to. Fellows has don
l me n good deal of harm In his time, an
+ yet | will say this for him, that II
y wanted dollar don't know of any ma
e who would let me have it quicker tina
: John X. Fellows"
" 81 don't wonder man like that
n poPT%l,ar,,'"' g.. .,., =, :. No.
e he knows very well what think of hin
yet he would just as soon take drin
d with me as with you"
rs The stranger and myself then talked o
other subjects. found him 10 be a ver
II well-lntormed man and q most fasclna
Is ing talker. He was in fact one of u
most genial men ever met.
: The next day l was parslyzed to res
: the following item in The Courie
q Journal:
l. John r. Fellows, the District ATTIC
IT ney of New York city, passed throul
IN Louisville yesterday on his way east.
t. stopped at the Gait House, and left {
1r the l.. and N train at midnight"