The Portland daily press., 1891-09-28
AN EDITORIAL UNPLEASANTNESS
Which Called out the Police In New
Orleans.
The Streets Were PatroIled to Pre-
vent Meeting With Pistols,
After a Particularly Fierce Duel With
the Mighty Pen.

New YORK. September 26.-The Times TO-
day prints the following:
NEW ORLEANS, La. September ga
captain and twenty policemen patrolllng
Camp and Natchez streets this afternoon was
an unusual sight. Theywere there to prevent
hostile meeting between John G. Wickliffe,
editor of the New Delta, and Gen. George w.
Dupre, editor of the Evening States. After
ward both parties were arrested for being
about to commit a breach OF the peace and
placed under bonds and the police were with
drawn.
The unpleasant relations between the two
editors grew out of the different views enter
tanned by the two gentlemen en- the lottery
question. Gen. Dupre is a strong and un-
compromising advocate of the passage Of the
constitutional amendment extending the state
lottery franchise for twenty years in consid-
Grafton of the sum of 81, ,25c,00 per annum,
while Col. Wickliffe's paper was established
for the purpose of combating the lottery,
which 1t has done with great ylgor.
In this mornings issue of the New Delta
was this article, headed "The Only Answer"
In the issue of the New Orleans Daily States of
yesterday, Thursday, September "a, 1891, we
nnd an editorial purp0rting to be an answer to
Delta. ID the editorial in the States we find the
usual biilingsgate and backguardism In which
that paper INDUCES whenever 1t refers to anybody
or anything with whom its odItor has difference
In the of that article reference is made to
the New Delta In language which would call for
something besides verbal notice did it emanate
from any source save its own But in the present
instance we are preclnded from adopting this
course. The editor of that paper is one George
w. Dupre, person who cannot be engaged In a
serious difficulty on the streets as is evidenced by
the fact that in the last one in which he engaged
he lied to induce bis adversary to disarm; and
which generally governs gentlemen In the settle
ment OF personal matters by refusing to accord
satisfaction when the same was demanded, gthe
fact that he stands as self-confessed thief and
perjurer in the courts OF the state would prevent
any notice save this. With this character of a
man neither the New Delta nor those who are
responsible for 1t can bandv words, exchange in
suits or have difficulty. With just enough bold
ness to commence difficulty and not enough TO
continue it, with just enough courage to give an
insult and not enough maniiness to apologize or
courage TO fight for 1t, this eunuch in head, con-
ileman save such notice as may be given to any
other cur which might bark at your heels to kick
him when he becomes too annoying.
JOHN q. WIcKLIFFE,
Editor New Delta
The Evening States came cut at two
o'clock this afternoon with an article from
which the following extracts are made:
John c. Wlckiiffe, cross between shyster, a
mendicant and tramp, prints this morning aper-
sonai card In his paper called the New Delta in
which he makes cowardly and lying attack 10
bis customary style of rhetoric on one Of the ed-
tors OF the States, MIR. Dupre. Wicklitfe, takes
neither fight duel with the gentleman he singles
out to bespatter with his filthy mouthlngs nor en-
gage with him in .street encounter. Yesterday
we quoted the observation of Dean Swift relative
to certain class of conrovertialists, that those
whose teeth are too rotten 10 bite are best qual-
fed to revenge that defect by their BREATH" We
pointed to the editor of the Delta as one of that
breed OF disgusting .scribblers: Mr.. John o.
Wicklfe in his card of this morning fully exposes
the species to which he belongs. He will neither
fight duel nor engage in a street encounter
This tramp'S assumption OF the airs of gentle-
man for the purpose OF evadiDg responsibility for
the language of a blackguard IS positively ludic-
rous in It's presumption and audacity. He possess
es only one quality that is equal to his cowardice
that is bis venom. He is a hero with the pluck
OF a swashbuckler and the venom of viper. He
reiterates the rascally lie that Mr.. Dupre in re-
cent rencontre deceived his antagonist by falsely
pretending that he was unarmed. This lie has
been so fully refuted and crammed down the
throats of It's authors in court of justice that it
needs no further notice.
"Tnis report brands the editor of the Delta
liar" in letters Of fire. Begone. foul-mouthed de-
famer; but hope not TO escape future excor ationS
when you seek by lying, scurrity and slander to
serve your masters, 10 The detriment of the people
of louisiana"
This lead to the rallying of the police and
the arrest Of the parties.