The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-17
FROM PENS TO PISTOLS.
FLORIDA EDITORS FALL our OYER
DOLNGS OF COLORED PEOPLE

Jssss Benia~sn Hsrriso. Thousht that
Col. Sewer Devoted Too Much Space TO
Them, snd Col. SEWER Thought Not
The Lie, the Challenge, and the Arrests.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Nov. 16-The most ex-
citing local episode that has occurred here
recently was the arrest to-day OF Col II. "
Sewer. editor OF the Daily Telegram. pub
lished from the Florida Times Union office.
and Judge BENJAMIN Harrison. editor OF the
florida Daily Standard. for an attempt to fight
q duel with pistols at Moncrief Springs. three
miles from here.
The quarrel arose from Q bitter newspaper
discussion some days ago.
The Telegram has department for "doings
OF colored people," and a colored reporter has
charge OF It The Standard criticised this de-
partment severely. and often sarcastically re-
ferred to "doings Of colored society bellies and
beaux."
This was answered by the Telegram. In tn
Telegram OF Nov. 5 there was a column edi.
torial unusually strong against the 81 anddF'd
The following are extracts:
"Chipley's daily sink hole taias Standard
has got into pseudo frenzied state over
the 7elerdn's colored department. and is
20 blinded by its own fantastic con-
tortions before the very limited public
to which 1t speaks that 1t has wandered from
kue VuleL pdttl Vi tTuUu anu WdutOHb WIFI uHy
insinuation. and even courts the witch whose
plain English name is lie.
"The owners and editors Of the Telegram
we're in position to do this act OF simple justice
as nobody else ever was in Jacksonville.
They are Southern men. Democrats. and be-
lievees In white supremacy. But they had the
true Southern mans interest in the welfare
Of the negroes. and did deliberately and with
true friend!iness for the race what has been
Do not see that that fact in any wise impeaches
theiy motives.
lation Of resentment and horror. but 1t has no
other effect than to bring them into contempt
stfsirs. as well as the court records in which
honest. man never misstates the position
Of his oIpons1i To Dc so .1 t
sais!. is,sesneessnS has :, re tSIsi as q
s sa sPat that to 5ssst5
testimony ior false, witnessing and ali the
vicious practices OF the perjurer. The position
81 sd tnS sas ws It's sDn sSSD %scoa aGa
Now is it the intention to fight tho Evening
be found losing venture. for the colored people
supply large part Of the evening newspapers
g tS ed be ay ns tSe
eds Rf1adsd e in RTnt as
eIeaget.' 80 much to the public: but to the 20
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sSa ss s PS sad sa ' nna not
in him any more than honor or virtue ever re-
sided in any OF his ancestors. actual or puta-
sst PgoE ssls too . %Ess sRd
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thHs sss sSs duel VA. Inn
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rants were given to Sheriff Broward
s friends Of ths editors hastily Stated out
and ITS sesond fGhares Daeosta.
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The party at once returned to the city. and
House Another T party 9t foand Editor sexier
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Seyier. too was ready for business
together with Nj: Bauskett BY this time the
at
The two would-be duellists were placed in
fhes found
s sst out tb aSs % Finally un no
Outstanding was arrived at and the prisoners
to Keep The
found ready signers: and In few minutes the
principals were ut liberty.