Evening journal., 1892-12-08
STENGLE AND MAHAFFY.
Tho Young Man From Virginis Gets Up
Very Funny Little Joke on Him

So N"o ~ NiiAo NiN1 iAcA tNtnHE. M T.
Stengle is the young man who wante d
to represent the Third ward Republicans
in the Board Of Education two wears
ago The reason he was not elected was
because the Democrats polled too many
votes for him to overcome.
After this young Napoleon of the
Third ward found his Waterloo. on the
strength of a Mahaify marsh lot for
property qualifications, he found things
too cold in Delaware and migrated to the
South
He arrested his fight at Onancock
and bought out the Accomac Democrat.
which was then on its last legs After
buying some cotton waste and benzine
he cleaned the plant thoroughly,
bought two pounds of type, some
sorts and christened his purchase
the Accomac Review. The natural sup
position was that the political complex.
ion of the sheet would be changed. This
Inference proved incorrect. Mr.. Stengle
says he became Democratic convert and
as radical in his dissemination Of Jefferson
ian-J Jacksonian-Cleveandic principles as
he had been IN Wilmington in chanting
the praises of the Higgins Bach Mahaffy
machine
81 suppose you know that / have be-
come Democrat" he remarked to an
EVENING JOURNAL reporter.
"Why no, exclaimed the reporter.
"How did that come about2'
'lf you want TO make a Republican a
Democrat Just send him to the South to
live" he replied "The only white Re
publicans there are the office holders and
wire-pullers The nigger question will
bring him around TO the Democratic side
every time.
"What did you do with the Mahaffy
lot you had for property qualification in
the Board of Education fight2"
81 still have It," he replied, with a
smile. "The way in which the EVENING
JOURNAL exposed that matter hurt me
very much. know where you got it. 8"
"Were you not to return the property
after the electionY
"Well, l didn't. / still hold the deed.
Some time ago / got letter from Mar
shal Mahaily. In 10 he asked me if !
remembered the lot that he decided to me
when ! ran for the Board of Education 4:
If so, would | re-deed it to him as he
might probably have use for it in the
future"
"What was your answer"
81 replied that / understood when it
was decided to me that it was given as
a present; but that 1 enclosed a bill for
taxes and If he would send me some
money would transfer the lot. That is
the last | heard of 10"
How did you come to get the
lotYo
"You had it all right in the EVENING
JOURNAL Jacob Blackburn, the defeated
candidate for City Council, decided it to
me through Mahaify's influence. After
my defeat ! decided It TO Tom McVey,
present councilman from the Second
ward. McVey found other qualifications
and he decided it back TO me-
"How large is the lot2'
Twenty by 100 feet. It is beyond
Eleventh street bridge and fronts on
Mahaffy's lane
''What was the consideration
$500 was the sum named in the deed.
didn't give him anything for it but
he can't prove it, IL only costs me
twelve cents a year tax, ana ! might as
well keep il.
The EVENING JOURNAL had not
printed his interview and. probably
would not have done So had not the re.
porter Who took L. received the following
letter from the young man of the swol.
styled in times gone by:
Don't use my remarks 10 YOU Yesterday ON
the train. They were incorrect and untrue
ana given NOu only as "a Joke. ] dld il eimnly
To see how iull | could stuff you with political
news ana found that you were willing TO hear
anything against the other side, true or
untrue. Take the advice of a junior newspaper
man and be moro particular In the future
what news you take for publication. VIII be
unable TO call TO see YOU
Your friend,
q. /. SrrNo1E.
The giddy young man had evidently
been 'seon' by some of AIahany's
friends. His letter was enclosed in a
Morning News envelope and he had evi-
IDENTIFY been telling his little joke when
he was called down by some of his former
associates who did not relish it. even as
la joke. They evidently knew that
Stengle, in his volubility OF imbicelity
had given away the particulars of
o political Job The interview and
letter are given for what they are worth.
The records at the Court House show the
transfer which made a STRIPPING. who
was as poor as q church mouse. feel as
rich as ii Cr@sus when he was qualified
with Just about enough land TO bury "A
Tenth ward Democrat For a Metho.
dists minister's SON young Stengle is ev.
Identity not a credit TO his father.
just as the EVENING JOURNAL reporter
was leaving the young man yesterday he
said:
Now, don't use this story today be-
cause / am going to be in Wilmington
tonight and ! don't want to have amy
trouble with Mahahy
Mahaify missed it by not seeing
Stengle.
stengle's Little Card.
During the interview he handed the
reporter his poorly printed business card
OF which the following is an extract:
OUR MOTTO.
FOR TRUTH AND RIGHT Always
THREATENED with suit fortelling the truth
after but one months publication. Slanderod
and snccrcd at by contemporaries. but re-
ccived by all true citizens as the ''vOICE or
ans PEOPLE"
The next time young Stengle wants to
stun a Wilmington reporter he should
come up