New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-11

90 who amt nm, in a game OF " draw, aiu o'c'
,hoxa deadly veapons are seldom drawn In the
c,ubbouse Owing to an innate sense Oh pro-
,r;otv IN tho mart of members firearms are
,suoi,v discharged in the street, whereby only
non combatants not members OF the c'uo are
endangered This is as it should DC.
In essentials-that is. in voting the Dem
ocratio tictet--it is understood that the society
;s harmonious There has been. we Deie'c'
but one break in the prevailing harmony OIL
his subject That was during the ia'e ca'".
naipn when member who was suspected vi
a disposition not only to vote the Republican
ticket. but 10 take the stump for 1t in his naive
State of Virginia. was questioned about II ny
another member. who was deeply mower ny
tho nossibility that Virginia might be dlshon-
orcd and the club disgraced by such cohuuc'
The member who was suspected OF mcdl'a'ihs
this dishonor and disgrace being somewhat
older than his qucstiOncr, and having serVeu !"
the Confederate Army through the war. re-
piled, unkndy that 1t was none OF the othcr
i'd busincss.r but left the impression that
bc did intend to vote the Republican tckee
Now tho Southern Society not being politlca
organization though it is commonly ''hder
stood that the members must vote the Demo
cratic ticket, the offending member couid not
he Disciplined for voting for Harrison, Dut nc
had used profane language, and that shocKed
the entire membership. IL was necessary
that he should be disciplined to preserve
the moral tone of the club. Pending the
question of discipline he resigned and soon
after confirmed the Judgment CT the club as to
his uniitness by joining the Union League
where instead of tho pure and wholesome
moral atmosphere of Twenty -ffth-st.. it Is
notorious that the air is sulphurohs with bias
phemy and rank with the carousings OF men
who habtually vote the Republican tcket
When this degenerate son OF Virginia had gone
70 his own place the Southern Society became
once more harmonious.
This continued until one evening last month
when, as we learn from Our Democratic con-
temporarics 1.-THE Ncw-York Sun and "Ihe
New.York World" two members OF tho ciup'
one aged seventy, the other twenty-five VINO
were sitting in at a little game, had diner
ence of Opnon as to the number OF spots on the
cards or their respective contributions 10 the
"iackpot" or some such important matter. Inc
elder member, being behind the game" made
an offensive remark. The younger rctofted
| lhcrCat tnc clucF fOSc up diu SUI" -
repeat that remark it is at Your peril In the
Southern Society when conversation reaches
this point it is customary to repeat the re-
mark ANY member who did not under such
circumstances repeat the remark would be
banishcd from the society of gentlemen. VI
course the young man repeated the remark
Thcreupon the elder member in the words OF
the reporter, slapped him full in the face"
Conduct like this is apt to provoke resentment
IL must have disturbed the game. The young
man. however. was quite equal to the occasion.
With the remark "lour gray hairs save YOU
he burst into tears Ii must have been 4 very
thrilling scene But how much better 1t was
to burst into tears than to have increased the
disturbance by resort to firearms or cutlasses'
The publicity given to little affairs OF this
sor, by members of the club indicates will
ingness. if not anxiety, to submit it, most IN
innate transactions to public scrutiny. 1t is a
little unusual but the frankncss of it is SO de-
Iiehtful that no one can complain.