New-York tribune., 1894-10-30
4 FIERY ATTACK.


month ago and that statesman has been trying
70 adjust himself to II ever since. Another hap
uoned later 10 Mr. Nathan Straus but he shook
II off and went abroad Then the same thing
happencd Unexpectedly to Hugh j. Grant. He
Is still wrestling with il. Aud the unexpected
has come 10 be so common in the LcXow Com
mittec room that the day when IL does not nap
pcn is counted lost. But nothing in The annals
OF politics was ever 50 sudden and unexpected
as what happened yesterday morning To McSSrS.
Charles :. Farchld and Everett i. Wheeler,
II Is an open secret that Mr. Wheeler is running
for Governor. Though not of such wide noto-
ricty it is still fact. concerning which there
has been 50 far we know no attempt nj con
cealment. that the Hon. Charles :. Fairchild.
Secretary of the Treasury in Mr. Cleveland
first Administration. is not Only PROPOSING to
vote for Mr. Wheeler himself. bur is engaged
I'm conducting what Is called in certain select
circles that genilcmans "campaign. Both
gentlemen are members Of the Reform club Of
this city, of which Mr. T.. Ellcry Anderson Is
president. Mr. Anderson is the gentleman who
Immediately after the nomination of David T..
Hill cancelled the previously announced dates
for the Millennium. for the reason that any
short cut to ii would take away the occnpa-
ton of the Almighty" The club moi being an
oalhbound secret organization. II has leaked
ont that il contains differences Of opinion rs To
the immincnce of the Millennium and the can
didacy OF Mr.. Wheeler. As chairman Of the
Committee on Tariff Reform Mr.. Fairchild has
been sending out a circular 10 members OF the
club attacking Senator HIS record on the
Tariff. and intimating that in the circum-
1, Ia, ,.rp,r'' Ia 4
for Wheeler
1t was n document Of great length But. 50
far as We can learn. no member WAS compelled
under the constitution. the bv laws or any
house rule 10 read il. II was doubtless a mild
surprise to The author t. find that anybody had
read IT, II was largely historical AMI in Il meas
urc personal Still II WIS not violent. II sim
ply met ~ long felt want on the part ~ Ger,
tain Democrats who catch The epidemic Of Re
form Immediately after every election. bur. un-
like the large body II their associates who hay"
II only ten months in the wear. have il bad.
and fail to get over il in time to vot" the reg
ular ticket when the next Election Day comes.
The circular WAS intended to Soothr their feel
ings and deliver them ut The last moment from
the fatal consequences Of their own logic abln-
donmcnt Of The Democratic party That WIS
all What. then. must have been The surprise
of McSSrS. Fair,hid and Wheeler 10 lind them
selves bombarlc! yesterday morning through a
column and n half nf uncommonlv hot stun"
in "Thc New York World" signed Henry i.
Keenan," II is hy al odds Tie most lurid piece
of printed matter hat has appeared during the
campaign. Mr.. keenan, If that j. hi> real name
there j. 10 such name in Nh" city Directory.
nor do We find it in The directory of club mc.n-
bcrS. though h. applrclly writes under Re-
form club lottcrh"ad opens mp with extreme
vlyaclty. Addressing Mr. Tarchild h. says:
Il consider your letter humiliation a dis
honor" What must have been ihc feelings II
Mr. Fairchild when h" aWukr yesterday morn
Ing 10 h" confronted with such an ouihur>i of
resentment on account II b., innpccnt lille
circular from somebody II whose existence he
probably had not rill that moment been aware
In the column and half which follows the
writer not only basirs III" unfpr,u -" Fair
child with language IS" molten and sup.rhclIcl
that the paper >ccms - fairly curl up under H.
but hc rings in III un>,I,pcrtiug Wheeler whose
only offence is that hc is standing for Office
even Farchd does no. pretend that b. is run
ming and wallops him round IN most promiS
cuouS and dcnoralizing manner II must have
been an extremely sudden cy'uDrN"r Tor W heel
cr: possibly his first acull experience # cam
palgn mrihYd~ Keenan, speaks of him A. this
T.. i. Wheeler person" I.ofticr Scorn ihan that
could hardly bc cOnccivcd He SAYS Whcclcr'S
unholy purpose j. to defeat David T. IiiI but
that he will fail in il because thar distinguished
Democrat is "inyulncrablc to The horlrS Of pu
"tocracy. the malcvulcncc of personal cnmity
"thc nrfarious plottings Of those who rape tho
robe Of virtue 10 serve The cause of sham. If
"rcaction Of ccnrllization' Growing still hot
Ter h. says: "For my part ! should Ike to
like This could he punished. for | know no
"malcfa"ton grIvcr than that which permits n
"body Of cnvcnomcd pharisccS 10 impcr pop
"ular liberty under the glI~, Of REFORM When
the Reform club is in eruption there is Of
course. no telling what may or may not hap
pen The emotions of RcformcrS are 80 intense
This language is indcaiiv" of deep feeling If
Wheeler had been anywhere in sight N The
time Kccnan WAS very Liable to throw IN empty
bottle AZ him
We feel sorry for Wheeler The publication
Of this letter will 20 far 10 destroy his chances
for an election. In closing. Kcraan says that
Mr. Francis Farquhar. a member OF the Re
form Club, desires his name 10 20 with this"
This is "a corL"r." il We may 50 say. for Mr.
Francis Farquhars name does appear In The
Directory.