The Washington bee., 1894-03-24
PUBLIC OPINION.
ECHOES FROM THE BRECKENRIDGE
POLLARD CASE.
From the Ohio Falls Expres.

From the Ohio Falls Expires
The beauties of lynch law can b
well imagined in the Pollard case.
Just suppose Breckenridge a s. col
ored man. then how quickly would
all this disgrace upon Lexington have
been wiped out instead of befouling
the newspapers Chat enter the house.
hOld) as educators in the work of de-
gredatiOn.
From the Southern Mercury.
The Pollard rd-Brcckenridge breach #
promise suit has furnished an abound
ance of food for scandal consumption
for the past few davs. This is a suit
brought by Miss Pollard against Con
gresham Breckenridge of ,lKentuckv.
for breach OF promise. Miss Pollard
says the Honorable BRECKENRIDGE
promised to marry her, and she wants
him to carry out his promise or put up
the collateral. AS Mr. Breckenridge
is not possessed of very much of this
worlds goods, according to reports.
Miss Pollard will not fair sumptuouslv
even if she secures judgement.
Fr ON the Lancet Recorder.
Ihe G World wonders how a man of
Snch distinguished reputation as Col.
breckenridge. could SO f II forget himself.
how man of such ripe age and ex-
perIence should allow himself to fall a
prey to what he knew would have such
| a tendency to drag him down.
High III the councils Of his party
aud country, famed as lawyer and
| orator, yenerated by his constituency
aS their representative. he has drag
ged the honorable name which he
bears III the dust, and blackened his
own character beyond expurgation.
Which ever way the case may termi-
nate, he cannot and will never be
| @ble TO outlive the shame which he
has brought upon himself and upon
| his name and fame
| From tie saturday Evening Journal
| The Pollard breckenridge case is
exciting lots of interest in Washington
Whether the gallant(D Kentucky Col
onel is responsible or not for the tenn
porai and we may say enternal, ruin
OF this woman we are not prepared
to say and no man, except the Colonel
will ever know this side of the dark
river, but if he is guilty he deserves
the universal condemnation of all men
and women. II not guilty he is to
be pitied.
From the Consevator.
After four years of fighting the
civil rights case of the editor of the
New York Age, against the restaur-
ans man, for assault and imprison.
ment, has reached the court of Ap
peatS. The editor has won ever,
step thus far ard nearly a thousand
dollars damages depend on the de-
clSlon now soon to be rendered.
/ From the Southern MercEry.
Mr.. Harrison talks to suit the place
he is III. On his western trip he never
said a word about silver until he
reached Colorado. In Utah he talked
statehood. and when he started down
the Pacific slope he talked raisins
Bartlett pears, and midwinter expo
SitiOnS.
The Lancet Recorder SAYS tha,
''Preisdent Cleveland has gone t.
sleep on his love for the negro
democrats" We Judge with our es
teemed contemporary, by the Presi
dents appointments.
\ From the Omaha Progress
Gossip is crisp i'm meanneSs, sharp il
: | devilty, and is always welcome to th
man or woman that finds nothing il
life TO keep them busy but to opel
sores and make fresh wounds anon.
their felloWmen or women.
From the y o. Monitor
The Breckenridge Pollard breacI
of promise suit, now in progress il
the courts of Washington. DC.
furnishes some of the racieSt kind O
reading. To the lover of the sensa
: tIonal it comes like mamma from tn
heavens above Painting fits, tears
oathS and fist fights are some O
the diversions hat have ushere
in its beginning, and ere its denoue
' ment shall have been reached w
;, expect to see Congress appeal t
= the President To call out troops t
: preserve the peace. Colonel Brecker
l ridge has gone through many warn
. campaigns in his district, hut w
will venture Gle assertion that thi
p is the hottest he ever tackled. Th
Iold Ashland district, which til
Colonel represents in Congress wa
formerly represented by Henr
Clay, and like his illustrious pre-
idecessor, it seems that rhe Colont
has too great a foudneSs for tn
fair sex. We believe the Colont
will subscribe to the saving tha
j. I"hell hath not fury like a We
man Scorned."
| From the Domestic Monthly
More than two-thirdS of the womp
who marry let their husbands sli
through their fingers because they al
too lazy. too indifferent, or too ignol
ant to keep them. 4 girl wins a hu'
band mnconsciously. Ask any of you
:. friends how they captured their ow
half. and they will tell you frankly -
don't know" A mans heart is e1
SHARED by pretty hand. nice teeth,
roud, low voice, frank eyes, beautifl
hair: by the way a gi'ls walks, talk
PLAYS: 10y her gifts, her smile. he
ambility, good taste, generosity, {
the very manner in which she greet:
facinates or abuses him. She may no
know how she won aim, but if sl
dosen't know how to keep him, the bes
thing for her to do is to find oltt. Thel
are many things we know 10y intitutiol
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