The herald., 1895-12-06
Fourth Ward Republican Leaders
Fight to a Finish
THE A. P. A. IN POLITICS
Colonel REGISTER EmphatiCaIly Resents
an Imputation
Tie Denies That He tias Been Seeking to Manlp.
uIate the Order In the Interest q
Hon. Hervey Lindley

Pedestrians passing the city ball short
ly after 30 o'clock on Wednesday even
ing were somewhat startled and surprised
to observe two figures upon the stairs a.
the entrance to the municipal building,
both gesticuiating Wildly and arguing
rather loudly. The short and slight man
OF the two who were arguing was Lee F.
Moss, Esq, the attorney and politician,
and the other was Colonel II. G. Reyes.
Ter, equally well known as Republican
leader. who is lust at present a sewer n
spector in the Office of Street SUPERB ton.
dent P. a. Howard. Colonel REGISTER
had been informed that Colonel Moss, his
erstwbile friend, had been circulating
certain lipelous statements concerning
himself throughout the length and
breadth OF the land. the specific count in
the indictment being that the sewer in
spector had caused it to be
bruited about where the tale
would have the most effect that he,
Rege- ,ec, had SO manipulated and was
still SO manipulating the organization
known as the American Protective Assoc
citation as tn make that other Republican
leader, the Hon. Hervey Lindley, a great
man among his fellows.
thor of this tale OF woe was a prevarica-
tor, to which statement Colonel Moss re-
spUnded by saying that he had only
heard the story, and was not himself
responsible for it. REGISTER then ,e-
marked that any one who assisted in the
circulation of the fearful libel was as big
a liar-r-r-r r as he who had originally set
ahoat the ugly rumor.
At this point in the narrative histor-
ians differ. There are those who insist
that Colonel Moss sought to swing a
pivot blow upon the claret repository of
Colo.iel REGISTER, in the hope of drawing
first blood, while upon the other hand, it
is asserted with equal pOsitivaness that il
waa Colonel REGISTER who nrst attempted
at landing with his list among the Ros-
coe ConklinG curls of Colonel Moss. Coun.
Gilman 5. y. kingery. who was a sort OF
Dottle-nolder to all parties concerned, is
inclined to favor the REGISTER theory of
the accident. BE that as 1t may, the
sewer inspector easily won both the first
as vel as the second round in the sang
classed middleweight, while Colonel
Moss,if he is anything al all pugilistio-
ally, will have to be placed in the light
weight class. REGISTER knocked Moss
down, and when the latter had the bad
taste to again get upon his feet, the
knocking. Councilman Kingery at this
stage in the matinee iaterposed his ben-
evolent nature and carried Colonel Moss
off the field of battle. sorer ii not q
wiser man. 1t Is stated that had not
kingery been on hand, Moss might not
now be in the land OF the living, but this
is denied in some quarters as gross ex-
aggeration OF the facts. Moss was yes
teriay curing discolored optic, while
some of the joints in his body appeared
to pain him considerably. Colonel Reg
ester is on the other nand without
scrafCh The at hn iSsnod n hal Ion 1c
TO fight any man the size of Moss in tine
Fourth ward.
S. a. kingery is doing as we'll as can
be eXpeCted.