The Sunday globe., 1901-07-14
Mr.. JOHN R. M'LEAN
A Few Reasons Why He Prefers
Washington for a Residence.
HIS CLOSE CALLS ON DEATH
In Cincinnati During The RiOts-Hs Thrilling
Ride with an Insane Lieutenant Of Police
Who Designed 10 XIII Hlm-A few Brief
Pencil Touches Of The Next United States
Senator from Ohio.


Many people wonder why the Hon.
John R. Mclean prefers Washington
for a residence to nIs native Cincinnati.
Ohio people are especially mystified
at such preference, for to an Ohio
man there are but two places fit to
live in the flesh and in the spirit, viz:
Ohio and-heaven!
Mr. Mclean has made his mark in
the social and business life Of the Cap
ital City of the Nation, and while his
great newspaper, the Enquirer, fur
nishes all the gas the Bunckeyes can
consume, Mr.. Mclean in person sees
to it that Washingtonians do not suffer
for gas of another and equally well
paying character. IL can be said of
AIR. Mclean both in Washington and
Cincinnati that the men who work for
him in the manufacture of either kind
of gas esteem and admire him. He is
kindness and generosity itself( as an
employer. and humanely considerate
of the feelings Of his employees,
whether they extract gas from coal or
from their gigantic intellects. The
editor of The Globe never knew but
one mantle notorious and infamous
Allen o. Myers-who ever spoke i'll
Of Mr.. Mclean as an employer, and to
this ungrateful wretch he was more
than generous, giving him employment
when no other newspaper would hire
him, and repeatedly trusting the fel.
low, only to be as frequently betrayed.
In view of the fact that Hon. John
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the successor Of Hon. j. b. Foraker
in the United States Senate, The sun
day Globe. the editor of which has
known Mr.. Mclean since his first de-
but in the Enquirer, more than thirty
years ago recites a few anecdotes Of
the stirring scenes in Alr. McLean's
public, or rather professional life, in
which perhaps may be found some OF
the reasons why Mr. Mclean prefers
the quiet and order Of one of the most
beautiful cities on earth to smoky and
turbulent Cincinnati-bless it,
In the riots Of 1884, brought on by
the criticisms of Murat Halstead in
the Commercial by Mr.. McLean's Wig
orous defense of the men and things
attacked in the Enquirer and by the
success which attended Col. Tom Camp
BELLS defense of accused criminals
principally murderers-Mr. Mclean
first got taste Of the dangers Incl
dent to publishing a great metropolitan
newspaper He had gotten the En-
quirer on its feet and was beginning
to make money when the riots took
place. The Commercial called for a
public meeting TO express Indignation
against the legal authorities for their
failure to punish criminals. The cali
was aimed at Col. Campbell and the
Enquirer. Sheriff Hawkins, who was
an old employee of Mr. McLean's, early
on that fatal evening called at the En-.
auirer ofnce, and meeting Mr., Mclean,
said
There will be a bloody riot after
this meeting tonight, and you had bet
ter put your house in order"
Mr.. Mclean turned white and in
stantly pretended the seriousness
Of the situation. In his minds eye
he saw his property wrecked and prob
ably himself a victim of the fury Of
the mob But with characteristic en-
ergy he organized a corps Of lusty ad-
herents, armed them with revolvers
and other weapons He picketed them
in the vicinity Of the Enquirer of.
fee and scattered them among the
crowd with instructions to turn the
mob if it approached the Enquirer
building by counter cries Of The Com.
mercial brought on this meetingl" 1T
is responsible,' Let us go to the
Commercial office' etc. etc
When the mob did sweep through
the streets and carried all before it,
burning down the courthouse and as
saulting the Jail in a mad effort to get
at Colonel Campbel's clients and hang
them. Mr.. Mclean stood resolutely by
his property prepared to defend il to
the last extremity, The riot lasted
many days and nights, millions Of
property and hundreds Of lives We're
sacrificed, the streets of the city were
piled with corpses, volleys from Cat
ling guns answered the volleys of the
mob and many brave defenders of law
and order lost their lives, notably the
gallant and fearless yoUng Irish-Amer-
lean Desmond, captain OF militia.
Sheriff Hawkins desperately defended
his prisoners and fought the mob with
heroism which has never been
equaled, He' retHrned volley for vol.
ley and piled up the rioters in heaps.
During these days and nights Mr..
Mclean never left the Enquirer Office.
He slept ftfully i'm a chair and took his
meals as he could-between volleys.
He saved the Enquirer but he never
forgot the terrible scenes and the dan
ger he passed through,
In the latter days Of lAe riot and
when things were resuming their nor
NAL conditions Mr.. Mclean and a
friend left the Enquirer office about
midnight for a short walk and breath
ing spell. They had proceeded but a
few blocks until a regular fusilade OF
bullets swept over their heads and
imagining that they were the parties
being fired upon they stood not on the
order of their going but went at pace
at which they We're forever afterwards
proud, as IL broke all previous records
for sprinting. Investigation by En-
quirer young meH developed the fact
that the police had coralled about
dozen burglars i'm Make Leipmans
pawn shop and a pitched battle result
ed Mr.. Mclean and his friend We're
not within three blocks of the scene
but the vOlleys sounded "awfully close"
as the Enquirer proprietor expressed
it, and at this time, it will be readily
peoples nerves were un.
strung from the terrible scenes they
had witnessed on the streets OF the
Queen City.
Mr.. Mclean had an adventure, how.
ever, long after the riot, which he will
nayap forgot - no Ifrae 20 D.. ne Ia