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TJke Herald.
PJ.ATTSMOUTII. AUOIST 17. 1S7.
TIIK HANF0K1I MTIiDKIi IN CHICAGO.
II EN I) KICKS I.ETTKK OF ACCEl'T
ANCE AT LAST.
I'h! IV tl'lil K Irtil .Intv -1
Cent li'ini-n : I have the honor to acknowl
edge the rer'it of vour communication, i:i
which you liavc formally notilii'il nje of my
lioinili.lilou I V the National I icmocratlc on
veiition at St. ' Louis, as their candidate for t he
ollice of Vice-President of the tinted State.
It is a nomination which I hail ne:t her ex peeled
nor desired, anil vet I recognize ami appreciate
the high honor ilone ine hy the ( onvenlion. It
til h this feeling ami trust, also liom a (In n
ense of iuhiic duty, that 1 iioa accejit the,
iMiiinution, ami shall aliSe the judgment of I
IV countrymen. It woulil Have iieea impossible
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r ine in accept ine ituiiiiii.iiiuu 11 cou:u 1101
.eartilv endorse the platform of the convent ion.
1 rejoice that I lie I on
cntioii at St. Louis lias so imlilv raised the
muner of reform. Nothing can he well uuh u
or with our art airs umil the public conscience.
shocked ly the enormous evils ami aliases
which liiiV.iil, i-hall have demanded and com
pelled an unsparing reformation of our national ;
ilmliil-tivllon m Us lieait ami III lis members. I
I'he President alone must not If made the1
cape-goal t"r the enormiticM of the system j
hlt-h infects the public service and threatens!
e.-t niel ion of our institutions. In some re-
ieel.s. I hold lhat tile pre-ciit executive has
een I he victim rather titan liie aullior of that
icioiis system, voimre-sional and j ia rt y lead
rs have"heeii stronger th in the President. -No
ne man could have created il. and the removal
f uo one m in can amend it. 1( is thoroughly
orrupt. and must he swepf remorselessly away
y Ine action ot a government coiuioseit of ele
ments entirely new and pledged to radical re
orm. The tiVst work of reform must evident iv
e restoration of the normal operation of t'ic
onstitutioii of the I'nited Slates with all its
iiendiiii'iits. The necessities of the war can-
lot lie pleaded in lime of peace The right of
cal r-clf-goveriiment. as guaranteed bv the
oust it ut i ii. niu-'t he ever restored and cen
ntr.dized aiuiosl. Pes nal iiiipiiia'.i m. which
as lieen practiced, must he none away with
r tLe first principles of the republic will tie lost.
TH K MN ANCKs.
s I have heretofore aid. no one desires return
stiecie payment m re than I uo. hut 1 do not
clieve it wi'ilorean it readied in harmony with
he interesis of the people hy artificial measures
or contraction of the currency, any more than
I tiellev that wea III or lierinaiient iirosnentv
an he created ly anthill. tl ion of currency. The
aws of tin a nee cannot bo disregarded with lai-
piuiity. ine niiaiieial policy oi ine government
fore has ilisturneU commercial ousmess confi
dence as well as hindered r-turn lo specie nav-
liienn. i ine icaiure 01 i nai imiiicv w as ine rc-
nttiiiiioii :iei oi s..i '. ilea ii:ls e.n 1:11 rasseo ine
country lv me anticipation oi
A ('OMI'n.SilKV K KSt M1TION,
for which no preparation lias been made, and
without any assurance that it would be practica
ble. 1 he repeal of th.it clause is necessary.
that the natural operation ot linauci.il laws mav
tv restored, tli.it the business of tne country
may be relieved froai its d:s:urhiiigand depress
ing inthience. and t hat a retiini to specie pay
ment mav be facilitated bv t Ins substitution of
i-i r and more prudent legislation wineli shall
mainly rely on a judicious system of p iblic. econ
omies, and. ab.ive all, 0:1 the promotion of pros
perity in all the iuilu-trics of the people. I do
lot understand the repeal of the resumption
:ause of t he act of lHT'i lo be a backward step
1 11 our return to specie payments, but the ri v-
ry "f a false step, and although t he repeal may
or a time be prevented, yet the determination
l the democratic, party oil the subject lias been
distinctly declared in t hat there should 11 no
Hindrances put in the way of return of specie
payments.
THF. BfltIP.S Of TIIK I'KOl'I.K
must a!n be lightened by a ureal change in our
system of public expenses. Its prodigal e expen
ditures, which has increased taxation from five
dollar', tier capita in Uik). to eighteen dollars in
:!( tells its own story of our need of fiscal re
ditu lie revised and amended in o far as they
ave citizens of loreign birth in any particular
ss secure in an-' country on earth than they
totild he if thev had been born 1111011 our own
-oil, and the.iinuuiliiou.s coolie system which.
through the atrencv of wealthy cnmpaiitev im
ports Chinese bondmen and establishes a
species of slavery and interferes w'th rewards
of labor on our Pacific coast, should tie utterly
abolished in the reform of our civil service.
CIVIL, SKRVK.'K RKFORM.
I most heartily endorse that section of the
platform which declares that the civil service
ought not to be subject to change at every elec
tion, and that it ought not to be made a brief
reward of party zeal, but it ought to be rewarded
for proved competency, and held for fidelity in
public employ.
Evidence of Mr. Mc.tlullen.
Business Manager of the Chicago I'ust, residing
at No SJsNortii LaSal'e si reel, was then called
upon to testify. He said : A bunt T.-t" o'clock last
evening I staited w ith my brother to call upon
Mrs. Sullivan. In pas-ing the residence of .Mr.
Francis I Inn lord, we slopped to speak with him.
He was standing on IHe sidewalk in front of his
house. My brother rema- ke I. "I jruess you have
got yourself lu trouble." Mr. llanfonl replied.
" WhV.'" ami my brother said, "Van 1 Isdel read
vour coininuiiicaiion 111 the Council this alier
iioon. ;md gave your name as author." .My
brother th' n laughingly said" You'll probably
have a libel suit or a slander suit.'' Just as Mr.
Hanferd was about to reply, a carriage drove up
to the curbstone in front of his resilience and
stopped there. Two .entleiuen got out of the
cairiage and wall cd about half wav up the steps.
My brother said to Mr. Ilanford "l guess there
is somebody wants to see you" Mr. Ilanford
replied "1 guess not ; 1 don't know them." My
biother then started ea-t toward Ciaik street.
Just at that moment I heard Mrs. Ilanford, who
was silting on the front door step of the house,
sav. evidently in answer to a iiue-tion : " That
is tiini on the" sidewalk." Wit 11 that Mr. Han
ford started towards the steps to meet the vis
itiors. and thev turneil dow 11 t he steps, at the
foot of wiiicn ft.ey ail met. I was just turning
to follow my brother to.vard C.ark street when
I heard sonic one in the carriage call: "Mr.
MeMulleii." I turned toward tin-carriage and
aw Mrs. v;llivnn sitting in ii. I walked upand
shook hands with her. and remarked that we
were just goiiij' down to her place. She replied
"I meant vour brother when I called ; tell him
I left some liiauuscript at the house." The wit
liess Jiere stated thai hisbroiher had engaged
Mrs. Sul ivaii temporarily to work for the '.
the wor'; lobe done at "her on resilience. I
then as..ed her what she was doing there. She
answered. "That dog has outraged ami insulted
me." I said "is thai your husband?" and she
answered in the atlirmative. 1 then asked.
"What i- lie here for?" and her answer was. "To
get satisfaction, aiul lie (pointing HiwanN the
group at tiie foot of t ip-step-) will be lucky if he
gets off with a whole hide." 1 s;ij, 10 her. " Why
Mrs. Sullivan, w hat do you mean? Has he come
here for a personal encounter?" She answered.
"1 don't Know, but I hope Aleck wont hurt him."
I then said, "Why, that is no way to settle such
matters ;" and she replied. "You don't know all
about it ; t hat dog has insulted me." Almost
instantly thereafter. I heard Mrs. Hansford
scream, my back having previously been toward
the parties, .lust as 1 turned Sullivan struck
ilanford in the face and knocked him down. He
then stood over him with his ,.ft hand 011 his
illantord'si throat. 1 immediately sprang to
iili'vau's side, and put mvarui around his neck
and took bold of his left hand with my own left
uami. jerk ing him away from Ilanford. Sulli
van struggled to j;et away, but did not strike me
I threw him around, and it w as scarcely an in
stant before I had turned my back and laced the
carriage again. I then saw Mr. Ilanford, .Mr.
Sullivan's brother ;'d Mr. Sullivan standing
close up by the side of the carriages. They
were clinched. I could not tell bow. but it wa a
sort of triangular clinch, each having hold of
the other. Almost iii-t.uitly Mr. Ilanford gt
loose front them, and then 1 saw Mr. ieo. I'..
I mnh.iin cniie up and try to get hold of Mr.
Ilanford. I (loti I think he got hold of Hanfoul
who was i;i a stooping ooslure. and was reach
in; toward Sullivan, tof w hom I still kept hold)
and myself. I placi d myself in front of Sullivan,
with my left hand :rgainst Hanford's breast, still
retaining hold of Sullivan, in order to keep the
men apart. At this moment the pistol was fired.
Mrs. Sullivan was then st Hiding beside the car
riage, five or six feet I10111 us' As I stated be
fore the three. Mrs. Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan's
brother, and Mr. Ilanford. were clinched when
I saw them. Immediately after the shot was
fired Mr. Ilanford clasped his hands across his
abdomen and sunk ilo.vn on the sidewalk. I did
not see the pistol until after I heard the rej o t.
As soon as the shot was fired I let go of Sullivan
:md tried to rai-e Ilanford un. lie said to me.
Dave I am riving : I am shot." Ju-t at that mo
ment Mr. Win. H Hush came out of his resi
dence next door, and wit h several others who
came up assisted me to raise Mr. Hauford. I
turned around and saw Sullivan with the pistol
in his right hand, pushing his wife toward the
carriage, and saying to her. "tJet into the car
riage ami go home." She replied. "Send the
carriage for a doctor." I went and took hold of
S lilivan by the arm. saving, "vou inu-t not go.
lie turned round and looked at me. and I said,
"MeMulleii is my name ; don't yon know tne?"
or "I suppose yiru ilon't know ine?" I cannot
say exactly what expression I used. He replied,
"1 is a wonder I did not shoot you, for I thought
you were some friend of his w ho would attack
ine." The revolver was a medium-sized pocket
revolver I think a six shooter, and was after
ward handed bv Sullivan to the officer.
AliKAHAtt LINCOLN. j
We heard an excellent characteristic!
story ut Honest old Abe a few la;s ago'
which we have never seen in print:
During tiiewar.it will be remember
ed, the iron dad Merriiiiae caused con
siderable consternation anions the sea
board cities along the atlantic coast,
and fears were entertained at New
York that .she would steam in some'
tine morning and capture the city This
was before the little monitor had
shown its mettle. Accordingly, a del-i
egation of twelve wealthy New York
merchants was sent down to Washing
ton to wait on the President. Audi-1
ence was grunted to them, and they
marched into the presence of Lincoln
The spokesman of the party stepped
forward and commenced:
"Mr. Lincoln, we represent among
us here the sum of 8VJ,OttO,0()(). We
are hu ge tax payers and supporters of
this government. We do not come
here to beg of you any privileges other
wise than those we have a light to
c airn. We demand of you protection
for our lives and for our property.,
Lincoln stood tit the end of a long ta.
ble, and at the conclusion of this bom
bast ic speech, he said:
' ( Jenliemeii, we have no boat at
present, which is equal to the Merri
mae, or which can compete with her.
lint if I was as rich you say you are.
and as scared as I know you are, I
would build an ironclad and give it to
the government. !
Thi n the representatives of S-)'),0)0.-;
000 went out and cooled off.
6.s X 2. J4 y
DICK STREIGHT'S
Feed and Sale Stables.
Corner tUh ami I'earl Sts.
IHKSr..S l:o AKIlKH 11V TIIK
way, ut:i:ii, on Jiovm.
HORSES BOUGHT.
S0LI5 OH TltADEI),
For a Fair Commission.
TKAMK AT A LL SIOUKS.
I'ai iicular attention paid to
Driving and Training
Tiion i vc; stock.
Al.so A hearse furnished when called for.
Till OI. W STAXW OF
V3I. STADKLMAXX,
Nearly "Jp. Xttiiiuh rs Ifon.se, Jfaiii fit.
At the old stand I still hold forth, and for the
Centennial year I otlergoodsat '7 't prices 177ti.
I mean. If you do not believe it. come and see.
ST K EIGHT & JULLKIS,
A Large Stock of Clothing,
MUX'S AND 1 JOYS'
hats, .!?. ; 1,0 v:s.
( AMIS. THI AliH. VAMHKS.
etc.. etc., etc., etc.
All llmxlyiit a limit ItrtliictUm in I'rire.
Harness Manufacturers, 1 J. V. "Wscktsich,
s.llH.KS
r.KIDI.ES.
OM.I.AKS.
and all kinds of harness stock, constantly on
hand.
Fruit CoiilVotiom-ry,
AM)
Grocery Store
NITS,
CAN 1)1 KS,
TKA.S
SltlAKS.
COFFF.KS,
TOUM'COKS,
r i.ori:.
Kemember t he jdace, ojipo it K. . Dovey's !
on Lower Main Street.
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XTniJWIIT d- MILLER.
H. A. WATERMAN & SON,
Wholesale and Ketall Dealers in
Pine Lumber,
CKNKKAL DKAI.KK IN
Groceries,
DRY GOODS.
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Boots and Shoes,
Gut lery,
QUEENSWAUI
AND ALL KINDS OK
NKKDKD UY TIIK
A frontier Texan who was asked if
he was goin"; to attend the Centenial
Kxihition guilelessly replied: "I'd liko
to, hut I'll have to put it off till" next
year".
SHINGLES,
Sash,
Doors,
Blinds,
F.TC. Ki t'., KTC.
Msu street. Corner of Fifth, j
PL.ATTSMOUTH, - - - - NE15
or.-
Househok
( ornrr .'id and Main Htv
Still Better Rates for Lumber.
ri.ATTSMOl'TH.
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