Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1879 — A VERY NEATL TTLE GAME [ARTICLE]

A VERY NEATL TTLE GAME

Mr. Hubbell Lets the Cat Out of ike Bag. [Washington Special to the World.} The Republicans have got another interesting newspaper publication on their hands in the shape of the National View, the Greenback paper of this city. This was revealed in an unfortunate conversation which Congressman Hubbell, of Michigan, had with Congressman Oscar Turner, of Kentucky, the other day. Mr. Hubbell is chairman of the Republican congressional committee, and Mr. Turner is a Democrat. The latter on Saturday was mistaken by Mr. Hub bell for Mr. Robinson, chairman of the Republican State committee of Ohio, and the successor of Eugene Hale. He drew him with great secre cy into the cloak-room aud asked him If he knew the editor of the View*— Mr. Turner said “No,” whereupon Hubbell proceeded to enlighten him in this wise: “His name is Lee Crandall. He publishes a Greenback paper and it is rendering valuable service to our party. Mr. Crandall went out to Ohio to the Columbus convention and he prevented a coalition between the Greenback and Democratic parties. That’s the kind of work he’s engaged in. He ts preventing the two parties from uniting, and in that he is doing us more good than aDy of our own papers. Now his paper must go down unieos we keep it tip and its clearly our interest to do ,sp. ..I am raising a subscription to keep the View alive and all our Republican members have contributed generous? iy. We expect you to do a 3 well as others. Mr. Crandall is going to the Toledo convention, and as the editor of the National organ of his party he will keep the Greenbaekers and Democrats from uniting. He is doing us an immense amount of good and we m ust keep his paper going.” .After a time Mr. Hubbell discoveied his mistake and begged for secrecy, but the joke leaked out and Hubbell and the View will probably go to join Frye and the Okoloua States. The Republicans are ehagrined over the matter, and Mr. Turner expects to-morrow to add to their sorrow by makiug a personal explanation, giving all the facts, under the pretense of exposing the manner in which his confidence has been betrayed by a local reporter who interviewed him.