Their blood is up

Lexington, KY May, 11 – Col. A. M. Swope, one of the most prominent republicans in this state, and a former collector of internal revenue of this district, met Col. Williams Caseius Goodloe, also a prominent leader of the republican party of the state and a delegate to the Chicago convention, in the lobby of the Phoenix hotel, and denounced him as an infamous liar and scoundrel, and at the same time drawing off his coat. the hotel was crowded with strangers attending the races. Col. Goodloe said that this was no place to have a settlement, and no trouble originated at the time. The affair grew out of the speech made at the Louisville state republican convention, held last week, in which Goodloe denounced Swope, and stated that nineteen out of twenty delegates from this county were not on speaking terms with Swope. The affair created a great deal of excitement and rumors are afloat that a meeting between the gentlemen would result. The friends of the parties are trying to harmonize things at the Phoenix hotel. The result has not yet been learned. Mr. Goodloe is in the hotel but the whereabouts of Col.Swope cannot be learned.

source: Evening Gazette