Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-03-19

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A0nd."
Yesterday afternoon. Gen. Candy interfered
with the municipal troubles In Richmond by
AT the lower Station House, and giving free
egress and ingrcS % all having business there.
4 his action, he SAVE, has no reference % the
against any acts Of disorder OF violence. This
action Is spplauded by the friends of CahOon
and was protested against by Eili~cn ss an un-
narrantable interference with the civil law OF
tne State. When the military took POSSESSION OF
the Station House, Mayor Ellison's police left
men, charged them. About Sfty shoss weFe
nred, and two or three colored men wounded.
Affairs have since auieted down. To-day
BOT noeh MAYOR Mayors "a wili nav nave police force on
Trouble Is appTehended. The CITY Council last
night passed an ordinance abolishinx the station
houses In the hands OF Cahoon 5 police, author
izing Mayor Ellison 60 call out the ire brigade
as Police; pledgng the city 60 paw ell the special
police sworn In by Ellison. and authorizing the
City Court 20 Be held in the Ctty Hall. and
pledgfng Mayor Ellison the earnest support OF
the Council I'm his efforts 20 maintaip the peace
OF the city against the lawless men conspiring
AGAINST az. The city was quiet last evening. The
casualties OF the day were one man kIlied and
three wounded. CsloOn has his heads uarter, Al
the lower station-house where the mIIitary
guard is, Ellisons headqusrter are at the City
., na; Llhsohs police pstroled the city last
Under the heading The New Rebellion i'm
hiChmond the kichmoRd state Journal says
The Republican officers OF Richmond are not
iaeuonists, nor are they spaniels. They do not
court controversy and collision, nor are thew
AFRAID 10 meet them. They see q deliberate
design 10 violate the Constitution OF the State
and of the people, and their intention is 20
defend IL. They will defend a., if possible, by
peaceful methods, but foreibly IL necessary. A
law was enacted by the Legislature giving tle
Governor power 10 remove every incumbent OF
a city and county Office in the State, OF certain
classes. The Constitution declares that these
chcers shall be elective, and provides for
the hllng and not the creation Of vacancies
There being no offices vacant, II the Re
construction acts Of Congress are valid,
the "enabling act OF the Legislature not
only violates the Constitution OF The State. bnt
nullites the Reconstruction acts OF Congress-
The Constitution OF the United States gives ju-
risdiction 10 the Federal courts over an cases
arising under the National Constitution, and All
cases arising under the laws of the United
States The Reconstruction acts OF Congress
being laws of the United States. and the Con-
stitutIon of Virginia lowing its character a. such
TO the enactment Of Congress) being a law OF
the United States, the Courts Of the United
states have jurisdiction OF the question az issue
under this "Enabling act" so-ealled, of the
Virginia Legislature. and the question OF the
validity of the proceedings of the mock Council
authority in this civ. will be tested the re-,
Meantime, IL is the purpose OF the existing au-
thorities OF the city 70 hold on TO their places,
pcaSSdoiN ~ lo>slble. lOfclolN III thcN must, un-
I'll the courts having Jurisdiction Of the ques-
ton involved, shall have adjudicsted them.s
The enabling act recently passed by the GEN
eral Assembly was based upon section q OF the
9TH article of the new constitution. That sec
ton rs as follows: I" The manner Of conducting
and making returns Of election, OF determining
contested elections. and Of filling vacancies In
ONCE in cases not specially provided for by this
constitution, shall be prescribed by law; aud
the General Assembly may declare the cases in
which any Office shall be deemed vacant where
no provision is made for the purpose I'm tins con-
stitutlon."
The Richmond Dispatch says: "As there are
mo constitutional or legal officers In our citles
and as this is case not provided for in our con-
sttution, (all the incumbents being military APP
pointees,) an enabling act was passed by the
Legislature, which authorizes the Governor to
appoint councimen for each city, and requires
the council 10 appoint all municipal officers ex-
cept judges and officers OF the court; and also
declares that the mayor and other city officers
may continue in ONCE until their successors are
appointed under the enabling act, and no
longer"