Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-27

and forcibly elected the judge, putting another
in his place. The authority of the United States
court was Invoked, and the marshal, with the
aid Of the troops, enforced its order. This is the
extent OF the interference. What would have
taken place without it no one can say. There
you'd have been bloodshed very likely, and a
great deal oft. Such things have been in New
Orleans, and not so long ago as to have quite
passed out of memory. Doubtless it would be
better for the people there TO manage their own
affairs, if they would manage them decent
ly; but, so long as the result of an
election is understood to be determined, not
by the voters but by a canvassing board COM
posed Of INSCRIPTIONS partisans, there is some
thing to be said in favor of interference 10
defeat this system of trlckery and usurpation.
Judge Durell may have erred in his view of the
law or the facts, but, since he had jurisdiction
of the subject matter and of the parties, it was
the presidents duty TO see that his authority
was not defed so long as his order remains in
force. The supreme court, when the whole
case is brought before them, may review his
decision, but the president has no right to do it,
Judge Durel is probably the best abused man
in the country just now. His suppression"
as they choose to call it, of the New Orleans
Times is his latest offence, for which the opposl-
ton journals, and some republican papers too,
now upbraid him. They represent him as
siencing the paper because it criticised his con-
duct in the election case, and of course, accuse
him OF insufferable arrogance and tyranny To
read their articles on this subject demanding bis
nffian
pose that the Judge had taken order to
punish the publishers of the Times for
contempt, as the illinois judges punished
the editors of Chicago paper not long since, for
some remarks which they chose to consider dis
respectful. Now it seems to us that this is going
too fast and too far at least until more evidence
is produced than now appears 10 warrant these
accusations, The facts appear to be that pc
tllioh in bankruptcy was presented in Judge
DdrtlPs court by creditor of the Times, upon
which the usual proceedings were had, and in
due course the marshal was ordered to take
possession OF all the property of the bankrupt,
which in this case included all the material of
the lines publication Office. 1t is true
that the Times had made savage attacks upon
Judge Durel's Judicial acts and personal char
acter, and that the bankruptcy proceedings
which interlered with its publication, were con-
Quoted IN his court, the only court which could
have taken jurisdiction Of the case, but, so far,
there is no warrant for believing that this was
more than coincidence. TIE peutiouing cled-
itor declares that his claim is just one, and
that he had no political motive in throwing the
Times into bankruptcy, but was prompted solely
by desire TO get his money OF as much OF it
as he could. He may be liar and engaged
with the judge in a corrupt conspiracy to be
revensed on their enemies, but we see no evil
dencu of it except the unsupported assertions of
some of our contemporaries, who are delighted
with any pretext for abuse of the admnstra-
ton or its friends.