, 1874-11-13

uGt auwISeet a. II 10 now cla!sod that the pArty o,4
tor hayo no se Returning Hoard
Eeutati1n on your Board.
Tho Democratic Conservative State Oommlttet
have appointed com1nttoo Of thrco to bo pres-
Ont during Tho sittlngB Of tho Returning Board
aud witneas the oanyasa and compilation Of tho
returns.
1T the reunion OF tho White Longuo orgapiza.
tion tonight reaolntiona woro atlontod luoklua
to tho protection ot colorod Conservatives, unny
Of whom hayc recently heen assaulted by col
ored Nepnblicans; also n resolution for pro~
noting batter fooIing botueou whito and l ool-
ored ctlZctlB.
Murdoch waa not appointed Ohiot Of Police.
but momber Of tho Police Board Badly IL
atsll tho active Chief.
JUDGE POLAND ON rHn LATE ELHu.
T1ONS,
From The ST. Lpnis T|obe, Nop. II.
. The Hon. Luke 7. Poland, Of Vermont. ar.
f1yca in st. Louis last ovaning on ILLS vay to
Little Rock, Ark, where. nj Chairman OF a
Special Committee appointed by Congreaa, hq
Will Investigate tho circumstances attending thu
Drooka.baxtor insurrection Of last summer.
After pioasant Introductory greoting, our ro-
porter alluded to tho po]itica1 cyclone OF tho Sd
inst, and expressed his regret that Judge Po-
lind had been selected by IN unhappy faso for
ono Of tho Victims. "YoB," said tho Judge, ~
wont down with tho rest but there were great
mnny circunastanccs which mado mine spocisl
caHo."
II noticed" said tho reporter, "tl,at tho pa4
porH III tho EaBt were aftor you pretty hot during
the callvass about what they call tho Gag Law.
Didn't that hurt your"
Eyes," replied Judge Poland, "the papera
frosted me badly. There wasn't good word tor
INC in any Of tle Republican papers. lie tlsoa
entored into lengthy explanation OF what ID
called: tue Gng Law. and tho circumstances
uuder which 1t was introduced by him and lasaod
ny Congress. Tho Now York paperB took it up
aa something 1ntondod especially to pupish
Libel anu arrest editors IN Now York or elsewhere,
and bring tho1n to Washington for trial. This
was aft mistRko. Uuder the laws MS tloy stood
before tho passage OF thia act y man might com
nit murder In the District of CoIunAia, md ii
he escaped Into Maryland or Virginia he could
not be arroarod Tho Bo-callod Gug Law moroly
provided thai for any offcnso punishable hy tho
iaws rnade by Congress for the District Of Co
lumba, and committed III the District. uau
could bo arrested olaowhere and brought bnck
for trial: AZ there ID no such thing as Congros-
Htoual oel law, the not Of last session caunot up
ply to tho oifcuse Of libcl."
TO an inquiry III to tho statute undor which
llbol WIS punishable III the District Of Columbia,
Judge Poland ropliod that it Was tho Ian Of
Marylapd. He did not boltoyo there WIS any
atatnte law In Maryland On tho subject his irs.
preston was TINT in that State libel was treated
under tho common law, but In any event it was
all oHonso which, in tile District OF Col unpia,
was punishable under q general provision
which uado tho laws Of MarYinnd imperative
thero.
50 YOU Sec" sala tho Judge, "it was not
fair to parsocHto mo for ttlht."
Did yoN report tho bsl. p
"Yea: It wns at the last session Of thu
Committee. 13atlor was Chairman. Doas
Shepherd as they oeli lin, aud Harrington.
this nature to us. It was suggested that 1t
could DO much reduced in size. and was ap-
pointed to condonso it, Then butler asked mo
10 report it aud did 80; =; but never dream
the tima, and. III have said, you couldn't ar
rest q tnan To-day for libol under it,"
DUTLEh1sM AND PROHIBITION.
After roforring to other causes which lod ta
RIGS, etc.,-tho Judge, by request. gave his opin.
ion of tho causes Which led to tic general dis.
astcr OF Tuesday week. He could speak mora
accurately le said, Of the troubles whict, beaes
aud l,a'nporad tho Republican party ~ Massa-
ohusetta; they wero, to put it briefly. Ben But
lor and Prohibition.
"What WINS tho particular point against But
1or :" inquired tho Gio1e reporter.
"We!i," said tue Judge, :. the people had, Or
fact, With tho country-paoplo not only OF Massa-
chusetts, but Of Now England, there is m in.
preston TINT Bon Butler il scamp aud they
are 10 strong In this belief that they will bont
any party that undertakes to carry Butler with
1t, or to allow Butler to control It. They were
vexod with the Administration for allowing But.
ler to dictate tue appointment Of SimmonB aa
Collector, and the nomination Of Gushing
Chief jnatice. They wese determined TO nut an
end to Buffers domination Of tho Republican
purity in New Engiaud, aud thoy voted against
soma very good mon moroly to express their
ylesys on that point"
# tha you y; saa Also as on'
"Yes; thoy have been running that too strong
III Massachusetts. They went to extremes, aud
the people determined to check thonl,"
"will ths ,S now Legislature repeal tho pFohib-
"No; but It viii modify them. It will rspeM
what iB called the Constabutary act, by which
special police force ia employed all over thd
State for another purpose than to enforce tho
the worst foaturo of the whole system. 1t a.
most amounted to tho right to soarch mans
house OIL suspicion Of auding bottlo Of cham-
pagsaa in it. Tho peoplo at Massachusetts ara
anoe laws. but this Couatabulary husinoss was
little too 1nucn tor them."
THE THIRD TERM,
It is. Of COURSE impossible to conduct M inter-
familiurly known as tito Third Torn, 10 ti,o ro-
porsor Introduced the Judge to This grim appari-
ton, and asked his viaws on II: Tho reply WA
that the Third Term waa not thought Of in Now
EhTiAs3N, AEA uAtl III HuECA uluA klu atGCLlpHa
there; undoubtedly. howoyor, the Judge eatd it
had aoma effect in New York. because the papers
haa been harpug on 1t so necessarily for tho
rurpose Of making politcat capital against the
Republican party.
T,E GENERAL DIHAsrEn,
Titus much III to New England and now the
Glo1s nuns efforts woro directed to Judge Po-
lanas opinions as to tho cauaea at tho lofoat
elsewhere than upon the ancrod aoil Of Yankoe-
lom. It was not difficult to got au in
toIligiblo aud plausible response. "Evcry~
thing WAS against us. especially tlo hard
ties but tue ;, worst g. Of OIL Tas tue n amount
botwoon this mau and that man, aud tho attompt
Of cue .nass to break tue othor down. Fot Ill
stance, the Ways and Mems Committee spent
aud m t.e otsar treasury msttora. It wa was 'dy dono
for tho purpose Of spatterng Bon Butler but 1t
auircheu great many otlIors bussdos Butler.
Nobody oyor doubted Rutlera connection with
these thugs; Ao was tho attorney for somo OF
the pnrtina imuIicntad. IIa ,YRa tla ntkQrunY for