Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-09

Niihout action, he committee rose, and
after eulogies upon The late senator Ferry.
adjourned. Mr.. Garfield, in lieu OF a speech
! from himself, read an eulogy written hV Mr..
Starkweather, himself since dead.
Gen. BsbcOck's Case.
SKETCH OF THE PRINCIPAL, HIS ACCUsERs
AND HIS DEFENDERS.
["GG;h" ta ". y. Graphicl
THE COURT.
Let us look at The Judges and Jury OF St.
Louis which are to try Babcock. On the
district bench is Samuel Treat. a native OF
New Hampshire, but appointed from Mis-
souri,. Beside him is Judge Dillon. the Unitei
| States circuit Judge, cultivated lawyer and
legal commentator, raised To the place. I
| think, by President Liucoln. He comes from
| Iowa, and has strong influence among the
| lawyers.
The prosecutors are Brosdhead and Dyer
| BTOadhead lis a man OF less nervous, over
| bearing force than John b. Henderson, but OF
| more equal and broader intellect, strong
without being fierce, aud seldom or never
giving way 10 his personal resentment IN
conducting public cause. spent an even
| ing with him at Jefferson City last summer,
and found him To be a Union man. Tor the
moment a democrat, but rather Unstable in
| his political relations, apparently seeking
| the truth instead Of promotion. lie viii DO
as faithful work as Henderson without
| abusing the government i'm whose name ne
| speaks. Dyer, his associate, is an cicre OF st.
| Louis and has shown talents.
The trial itself afford a wonderful view OF
| the harmony Of our system of government
| The secretary of the President, taken from
| his Official family, is as unprotected before
| that court, judge, aud jury a. II he were an
alien stranger before court martial. The
| President cannot depose the judge nor affect
| the jury, and between the periods OF appoint
Inent of judge and President swelis a genera
ton OF public sentiment.
| THE CAPTIyE's JURY.
! The population out OF which = jury is 10 be
! chosen Is notable in these respects. IL is
Without republican party To any appreci-
able degree. Henderson claims 70 De the
head OF Whist is left of this party, and sucl
| bead shows the body faced, "A remnant, al
! most rs conservative as the rest OF the COM
munity. The victory gained by Schurz ana
Brown over Drake and Loan eliminated the
| radical wing OF the party, and there are rela-
lively few negroes in Missouri. SchurZ and
! Brown quarrelled next; Brown was beaten
| by SchurZ's influence for the Presidency, aud
| the Brown repub leans went over 10 the de-
| mCcracy. Schurz was SchurZ-anl that was
| bodiless enjoyment de went 10 Europe.
| Mr.. Schulz remarked, not long ago, as a
| reason why he would not have taken the
| Senatorship from the democracy OF Missouri:
| IL have never trusted the rebels. IcOlld
| not afford TO represent Missouri with its in-
| teTnal violence and violent opinions. st
| Louis IS all there is of lt.'
| That is true. Missouri is still state OF
| border ruffians, dealing out justice or un.
justice with a fierce love Of Inttctiug the
| penalty. Right opposite the capital town.
| In Galloway county, the people some time
| ago killed their own rebel Sheriff and posse
| for not promptly delivering up a horse thief
| TIE horse-thief was poor b,ieyiIIed Union
| mechanic, whose son had already been
| hanged withou, law. They strang that poor
| hunted wretch up to a tree in the "educa-
| tionsl center" of Fulton, and not step was
| ever Ia ken 10 punish the rufiians who were
| "2mOng our best and law-abidiug citizens"
| TIE columns OF The Missouri Republican Will
| bear out what say. There Is never q time
| in Missouri when some bloody highweyman
| like Hildebrand, or the James boys, or
| QUantrells band is not the hero OF the hour,
| as free from arrest as the vulture IN the sky,
| visible but exempt. This is the violent
| population, a large proportion Of the whole.
! Next are The embitterei rebel aud reaction
| airy political elements, quite different IN
| inception but equally lntolerant OF a nest
| like Babcock. Finally there are the Ger
| souri,, and TO their natural adherence 10
| strict views OF official example must b
| added their general adhesion 10 the Ameri-
can conservatism around them. Missouri
| Germans are the most conservative Ger
| mans In the west.
| The best element in ST. Louis will not be
| apt 10 take a chivalrous view O. Unltei
states officer on trial for his honor and his
| character while surrounded by presses which
| demand his conviction every day, If for no
| other reason, that he is of the Presidents
| family. Indeed, i may say from personal
| knowledge that there never was any great
| feeling against the whisky ring until IL was
| found that Babcock hal been indicted. Then
| the light appeared in many an eye Like TO
| that which spaIkles In the Indians when h e
| hears a captive has been taken and is paint
| ed black Tor the torture and the fire. Ia, ked
| TO Missouri member of Congress on this
| subject and found that, conservative on every
| other point, he was fierce, juoilant inhumau
| on Babcock. Observe, IL you please, the sud
| den call for justice rom very suspicious
| quarters. There is the editor OF the BOURBON
| organ, a Nermonter, USED TO being i'm courts.
Last June he was attacking Bristow r
| byena, and when demonstrated with by his
editor for defending the whisky ring, he re-
piled:
! (Government) IL squite different now that
Babcock is in the tolls"
| COUNSEL.
General BabcOckS counsel IL fair to mid
| ding. There is Attorney General Williams,
| a heavy, unawakening man, but OF fidelity.
| Judge Porter, of New York, Is, or used TO be,
| powerful advocate. Emery A. Storrs, OF
Chicago, is a brilliant and seIni-reliable
young lawyer, who is attached To a most III
| judicious tongue and has already done Bah
cock incalculaole disadvantage by talking
John Marshall Krum, the ST. Louis coun-
sci. is native OF Columbia county, n. ", a
Junior neighbor OF Governor Tiiden, and went
| 10 school at Fairfield, Conn. Forty-t three
years ago he was admitted to practice, and
| the next year he sta ted for Alton, H., which
was considered a rival OF st. Louis. He be-
came the democratic mayor of Alton, and
married the daughter OF Chester Harding, an
| artist, OF Boston. He reached st. Louis In
| 1870 with a good reputation In advance OF
| him, and in 1si3 was made judge OF the St.
Louis circuit court. Mckee had arrived in
| ST. Louis in 1sil at the age OF twenty-six,
and krum was in some sort fellow pub
Usher with him, having issued the Missouri
| Justice while on the bench. Judge Dillon is
| at present the editor of q law review. In 1913
krum became democratic mayor OF st.
| Louis, while Mckee was publishing the
| Barnburner. Colonel Benton used TO say OF
| Krum on the stump, He il the smallest par
| ticle of piece Of bread" But Benton was
| prejudiced.
| GENERAL BABCocK.
General Babcock himself 10 about forty
| years of age. native OF Vermont, and q par
| tlcularly quiet, modest, and kindly engineer
officer. He has q rather pale complexion,
| and large, darkish eyes, which are not very
penetrating in their expression, and rowing
| about. He is thick-sef, br0ad-shoul dered,
| smooth faced, afaole but brief of speech,
and noted in Washington for his obllging
| gifts OF flowers FROM the public grounds 70
| sick people, whom he often does not know.
| His conversation is pure and he keeps the
Presidents secrets we'll. He Is married and
| to delightful little lsdy, Miss Campbell,
| daughter Of the United States marshal OF
| Chicago, and niece OF J. Russell Jones, late
| Minister TO Belgium. Although personal
| detraction has long been busy With General
| Babcock's name, the public has taken no
heed Of II. The revelations from the whisky
| ring are wholly separated from former
L nl,o Qya are Qnffflof IN