Daily Republican., 1880-11-12
rae CRY Uf PerAecusion maIssh.

erai officials who are bringing tae men
who violated the Federal election lava
TO answer for their mlsdeeds as II il
vsrs species Of uindiosivs persecution
It's too late now for these papers tc
DRY out when they feel the msshes O.
the law drawing around them. Tht
fact Is the Democracy have heretofore
been suffered to have things very mucL
their own way and through this indif
ference on the part Of Republicans they
begun to think that the latter were
afraid to enforce the law against them
In our defence Of the Deputy Marshal'
We do not wish to be considered a
sanctioning every word spoken in tbs
heat Of anger and excitement, ethel
by the Chief U. ) Marshal or any OF
his deputies but we feel that We will
be entirely safe in placing the actioni
of Deputy Marshals as an offset to the
Special Police and deputy sheriffs gu
election day. There wers none who
were obssrvant that did not notice the
superiority OF the Deputies Marshals
both in character and genera! respect
able appearance, over the Deputy Sher'
ifs many Of whom we're scraped NJ
from the otfSGouTings of New Ca'!le,
snd the Special police many Of them
gathered from the slums and disrepn'
tail, brothels OF Water street. No.
body but an Anticipated iSnoramus
will assert with the expectation thai
honest people will believe him that
had 1t not been for Shsr,ff Pyle's depu'
ties and Mayor Almonds polics, thert
would have been scene Of disorder
and perhaps b!oodshed at the polls
There is hardly anybody that has Civ
en- the subject thought, but what
feels that it was only on account OF the
violent and bad character Of msuy OF
the sheritrs and Mayors deputies that
United States deputy MarshalS were
needed at all.
Was it in tbs int,re5:s of psao, ana
good ordsr that SPECIAL 5h'r:Ts and
police like Pat Gardner were appointed
We might personally mama quite a
number Of others were 1t necessary 10
do so--msn who had repeatedly been
arrested for violence, drunkenness and
disorder, and We are informed some
that served terms in prisOu--men who
reeled through the Streets drunk on
the day Of the election insulting and
cursing pesceable ci!iz,ns. Were these
men appointed in the irtsr ats Of peace
and good orderH Ara these Lbs men
that the Every Evening credits Ti.h
preserving the pesc7 on election day
Are these the men whose precious
actions and love Of peacs are credited
with preventing violence and perhaps
bloodshed on election day ? Does it
not look as If these men had been
singled out and appointed on account
OF their we'll known o.entdispoGitions
and because they would rather engage
In row or fRet than any thing else
were the odds in their favorH Who
car wonder that nov after the election
over that number OF tress specials
Are called TO answer before tho United
States District Court These man
wore the Mia tllosers OF Senator
Bsyard ard they WI. t,ught by him
through tls columns Of his organ 10
this city to d5spiss the United States
authorities, especially the Deputy
Marshals at the pods. Tlrouga such
teachings they despsed them but with
latent lingering fear ;lsy vera only re-
strained from comm ing worS1 breach.
% Of the law than they did commit.
Through this feeling the specials ar.
rested aud threatened to shoot two of
the United States Deputies ia Mr. Bay
ards own ward simply fer interfering
to protect poor u-gtO who he pscials
ware kicking and abusing in a shame.
ful manner. That colored man had
right to vo!s but he was deprived e
his vote by the vic encs & the special
she-iffs and police
Notwithstandin the rxcapsional out
breaks in the First AID Tenth wards
the election was compare -ivsly a peace
able one, but for this tie credit is due
to the Federal authorities There was
comparative quiet and good order bs
cause the United States specials we're
uniformly good orderly men whose gen
sral appearance commanded respect
and thus good order and quiet was
maintained in spite of the special sher
IFS and police. Had there been more
Of the latter at all 2rpoiutcd, The
Deputy Marshals wOnlj 4s;e preserved
perfect order aud qui5tnaae-al1 the
citizens who hal Votes wcnld have
been allowed TO vet. without molesta
ton.
We can we'll uudsrstand why the
Every Evening condemns MARSHAL Nc