The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-12-12

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DURING THE PRESENT TRIAL at the
Criminal Court no one connected with 1t
in any capacity has been placed i'll such an
unenviable position as the presiding Judge
He has been the target for all the abuse
that could be fired at him from all points of
the country, the ammunition consisting OF
chain-shot, made up ofcontempt and malice
He was charged with permitting farce to
be carried on under his very eyes that
outraged the feelings OF the pubic ana
lowered the standard of respect for the
majesty of the law.
The Judge, being gentleman OF noted
meekly stand and suffer this slander rather
than give out the idea that his forbearance
was the result OF consultation with his
colleagues. If the lenicncy shown Guteau
by His ii onor has been thought too ex-
treme, it should be borne in mind that he
has adopted it as the policy advocated by
the full Bench of the six District Judges,
nd in pf iptQpritv tlnv
urc the peers of any like number of judges
in any section of the country.
We learn privately of an interesting fact
in this connection. Justice Field, of the
Supreme Bench, who has been spending the
summer abroad, came back the other day,
and shared the popular feeling that less
rope should be given Guiteau in tho court
room ana more rope given MIN III the Jaii.
Inc JUSTICE IN MS travels hau louhu une
great triai ana inc pampcreu criminal the
theme oi al Glasses III Europe IL was ais-
cusseu eAcieeu'y ny inc upper'teh oi socie'y
ana tne peasants IN the owiss caheohs' Wneh
Drought 10 pay py inc ADVERSE cri'icisnl
Oh those VINO are iookeu upon US quai,heo
10 represent the sentiment oi ehe Aihcrican
oar on this supJect' the Justice iouhu MN
seit IN curious anu embarrassing POSITION
he did not wish 10 renec' upon Judge Cox
cohauco:oi inc case peiore sa'isiying MIN
sell Oh ms ex"cc pos'uon' Accoruingiy' 'he
hrst thing ne dia AFTER MS return was 70
eau on ohiel justice oartter' lie was 'heh
INFORMED 10 MS Satisfaction ana great re-
nef tnae Juuge ooA hau pech governed pv
the OPINION Oh the ehoire pehch ih the
treatment Oh ouiteau' Inc Consultations
nave peeh long anu frequent. ihis ID
very Important iace III i'seh co"siuereu'
put IL shouid especially serve 10 acquio
Juuge COX oil ihduigihB Tue Criminal at phe
par on MS own unaided Judgment. lie is
the mouthpicce ana agent Oh all MS COL
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IT WAS ANNOUNCED last week that Mar
shal Wharton, of Louisiana, had been re
appointed by the President. This ma.
have been premature, but 1t was doubles
prophetic. There seems to be not th'
slightest doubt that Col. Wharton will holt
his place another four years. The policy o
the Administration appears to be to pro
mote and encourage in every practicabl
way the growing disposition of q large clas
of Southern whites to cut loose from tn
Democratic organization.
The Republican party is rapidly acquir
ing new status in the Southern cstima
tion. The "reminiscences Of Reconstruc
tion, Carpet-baggery and other evils of th
Grant era are fading out. Meantime tn
Democratic party in Congress- under tn
stupid lead OF Samrandall, alienated by II
parslmony and impotency all the youthf,l
vigor ana young enterprise OF the South
while the Republican party, by its pledge
ana by the apparent tendency oil It's poiic
commended itself to that element IN pre-
portion as Samandallism inspired disgust
In no Southern State has this develop
ment been more marked than in Louisiana
for there, in addition to national blunder'
the Democratic party has been crushe
under the odium OF one Of the meanes
o,orco ;s thot ,to r,a,,,nouot;o oroor;,ot;o
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onoio mas Pracoicaiiy gone 10 pieces an
the ensuing campaign will witness an In
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