The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-12-01


icated BY law TO great public service. ser
vies that Is conspicuously one OF the fruits
and catiSsa Of our civilization. enr social com
fort. orr commercial Prosperity, and onr Ma
isonal growth. Millions VI that money they
had Divided Tor heir own persoaai purisnr-s.
II Was sondign ~. of AN infs,uy,.s coris pir-
aey, and deserves tar s-y-r.st pnnrshinrnt
the law can iniiict. such men are traitors TO
social and official duty. aud they arc public
enemies against whom thu authority of
the law mutt be- @xsrt-d without hers
itaiion .r reluctance. Tn. higher their past
positions the grrater their sin, aud the
stsrner must be their punishment. desire
to call your attention to the fact that the Off.
GERS OF the law and those who hare directly
been aiding me In tbs discharge Of my duty
In this business have been from the nrst en-.
circlsd with suar-s, pitfalls, and every spr
ciss Of vile device that could be invented to
harm them. hinder their usefulness. and pre-
vent the administration Of Justice. Some
portions Of this community who surround
those defendants, and who have enjoyed, or
do still enjoy, minor official Positions, know
no ali-giauce bu, TO this band of robbers and
rsuder no service TO any one but their evil
employers. From motives Of gain, or other
corrupt considerations, they are saturated
with aftiniti-s for these had men. and they
have contributed bv every means in their
power nj the bidding VI their masters TO OBJ
struct public ju.tic. and TO defame its Off
GERS, with the hopes Of securing the acquissal
of the worst hand Of organized scSuudrels
shat has ever existed since the commence
ment Of the Government.
tsignedl BENZ. HARRIS BREWSTER,
Attorney General.
The summary action Of the President to-
day has given rise to rumors ~ to what may
be expected In the same liue In the future.
One point upon which ruuaors seem to agree
II the removal Of District Attorney Cerkhiii
and the substitution Of George Bliss in his
stead.
Postmaster Anger says he has no knowl-
edge whatever Of what the report Of the Al
torney General IL based on. my own the
CRY of the case IL that Tidball, late one Of the
special sgent- OF the Department Of Justice,
aud now United States Marshal Of Arizona
Territory, who has been = personal enemy OF
mine dating from matters back n the lndi-
ana campaign, has prejndiced the minds OF
Bliss and Cameron, and persuaded
them to believe was In some way friendly
to the defendants, and through them the
mind Of the Attorney General has also been
prsjudiced. 1t mag BE- possible man who Is
absolutely innocent and disconnected with
this whole matter AZ | have been, may be
compelled to suffer fda the sins of others, but
I never shall believe such o thing possible
until the President nominst-s my successor.
To be removed, In company with those
against whom grave charges have been made,
carries with 1t . stigma can not rest under
without demanding an opportunity for vin-
dicatiou. If had been arrested for crime
committed In San Francisco, could not
have been any more surprised, aud do not
think the charge would have any less foun-
dation."
Colonel NJ. NJ. Parker mate q statement
very similar 10 that Of Aingers. He attrib-
utes his removal directly TO malice Of Tidball,
Brewster, and Cameron, and ASSERTS his en-
tire innocence.
N. d. Helm, foreman Of the Congressional
record. heard Of his dismissal early this
evening, and proceeded to forestall the action
Of the President by rrsignlng. He considers
his removal persecution and an outrage, be-
'lievss Brady innocent, and chrerfnllv sac-i-
fees his position rather than join in the hue
and cry against him.
There In n rumor that Public Printer
Bounds and Colonel Burnside, discussing Of
fcsr Of the Psstoffice Department, will be
removed.
A reporter Of the associated Rress called al
Dor>ey's residence this evening but was told
Dorsey would receive no visitors. being con-
fined to his bed with severe indisposition.