Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-01
BUTLER CAUGHT
81 Pfssidsnt clsVeland's Order Ex-
pslling the cattlemsn.
Al suE-THE UNITED STATES
tea eaGs on Judge Miller to Obtain an
|niurctiOn Against the Execution
Of the Proclamation.
mnlloNs OF CAPITAL INVOLVED.

fzW NORS, August 3l.-A Long Branch
spscis 10 the Herald says The Herald
pnblihed recently = telegram announcing
ftsl Gsnersl Benjamin F Butler had paid
fisiI 70 Bloek Island, about which there was
rcrh b les mystery. Among the guests
f ia Hilareth's West End Hotel is Colonel
: George b Corkhill, formerly District At
forpsy for the District of Columbia. Colo
Asl corkhi!lis son-in-lsw Of Judge Miller,
F Ficbably the highest authority on eonsdtu.
3 titnA law now on the bench Of the United
SHkes Supreme Court; and, as General
& Bpslers call was on Judge Miller, who
passed the summer at Block Island, and as
4 Ccicael Corkhill Was present st the Block
ltaad interview, your correspondent asked
him % explain the object Of Batlsr's call on
} JosIiee Miller
3 CD CorkbiI said: There was no 20
s hhcsl significance IN ais coming, 6u,
( great deal of business which viii in he not
remote future make matters lively in the
White House and elsewhere. I don't think
khese is secrecy concerning it, nor any at
1smpt 10 conceal the real object. The real
cause Of the visit was the order of President
( ClsvelsDd directing the owners of cattle iu
8tke lLGlsn lands in the West to vscste their
< grsziDg grounds. General Butler is him
fzeif oEe Of the Proprie;ors Of large rancho,
Hnnd hls clients and personal friends represent
mAny million dollars of capital thus In
fFeeteG. The order is, therefore, of very
}Frtat Consequence and Importance 10
,lhem aud he was preparing to sue the
iPresidenJ Of the United States and the OBJ .
'5sct o. his visit was to ask preliminary
brder restraining the execution Of the proc
Rmstiou Of the President until the aues-
ons involved could be determined by the
burtS General Butlers object was 70 pre-
+ Rnt be mstter 70 Judge Miller, Judge
lstchford being absent from his circuit snd
+ .Dt EASY OF access General Butler IS
Ase said. represents many millions of dol
kts invested By his clients, aad presented
,bcgent reasons for some order that would
.rotsct them. The desired order was not
lssne5 and | did not hear any of the con-
srsalion with Justice Miller about il, and
o not know what his views upon the ques-
bon are
n Col Corkhill then said that "there had
Snndoub'edly been great frauds committed
1gef many honest men had invested money
IL theNbusiness. Supposing everything to
S Do right honest and legal now, the order Of
lPresideut Cleveland is psremptory, sum
'InaEy srd dicta,cTisl He says they must
10. ard so at once Now about this order,
there will surely be a fight; the cattle will
bot be moved. Nou couldn't move col
bred picnic, let alone ), 900 600 head Of cat
,ls, By any proclamation, let it issue from
he President or any one else. Yes the fight
Nil be made Il involves important qIes-
q obs The rights Of property, he power Of
Joe Indian 70 make contracts and the power
fgn6 authority Of the Government TO inter
4tere OF one thing rest sssured-the cat
ffls viii s'sy, and the fight will 20 on. We
have no autocrats in this country. If the
landlord wants 10 put you out Of house,
be goes to the courts, not 20 the President.
M contract has been violated We 60 10
The courts, not 10 the Executive. As to
What Justice Miller decided, do not know
Be did not gran, the injunction. No overt
set had been omnitted The President
Hal simply issued an order. If nobody
e5eyed. that was the end of it. unless be at,
teupted 10 enforce It, and then another
question would arise