The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-01
Going to Make it Lively for
SUM the Administration.
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The ',.-+a-Pain's Death-TuFf-
Murder and suiside.
BEN BUTLER
Z. !. Going After the Cattle Order

Yer yoRE. August 81. = A Long
n-,ncb special to the Herald says; The
Ir,u published recently a telegram
ir -.uncing that General Benjamin F.
T prtIer had paid visit to Block Island
Sort which there was more or less
. -.. Among the guests in Held
- -a West End hotel, this evening, IS
M George B. CorkhIll, formerly dis
e s attorney OF the district OF Column
-" Col Corkhill is a son-in law of
g yndoe Miller. probably the highest au-
yuuSt on constitutional law now on
W. w bencb of the United States Supreme
S e%T and as General Buffers call was
~ Indge Miller who passed the summer
W VI RIoek Island and as Col. Corkhll
AZ az rresent at the Block Island inter-
,-ow vour correspondent asked hin, to
a"nIsin tbe object of Buffers cal on
Instico Miller. Col. Corkhlll said:
There was no political significance IN
b;s coming. but a great deal OF business
which will in the not remote Iqture
make matters lively in the White house
and elsewhere, | don't think there Is
anv secrecy concerning 1T nor any at
tempt to conceal the real subject or the
zeal cause of the visit which was
rbe ord ? of President Cleve-
land directing owners OF cattle
in Indian lands in the west to va
cate their grazing grounds. General
Butler is himself one of the proprletors
of A large ranch and his clients and
personal friends represent many
millions of dollars OF capital
thus invested; the order is, therefore, OF
very great consequence and importance
20 them. He was preparing to sue the
President of the United States, and the
object OF his visit was to ask 4 prellm-
mary order, restraining the execution OF
The proclamation of the President until
The question involved could be deter
mined by the Court. General Buffers
object was TO present the matter to
Judge Miller. Judge Blatchford being
absent from his circuit, and not easy OF
access. General Butler, as l have said,
many millions of dollars in
yes Ell by his clients and presented very
cogent reasons for some order that
would protect them. The desired order
was not issued, and l did not hear any
Of the conversation with Justice Miller
about it, and l do not know what his
views upon the question are"
Colonel Corkhill then said: There
had undoubtedly been great frauds
committed, yet many honest men had
invested money in the business, sup
posing everything to be honest and
legal. Now the order of President
Cleveland is peremptory, summary and
dictatoriai. He says they must go, and
go at once. Now, about this order
there will surely be fight. The cattle
will not be moved. You could no
move a colored picnic, let alone 5000,
900 head of cattle by any proclamation,
let it issue from the President or any
one else. Yes, fight will be made. 1t
involves important questions, the right
OF property, the power of the Indian to
make contracts and the power and
authority of government to inter
Iere. VI one thing rest assure l.
the cattle will stay, and the fight will
go on. We have no autocrat in this
country. II landlord wants to put
you out OF house, he goes to the courts,
not to the President; if contract has
been violated we 60 to the courts, not
70 the Executive. As to what Justice
Miller decided / do not know: he did
not grant the Injunction. No overt act
mas been committed. The President
mad simply issued orders; if nobody
ooeyed, that was an end of it. unless he
attempted to force it, and then another
question would arise"