The sun., 1890-08-31
AFTER GTBBSS SCALP NOW.
PREPARING TO ExPEL HTN FROM
the REPUBLICAN, COMMITTEE.

THE REPUBLICAN COMMlI1kE
vr.,s.,a Abpoiatnaent as = Eolico Sugtiae
q, Place OF Patterson Rogaraed as EVa-
S.ree Enough o. "Irenson"
rh. sur In tho .r,,,eenth district over the
nppointment OF Justice Clarence w. Meade 10
sDrsadIne in IN ever widening circle, and the
,vhols oity will soon be involved. Tho Nom.
har. a, tho Executive Committee OF the Repub-
i,can County Committee are now very much
intor.sted and q meeting OF this powerful
hodv has been called for tomorrow night to
oons,der the matter. At the juno meeting OF
.ho executive Committee 1t was proposed that
nrocerdlngs against Gibbs be taken on the
90. lines as were followed By the State
Committee in the spring before the LeGis-
i.,pra adjourned. The State Committee,
n will be remembered. denounced Mr..
oibbs and Republican leader Fish aud
tho other members Of Assembly who voted
18th them on the Worlds Fair and rapid
trsnsit measures as traitors to the Republican
Marty But by the time the local Executive
committoe met 1t was concluded that any fur
thor action in this direction would be i'm
rolltic. It would tend to oxaRRerate and mag
nlfv the mrortance OF Mr.. Gibbs, 90 some OF
tba conservative Republicans thought They
s.jd Il would bo necessary not only to charge
,ha, Gibbs had been guilty Of treachery and
had n deal with the Democrats but also to
proye Il, and In the mean time he would pose as
martyr AMI CRY out that he was being perse-
outed because he would not wear the collar OF
Plat Their conservative counsels prevailed.
and although Gibbs was on hand prepared to
make night he was n}9t attacked and oonse-
There has been complete change, in the
situation since the appointment Of Msade. The
Plat 2S0Gs 'Py hSs Fac M hs prSOf S0d S%
many. and that the evidence must be acted on
at once. Tho plan 10 to attack Gibbs 10 the
hsp sSpaoS Ss
tion. This will have to be done BY the County
Committee In the end. but u the recommends
Il no doubt as TO the result. The Question OF Q
successor to Gibbs then becomes important.
primary will be necessary tS select the man.
Gibbs Meade faction and the Cowie-sprague
faction on the old lineS They have batted at
e many TSS bS
have nearly always fought from the outside
and as kickers against the regulars, will this
S @ 1tcod bS bS
the Gibbsites as the regulars. now depounce
Gibbs as traitor and!a party to q atrescherous
he Fish- Gibbs combine So the dE6t over
ever r seen even for the red -hot Thlrteenth.,
Gibbs was In favor, and he has the advantage,
unless the County Committee can be used
SssInst him: Then protest bearing. am and
man. But these tactics are not likely to bo
pursued on the eve Of election.
T. tbs
matter OF the effect OF the indictment story on
It Meade's friends had to satisfy the Mayor
the appointment until the letters from ex-
United states District Attorney Stewart l.
Woodfold and bis assistant. Bopjamin B. Fos-
not only that the indictment had been dis
missed but that 1t should never have been
Yesterday Mr.. Meade's opponents took an
inning and prepared the other side OF the case.
1t has not been presented to Mayor Grant, and
SndS Justics % Meade has been appointed ID int d and md
has peen sworn In. The psper got mp against
Meade says:
when NJ wooato.ds letter 1. carefully read it will
ths Indictment against Meade was dismissed and 1t 10
:va:Sss il :appor. 4 Il inSaicIsns i ass essS
PuSls records in WAshnat has been found that the
w saS by
ute Of limitations appears BY the follow Ing letter
HsA sr., Devens Attorney General wa.aiaaon nos 3
al Ss s n.d sns nS:
es.ds indicted under section SOL the ground that
sssnf st '9s u ssHti% '.,' s Il: II:
st.,uts Of limitations section Lv+t ia complete bar
y the prosecution. Very respectfully,
srEwARr L. wooDToRn, U. 8. Attorney.
Ihs case Of the United State. against Hirsch which
pppeAs to controlled the District Attorney in the
Asade case. held that conspiracy to detraud the
United states Of the dutes on imported goods u not
oons charged with such conspiracy cannot be prose.
So!sd theretor nhess they oe indicted within three
fs manner the count OF the indictment against Meade
On which the Government relied conspiracy to de-
Fraud the and not aud the direct
IN view OF the Hrseh case which decided by the
bupfom0 Court while the Indictment ARanat Mazda
was pending the District Attorney determined that
Meade. and he recommended and caused the indct-
men 10 be dismissed without putting Meade 10 an un-
Necessary motion to dismisA
Justice Meade will probably sit in the Nor
rsania or the Harlem Police Court on Monday.