Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02

As the conflict between President
Johnson and Congress developed in
1857 reports were circu-
Martial Law lated that. the chief
executive might go to
humorS. the extreme of openly
defying the national Legislature and es-
tablishing a military government. In
The Star of August %, 1857. is the fol-
lowing on the subject:
IAN impression is prevailing every
where in Maryland that the President
il preparing to declare martial law
throughout the United States and pre-
vent the assembling of Congress In
November next by force . OF arms Inns. ~ ~
the Hon. jeremiah Black. who IL credit
ed here with having urged upon MT.
johnson the propriety of resisting I'M
parchment. II initiated by the House.
BY declaring it a revolutionary meas
ure and protecting himself against It
by the use Of the Army to that end. We
see no reason to doubt the truth OF the
advice Of that very enthusiastic and
extreme gentleman, Mr.. Black. Yet We
have no fear that the President will SO
lack common sense as to accept 1t, as
singular things as he is doing: The TAI!
elections will show him the futilfty OF
Mr.. Blacks anticipations OF popular
policy. on which all his reactory plans
hinged Apropos Of the scheme alleged
of the President to sQuelch Congress by
force Of arms: Every returned rebel IN
Maryland is eagerly anticipating a call
from Mr.. johnson to aid him in that
work, which said call will never be
made. we feel sure. The supporters OF
Mr.. Johnson's new policy in this city
new Secretary of State and Mr.. Blair
to have some cabinet position. They are
working manfully to secure the post
master generalship for Col. Ward H.
Lamon. Mr.. Blacks law partner. If the
present cabinet be bowed out by Mr..
Johnson we think Col. Lamon will be
tho man. as Blacks will Is evidently
law at the White House just now"
President johnson did not go quite
as fast and as far as some Of his friends
and advisers wished
Cabinet Changes in the crisis of 1867.
-, He did not make q
1oStponeo' clean sweep of those
members of his cabinet who sympa-
thized with Secretary Stanton in his
opposition to the Presidents policies.
which ran counter to the policies Of
Congress. The Star Of August 80, 1867,
said:
"It was understood among the know
ing ones last night that the President
has abandoned for the time being the
idea of making further cabinet
changes, much to the chagrin Of the
number of leading democratic party
who have been of late trying
probably finds his current embroglio
with Gen. Grant about work enough to
manage or try to manage just now.
Yet there Is no telling when he may
take the notion to decapitate. every
mothers son of his present ministers.
The dificulty of getting gentlemen
whose names will be likely to satisfy
the conservative democracy to consent
to go before the Senate for inevitable
rejection in less than hundred days
has probably disinclined him to add to
his current embarrassment by putting
new and untried men at the heads of
the several departments. Gen. Grants
palpable and earnest protests against
the course he Is pursuing. foreshadow-
ing as they do more open and emphatic
differences, IL not direct conflicts of
authority between them, must be oper-
ating to induce him to hesitate to carry
out the behests of Messrs Black. Blair.
Wood & Co. in this important matter"
Il \
Responsibility for the coach accident
north of Tenleytown, in which three
ladies lost their
Into the lives in 1867
Turnpike Tragedy. both the coach
company and the turnpike company. ac-
cording to a statement In The Star of |
2. 1867, quoted from the
Rockville Sentinel An inquest was
held and after an examination Of wit
nesses the jury censured the turnpike
company for the bad condition of the
road at the Balls branch crossing and ,
also the proprietors for driving an i'm
proper and unsafe team of horses. The
Sentinel said:
""The driver is superseded now by
youth entirely too young for his posi-
lion. There has for some time past
been succession of incompetent
drivers on this route. and we feel that
II is due to the public to say SO and to
Insist that the mail contractor shall
either improve the line in team or
driver, SO as to inspire public confidence.
Or that the attention of the Post Office
be called to the matter. We
hone. too, that the turnpike company