Show THE CEBIK 1 the transmits Tran miti mits to the tb senate faoa a letter on the Suli jett washington OTOS jone juno 6 the pres dente dents letter transmitting to th the e senate about the cod cedar ar keys florida matter details abe th circumstances r cum stances already familiar to th the e public and adds it will be observed that the united states collector of customs at cedar K keys a a had bad been driven from il hie 1 8 ollice office a and alfrom from town a and nd the tile administration ration of the cast customs om s laws a w 8 of the united states at th that L aport port suspended by violent demon demonstration a t ra dign and threats thre atso 0 one ones 0 atrell mayor ma Y of the place plus assi assisted sted by hia his tow town n m marshal hal Al itchell liell if it had been n new essary sary as I 1 do to not think it e can an be in any case lor for the ilia united states officer to appeal to local authorities for ammu from violence in the exercise ex ercie of hie his dutie 4 the situation sit nation at cedar keys did not riot suggest or encourage each such an appeal it will always be agreeable azree able to me if local authorities acing upon their own sense of duty maintain public order when this is not done I 1 should deem it my duty to use adequate powers vested in the E executive in make it safe sale and feasible to hold and excer cise the offices established by the federal constitution and lawe laws the means used in this case were in to in my 0 opinion pinion lawful and necessary and ayd the officers do not seem to have bi intruded upon any private right in executing the warrants placed in their hands bands 11 che letter dated august 4 1 last which appears in the correspond correspondence enre suba submitted 1 eted appealing to me to intervene for I 1 t abe a action of the city of cedar keys from the brutal violence of cottrell Cott reli it will be noticed v was wall written before the appointment of the new coll collector actor it ie to a ii very g trim im commentary upon the condition con dation of social order at cedar keys that only a woman who had is she a he says in her letter no eon son or husband who could be made a victim of bia his malice had the courage to file charges against this man who was then holding bolding a subordinate place in the customs service ervice the report of marshal estrange says he lie and captain smythe of the revenue cutter melane were victimized by the people who foiled them several times in their efforts to recapture cottrell Cott reli the captain of a ate steam a in I 1 launch a de demanded ma nd 01 50 a day for the use of h his I 1 8 vessel to t make the trip u up p river where it was be believed lieveld cottrell Cott reli w was 3 9 hiding when 10 a day would have h a ve been a big price dwter Al marshal arshal mitchells release be he waa was reinstated in office so one may safely infer that ton the policy of mayor cottrell Cott reli had ben fully endorsed the tile attorney general has been misinformed in the matter of our searching the dwellings it lw fally fully in every instance I 1 asked per m mission miE sion on which I 1 am pleased eed to fay ay was readily if not cheet cheerfully fully given I 1 have been religiously scrupulous on this p point pint int but the rabble will talk and bluster the report of captain theof of the ill line lane aid and 3 11 II pinkerton collector at cedar keys ag agrees roes with the report of the marhal mar hal pinkerton saas baye 1 I had heard that cottrell Cott reli eaid paid united states attorney S would not prosecute him as aethea they were particular friends and I 1 roust must say that stripling discouraged my action in the matt matter r and advised me to wait until cottrell Cott reli made further demon et at rations tod ind then to take a shotgun shot abot gun gan and shoot him if he interfered 11 |