Show S SATURDAYS MEETING Utvl 1 VefJdSffi people cho are not adherents I of Jthe dominant church in this i Territory I butyppifl omimmofr the spirit whirffi P t I t I It omptetHne a ling fthe meeting ron Saturday night to give public expression to the feelinjSSjfiJ ndignation that ajljfejt concerning igtingSwiie 3ag atrHalf mast on tM KBFffi noteSteKalow muebrj they may differ as to the policy of such meetings But such meetings arenot a f guaranty hat all said at them can be I guaranti g W ipie IlSaturdi pirit thVit night Patriotic zeal is not always I the same as patriotic wisdom We have ill mind the rem rks of Colonel M M KiWrlin 4Saturdayameeting and refer f kJ c J 11 J 0 to that portIon of the genTlemans speech that had to do with the attitude assumed by the commandant af Fort Douglas General A McDowell McCook Mr 1a istoSEl > aygQ ljB2 GeneraH the tributes of honor and respect that his war record entitles hinoi 1J ut t said he could not help thinking that if the old Veteran who l i l Foitvpoug7 las General E P Connor had been in command there on the last Fourth of TfTiriJlKlAsLirrlrnjfj a R tiS Bot aAn q been long at halKmast and then he elated I e-lated an interview that he had had with I General Connor From Me Jjjaigjins in I terview it is fo be interred that General Connor would haven have-n iT a r iris command into the city and have hoisted the flaes at all risks J a a s t irIfsuch would have been General Jbnnoiis course we are very glad herwas Jiot in j command on that ftokkiMebftMuraJIi J epre ato and f el outragedand indignant at such proceeding proceed-ing as1 fliose that were witnessed here on the Fourth but we sincerely believe that allHruV crHzens would deprecate still I more the unauthorized interference of I the military on such an occasion General f Gen-eral McCook but did his duty on the i I Fourth and Haft he marched his troopT i into this city I on that doyv without the f Sanction 0 fold command of his superiors he would have committed an outrage greater than tire itirj l l5 ± sl i rrj t t onthayflQ1flmitthtj jI TcLver properly have laid himself liable to court martial disgrace and dismissal The interference of the military in the ciil affairs11 of l aiiy govermietmut t eventually mcnn subordination of the civil to the military power and all the dW conseqtfences that that meanaqa superjorpfficer at liberty tot deem one occasion 1rjustencation for an unauthorized unauthor-ized interference in affairs why maV ho hot so deem another If the military in this country act upon their impulses upon one occasion why may they not upon all1 Although the affair of the Fourth was not in any sense partisan affair still with thestern dis cil1 Jmp and absolute subordination of soldiers sol-diers that exists in all armies if license wereM LvMIn 1J Lact in i their discretion discre-tion what is to prevent a commander usinc his troops > to further the political feVa 1partyitli wftlbhi sympathizes sym-pathizes However much one may regJt wthQ nplirical conHty > n of 4Itiiis ETitpry andlji9ypve q ba l it isf for General McCook to have come into this town t and assumed control of IdiingSjOn yia Fourth would have Leen a ftVwafeKaricl more fteriousOutTagi JiSA the one that waa cominitted and one upon which Americans in airparts of the aunf W laYeOoked whh eIJI1a CKFXlQ IU J illJi rave appre enSlOn General JMcCool kook k-ook > a proper course and one that should he iWuimcftCtofluUthqyglLhejbnt did his I duty L I |