A. No, sir; I knew too much for that. The policemen at any time create a riot in the street by going at it brashly, and after the soldiers were in it, I thought it very dangerous.
Q. Why?
A. Because they were under the control of men who were rather of the narrow gauge pattern, about 2×3.
They were men who knew no law but the law of force, and had no knowledge that truculent defiance always begets truculent defiance. Had the force been in the hands of men who thought with Coleridge, when he said:
"He prayeth well who loveth well, Both man, and bird, and beast."
Had it been in the hands of men, who had any idea like Coleridge, there would not have been a life lost, nor a dollar of property destroyed, in my deliberate opinion.
By Mr. Means:
Q. You speak of those two or three, do you allude to the military now?
A. I allude to the men assuming charge—that had control of the force after I was displaced by the military and counsel.
By Mr. Lindsey: