The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-08-12
NUMBER 2e.
U. $. nIarshals and Their Uses.

We desire to call especial attention to
this extract from the speech of Hon.
Thomas Ewing, delivered in the Federal
House OF Representatives, April 25 and
26
In response to the demand to cite ins,
stances Of the bad use of man shals and
in controlling elections, I
take one case-the election for Congress.
men in st. Louis In 1876. hold in my
hand the uucontradictedt testimony taken
in the contested election case last Con-
gress Of Frost vs. Metcalf. IL lappearsE
from it that E. T. Allen was appointed
by the circuit court supervisor for trU~
city of ST. Louis. He testifes that there
was no occasion for the appointment Of
deputy marshals at that election, .ns the
election in st. Louis had been thereto.
fore peaceful and fair. 1effingwell, the
United States Marshal for that district,s
was Of the same opinion, and refused to
appoint any special deputies Thereup-
on one.D D.. W. d. Barnard, national
bank eGamiaer, who was an old acquain-
tance Of General Grant, and who had
got Leffingwell his appointment as mar
shal, went to Leflingwell and said Il
| quote from Barnard's own depositionJf
"You- have got instructions from the
Attorney General to enforce tie lawssUf
the United States. ssYes sir.vissIf yons
don't execute your orders1 will seest that.
you are not marshal-much longer Tie
man that makes can unmaken Then
said he to me, '.What ami to do r. III
said TO him, 81 can relieve you of that,
dilemma. Give me- control Of those
marshals," and he says,s"I will do MI ;
! Question-We ell, did he do it2
/ Answer think so, sir, N.t'.,
! Q-Was there any more necessity for
the appointment Of marshals for that
election than for any. other previous
|election? sa''s = Va
| A.-Oh, well, you gentlemans know
Ivery well that IN opoliticdl a struggle for,
party ascendency It's necessary for the CO..
ordinate branches of the GoUernment To-
be in accord. and there was an effort on
the part, so interpreted it., of the party
which I acted with to gain control Of the
House Of Representatives. .'sM
i One thousand and twenty-eight deputy
marshals were thus appointed insSE
Louis to work for the election Of the
three Republican candidates for Con-
gress. A large part of them we're Dem
ocrats. They we're selected through q
Mr.. John Codding and other reliable
Republican partisans. Democrats were
preferred as deputies, provided they
pledged themselves to vote for the Res
publican candidates for Congress, Thos.
Barrett, j. F. Ryan, N. w. Dewey. Mi
lchael Carroll, Matthew Harons and Mi
chael Welch testified that they were APP
pointed deputy marshals on the Distinct
condition that they would vote for the
Republican candidates, aud that othera
were appointed on the same pledge
; Carroll testified thai, after some talk
'iabout his politics, eodiing said ~
"IteIl you don'tcare d-m what
you are. Iwant you to dc one thing,
and will get you commission" Says
| /, "What is that one thing 2" Says he, at
you willvote for MetcaIf will get you
a commission. That's all want you 4,
do. l don't care what you do for the
|rest of Che party. want you to vote for
Metealf." He asked If Iweuld promise
to do that, and / told him yes; and then
ne wen' anu gov NY oen''slon anu
of0ugns ana aanueu y y Ms.
iaomas mcnau uepu.y ma
snais' 'esineu 'uas NC was appo'n'eu
ie'gn. oays ueiore sae e'eos, - s"1 ~ "aS
ilns.ruc'eu 'o my - A,0I s"in M'.,.,s wa, NJ
aao 90 an us co.la ~ >, us,p Nv an' Tss rhs
nepuollcan caluns.e ~ 49, ooDE s;ass ne
deputy malslals VIZ s.peu r,: sH.s VI sn0
sosers, prepared " 'ue nspao''Saa ven
tral commh.ee, anu mens @ .lom nouss "
house inquiiins "uo. w Yu. v'o's
wouiu oe AZ uo"e ou e'e.''on uay. ..eyh-
ever the answer was not p0s'tlve, y see
voter inquired aoou1 was penocta., p,s
name was msrkeu 'or ouansase y sllesl
witness salo ne sook 'ae oasa as uepu.y
marsnai' ana psepareo W po 'ne ou'y no
was put snere ,or.
Questlon-Now, "na' ou'y s"efe you
put there lott IL sieol
Answer nad unaerssooo was, put
there for MT. Metcalts interest. !,
| The marshals were aiviueu into COM
paoies unaer caPsains' sno Micnaei
Weicn testlnes tnas ms company were
instructed Oh election uay oy tnen cap
tain, oConner, "eo oring lni tnst ls ar
rest J all tue Democfats tney oouia ana
keep them from voting, damn them
By the expenditure OF $2O,O0O in hir-
ing these one Thousand ana 'wenty-eignt
oummers, ana by marking nse t1ousana
seven hundred names Oh registered Demo-
lcratc voters iof lnumadatlcn Dy chai-
lenge or arrest, the CITY Of St Louis,
which returned three democratic con-
gressmen AZ . lail anu peace,ul elec,lon
10 toi4, was mace. ~ Ie,uru o1a saree ne
punncan conglessmen- IN io1o.
DanA Lasnlner ,Aa Jana "a' pus us
poseo 70 alue nis nsnss uhuer = ousneis
Ou. came 20 Washington pIepoIsso ,ne
tfrant aam'nis.iauoh' lne inanner OF nis
success IN eiecung suree nepuolican con-
gressmen rom snree Democratic as
.Iic1s. IN nls 'es.lmony Is -rep3rm an
interview WIN Atsorney-1enerait lat
"1 .sy1 az asIw1
mt. Aaie aSnou mts Auuu hoW mauy