Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-15
DEM0CRACY'S DEMAND.
Pure Elections and Peaceful
Prosperity for the Whole
Country.
The Diabohcal Record of Republi-
canism National Disgrace.

hAAl
In response to the demand to cite in
stances of the bad use Of marshalS and
supervisors in controlling elections,
take one case-the election for congress.
men in St. Louis in 1916. / hold in my
hand the uucontradieted testimony in the
contested.election case last congress of
Frost u.s. Metcate. 1t appears from it
that +. T. Allen was appointed by the
circuit court chief supervisor for the
CITY of St: Louis, He testifies that there
was no occasion for the appointment of
deputy marshals at that election, as the
elections in st. Louis had been thereto.
fore peaceful and fair Leflingwell, the
United States marshal for that district,
was of the same opinion, and refused to
appoint any special deputies, There.
upon one ID. w. ID. Barnard, national
hank examiner, who was an old acquaint-
ance of General Grant, and who had got
Lettingwell his appointment us marshal,
went 10 Letffngwell and said, Il quote
from Barnard's own deposition)
''You have got instructions from the attorney
general to enforce the laws OF the Fitted States"
Yes, sir" !" II you don't execute your orders |
Will see that you are not marshal much longer.
The man that makes can unmake' Then said
he to me, =" What am to dos said 20 him, " l
can relieve you OF that dilemma. Give me con.
Il"
Question Well, did he doits
Answer. | think so, sir.
q, Was there any more necessity for the ap
polntment of narshals for that election man for
any previous election;
A. on we'll you gentlemen know very we'll
that IN p0lHicdt struggle for party d$ceaRsHey
II is necessary FOR tie e0.ordinate branches Qf
ne government 10 De N 9ccOUf! and there was
au effort on the part, SO interpreted +, of the
party which | acted with TO gain control of the
house OF representatives
One thousand and twenty-eight deputy
marshals were thus appointed i'll st,
Louis for the election of the three re
publican candidates for congress- A
large part Of them were democrats.
They were selected through Mr.. John
Codding and other reliable republican
partisans. Democrats were preferred
as deputies, provided they pledged them
selves to vote for the republican candi.
dates for congress. Thomas Barrett, j.
f. Ryan, n ". Dewey, Michael Carroll,
Matthew Koran, and Michael Welsh
testified that they were appointed deputy
marshals on the distinct condition that
they would vote for the republican can
didate, and that others were appointed
on the same pledge, Carroll testified
that, after some talk about his politics,
Codding said
"Itell you don't care ad-n what you are !;
want you to do one thing. and Will get yon the
commission Says |, what is that one thing"
Says he " If You will vote for Metcalfe will get
you commission. That's all want You to do.
don't care what yon do for the rest of the party.
| want you to vote for Metcalie, He asked il |
would promise TO do that, aud told him yes, and
then he went and got my commission, and
brought II and handed 1t to me.
Thomas McNamaar deputy marsha
testified that he was appointed eight days
hal m pln nc
to move around the warn ana 40 all he
could to help Metcalfe, the Republican
candidate for Congress. The deputy mar
shals were given lists of the voters, pre-.
pared by the republican central commit
tee, and went from house to house inquir-
ing whether the voters would be at home
on election day Whenever the answer
was not positive, if the voter inquired
about was democrat, his name was
marked for challenge or arrest. Witness
said he took the oath as deputy marshal,
and prepared to do the duty he was put
there for
Ques--Now, what duty were you put
there for?
Ans-I had understood that was put
there for Mr.. Metcalfes interests.
The marshas were divided into com.
panles under captains and Michael Welsh
testifies that his company were instructed
on election day by their captain, O'Con.
nor, "to bring III chat is arrest all the
democrats they could, and keep them
from voting--damn them"
BY the expenditure of $4,000 IN hiring
these one thousand and twenty eight bum
mers, and by marking five thousand seven
hundred names of registered democratic
voters for intimidation by challenge or
Al ,,t .,f / ty,l
turned three democratic Congressman at
fair and peaceful election in 1874, was
made to return three republican Con
gressmen in 1876.
Bank Examiner Barnard was not dis
posed to hide his light under a bushel,
but came to Washington to report to the
Grant administration the manner of his
success in electing three republican Con.
gressmen from three democratic districts,
In his testimony lie reports an interview
with Attorney General Taft. He says:
Mr.. Taft asked Mr. Mudd how many
marshals lie had Mr. Mudd referred
him to me, and said had charge Of the
marshals and he turned TO me, and
said, One thousand and twenty eight"
The old gentleman wheels round in his
chair and saws, "Were there no others
out in Missouri you could have made
marshals Il Says | {" Mr.. Taft we went
in TO win" and he said, "g0U
Jyiag good deal If sugar III your spade I"
Recollect, gentleman, that this entire
statement as 10 the execution Of the fed.
eral eletion laws in Saint Louis by the
Grant administration is taken from the
testimony given in contested.election
case In due form of law two years ago,
where both parties were represented by
COUNSEL and that its truth has never
been questioned Disgraceful as il is TO
the officials implicated, 1t is only what
may be expected on a grand scale if the
people shall con sent 70 leave in the
hands ofthe president the dictatorship
over elect ons which these vicious laws
confer upon him.
cLAMoR About THE SOUTH.
Mr.. Chairman: see even the highest
leaders Of The republican party get down
to the small business, to use No harsher
word, Of publishing lists Of confederate
soldiers who sit here in congress | am
au1ayad tbat fbay are not ashamed oil IT,