The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-01

The Great Radical scheme fcv Piundering
tho Treasury for Partisan Election Pur-

DEPUTY MAISHALSs
tho Treasury FOR Partisan Election Pur-
poses.
New York SUM-
There are two classes OF Deputy Marshnls,
known respectively ~ General and Special,
the former being regularly attached 10 the
Marshaps Office, and the latter appointed, ~
the name implies, for special service. The
law makes no Limitation a. 70 the number
Of these deputies, and therefore q partisan
Marshal, sustained or directed by fraudu-
lent Administration like the present, or by
an extreme partisan President, regardless
OF decency, like Grant, could appoint what
ever number might be needed 10 carry an
election In any particular place, where this
force could be concentrated.
They receive five dollars a day each when
employed, but they are limited TO 10 days
for election service. Therefore, IL would be
competent, as the law now stands, for every
deputy to receive SO for that duty alone, II
the Marshal thought proper to exercise his
discretion. The usual practice, however,
Is 10 multiply the number OF these Official
partisans, which practically means buying
so many votes and 80 much influence at the
public cost. II is notorious In the great
cities that these special deputies are mainly
chosen from among the criminal classes,
such as former convicts. bullies, keep.
ers Of low groggeries, prize fighters, and
the like.
They are not only billeted on the Treas
ury, but are clothed with enormous power
over the persons and liberty Of citizens, who
are taxed TO support them, Is the following
extract from the Revised Statutes shows:
SEC. 2.o22. The Marshal and his General
Deputies. and such Special Deputies, shall
keep the peace. and support and protect the
supervisors Of Election I'm the discharge OF
their duties. and Immediately 70 ar
rest and take into custody, NTH OF rfh0sk
process. any person who commits, or attempts
or offers 20 commit. any OF the acts or Of
lenses prohibited herein, or who commits
States. $ '''
How far this unconstitutional power may
be carried was illustrated by the thousands
Of arrests ordered by John /. Davenport In
this city last fall. These Special Deputies
are thus constituted the judges Of the Of
Tense upon which they make arrests without
process. And thus 1t comes to pass that
felons who have served terms in the Peni-
Tertiary. and others who ought to be crack
ing stone in striped suits, are the chosen in
struments of this infamous partisan statute,
to drag respectable citizens TO prison upon
charges made By themselves and executed
by themselves
All inquiry as TO the exact number Of
these General and Special Deputies, and the
amounts paid TO them. has failed to bring
out the exact facts. The accounts are pur-
posely kept in a manner to exclude this in
lDTfuAliuu- lie TtluEus are nIut IN u lufmDs
sometimes they are held back or mystifed,
and instead ofspecifed items, by which each
payment Of deputy might be traced to the
individual, the accounts are stated In gem
eral terms, so that there is no real check on
the Marshal.
When this subject was before Congress in
the last week Of the late session, Mr.. Atkins,
Chairman Of Appropriations, sought to get
explicit answers to certain questions, which
he addressed TO Mr.. Devens, that are en-
bodied in his answer OF June "a, 1879, from
which the extracts below are taken:
~. What number of General Deputy Mar
shais were employed during the fiscal year
which ended June 80, 1878, aud what number
have been employed during the present fiscal
year"
There are no means at NM command for an
srcring this question IL Is not made the duty
Of Marsnals 90 report what number, or whom
they appoint as General Deputies. Indirectly,
where any of these Deputies earn Tess. they
are reported through the Marshars accounts.
These can be ascertafned from the account.
ing officers, bmf rcsid not include all the General
"a what number Of Special Deputy Mar.
shals were employed during the above stated
i am not able 20 ansrev this inquiry.
"a and ). What Is the highest number OF
General Deputies in any district. and tor how
Der Of General Deputies By districfsr'
For reasons heretofore stated. am unable
10 gre the highest nsmber Of General deputy Mar
CHARLES DEvESs.
The de facfo Attorney General, who re-
turned these answers, Il the official who au.
thorized the appointments and approved the
accounts Of the Marshals in question. He
pretends TO know nothing about either the
General or the Special Deputies, and yet he
does know that over quarter Of million
Of dollars was paid out Of the Treasury last
fall for election service alone. The letter
Of Mr.. Devens shows conclusively that the
department Is either culpab!y or stupidity
ignorant In regard TO this large expenditure,
for which there Is no safeguard beyond the
discretion Of the Marshal. He has license
10 do what he pleases, without any protec-
ton for the Treasury.
When one Of these Marshals presented an
immense bill for political services last year,
the Comptroller refused to allow 1t, because
some Of the charges were unsupported by
quently and easily manufactured. But Mr..
Devens approved II, with the single remark
that there was perhaps "a little too much
sugar in the bill"
In order to keep up this corrupt machine-
~. and TO manage elections BY . campaign
fund drawn from the Treasury by
partisan Marshals, the fraudulent President
vetoed the bill which appropriated 500, 900
for the service Of the Courts. He demanded
the electioneering deputies, and dehed Con-
gress.
A CALIFORNIA correspondent writes:
Paper bricks, now being made In Wis
consin, strike US as exactly what we
want here. One Of our paper-mills
made few, which need but touch to
bring conviction. 1t is papier-mache
compressed. San Francisco shanties