The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-07-10

tions TO "move around the ward" and
help Metcalfe, the Republican candidate.
Deputy Marshsls were given lists of vo-
ters, and went from house to house
marking Democrats for challenge or ar.
rest. Witnesses testified that the duty
for which they were appointed Deputy
MarshaIs was to work for Mr. Met
caIfe's interest" They were instructed
to "arrest all the Democrats they could,
and keep them from voting" Twenty
thousand dollars were expended in this
manner. Five thousand seven hundred
names of Democrats were marked for
intimidation by challenge or arrest, and
st, Louis, that two years before had
elected three Democrats to Congress, un.
der this plan returned three Repubi-
cans These are fdcls taken from the un
disputed testimony in contested eleC.
ton case. They reveal exactly the pur
pose for which and the manner in
which the money of the people is ex
pended under the D puty Marshal Laws
In 1876, Johu j. Davenport had in his
employ, in the City of New York, one
thousand and seventy Supervisors and
twenty-five hundred Deputy Marshals,
at cost of $94 587, In 1873 he emp Dyed
twelve hundred and twenty five super
vsors, thirteen hundred and fifty Deputy
Marsbals and an amy of Commission
ers. He is ChiefSupervisor of Elections,
Clerk of the United States Circuit Court
and United States Commissioner. In
May, 1873, he caused one of his assistants
to swear to a single complaint against
ninety-three hundred persons Of foreign
birth who held certificates of naturalizt
ton issued from the Supreme and Supe
rior Courts in 1869, and on which they
had voted since that time. On this com
| plant he caused to be issued five thou
sand and four warrants, returnable be.
fore himself in his capacity as Commits
sioner. About thirty-four hundred per
sons under such pressure surrendered
their naturalization papers, which were
perfectly valid Thirty.one hundred
persons were arrested in this high hand.
ed manner. The Deputy Marshals drag
ge d from the polls lawful voters by the
hundred and robbed If the right of suf
frage. Nine or ten thousand persons,
fully entitled to vote, were thus made the
victims of these men appointed to "se
cure fair election" In some cases those
agents of the Federal Government seized
the naturalization papers and retained
them till after election, and by these
methods not far from eight thousand vo.
ters-D s-Democrats--wer lawlessly depriv-
ed If the right of suffrage in our city at
one election. No similar conspiracy
agrinst suffrage has been known in our
history north of the Ohio and away from
Returning Boarns; and this was accom-
pished under the operation of the Dep
uty Marshal Laws of the United States,
in the name of fair and honest cleo
ton" Thisis the proved, practical work.
ings of these laws. 1t has been and will
he essentially the same wherever these
statutes are applied. Senator Eaton re-
Gently described the character ofthe men
who we're selected by the Federal Gov
ernment to guard and scrutiniz9", the
election, clothed with power of instant
arrest. He showed that these guardians
of 'tbe peace Of the United States" were
| thieves, gamblers, bank robbers, high
way robbers, cut.throats, murderers,
keepers of houses of prostitution, roughs
of all descriptions, the very worst crimi-
nal classes of the great City Of New York.
The Senator from Connecticut gave the
names and occupations and characters OF
these men selected on account Of their
superior integrity to conduct elections on
behalf of the United States, with painful
particularity. His showing alone would
he sufficient to damn the Deputy Mar
shal laws and this is only glimpse at
their disgraceful workings. Cincinnati
Enquirer