The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-10

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be promised, which is q large sum 10
use in one election. In the City of
New York, In 1876, about one hun-
dred 4housand dOilsrs were appended
g thls manner, we shall presently see
f6r what purposes. s.
Ono INSTANCE Of the workiDgs of
tkese ptstute1 might we'll anewers for
ail. There q no dffference Ia kind
the operations only diner In detail,
We will take an illustration from ST.
Louis in 1875. In the contested elec-
ton case ut Frost VS.. Metcaf it was
proved that f. T.. Allen was appointed
Chief Supervisor of the City OF St.
Louis He testilfedsthat there was NO
occasion for the appointment of Dep
ntys Aarshals .atz .ahaAs election, 40 tho
elections in that city had always been
peaceful and fair. The United States
Marshal for that District, Mr.. Letting
well, was of the same opinion, aud
refused to appoint special deputies. A
Mr.. BARNARD, q National Bank exam
iner, who had occurred for Mr.. Leffing-
we'll his place, went to that gentleman
and threatened him with removal If
AAO wv NV 0xRVlut SuC XA0lSuht0s ACA~
fDgwell thereupon gave Barnard con.
troll OF the Marshals. The spirit in
which he executed the law eau be
gathered from his own testimony:
q. Was there any more necessity
for the appointment of Marshals for
that election than for previous elec.
tions 2 A.. Oh, well, you gentlemen
know very well that in a political
struggle for party Gscendency ct Is nee
essdyy for the. coordinate branches of
the Government to be IN accord; and
there was an effort on tho part, so /
interpreted it, of the party which l
acted with to, gain control Of the
the House of Representatives. 'fhis
For this purpose one thousand and
twenty. eight Deputy Marshals were
appointed to elect three Republicans
to Congress. 1t sths uncontradicted
testimony thas numerous DepOcrats
were made Deputy Marshals on condi-
ton that they would vote for the Re-
publican candidates. One of the Dep.
uiy Marshals testified that he was APP
pointed eight days before election
with instructions to move around the
ward and teip Metcalf, the Republi.
can candidates. Deputy Marshals were
given iists Of voters, and went from
house to house marking Democrats
for challenge or arrest. Witness tes-
tilted that the duty for which they
weF6 appointed Deputy Marshals was
to twork for Mr.. Metcalfe's interest.
They were instructed to ARREST all tho
Democrats they could, and keep them
from voting. Twenty thousand dol
lars werc expended IN this manner.
Five thousand seven hundred. names
of Democrats were marked for intim-
idation by challenge or arrest. aud st.
Louis, that two years before had elect
ed three Democrats to Congress, under
this plan returned three Republicans.
These are facts taken from the undis-
puted testimony of . contested cleo
ton case. They reveal exactly the
pnfp oses for " hfch and the. .lnauner Iu
which the money Of the people is ex-
pended under the Deputy Marshal
In 1876, John 1. Davenport had IN
his employ, in the City Of New York,
one thousand and seventy Supervis-
ora and twenty-five hundred Deputy
Marshals, fat a cost of $04. .587. In
1873 he employed twelve hundred and
twenty five Supervisors, thirteen hun
dred and fifty Deputy Marshals and
an army Of Commissioned He is
Chief Supervisor OF Elections, Clerk
of the United States Circuit Court and
q United States Commissioners. In
May, 1878, he caused one of his assist
ants to swear to . single complaint
against ninety three. hundred persons
OF foreign, birth who held certificates
| Of Naturalization issued from the Su-l
preme Court in 1853, and. on which
the yshad voted since that time. On
this complaint he ecaused TO be issued
FIVE thousand and four warrants, re-
turnable before himself IL his capac-
ity as Commissioner. About thirty
four hundred persons under such pres-
sure surrendered their naturalization
papers, which were, perfectly valid.
Thirty-one hundred persons were ar
rested in this high handed manner.
The Deputy Marshals dragged from
the polls lawful voters by the hundred
and robbed. of the right of outrage.
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 case
those agents OF the Federal Govern
ment seized the naturalization papers
and retained them till after the elec.
ton, and by these methods not far
from eight thousand lyoters-Damo-
crats-were lawlessly deprived Of the
right of suffrage in our city ct one
election. No similar conspiracy
against suffrage has been known in
our history north Of the Ohio and
away from Returning Boards; and
this was accomplished under the Ope-
ration of the Deputy Marshal Laws Of
the United States, in the name Of q
fair and honest election This is the
proved practical working Of these
lave. 1t has been and will be essen
TALLY the same wherever these stat.
utes are applied. Senator Eaton re-
Gently described the character Of tho
men who were selected, BY the Feder-
al Government TO guard and scruti-
nize' the election, clothed with power
of instant arrest. He showed that |
these guardians of the peace Of the |
United States were thieves, gamblers,
bank robbers, highway robbers, cut.
throats, murderers, keepers. of houses |
of prostitution, 'roughs' of all descrip.
tions, the very worst criminal 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
on behalf OF the United
States, with painful particularly. His
showing alone would be sufficient to
damn the Deputy Marshal laws; and
this is only q glimpse at their dis
graceful workings. : j
CoNaRrss appropriated 5000. 900 to
pay United States Marshals for the
performance Of their legitimate du-
lies, which was ample for that pur-
pose, but because they provided in the
bin that no part of the money should
be used to nav the Marshais and fhefr