The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-31
UNITED STATES DEPUTY MARsHALs.

Provided that hereafter special deputy mar
shals OF elections for performing any duties in
reference TO any election shall receive the sum
Of IS per day in full for their compensation,
and that the appointments OF such special
deputy marshals shall be made by the judge of
the circuit court of the United States for the
districtin which such marshals are to perform
their duties, or by the district judge in the ab-
sence of the circuit judge. Said special depu-
ties shall be appointed in equal numbers from
the different political parties; and the persons
so appointed shall be persons Of good moral
character and shall be welI-known residents
of the voting precinct in which their duties
are to be performed.
In the Senate an amendment has been in
troduced prohibiting the arrest of State cleo
ton officers by the Federal election officers
on election day, as follows:
That Il shall not be lawful for any marshal,
deputy marshal or supervisor of election, or
any person acting by their authority, to arrest
or imprison on election day any election OFF,
Ger acting as such under and by virtue Of cleo
ton or appointment under any State law for
any ofense against the election laws Of the
United states, but the warrant or process for
such ofIense may be executed at any time af-
ter the close of such election day.
In addition to the foregoing, another
amendment introduced into the Senate,
"makes the chief supervisors of elections to
be appointed by the president by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate,
and to hold Office for two years. They are
now appointed by the circuit judges. To
neither of these amendments can any
fair Republican object The chief super-
visors have come to be. under the law, very
important officers, whose character ought to
be scrutinizsd as closely as any other officers
of the Government. To prohibit Federal
election officers from arresting State election
officers on the day of election is only to pre-.
vent confusion and take away the oppor
tunity from mischief-mskers to cause dis
order In the voting and disable the lawful
record of the votes. Mr.. Bayard has offered
another amendment taking away from the
elections marshals the extraordinary and
dangerous authority they now have to make
summary arrests without warrants on cleo
ton day. Under Mr. Bayard's bill they
would still have the authority to make ar
rests, but only with due legal warrant, which
is surely power enough to lodge in the hands
of partisan officers, who have behind them
the whole force of the United States" Un-
der the law, as il now stands, and which is
sought 70 be amended in the interest of
night and the liberties of the people, cleo
tons marshsls, in any number he may
choose, are appointed by the United States
marshal for the district; and as all In
telligent people know they are clothed
with the most arbitrary power. They
can arrest citizens on their mere
motion, and drag them to prison,
without warrant or other process of law. At
the last Federal election In New York, ], 200
of these miscresnts were appointed, and In
Philadelphia 773 were appointed, and as
specimens of the creatures who were clothed
With powers to arrest Democrats and hel on
Republican frauds. the folio wing, says the
New York Herald, are taken from the
records of official inquiry, where the names,
here omitted, are given:
Marshal -, First division, Fifth ward
Drunk all day; too drunk 10 arrest anyone.
There were five policemen at these polls. The
marshal never voted IN that division before
that day.
Marshal -, Fourteenth division, Fourth
ward-Record OF his con victiOn In 1872 for vOt
ing ill- ly produced. Proof was made that
Marshal -, Fourth ward-One Of the most
dangerous men in the city; has been In prison
twice, once for highway robbery and the Sec
| MarAhal -, Eighth ward-aas been ar
rested for i've different Tobberies.
Marsh al -, First ward-A warrant has
been issued for him for larceny.
| Marshal -, First ward-A had and dan
gerOus man; had been tried for murder.
Marshal -, Seventh ward-A colored
been arrested twice; distributed Republican
| tickets and vouched for voters.
Marshal -. Fifteenth ward-HRd been
| tried for shooting man character very bad
| Marshal -, Fifth ward-A thief and no.
| toriOus repeater; had been arrested for subor.
nation of perjury but never tried.
Was so drunk In the afternoon he could moi
| walk; selz5d qualified voter by the collar
and staggered with him against the wal
policeman brought a repeater to the polls
who was arrested as s was the e PoIicemAn;
wsrd@A man OF bad repute: coIored; Keeps q I
low drinking house; electioneered and gavs
| out tickets and tax receipts; was inside at the
| counting OF the vote and took tickets out o
the box.
Marshal -, Seventh division, sixth ware
Ia baDItual drunkard, and graduate o
House OF Correction for this; was drunk al
day.
Marshal -, Thirty second division
| Twenty-iourth ward-Was discharged iron
employment the day before election for steal
ing.
| Marshal -, Seventh division, Eleventh
| ward-Keeps a house of prostitution.
Marshal -, Eleventh ward-A repeater
and kept house Of prostitution within
| year: a thief
Marshal -, Eleventh ward-Arrested 70
larceny; bill ignored.
tits not surprising that Republicans figb
the good moral character" feature, ant
desire to have the aid Of the worst men +
J be found to carry out the schemes Of fraud