The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-12
MURRAY, MARSHAL, NoULToE.


Two or three days before Gov
.aernor Murray left for the east he
gave out that he had been sum
.ezOned to Washington by congress
sIonal committee that wanted the
Ggsneft of his ideas and views with
reference to legislation for Utah,
and also to hear him in the Cannon
Campbell case He complained that
Is was extremely incOnyenient for
,gs2iEa to leave at this time, just as the
Legislature was about to meet, but
Ysbe summons was official and
re would have TO go. The
whole business struck people as
strange and mysterious. In the first
%. mace the Geographic summons"
from a committee of Congress is no
xnore official" in such case than
Che request of any representative or
senator, which is in no sense official
esE imperative. In the next place,
Governor Murray's views on the
Utah problem are well known, and
. Ne can add nothing to what he has
already stated in the delegate con-
&seSt. Lastly, the contest had net
geached point where Murray could
Ne of the least service to his friend
So Campbell. The matter was before
TIE House, had been referred to no
committee, and was not likely to
&C. if Campbell and his attorney and
friends could prevent its reference
EShis official summons from a Con-
occasional committee may therefore.
be set down as hoax with which
To blind the eyes of the people.
Private information from the
east through a source which ought
80 be we'll informed, says Murray
=. viii never return to Utah as Gov
srnor, and that they are making it
rF2Cm for him in Washington on ac-
count of "the Moulton." as the letter
pats it, and his career as United
States marshal of Kentucky. This
may furnish key to an explanation
~sa9 his mysterious and sudden de-
parture for the national capital. It
Is certainly a better explana-
f10n than the one given out
Jhy the Governor and his news
Eaper organ. There are other things
(which confirm this view. On De-
@cember 21st, Representative John
2 D. White, Of Kentucky, introduced
INTO the House the following, which
vas referred to the committee on
Judiciary:
ResoLved, That the attorney general be
directed to furnish to the House Of Rep
Cssentstives copy Of report made to
TIE department Of Justice by D. E. Chase,
general agent of the department., and any
other papers or infornstion in his pos
session on the subiec ching the con-
duct Of United ST commissioners,
.Nszarshals, and other 1nited States eff
Gers IN the State Of Kentucky.
The purpose of this resolution
was to bring to light the alleged
crooked doings of Murray while
marshal of Kentucky. Mr.. Chase,
the special agent, Investigated the
affairs Of the Office at the time, and
while it is said now that he made
no official report, he certainly gave
10 the attorney general a written
statement. The HERALD knew of
that statement a year or more ago. |
aud made efforts to obtain a copy,
VIXEN it learned that the paper had
never been filed, and was not to be.
found in the department, though it
was believed to be still in existence.
Whatever may have been alleged
10y Mr.. Chase, it was enough to
cause Murray to Immediately retire |
Eem the marshalSAip. Since then
there have been efforts to cover up |
the record, whether it was good or
bad. Representative White. doubt |
less urged on by one Walter Evans, |
a prominent republican of Ken
lucky, who is Murray's Mem
.esis, now wants all the
facts given to the public.