, 1884-04-05
BLASTING SPRINGER.
Utah's Governor Speaks Very
Much to the Point.
A Vivid Dissection of tbs Hi
nois S~tatesman's Style.
What Murray Says of His
Marshalship Days.

Murray Ol Jtan, appeared DelOre spring
er's committee to-day to answer the
charges made against him by Representa-
tive White of Kentucky, Henry Owen,
an ex-deputy marshal, and G.. X. Chase.
These charges were in substance that
Governor Murray, while United States
marshal for the district of Kentucky, col
lected illegal fees, and made illegal charges
for guards and transportation of prison
ers, He said in his answer to-day:
Every accusation here attempted to be
made is eight years old. Every one of
them, | denounced and disproved at the
time, openly and publicly, so far as they
in n way reflected upon me. Upon my
discovery of Owens dishonesty, and my
doubts arising as to some charges
made by him and another deputy
in account against the government,
|, without any request, of my own
accord and without any obligation, except
my own wish to do so, Immediately, in
1876, deposited in the treasury money
enough to secure the government in every
item about which there was any uncer-
tainty, 1 threw open my office and books
and papers in it, when the charges were
made to the district attorney n the
democratic newspapers to examine n
investigate the affairs oil my ONCE and all
the charges against me. The paper which
nrst published these things stated editor
Ill. r. I'm Il. 1
laily' after Ill investigation that 1t had
Deen deceived and had done ME great IN
justice ana was SATISFIED there was no
truth IN the charges. The oflclal report
OF the district attorney IS a conclusive
defense OF me as to every accusation then
known to me- and Attorney General Iaft,
IN the presence oil my counsel IN answer
70 my earnest demand Tor al investigation
IL there were any accusations against me,
asserted there were none ana be none
Alter everybody mas peen hearu ap-
pears there Is not one WORD by White Or
by anyone VINO pretehds 10 nave any
SnoWledge 10 prove any iect winch VIII
ever oehu 10 support one Oh tnese accusa-
ions george = n n the so-caiiea
apostle OF the mormon hierarchy a NJ.
0lpson, whose name alone Is enough, and
Hienry DlVeh' a khaVe OF a lower grace
anu less prominence Drds OF lou omen
anu Olrus Oh Ill omeh' all, with Chase ior
an eolan attachment n AIDED by the
moral support OF the mormon churcn,
through the presence mere OF came now
a Mormon delegate IN congress, are actors
IN ms scene. On Monday January Il
1854 hon. MT. springer chairman OF
TINS committee reported to the house a
resolutioh lor authority 10 incur certain
expenses IN prosecuting an lhVesug"tloh OF
the expenditures In tne department OF
justice John d. White having the
noor' yielded TO MN TO advocate
the resolution. lie tooH advantage oil ms
position as a MEMBER Oh the mouse ana q
the fact that a statement from nm as a
republican might Dc taken as an auhis-
sion against a member oil ms party TO
make IN my absence as his testimony
SHOWS without any personal knowledge or
any proof a coarse and brutal attack on
me- such as ne one VINO mas any claim to be
considered agentieman could ever be lusti-
NED IN making except from personal
knowledge or most convincing evidence
In that speech he mallclously made state
ments which he knew were false and
without pretense to truth and under the
guise OF a IN OF congress INDUCED
in base and eowardly personal enmity
against me while l was at my post attend
ing my othclal duties in Utah. In this he
served the lawless element IN Utah as he
served the moonshlners IN Kentucky IN