Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-06
WASHINGTON.


| WASHINorOS. April I.-JnStice Har-
Ian, of the United States Supreme
Court, WAS examined by Syringe r's
| Committee in relation TO the charges
against Governor Murray, of Utah.
| The former WAS the legal adviser of
Governor Murray. When the charges
were made, in 1876. Justice Harlan Wis
tied Washington and had an audience
with Taft, then Attorney General. At
that interview Judge Harlan testified
the Attorney General said. clearly and
explicitly that Governor Murray had
not knowingly made any improper
charges.
| In reference to Governor Murray's
! character. Judge Harlaa said: There
| is no man IN Kentucky for whose in
| tegrity, both as an officer and man
| the people of that State, without dis
tinction Of party. would more readily
| vouch than for him. He has secured
the enmity of some in the discharge of
his duties. but beyond that very few
| people would question his integrity"
Speaker Carlisle said, relative to the
character of Governor Murray: In
| Kentucky he stands almost As high as
| nybody i'll the State rs To the question
of integrity or veracity, or otherwise.
say almost for there may DO some
more prominent than he, but he stanls
| as we'll ~ anybody"
Representative Stevenson moved that
the committee give no further consider
alton to the ease, saying there was moth
| ing III the charges.
Stewart and Ryan acquiesced bnt
Springer aud Van Aistyne objected. on
the ground that final action ought to be
Col. sidered in secret session. The com
mittee wen, into secret session aud re-
| solved that no further testimony would
be heard liz the case. Final action was
postponed until the case ooald be con-
| sidered 10y the eatire committee.
COnlirmations.
The Senate confirmed the following:
Ch ,uucy Is. Sas,n AS United States Dis
trict Judge of the Eastern District of
Texas: j. q. Burroughs. of MicrIg m, as
Solicitor Of the Treasury: j. ii. Marsh,
rs Postmaster at Prescott, Arizona.
senator Miller OOn'i Want 10 He Ms.
understood.
Senator Miller, of California. says the
San Francisco dispatch t. the effect
that he has declined by telegraph To be
csme a candidate tor the Presidency, is
based on misunderstanding of the
dispatch sent by him u the Central
, Committee yesterday. declining tn be n
candidate for delegate to the Chicago
Convention. He had no thought of the
Presidency. and has no aspirations IN
| that direction.
Promised Change In the lndian Laws.
Rudd's measure for the punishment of
| Indian criminals passed as An amend
ment to the Indian appropriation bill.
| Under it sheriff and posse with pro-
cess need not wait the slow movement
| Of troops. Its enforcement, Budd
claims. will punish many now protected
| under the mistaken policy OF the gov
eminent, which he strongly criticises IN
| his speech. Following Is the measure:
Auy act. which when done by ANY
citizen would be a crime. shall be and Is
hereby declared equally a crime when
done by any Indian upon or belonging
to any Indian reservation. Any such
Indian committing such a crime shall
| be subject To the same jurisdiction and
| amenable to the same process AS any
citizen would be in like ease. aud no de-
| partment or office of the United states
| OF America shall have or exercise power
or authority to shield or protect such
Indian criminal from just punishment.
| The Dsnvtlie lnvcsiixaaton.
The D4nville Commission today ex
auined Eustacs Gibson, congressman
from West Virginia. Up 10 the time of
the riot the Denocrats had confident
hope of Carving the county. The col
ored people became very much excited
by the news of the riot and would there
after hold no intercourse with the Dem
ocratic leaders. The news solidified the
eolor-d vote. On the day of the cleo
ton he went early TO the polling place.
where he expected to meet two colored
Democratic vsters. About l3o colored
men formed in line ON the side OF the
road and shook their tickets, saving {:
"Thsse are colored mems tickets. y This
was done with the intention of intimi-
dating the two Democratic workers.
The color line at that polling place was
entirely drawn by colored men. The
news of the riot was very damaging to
the Democrats.
| Congressman Wise of Virginia then
took the witness chair. Referring To the
testimony Of John s. Wise, the witness
quoted the remark. - consider my case
es,c,oov uou than vh0n we started. He,