The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-10-02
MORE CORRUPTION.
The Very Startling Majority Report Of
The Springer Committee.
HOW THE REVENUES ARE WASTED
Cunning Methods of United states Mar
shaiis-The Texas Case and One Far
Worse In MISUNDERSTANDING
the Fee System-Etc.

'nltcu Slhlcs MNSndlN hNNhNHAN, u
made public. II Is signed by the Demo
cratic members of tho committee, and
says:
"a stream never rises above its source
and as long ms those vino POSSESS the
power of appointing these officers, have
no appreciation OF the true dignity OF
the hubble service, and regard offices
only as II reward To hG bestowed upon
their most unscrupnlous political allies,
there Is not much reason 10 hope for any
great Improvement In the character Of
our appointed officials.
Testimony before the committee
clearly shows that utter ineiliciency aud
criminal practices have prevailed in
many parts Of this branch of the public
service for many years past, and that
the government has been u heavy loser
thcrby. There Is a samenesS rs also
variety in the testimony. The investi-
cation reveals the wonderful unanimity
with which the officers participated In
almost every fraud, and in several por-
tions of the country have plnnderod the
public treasury by false, fraudulent and
fictitious charges, and yet the variety in
the ways and means by which they
have worked their schemes Is equally
curious, and shows thev have taxed their
ingenuity to''p uIHiosI'V "'' ili't's i''
accomplishing inc one GhhhiI"Wed pur-
pose oi geitlhS money ihCN We're not en-
Tiled 10. They charged for arrests not
made, for travel not performed, for cN-
penses not incurred, for guards not en-
ployed; and they knowingly rendered
laise accounts against thc SnNerhmeht'
misapprOpriatcd public funds, became
dciauitCrs 70 the government and to
courts, iI'rehSod accounts "Iter lhoA
were. maze up accounts IN the name @!
iclltluhS persons; arrcsseu persons upon
ialse charSeS "ofke" up nN lhtinsriNr.'
cAtofieu money rom prlF@,G eitIehs'
ana n ways NlIhoHV huiturr nave
sWinuIeG inc government ana oppressed
the people
humorous l.Icgal octS are gite" on the
part oI mo tmtru states MarNhalS III
tno southern States IN PROOF %. anoNc
cHarEes, INC iepn,t cH!!s Sp"ciaI ntte!l-
t!un opr8cticDS. S.aNGhiln% the ingenuity
81 the oih'tIs IN ef"olhg vac law ana
the SI4mel'lt prostitution ul the powers
ul thelr Once, Tor unworthy ends
ttlN@l'uS ana NeNat!oH, prosecutions
nae, been SO common thaI an oiler was
made to stop IL, ana an order was ISSUED
that no United states Coln!nLS>iontr
should issue warrant oi arrest n m
Ie!nal revenue cases without hHhuaElt
rom inc lhterhal revenue oihrti thdJ
ne hnd examined the case ana that NE
prosecution ought to be had. IN ordGr
to evade this the deputy marshals
secured appointments as revenue o.
hcers,, so AS 10 be able to make the
Official aiiidaNit required. Ihey then
signed the alhdaVlts as deputy col
lectors ana then served the warrant as
deputy marShais, IN TINS way COM
pletelY nulIllyinS the order maze Tor
tne projection oi cltlzehs. IL woulu oe
uiiiicuit 10 oeElse scneiiic by Whlch
the dearest riShts OF citlZenS couiu DC
more tnoroushlS trahloieu under 1901;
continuing, the report says; |ihc
testimony shows that Stillweil II; kus-
sell, as marshal OF the western distrlct
or Iexas, SO managed the aliiirs OF ms
oillce that IN about three years SiooVO OF
Governinent iunds passed through MS
bandS IN sucn mysterious man
ner that III coulu nOt pc
accounted 10r, besides amounts Illegally
taken from MS deputies ana "nlch we
cannot ascertain. me marshai carried
OH the DOCKS belonging 10 MS once,
swlndled private citiZens, ana accord
ing TO testimony, wholesale forgery was
Ill ms ONCE lor tne purpose
)i deirauulnS the government. husseii
WAS lnuictet', trlou ahu coiislcIeu' anu II
40" serVins ouI ms tethl vi sentence III
nc southern 1lHuols Pehllehliary az
J2ester. ....I
- ret"lu W Crc pait va. lnEes'.S".ioi
d the ooutnern uis.rlcI VI I'lihols uur'
lS tne w heeler lhculinehcy as HiaF-
,hai, inc report says mere appears
rom iest!ihofy 70 p9 controversy pc
..ween Marsnai aeeler ai'u Ms
oriiiel ciiei uopuVy' oou "' ~: hceCo' |
= 10 Mhl'h ot .ieIh Is tespOiisiple l"'
|
?" against tLIe government, AS 10 INV. |
+, g haSo noinI' 10 a''9 ouV - la H'odf
ny hatSial W noeAor cOilmHI ilNp Hlln-
'9li from ms just responsibility by lay
ng the blame iOf these Illegal acts on |
WnoIh ne selGcLcu alc ~
'ninFeu 10 perform lhe uulleS OF ms
'iHCe. MATShul w .celuI uHIliIS uiluuI
'"Ih lhaO ms administration mas ptoii
NcecullEly loose ana imperfect, anu
hat false, fraudulent and Fictitious
hargeS nave cfePt lht0 ms ac-
cunts. thiorIlnateiyi ior wheeler alld
'thef oiIcefS VINO hlaNo slilll4ar come
IONS, thelt oihces were never SO iooselN
managed as 10 cause tAen 10 suiicr any
osS; ail losses operated 10 uisaW-
,anta"a OF the Government, In II"
ingle Instance does 1t appear they ever
hargcu less than they were enUit'el %,
.nd in the majority of cases they
harged for more than the law allowed.
OF John Hall, who was 1narshal III the
Western district of Pennsylvania FOR
IiHG consecutive years, the report says:
lie actually returned as earned during
hese nine years %j3,3Gj, when in fact ne
lad really earned 9lS6 H6l. This spirit
II speculation secured at one Jimo reach
Ip To examiner department" We may
veil agree, saws the report, with the
hief examiner IN saying that the abuses
e Nn t,.n "a !