The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-03
House ID Representatives.

WAsHIEGToN, December 2.-Wilson
Qowa), presented the credentials of
Smith, member-elect from the Iowa
district, to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of Kasson. Smith
took the oath of Office.
Follett, as a question of privilege,
presented the following preamble and
resolution: Il do impeach Lot Wright,
United States Marshal for the Southern
District of Ohio, of high crimes and mis-
demeanors. / charge him with usnr-
patton and violation of law, In that he
appointed a large number or general
and special deputy marshals, to serve at
the several voting precincts in Cincin-
natl, at the election for members of Con-
gress on the 14th of October. 1884, and
armed said deputy marshals with pis-
tolls and other deadly weapons, said to
have been furnished by the War De-
partment of the United States govern
ment; in that large number of
deputy marShals SO appointed and
armed were notorious criminals,
and men known to be of vicious and
brutal habits and reputation, and many
of them non residents of Cincinnati and
of the State of Ohio and that said deputy
marshals, acting under his orders and
directions, aided, abetted and encour-
aged in fraudulent voting, intimidation
of voters and gross outrages upon the
elective franchise and the rights Of hon
est voters of the city in furtherance OF
the interests of a political party and Its
candidates. Therefore,
Resolved: That the committee on ex-
penditures in the Department OF JUS
tice be required and directed, as soon as
the same can reasonably be done, to In
vestigate such charges and report to this
House"
Keller made a point of order
against the reception of the resolution
but the Speaker OverTuled 1t, deciding
the resolution presented matter OF
privilege, and the House could deter,
mine for itself how far the investigator
would be proceeded with, and wha'
committee should have charge OF IT.
After a long discussion, the House
adopted Follett's resolution.
Reagan called up the Interstate com
merce bill, and the House decided To
consider it. Notwithstanding the effort
of O'NeiIl,t of Pennsylvania, to post
none the discussion until tomorrow.
Reagan offered as a substitute for the
bill reported by the committee on com
merce last session, the bill generally
known as the Reagan bill, and entered
into an exhaustive comparison OF the
two measures. Under the COMMITTEES
bill, he said, the liability OF railroad
corporations to any person suffering
wrong by its action was actual damage
sustained; while under the substitute
he was liable for three times the amour
of damages. The bill of the com.mltteee
did not prohibit a discrimination II
freight charges, but the substitute pro
hibited companies from charging NOR
for a shorter than for longer distance
for the same quantity of freight. In
substitute gave complete legal am
equitable remedies to the citizen 10
every injury, without delay, ans
through the courts of the country. In
committees bill failed to do this. An
other great improvement in the SUB
stitnte over the committee bill lay y
the fact that, while the latter directe'
the committee to inquire into IN
method of pooling and to report VIVA
legislation was needed on the suolec,
the former absolutely prohibited sue
pooling.
At the conclusion of Reagan's II
marks, the House adjourned