The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-04-10


towards providing Tor tue entertainment o
ioIelfhers a. tho sxpeNilon. Ar More
head al'o wants escn department at Wash
logon 10 DO represented 1t the fair.
GOVERNOR siURRAY's DEFENSE.
twAsnIs0TOS 4. April 4.-[Prsss }-Govsr
nor Murray. VI utah, appeared before
Springsf's committees t9.dRy % anssei
cnareV, mad az. ast him BY Il prr.rnia.
ave Waite, OF Kentucky; Hsury Dlysn,
~ ex Genuiy niatsha', and a, X,
cssss Tne's charges were IA
| SUB, lance tbs, Governor MUIR,
Thlt United states msrshal az tue ~.
irlc. OF KrniueEI 90 l.e'ef liies.l ivr,Eha
made y. 'gsl elargss f.rgisfd, l,su'.
por'sIoH ofp s'n0is hosrd "a h',gu.
hwer tu-iry: Essty accuse ion h-fa al
I sm lt-d,0 b. made Il ,ighr yeats o,d.
Every one OF tnam | dvnnunssI aud. Il =
ngoysd e' tne tlua openly sod puh iuiV
90 isr az th.y ia aug Wy l.h-o vi
upon me. Upuh nay oNcoytri O.. Bv.L's
! q aqnfs'y nAh 10Y dGu9is afIHrg IS To-
toe stln- cIsfves ny u IA tni su-
olnVr dspl "a 10 e0Dun'a cil4t. lus
p seluUst', ! y inonL uny EsqGaff, ui
ms. GEu girIld, aH1 without a ub g~-
I "A tLeVpt my twr waAes lu
10 80, ia 1870 Gspo9i'ed Ia Tue tfesf-
ury mpGty 20 secure te gettc. m- a
"a every item about wli3h tntfs W -
!rlt any unceftsincy, tafew open ny ullics
tAsd tue DO X, and papers n l.. Wneu
ohArses We're lnsdu 10 tlF.cis1tic, II tlfrsy
aun lnyHed the dgmootZuo Az Hspa pes u
ss.miue aud ilves igiis the ell l.rs II my
Office aud all olsr,,s sg,i0s. me. Toe
stated td'ionslY tia A.er u
igl Investigation tina. IL had
bssn deceived, had done me
great Injustice ana MAS eat SIZED ,h4t tbsCs
was no run in he caaifes. Toe iIs,ai
report o tue dlstiict attorney Is a c0nois I've
ceicnce OF me rs 10 every accusation tnen
kuowJ To me, fud Attorney Gey sgal TAI.
10 ibe y Cssnre OF NV c9unsei. IN answer
10 my ea'Gtst demand iocinysst gst on, /.
lnere we're any ACQUISITIONS against me,
sse.lei th-Ie wsTe none and could 10
noua. Duripg my. Term as governor OF
Utnh, George q Csnlon, . dormOa ruler,
sad mare a Washington 10 ex.Goyer. Of
Wood, one OF nv pfeGscessvTs IN tbas
office, that he had ken The scalp of every
jtc'ioaao!s governor Of U ali, aud hs
proposed ~ have u svernor Nurfsy's, and
nov III 1884 some one whose uams is not ct
revealed ma, mi'lead tn com nit 90 or
j > cbgif .lsn " ia The fAlse Ia imation hat
there wGs not lie d Tor investigation III Kra.
tucss IN 1876, After eYsfybody has been
heard H. appears there IL net one word oy
White or by anyone who preieucs 10 nave
suy ptrsocaI kGowle9gs'io y owe ANY isct
wbicn viii 'tsIa 10 support one IL
a so-calisd apostle OF tue Motnou
hierarchy; A. NJ. Gibson, whose name IS
only 100 well.known here; John ID. " nite,
whose name aopc la enough, and Hsnry
Divan, u knavo Of the lower grsde aud
less promise, BIRDS OF foul omen and birds
OF i'll omen, by the moral support OF
the Mormon church, through the
..r. I. ,f.f Taan
delegate in congress. 9 9 actors IN this
scene. On Monday, January 3.st, 1884,
Hon. Mr.. Springer, chairman OF this com.
mittee, reported TO the house q fesoiui ion
for authority TO incur certain expenses in
prosecuting tbs Investigation Of expendI-
lures in The department justice.
j. ID. " bite. hav az the flor
yielded TO him 10 advocate the resolution
He took advantage OF his position as u
member OF the house and 0fthe fact that
statement from him as representative,
might be taken as an admission against q
me M Der OF his party to make in my alb
sencs, aud as his testimony shows, without
any personal knowledge or any proofs,
coarse aud brutal attack apon me,
snch as no one who has any claim
to be considered gentleman could ever be
jus.ified In making, except from persona
knO Wedge on the m So convincing evil
dence. La th~t speech ha maliciously made
statements which he knew were false and
without pretense OF truth, aud
under the guise OF a mem.
oer OF congress ndu'ged in q base
AID coward y personal enmity ogains me,
While l was at my post attending 10 my
official duties in Utah. In this he served
tue iaw.ess elem. mt in Ulah ~ be s5fvsd
the moonshiners 10 Kentucky In 1876 He
is tho person with whom no gsntiem,n
can have any relation wholly |
d VOID OF moral sensiblity and an ire
8 iousible person, morally or int ectualiy.
Where his real nature 10 known. Els praise
is an ipjury, abuse by him an houoT but
his rtterances In The house OF representa-
ives 60 to tue country with some weight
which they never could have among |
people exposed to acquaintance with him.
On January Oath malicious attack on me |
appe AIRED ia the special dispa!cles about |
tnese charger, which had
been wholly rsfuted nearly eight |
years ago. The dispatches were based |
on Divan's statement, aud they were gar
bled gud exaggerated intentionally with |
the purpose 10 irv and break me down.
Divan's statement in its face bears the |
marks OF fraui and dishonesty. It's in the
shape OF az affidavit but the witness did |
not sign ii and no officers certificate hat
he swore TO 1t is attached. IL has never
neen palt OF nv Iecoid in the department
Of iasticsr haa dispatches, am
informed, were sent OUT by a.. ME- ihson
who. l believe, is in the pay Of the Nor
mons. am informed that the clerk of
Ibis committee frankly told my
COUNSEL ,ha, when Gibson examined
, bundle OF papers from the depar melt Of
ins ice he picked out a le ter Of
Gorge @. Cannon. one OF the so-callsd
we I've apOstIes OF Mormons addressed TO
Attorney General Macvesph, AID asked
me clerk 10 put ,hst letter 10
he draws- where other newspannc
nsn would not see 1t, saying
y substance: These fellows pretend that
l. is The Mormons who are pushing this
hing, and this paper would help them in
has pteiense,' and thereupen
he clerk did post the
paper in The drawer Governor Murray
,hen en- cred into detailed explanation Fl
he charge made egain.t him, giyin.his
arc ,unt Of al eyed illegal iees aud allsEed
Illegal chrrses for guards and trlas-
porla,ion. rs counsil flied the reouaet
taat The testimony Of Representative hN
md the stktement Of Dtvsn which con,ai&l
plugged from the record. b. CLAIMS thHf
Dyau's statement had not bekHJ
rent from The departing t sMt
|ustics when the papers were asked for,6ktl
had been placsd in . bund lie after the DS5tNFs /
reached the committee room. Governor
Murray will be examined BY the commits
tee Tomorrow. He has asked that Justice
Harlan and Speaker Oafliple be called to
testify In his behali.s
The DANvILLE INVESTIGATION.
wAsHrssros, Apfil 4. ~ Press General
70 Wickham. member OF the Virginia /