The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10
BLOODY SHIRT IN CINCINNATI.
The Expense Account for October for
those Deputy U. :. MarshaIs.
A PAGE FROM c. o. p. HISTORY.
ihe irrepressible Conflict for High Pro
tective Tariff vs.. Free Trade or Tar.
IN for Revenue Only Gradu.
ally Assuming shape.
GENERAL POLITICAL NEWS NOTES

N-NInHG TOLl lSAL NEWS NOTES
An Interesting Bill.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The attorney
gen eral, in reply to letter from Mr.
Springer, chairman of the committee OF
expenditure in the department of Jus
tice, has sent that comm ittee copies o
thd correspondence on file in the depar
ment Of justice relative to the employ
ment of United sta tes deputy marshal.
at the congressional election in Obi,
last October. Under date o
Cincinnatti, September "a, Mar
shal Lot Wright, In
letter to the attorney-general says: "The
election for members of congress i'm this
state Is held on October H. Ii is esti
mated there will be needed to defrav
the expenses of said election tho sun,
specified within. VIII you please an.
prove the expenditures and cause a war.
rant to be issued in my favor for the
amount, viz: s., ,235, with which | am To
be charged on the books of the TREASURY
department, and direct that a draft on
the suo-treasury at Cincinnati be re-
mitted:
For 900 deputies, two days each Sson
Six deputies, for ten days each S0l
Six deputies, Ave days each ...... I5,
For UOb metallic badges each % cents III
Ten horses and buggles one day h
Printing for m0rshals s.....'. Il
Conveyances on election day. the neces-
SHY Tor which Is uncertain, but antc-
Use OF telephone uncertain Ss
FOR ~ supervisors, nj $40 each ...... l,28(
PRINTING for supervisors ors............., H
Total ...,........., ..,.......,........... .sS2g
desire to say the situation here il
peculiar, and II Is very difficult to cor.
rectly Judge as to tho necessity of the
foregoing expenditure, but after long
and close consideration, | am finally OF
the opinion that / am justified An
calling on you for said money and
the authority 10 make the expenditure
l Will try and make IL fill the bill, and
Will make II as much less than the aboyf
as In my Judgment 10 issafes ta venture
but shalt not be surprised II / find h
necessary TO appoint double the
Aforesaid number. shall be
glad to have this requisition
acted upon at as early day as Won car
find consistent with your duty, and re-.
ceivo such Instructions and suggestions
rom you as you may think wise TO offer
Fraud at elections In this place IL the
rule, and II Is my earnest desire
TO break 1t up, to bring
transgressors to Justice, and TO fully
protect the people In their rights at the
polls. The sum ! ask for appears large
but IL Is small In comparison with the
object TO be attained.
THE NEXT LETTER,
dated September -, il ~ follows:
4 forwarded To you last night re.
QUESTION for funds for expenses al the
approaching election. desire TO state
more specifically than therein setfortb
what our trouble Is here. As stated,
fraud has been the rule here for wears.
Without doubt the last
four elections here, two being
held In the spring and two In the fall,
were thus carried and the will of the
people defeated. All the methods that
can be thought of are resorted to-colo-
nization OF voters, repeating, refus-
ing 10 let men vote who
are entitled TO vote, innmidating,
counting improperly, rendering the
count the reverse TO what II ought to be,
Improperly certifying, stufling, chang
ing ballots, buying votes, and last, but
the most Infamous of all, scratching
with chemical, In place of ink, which
at first Is not detected hy the voter. A
ticket Is placed In tho hands of q per.
son desiring to vote tho straight
ticket He uses the ticket unsuspect
ingly, and soon after IL IL placed in the
box, tho fatal color Is brought out ant
II Is counted as scratched ticket. Tn,
lCcal authorities are all in the ranks
the Democrats police force Il
under their control and ofIel
no protection, but If not scrutinized
closely, encourage fraud. The sheriff
isa Democrat, and wo have reason /,
believe 1t Is his purpose to qualify n alarg,
number OF deputies that day. ThQy
work In the dark, and Il is impossibl,
to find out what their purpos,
is until the day comes. In addition /,
employing the number of marshals sta
ted In my requisition, IL authorized b,
law at all, would like very much I,
employ lew, say thirty, from now un
I'll election, TO look afte
repeaters, and the vote being coloniged
| have been unable to find authority fo
such work on the part of marshals, bu
now approhend IL might be embrace,
somewhere, and II 20, that YOU woul,
know OF II. cannot expires
to you my anxiety about thi
matter, and l hope yol
will no tho best you can, not only In tn
way of finance, but also In tho way of IN
struction and suggestions. "An ounc
OF prevention Is worth II ton of cure,
and II is not improbable that timely car
and provision In this mat
ter may save us IN
horrors Of riot, to which tho ono W
had here last spring Is an infant. | n
grct to find II my duty thus To writ
you, but | think II clearly u duty on m
part and am sorry did not do so at a
oarlior day.
TIM NENr LETTER
and the last, Is from Marshal Wrlrh
II is dated October ~. aud is as follows
81 Forwarded TO YOU this day requ
sltion for funds with which 10 pay der
uty marshals and for other es
penses pertaining 10 the congres,
ilnal election. As you viii readily ~
II IL large, and while regrot the nocel
! sity of demanding the expenditure,
was the very best l was able to d
under the circumstances. In additio
to the above force had man
others, who did excellent servi,
tnot under pay. Yet was unable
get force necessary TO protect voter
We held matters well In hand In abol
Illty'ii,e precincts, hut Ia ahol
siN precincts tho vote WI
not protected, because W,
unable. Our forco suffered man
outrages at the hands Of state and eli
authorities, which appruhond will |
FULLY confirmed 10y what is ahou.
; take place In our courts. The situate
" precincts not well handled Ia boyoi
! the comprehension Of those who ha'
have not been nm eve witne
thereto, aud do not think any hundr,
deputies 10 Tho precinct could prote
the vote thereto. In one of those wAr,
alone dniivs thr night lcfo
thp riec ioa. pfJr no pcae