The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-04

mlitee, Ia have iull pnger, hnd tho eN.
penses of the nvosligatiDn 10 no paid
out of the contingent fund.
MIR KEEPER mAdo point ~ order
against the reception ~ the resolution,
INT tho speaker OVeTrulod IL, deciding
that The resolution presented was mat
ter ~ privilege, ana the house eouid do
tsTmine for itself, how lar the inNestiga-
| ton should bee proceeded with, and what
committee should have charge Of y.
Amer long discussion tho honso
adopted the resolution for an lnYestiga-
lion Of the conduct OF lot Wright, mar
shal at the southern Clsirlcl OF Ohio, IN
the October election. The house thon
proceeded To the consideration of ia"
Interstate commerce Jill, on which the
discussion ran VII dag.
MIR. EOLLETr said the single ques-
tiou presented IA the committee tor IN
vestigation was whether a certain officer
had or had not performed one OF the
highest possible duties OF AN officer az
the government-iho protection of the
ballot In pursuance OF law, or In known
V olation OF N. That, only did he desire
the hnus, IL be informed on.
MIR. kEiFER thought that before
the house prepared 10 inpeach United
States marshal In Cincinnati, Il WIS Inn
portant 10 should know the whole situa-
ton surrounding that officer, when he
undertook Ia provide that there should
he "a peaceahlo election, whore all per
sons, of all ages, and could east their
ballots. At the very time when
deputy marsha's were appointed
IN Cincinnati thure were going about
the streets of that city officers or men
pretending 10 he officers Of that munlc-
ipnl corporation. seizing men simply he
cause they were coiored men, locking
them up by tho hundreds aud keeping
them there until tho polls closed. He
might not be entirely correct.
but tho newspapers stated that
in one station house 900
co'orod men were held through election
day In order that they could not go Ia
the polls and vote. He would like To
amend the resolution 80 as to widen the
scope of the Investigation. This would
help tho house to decide whether tho
marshal acted wisely and prudently in
the light OF tho great responsibility
thrown upon him when no appointed
the unusually larpe number of deputies.
MIR. fULLETf insisted that the reso-
luton WIS broad enough to yive the Of
iicer full opportunity To show his sur
roundings, 10 show every condition
that coutr buted in any way to the con-
duet with which he was charged. The
gen leman from Ohio (Keifer) had said
without there being preferred against
them any charge OF crime. They had
been arrested simply because it |
was Known why they had come into
Cincinnati from adjoining States rs
10 deputy mnrshnis, lhn.y were armed
with British "buii dogs aud tod to use
them. There was statute prohibiting
the United States army coming near
the polls, but who would say that a
drilled officer was not more suitable
t p men selected from the
workhouse for their known brutal |
ity and criminality. These charges |
were made In good faith. lfthey, were
not true he wanted the country To hoow
IL. fsubstnntlated by the evidence the |
house should not hesitate to say that an |
officer thus difeicct III duty, mus VIOLA |
ting public trust, was no longer TO be
the Sorvsnt oil the people.
MIR. J. u. TAYLOR, of Ohio. alluded |
TO The terriiyingo i the coiored uien on
election day.
MIR. MILLER, OF Pennsylvania, re- |
gr, tied that tbs inVeStiHhllch stoppeu NJ
the Ohio river. IL should be extended |
to the sou thern states, where no regard |
was paid to how ballot was cast or
counted.
MIR. q. ID. WISE, of Virginia, said be |
had u resolution prepared, looking TO
al Investigation OF an election IN |
southern state.
AVA I've ~ s'''f ''''N
in the southern states they had tried to
kill and destroy, he shotgun had neen
laid aside temporarily, but they KEPT |
NJ the practice OF counting their men III
without regard to tho .aiiots cast:
MR. NEltEk asked ieave TO olier an
Amendment, directing the coinIhlttee on |
expenditures OF the department. OF
jus ice 10 investigate az circumstances
attending the recent eiection Tor iileili'
bers OF the house of representatives
from the first and second districts oil
OHIO, buL Follett rel 'ed w. yea.
NIX. rOLiErr also declined u, yleiu
tn Mr.. Hiscock, VINO desired 10 on : an
am 'ndment enabling the marshal 10
.brlng forward the FACTS Justiiyihs or OK
plhlnIng MS actioh
MIR. REID declared. the resolution
%as one sided on It's lace ana lisli
gated by Sentl man Who Ieio Dlihse'i
personally aggrieved by the counting oi
the votes on .lectlon gay.
MR.. BARkSDALE SAID he would
promote an lhNtsllt"llon INTO Inc elec-
ton IN any southern stale.
MIR CONVERSE tnnught the. coun
try would read with some surprise me
course pursued by the genlleiien on
The other SIDE upon TINS proposition 10
impeach an officer OF the United states
he thought 1t the irst tiine III me ms
tory of the country when a party han
resOTteu 10 mn SoitS VI ''ao",no' ,
to avoid investigation OF pub ic officer,
whom it was proposed to iuipeach him.
Not only had the gentlemen on the
otHer side done this, but undertaken 70
nrraign a sovereign state, and proposed
o enquire whether that state had not
been attemp ing to interfere with the
election of members OF congress.
MIR. KElFER: "Who arraigned a
staten
MR.. CONVERSE: III understood the
gentlemen himself to have stated that