The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-29
THE MURRAY:MATTER.


brought synopsis of Representa-,
Whites short speech intCongress
the course of which he hit Govern'
Murray q Sullivan blow, und,
which our Ell has been staggerin
ever since. The COngressiont
Record contains the text of M
Whites brief speech, the porto
applying directly to Murray bein
as follows, the matter under discus
sion being the Springer resolution
for an Investigation of the expendi
lures in the department of justice
I hope and believe that the gentlema
who has charge of this matter vii
thoroughly and honestly endesvor toge
ta the bottom Of the whole subject. AM
I believe that If he does 90 in regard &
my own State he will find men, notably
the one to-day sitting as Governor o.
Utah, end man who was here last win
ter lobbying as q paid attorney of th,
whisky ring, late the United State!
Marshal and UnitediStstes. DistrictAtt
ney for the State Of Kentucky. will b.
shown TO deserve the striped clothes O.
convicts in the penitentisry more than
some who now wear then.
ItseemsEto have been this inc;sive
cut which put the committee on The
scent,and brought to light the Chase
report to which only brief reference
has heretofore been made. The
leading eastern dailies of the 23d and
oath instant contain long sp5 cial
kilograms from Washington con-
corning the exposures that have
been made of the doings of Governor
Murray while Marshal Of Kentucky.
These specials are all of the same
general tenor. AS the matter has
been only blindly, or indefinitely re.
ferred to in The HERALD's tele-
graphic reports we deem the bust
ness of sufficient importance to
justify the reproduction in full of
one OF the special dispatches. This
is taken from the New York Times,
and is concise and comprehensive:
Washington, FJshuarY 23.-The COM
mittee on expenditures in the Depart
ment Of Justice has made another rich
find. This time it Is an ex-Un United States
Marshal, now the Governor Of Terri
tory. who will be On the rack. Eli 81.
Murray was United States Marshal for
the District OF Kentucky from the spring
of 1869 to the fall Of 1876. He belongs 70
that class of Kentucky Republican states
men who aspire to the Hottest stations in
the public service. A cabinet position or
ihe Vice-Presidency is the least that will
satisfy the least ambitious. Murray, it
seeme, nearly came to grief in 1876. Poll
ticRl influence, Democratic as we'll 80
Republican, saved him from disgrace,
but could not save his official head.
He wss allowed to resign. When Mr..
Springer reported his resolution on
Monday asking for authority to in
cur certain expenses in prosecuting the
investigation of the expenditures of the
Department of Justice, Mr.. John d.
White, of Kentucky, Republican Re-
the mountain district
OF that State, In speech commencing
the work Mr.. .SpringeI;s committee was
doing, said that he had endesvored here
totere to have the conduct and accounts
of the Marshal of Kentucky Investigated,
that a resolution he had introduced at
the last session of Congress, directing the
Department Of Justice to make the ex-
had been suppressed by the
judiciary com mltiee.
Learning that there were papers on file
10 the Department of Justice which it
was understood would disclose some ugly
facts against Murray, Mr.. Springer yes
terdsy called for them, aid the Attor.
ney. General promptly sent them to the
They relate to one series Of
cases only, but evidence is contained in
shem to make it appear that Murrsy's
his emolument returns, and
bis fee bills. during his entire term, were
filled with fraudulent items. The in
vestigstion Of the charges which had
been preferred against Murray was made |
by George Z. Chase, who was chief
special agent Of the Department
Of Justice under Attorney Cen
srals Pierrepont and Devens. Chsse
confined himself exclusively to the |
charges made, which covered only q min |
ute part Of Nurrsy's sccounts-for q |
lew months out of more than six years.
hereport appears to have been purI .ely |
made blind, so ss to reflect as little SIS |
possible on Murray. It requires an ex-
pert TO understand and explain and make |
apparent its full Significance. The fscts. |
are to be found in it. They
appear to sustain every charge made
against Murray.
The system by which the govern.
nent was defrsuded was the
sme which appears to have pre-
rallied in every dishonest Marshal's Office |
The fee bills aRd emolument returns
we're systematically swelled By charging
fictitious expenses, fictitious fees, con-
truciive mileage, and also by beginning
yexstious and boundleEs criminal pro.
eedings for the purpose of making fees.
/ negro who, part OF the time, was borne
N the rolls in TWO different capacities and
deputy marshal worked the;csse against |
etsiI dealers. The law requires them TO
axe out licenses and keep them posted
70 In q conspicuous place. Many Ger
aans would, either through ignorance or
neglect TO put up the
Licensees. The negro would visit theseI