The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-05
GOVERNOR NrRR,~
He Appears before tn. spr,,-
eating C"mmit,ss, ~
And shows the Charges Ia
Of the Mormon Church

. WAsHINGToN, Apr! I'd.
Murray, Of Utah, appesrs ~:
Springer's committee tldaa 81
swer charges made againstttAs
Representative White, of Ksa@
Henry Devon, al tx deputy NY
and G. K. Case. These chs,aNN
in substance that Gov. MurrsS.
q. 8. Marshal of the di-tricts
lucky. collected illegal fees any
illegal charges for guards and ~
transport ton of pri,oner-, y.
in his answer TODAY: "EyarrSa
sation here attempted to be ma.
zig t years old. Every one CIV
denounced and di-proved Of -.
lime, openly aud publicly, 20 :,
they in any way reflected upo5.
Upon my discovery Of DiYeDr.s
honesty and my doubts arising.
some charges made by him and.
other deputy in accounts against
Government, /, without
request. of my own g.,
aud without any obligation y.
NV own wish to Go 50 immed,,%
deposited in the Treasury nr.
enough 10 save the G~oyernne~
every item about which | felt
uncertainty. threw open nlv, s.
and books aud papers when y
charges were made 70 the Dis.
Attorney and Democratic new.
pers to examine aud Investigate
affairs of nv office and all cnsr,<
against me. The paper Which {.
publ shed these things stated =
toriaiIy that AFTER a full investiggf@
it had been deceived, ami mad d-,
me great injustice, and was sati.f.
there was no truth in the chsrrs
The official report of the District !,
torney is a conclusive defense to r.
as to every accusation then know
against me, and the Attorney G..
eral, in the presence Of NJ coun+
in answer to lily earljs
demand for an investigation +
there were any Accusations AGAIN.
me, asserted there Were none sDs
could be none. During NY term q
Governor of Utah. Geo. Cannon, =,
Mormon ruler. said here in Wash.
ington to Ex-Governor Wood, one d
my predecessors in that office, tbs,
he had to take the scalp Of evtry
Objectionable Governor OF L alb, and
he proposed 10 have GoverpM
Murray's, aud now in 1881 some one
whose name IS not yet revealed, ba,
mlsled this committee or is chair.
iIau with false accusation, that / e1a
was a rich field for Investigation in
Kentucky in 1876. Alter tverybody
has been heard from it appeals there
is not ole word by White or by sny
one who pretends to have sDy
positive knowledge 70 nrove
any fact which vii even tend
to support one Of these accu.a1o1s.
Geo. Cannon. the so,calie1 apostle Of
the Mormon church. 4. NJ. Gibson,
whose name Is Only too well known
here, D. White, who's name alone is
enough, ana Henry D-yin. a knave
Of the lower grade, aided by the
moral support II the Mormon church,
through The presence here Of Caine,
now Mormon delegate q Congress
are actors in this scene. On Monday
January q 81, Hon. Mr.. spriug.l,
chairman ofth!$ cOnImI tee. Tel ortei
to the House d Te.oluEt0r for autltt.
ity to incur certain eAp-ns IN pro..
%ecuting the investigated Of e1pendE.
lures in he department Of Justice.
Jno. D. White having the floor
yielded to him to advocate The resOIu.
ton ana took advantage Of bis posi.
ton as a member OF the House.
10 make in my absence, as his testi.
mony shows. without personal
knowlet ge or any proof, a { 1aTse and
brutal attack on Tue. such d. no one
having any claim TO he considered
a gentleman could ever he ju-tifiedil
making, except froul peI='uol knowl.
edge or the most convincing eTi.
dence. In that speech he ma.i:l usiy
made statements which he knew
were false and without 4 preten.e Of
truth, and under tae gnls- Of d mem.
Der of Congress INDUCED in d base
and cowardly personal enmyty
against me Will I was Il ny pos.
attending TO my official duties in
Utah. In this be served the awless
element in Utah as be served m0on.
sinners in Kentucky in IS. He Is d
person with whom no gentleman cll
have any relation, being wholly Ge.
void OF moral sense and irresponsi.
bic, personally, morally. or intel.
lec'ually. Where his real nature i
known MS praise is an injury. 4 dep
recation by him an honor: b4t hi;
inference in the House or R-presen'
tatives go to the country with ,on5
weight, which they never could havs
among people ex, osed TO acqua!n.,
ance with him. On January II lhi;
malicious attack upon me appeard
In the special dispatches about tnas
charges, which had been wholly r.
futed nearly eight Years ago. Tli
dispatches were based Or DrFIn:
statement and they were garnIe.
and exaggerated intent onai!y, vii
Tie manifest purpose 70 Try AID tTeas
me down. Owens statement Oh il;
face bears maras of fraud and dl-h01'
esTy. 1t Is in the shape Of ali 'avil:
but l did not s'gn If, and 10 %e1ficrT:
certificate that | swure 10 j. ATTACHED
and has never been put on record II
the Department of Justice. Inc 81:
patches | an informed were sent 0,
by A. NJ. Gibson, who | believe is L
the pay Of Mornlons. I an informed
that tue clerk OF this committee ser!
frankly told my counsel wh-D G!p'
son examined a bundle OF pape's
from the Department OF justice be
picked out a letter OF George Z. Ca1'
non, one of the sO-cal!vt rvrlys
apostles OF the Mormon church, ad'
dressed TO Attorney G-nera. Mac
' eagh, and asked the clerk % pl.
that letter in 8 drawer where otleE
newspaper men would not see II, say
ing in substance: These fellows pre-
that it's the Moruous VINO aTe
pushing this thing and tl!- paIeE
would help them IN that prr;rns-,
ana tnereupcn the clerk did pull the
paper Ill the drawer"
UoVer0or Murray then entered n
a detailed explanation Q. the
;narges made against him, .lrlng
nls account Of the alleged illegal Ices
and alleged extra charges tNr
sua.os and transportation. rs coul
sei n!ed q request that the .es..mon!
u Representative White and tue
,tate:nent OF Devin. which contained
.ue cnarg-s made against nm, Dc eS,,
punged from the r.1,rt- T. II. tnlri