Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-10
WHY REPUBLICANS WON.
Because $lS,S22 Out Of the National
Treasury Was Used to Pay for
the Victory.
The Sum With Which United States
Marshal Engineered IN Bleo-
ton Successfully.
His Artful Plea to the Attorney. Gen.
eral for a Liberal Supply
ofReady Cash.
A Furor Soon to be Created by the Inyes-
tgation Made by Demo
cratic House,
TURN uIm our.


WASHINGTON, Dec. o.--rhe Rttor-
ney-general, IN reply toa letter from
the Springer committee ON expendi-
lures OF the department OF justice, has
sent that committee copies OF the cor
respondence on file in the department
OF justice, relative to the employment
OF United States deputy marshals at
the congressional election In Ohio last
October.
Under date Of Cincinnati, Septom-
Der "a, Marshal Lot Wright, In a LETT
ter 90 the attorney. general, says; 1.-THE
election for members for congress In
| this state Is held October Ia IL IL en-.
| timated that there will be needed TO de-
| fray the expenses of said election the
sum specified within. VIII you
| please approve the expenditure aud
cause n warrant TO be isssued In my
favor for the amount, viz, SS2S5, with
which am TO bo charged ON the books
OF the treasury Department. aud direct
that draft ON the Hub-trcasury
OF Cincinnati for said amount BIZ re-
mitted TO me for:
six hundred deputies for two days
each, $4,000.
"six deputies for ten days each,
| $500
"six deputies for five days each,
$3.50.
"Slx hundred metallic badges, $3.50.
"Ten horses and buggies one day,
"Prlnting for marshala $50.
"Conveyanoes ON election day, the
necessity for which " uncertain but
anticipated. $500,
THE use OF telephone, uncertain,
S25.
"For l20 supervisors at $40, 1890.
printing for supervisor, $50.
Total, 1920
~ desire to say that the situation
here ID peculiar, aud " Ia very difficult
correctly 20 Judge Ra Ia the neoes-
sity OF the foregoing expenditure,
but after long aud close confederation
l ana OF the opinian that ! ann jnati-
fled Ia calling on you for said money,
and i will try 10 make that eXpendi-
ture all the bill, aud will make IL as
much less than the above as In my
judgment II IL safe to venture
but / shall not be surprised II
find II necessary To appoint
double the aforesaid number. shall
be glad 10 have this requisltion acted
upon at NJ early IA day rs you can find
consistent with your duty and 10 re-
ceive such instructions and suggeA-
lions from you AS you may think wise
to offer.
FRAUD at elections In this place Ia
rule and II is my earnest deslre to
break IL up, 10 bring the
transgressors 10 Justice and 10
fully support the people IN their rights
at the polls. The sum ! asR for ap-
pears large, but II Ia small IN compaTi-
son with the object to be oblalned.p
The next letter dated Cincinnati,
Sept. 70, 10 10 follpwai
az forwarded 20 you last night
requisllion for funds for expenses at
the approaching election. l desire
to state more specifically
than was therein set forth what our
trouble ~ here. As j stated, fraud has
: been the rule here for years. Without
II doubt, the last four elections here
two being held In the spring and two
In the iall--were thus carried, and the
will OF the people defeated. All meth
ODDS that can be thought OF are
: resorted to-colonizatl0n voters, re-
peatlnR, refusing 10 let men
vote who are entitled 10 vote,
: illuminating, counting improperly,
rendering the count the reverse Of what
IL ought to be, improperly certifying,
stui1ing and changing the ballots, buy
ing votes and lnet, but most Infamous
OF All, scratching with chemical I'm the
the place ofink) which at first Is not
detected by the voter. A ticket II
placed In the hands Of q person desiring
TO vote straight ticket He uses tho
: ticket unsuspectingly and soon after 10
rs placed In the box the fatal
color il brought out aud II II counted
as scratched ticket.
'"rhe local authorities are all In the
ranks OF the Democrats, The police
force IN thus under their control and
offer no protection, but II not scruti-
nized closely encourage fraud. The
= sheriff Is Democrat and we have rea-
con TO believe thnt 4 Is
his purpose TO qualify
large number Of deputies
| that day. They work In the dark and
II Ii impossible 10 6nd out what their
purpose Is until the day comes. In
addition 10 employing number OF
> maIshals stated In my rtquisltion, "
authorized by law AZ all, would Ike
very much 10 employ afew, gay thirty,
from now until the election
10 look after repeaiers and
the voters being colonized.
] have been unable 70 find authority
for such work on the part Of marshals,
but now apprehend that II might be
embraced somewhere, ana II 10, that
YOU would know Of II. cannot ex-
press 10 you my anxiety about this
matter, and hope you viii do tho
beat for me you can, not only Ia the
way OF finances, but also
IA the way Of instructions and
suggestions. An once Of prevention
Il worth a ton Of cure and II - rot
improbable that timely care and pTOvi-
sIOn ia this matter may rave The hor-
rors OF o riot ~ which the one we had
here last spring IL ga infant ] re-