The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-05

Bts'es Santiago Imports. $So.77s; sx'
Cordis Christi, SO 500 and $751;, 100.
Gslfslon. si0i. 065 add $4,000. i26
~ Ptso. st7 3Ir md $40, t67.
Saluts sia. 2s2 and $50 7l2.
PRESIDENT MOREHEAD.
WAsitsoros. April -lSpsciaI. l-Pres.
Iie1t Mlrehead. ~ III. New Orleans expo.
,itido, Md on interview VITA the pre,ident
10. by "a fennre Ihs favor OF the latter
lowtrds providing Tor the entertainment OF
loteeners a. the exposition. Mr. More
headGlso wants esoh dep rtment At Wash
ingl$n 70 be represented 1t the fair.
GdERson MURi,AY's Defense.
/ wApisdTos. April 4-[Pc-ss l-Gover.
nor Murray. OF Utah, appeared before
bprintf's committee to-day 90 answer
tive Wits, OF Kentucky; Henry Dlvso,
an oSepu,y marshal, aud q. X.
Chase. These charges We're in
SUB taIi that Governor Murray
while lied States Marshal of the dis.
trio Of kntuckl co leciei illegal fees aud
made illlsl onargas fIr gIifds ana tfAns-
porfatiObf prlslnora H. said IA his an-
aver tO-t: EyarY accusation here At
tim pied b. made Is eight years old.
Egery omit insm / denounced aud dil-
proved aIlhs timn openly aud pub icly
so lar siiley IN hny way rejected
upon me. u pom my discover OF DlvaL's
di:ncnsstAtld my doubls arising as to
the same iarges made by him aud an-
Othe, depk ~ 10 accounts against the
guvcfnmed /, thout any request, OF
my avn u ord. and without ahy obiiga-
tor excel my own wishes TO
do 10, Ia E6 deposited In the treas
ury monet 10 secure the government
IN every m about whlch there was
iel.any unftainiy, threw open ny office
R5 toe btts and papers in II, when
chrRes wed IN AIDE TO the district attorney
ad inviledbe democratic newspapers TO
canine an iuves igats the Affairs Of my
oice aud charges against me. The
aper whiJ fiat published these things
ated ctioridliy tina after
III inv1tigation that it had
cen detlved, had dono me
reat injustice and was satisfied nat there
sas no lrutA in the charges, Tns fiical
epoit OF tbddistrict attorney is couclr i've
ieience OF me as TO every accusation then
'nown TO DE, and Attorney General TAFT,
n the presence OF my COUNSEL. in answer
o my earnest demand Tor Investigation, II
here we're any accusations against me,
sserled there wtre none and could pc
Ions. During my term AS governor OF
Jta6, George q Cannon, Mormon ruler,
aid here Ia Washington to Ex-Governor
Wood, one OF my predecessors in that
ffice, that he had taken the scalp OF every
bjec ionable governor II Utah. and ha
r0posed to have Governor Murray's, and
ow In 1854 some one whose name IL not YET
pveeled has mr. lead this committee or
y chairman W tn the false inilmation that
here was rot field Tor investigation In Ken.
ncky in 1875. Alter everybody has been
card 1t appears there Is not one word by
ny personsI knowledge TO prove any fact
'hich will tend TO support one OF
b 10 accusations. George O. Cannon il
so-cslled apostle OF the Mormon
eirarchy; A. M. Gibson, whose name ~
My too well.known here; John ID. White,
hose name alone l. enough, aud Henry
)ivan, knavs Of the lower grade aud
sss promise, birds OF foul omen and bride
III omen, by tho moral support Of
be Mormon church. through the
resence hero OF Game, now the Mormon
rene. Og Monday January 3ist, 1884,
Ios. Mr.. ST. .'ss-, 4 nan Of this com.
littee, rspo.l-d !" - D. -, q resolution
" authority l., .,saur t.r5 q expenses in
the In sr-,.sst o. e1pendl-
arcs In the department justice.
d. " hits, having the n Dor
ielded to him 10 ndvocats the resolution
10 took advantage OF his position as a
lem Der OF the house and ofthe fac. that a
from him ~ representative,
light be taken as an admission against y
iember OF his party to make In my alb
snca, aud 40 his testimony shows. without
ny personal krowledge or any proofs,
coarse and brual attsck apon me,
uch a. no one who has any claim
, b, considered gentleman could ever to-
lsufied In Masking, except from personal
no Wedge on the IN 81 convincing evil
ence. ln thst SPEECH he msliciously made
tatemenls which he knew were false and
'th,ut pretense OF truth, and
Inder thu guise OF men,
or Of congre,s indulg ed in base
I'd coward , person al enmity ag;i ls' me,
'h,le ! was ut nv post attending 10 nv
fficial duties In Utah. In this he served
be Ia wless element in Utoh as he served
he mooushiners In Kentucky 10 1876 He
J the person with whom no gentleman
{ void OF moral sensibiliiy and an ire
oonsibs person, morally or INTEL ctually.
Where his real nature Ia known. his praise
an injury abuse by him an honor; but
Is ut.erances IN the house OF representa-
yes go to the country with some weight
hich they never could have among
eople exposed 10 acqusintance with him.
"a January oath a m sloious attack on me
ppeared In the special dispstches about
ssss vhS charges 1,tu,.d w n.S,v . sae
ears aso. The dispatches were based
I'D 9 ysa aaa nsy msrs s si
ne purpose to Try and break me down.
'lvsn's statement in its face bears the
Iarks OF frsuu AMI dishonesty. tits in the
ape OF an affidavit but the witness did
OF sign It and no officsr's certificate that
q swore to IL is attached. IL has never
cen part OF nv record in the department
Justice. The dispatches. am
horned, we're sont ont by A. N. Gibson,
no. i believe, is in the pay Of the 'aor-
ions. I am informed that tho clerk Of
us committee frankly told my
bundle OF papers from the departments T
lstice he picked out letter o {
forge O. Cannon, one OF the oo-salled
v,lve APOSTLES of Mormous, addressed 10
ttornpy- General MacVeaeh, aud asked
10 clerk TO. put that letter In
"a drawer where other newspaper
I'm would not see II. saying
, substance: These fellows pretend lnat
Is the Mormons Who are pushing this
hing. and tn, paper Would help them 10
nat prr'erse,' aud thereupen
ha clerk did post she
aper in the drawer GprsrnDr Murray
,cn 90 cred int,a ds,s'l q sxpianupnn a
Ne cha-rs ned. ars'nst him, g,yin mis-
20 ~ of .lsg-d illegal lees aud 81 ged
legl Oh irses for gua,ds and trans
ar,s N. HIS courssl Died the reousst
"a, II. ,es, mony Of II preventative White
ID the statement = |, ven witch coutain-
a the charges made sgaio-t avn De tx
u1esd from the record. n. claims thst
)ivsn's statement rad not been
rpt from the depsrtme II
nstics .hsn the papers rer- aessd for, ops