The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-03-05
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| WASH NGroN, Fob, representa-
live Sprin sCr, In bah ali of himself and
/ Representative Van Alslyuc, al the sub
committee appointed Ia investigate the
conduct ut Marshal Lot Wright ia the
ONO Octnnrr el' clinn, has prepared HE
report, Mr.. SlHwHft, the remaining
member nj the sub committee, VIII offer
minority report wi"u tho subject u
suhmilIud Ia the Nh committee ON
expenditures IN a. f Department at lus-
| tire. the mrmhCT, col itv committee
nave not Vet received the printed lrsti'
muny taken AT lh Investigation, InrN
u~~rrt they viii act agree Ia any report
until they have had an nppurlus
nifty 10 rS,mlno ~. Mr. Springer
Viii submit the view prescribed by
himself nut agreed Ia by Mr., Van Al
sJvne, at the meeting at the fun com
mitlce on Friday. tie has declined 1"
viVo a report 10 the public until 10 has
received me attention Oi his cuiumitt' e..
( f. u very long, and contains u re-
! lew of thu testimony taken L'ih
| in this city aud In Cincinnati.
! f. concludes "a toll bws: "frum the
testimony t4keu hy Your committee IL
will appcar thAt the deputy murShalS
appointed by Marshal Wright were
| largely in excess al the necessity OF the
| situation; that they were appointed
/ n Republican partlsans and political
! workers, aud In most cases prOSlituied
| their official positions TO partisan oud>;
! that they were armed wi'h ruvolycrs
and other deadly weapons purchased
10y tho national committee ol
the Republican party; tnat "a mum.
ber of such deputy murshals
So appointed aud armsd were notorious
criminals and men known 70 De of vi
riuus and brutal habits ard m1uy at
| Them non residents of the state ui Ohio;
that many OF such deputies
acting under the orders of
Marshal Wright, aided, abettcd and on
cuuraged fraudulent voting, tho inIimi'
dutiuu oi voters ana committed gross
outragc4 upon tue elective franchise
and tho rights of honest v@tcrs; that
the emplo, ment and payment of special
deputies on the day after the election
was without legal warrant. and that
all the money paid to such persons
for sei vicrs tuaI day was Illegal, and
the sums so paid shall be returned TO
the treasury; that the appointment ui
deputy mArshals who were nOn'resi-
dents of Ohio, was without warrant and
constituted a gross usurpation OF author
,.ity. and that tue appointment of deputy
,'marshals was, in many other respects,
irregular, illegal and an unwarranted
abuse of his official trust; and, where
fore, ,ouT COMM teo are OF the opinion
that Lot Wright, United States marshal
for the southern district of Ohio,
has been shown, by tue testimony,
to have committed cri"e and mis-
demeanor; that he has been guilty OF
usurpation of authority and violation OF
law in the manner set forth in the pre-
amble to the resolution adopted ry the
house of representatives, on the 81 OF
/ December last.
| In view of the impracticable nature Of
| impeachment proceedings anu eS-
pecielly Mt this late day OF this congress,
! XOur committee will not recommend inc
| adoption of articles OF impeachment III
his case, but they do recommend the
abortion of the following resolution:
| "ResOlved, That the clerk of the house
of representatives be instructed to
transmit copy of the report and tcSti
monv in the case Of Lot Wright, United
! States marshal TO- the southern district
| Of Ohio, 10 the president OF the United
States aud that the president b9 res ert-
| fully requested To Immediately dis
charge said Wright from office aud
cause the Encouragement to institute
such proceedings in the courts aS may
he deemed necessary in order to recover
the sum illegally paid out by him, aud
to institute such criminal proceedings
against him ~ the facts III the case
! Justify and as law requires"
Mr.. Stewart, it lis understood, will
radically dissent from Mr.. Springer'a
views, aud will assert that the latter S
report has no basis to rest upon in the
evidence taken by the subcommittee
that, ON the contrary, there was good
reason for the emp oyment or depu
marshals, and that there WAS no iutimi-
datiou and no outrage upon suffrage,
eXcept the arrest of Republicans by the
police to prevent their voting, aud as
saults upon peaecable citizens by Demo
Graf lc thugs.