The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-08
TIE % Stat ALBANY BEGUN
In,c.,i--,,nv Mar.haI Wright

Invrsti lnung Marshal Wright
GIN N.li, Jan. 5..-rhe congress
ionul CONN zee To investigate tic "ir
poi,t,urr. United States deputy
MAJ fa.. iu ais cilv NJ the last October
elecuo.. tam. Mr. Springer, choir""u,
begsI ..s. #t.or II o'clock this morn
ing. ,rf 4 ,a cs Marsha Lot wright
was '.r .t witness called. IL NH~
ncI,.u D., pa committee that u.
shOI b.. Uc~ruted by Hon. Is
For,.,r .uuusei, aud that Coz,
Mon -H..,d act as counsel Ip'
tbo ..rIr... Hon. Jnu. J.. fuilrit,
Dru,. .rrl ... ilatc Tor congress ~ ihv
iir., O., / was permitted Ia cN'
amin, i1r Il Wright. The wilnrs.
In rual' ..r 10 the suniuou-, har
brou a,vi nm tho books aud rAprr>
perttL,i.L .. me Hppoiutuicn, ofocpu,,
mar .nas. ..r explained that hr -
poin, ~ spr..ial aud general putty
mar. '- Nue specials were r"r dntN
at il, ..H. ,ud were ias'd, MS ur the
city, 81. Irr, he knew. Ho called ih'
stt,ut.n., 10 nrcu who wer" not r. -
dents AL ,.d they were not psih'
Another "a So # deputies watched ia"
Cinciuua i and Covingtou briag, Tor
rep,n.trs 80 ,t,il another, cnlnI",H' Il "i
reSidcn,s r tnvingion, were di-irihu'e
antol gihe sing pln"es Tor the pnrroSt
of ~ tit ,ng Covington repeater IL
they p,,, utnd themselves 10 VOTE
'Thesr w,r. npt paid by the government.
bu, ny piva''' funds put IN MS marc
came .rnin 81, -iord, the Re nhl icah
canaiG,to .ar sheriff. He had only
few aii,tru recommendations OF Az
coiuttr, AID had destroyed them II
was ,roiahlr ali were Republicans,
One Democrat applied, hut the men who
came with INN refused to endorse mn
and ne r,t NJ others. Witness ue,irr-
ally exper, ed that appointees should be
Repun., sn.. He made no agr'eh' at
to apppint Democrats upon cnndi ion
that tuey would work for the election OF
at lpas, % Democrat.
Mr.. Folleii asked:
Hpo vuu mean to say that yon APP
pointed a large number OF men whose
character and qualification s y0n uid
NOT know, 10 preserve the purify "f the
ballut h"X?"
Witness ,aplird: at would he nard
tn know tie. characters of $50 men III
so shurl a Liine, hut VIXEN men were
cleveriy ,e "litmended by good men hr
did not hrsit,te 10 appoint them. III
ca G ron-r, iients were appointed Spe'
cisl depui'-., AZ was the ease IN some
Instances, under nisapprehensin", tn
were nos paid by the governments. We
said he appointed these deputies at ~"
boGy'a ilis 1. nee except his own i!is
ob.efyat II and information saii-hrd
him whoa there was necessary nT APP
uOiuimeut. TGiS was aided ny .ht
stnteurn..ni Mr., EQllettq made to nun Il
few DAYS bo',rr the election, thai there
were yt,4tt number CG strangers IL
the city. He did at one time determine
TO appuiut one Democrat tor eacn
votin;! mace, hut Subsequ ntly changed
his n,nu A. le wanted men Of his own
tllySllnls W-r mr.
nis;, d nv ban with Al calibre reviewers.
Six hundred of these came to him IN
eyDresS from New York. He had no
ipilrulaL on that would fully justit. him
in s.l iug they were furnished NY tu'-
. republicau na iunai committee, but h"
supn0scd hey were 80 furnished. Some
one, he could not recollect the nani~.
told him uu tho Saturday night before
the eleGstun that obey would come, and
they renNNcd ms office sunday ali" ming
betora election. Cartridges came with
tb m. lie regarded it ~ essential that
the lnrn VIII were to preserve the peace
al the polls should be armed. lie had
ssid ll,s same thing to Powell CLAYTON,
of Arkansas, sud TO Mr.. C'arkSon, ct
Iowa, OF the Republican national com
1nittpe; Jp Mr.. kerns, of st. Louis. ana
10 many Republicans of Cincinnati.
About half the revulvers We're returned
md t,,ra were 600 in the whole lot re-
HGlytu- Nit cotlItl INV pOli "''' 'N'o,''e
of Uho Others; could not remember the
house IN MAIDEN Zane, in New YORK, to
which the list"i were returned.
AIR. Follet spent some time III exam.
mime IN 10 the number of days allowed
each Il, putty.
Mir. Wri"nt said two days were al
lowed, because the men Spenf In If time
coming Ia be- qualified and receiving in.
struciions aud served late at night and
repO,ted the day after the election.
His first bill was incorrect because
his h, oks deceived him rs TO the num-
Der OF elulies and the time OF appoint
nenI. Some were sworn III at noon or
olection ,lay. The emily distinction h.
mad,- between general and special depu
ties was AZ 10 the rate ot pay. lie sup
nospd he could appoint any citizen %
the Uuit,d States n general depn'y. Ht
appointed one Adams, OF Columbus,
denuiy marshal. He WAS badly beat"i
up a, ne : kun wafu poiis gy ufPn,,o
snerills frin kentucky. witness Wis
tied wards No. s, 10 and two others o'
election day, where he found bat
state %, affairs, and was sorry that Ia,
had not AZ, oirted other mar>halS.
dissemination was suspe nded to u
trouuce A. j. Thorpe, The mau Mr.
Wright referred u AS the 4m0rrat WHIT
appiini to him For appontmeut a.
deputy marshal. Thorpe said he die
appiN and offered to serve or nothing
He was introduced by COMMISSIONS
Prot,a,co, wiio refused to recohLioii:
him. Marshal Wright told hun that !
he would bring a Recommendations IRON
George II. PendIeton he would appniu
him. He did not bring the recommen
dation.
On ere -s-examination Thorpe SAT-
he kt,e Probasco from con
nection 'th the United State
court. where ne (rnorpe) was tried anf
convicted.
Wright's testimony was resumed. III
did not now that the general marshal
were paid at all. He paid none. He ar
pointed the special deputy marshal
upon the written request or two citizeh
/, OF he twcnty-tirst ward. This is in IN
second congressional district. Ii
Thought he had authority upon such ap
plicatiOn to appoint for the whole city
no ma Ter how many congressional DIE
tricts IL contained. The appointments q
general deputies was at the request q
no one in particular. except as state'
in regard to the Covington' repeaters.
Being asked it he did not know tina
one OF his deputies, Il. j. snyder, was
NOTORIOUS bunko man, he replied that ID
did not know il; tn NJ Snyder WAS recon-
,peuded to him by Postmaster Withheld
pt Cincinnati, Ms "a reliable gentleman
Col. Gavin Ford delivered some or TN
pistols 10 the deputies. he did no
know that Powell Clayton, OF Aikaiis;i'
helped 10 deliver the pistols; ne uid nc
hear Clayton say "a tuc deputies: NOV
Won have reviewers, go out aud us
ihem;, he invited Clayton I
com, % his Office on election day, be
caus., Tbs latter had had experience Il
handling deputy niarshals. neg u