The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-03-03
The Wright Case.

aN "hhEhh Nh9ts
WASHINGTON, March AIT q meeting
OF the house committee on the depart
ment of justice, Representative
Springer's conclusions in the
recent Investigation OF Marshal
wright were agreed TO by part vote-5
to4. The conclusions were to the effect
that voters had been intimidated at the
poils. A resolution appended to the re
port recommending the impeachmont
and removal of Wright was not agreed
To, and was eliminated. The minorjty
OF the committee agreed to the report
prepared by Representative Stewart.
the Republican member OF the sub-eom,
mlttee which conducted the inyestiga-
tion.
This report concludes as follows. The
deputy marshals were all republicans
ana so far as that term implies, parti-
zansi but the minority here afiirms its
deliberate Judgement, based upon fair
estimate of all the evidence, that the
specifications which charges the marsh
al and his deputies with aid
ing and abetting fraudulent
voting, with intimidation and
gross ontrages, etc, is wholly unsup-
| ported by the evidence. A comparison
OF the numerical result Of the october
election, with that of the November
election, is a conclusive confirmation
OF tho foregoing statement. Nearly
every witness put on the stand by Mr..
tollet, and every one who was asked as
TO tho conduct of the marshals as in
timidating, was compelled TO admit
that he did not know and
had never heard of single
Democrat who had failed to vote by rea.
son of intimidation by marshals,
Within the recollection of tho minority
there was only single exception and
that was very impoverished Italian
who testified that somebody went away
and did not vote. Tho minority are or
the opinion that Marshal Wright com
mittod an error in declining to divide
his appointments between the two po-
litical parties. He should at
least have made an effort to
llnd reliable representative in the
Democratic party, who would consent
to act with others Of the opposite faith
III the furtherance OF the worthy pur-
pose he had in view. This would have
been in conformity with the spirit of the
statute as TO supervisors, and would
| nave tended to allay the bitterness of
the controversy, which finds its contin
uation in this inquiry, which is evil
IDENTIFY aimed rather at the
member-elect, who Is to succeed
Mr.. FOllet, than at the marshal
whose trial upon impeachment was as
clearly impossible at the outset as now;
hut the mistake Of the marshal i'm this
last-named regard was, at most, an
error of Judgment and Is only alluded
to to complete the review of his official
conduct. The minority dissent wholly
from the action Of the majority in the
resolution appended to its report as
not only unwarranted by the owl
dence, hut as entirely beyond
the scope either Of tho duty or the au
: thority of the committee or OF congress
3 IL is no part of the duty of congress, no
is 1t within the scope Of its functions a.
the legislative branch of the govern
ment, either to request or advise the re
moval of a subordinate in an executiy,
, department. Finally, there il no eyi
denco on record which shows that an,
appreciable illegal vote was cast OF
either side at the October cleo
ton. While on the othel
hand the loss from intimidation wa,
wholly on the Republican side. In yeri
hcation of this statement Il confident
appeal is made TO tho record and the
final result. Tho election was as fair an
expression of the will of the people Of
Cincinnati as is possible without a
proper registration of votes.