The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-26
The Lot WrIgllt nusine.s.


tive Springer, In behalf of himself and
representative Van Als;yne, of the sub.
committee appointed 10 Investigate the
conduct OF Marshal Lot Wright in the
ONO October election, has prepared his
report. Mr.. Stewart, the remaining
member OF the sub committee, will offer
4 minority report when the subject IA
submitted TO the full committee on
expenditures in the department of ius-
tiue. The mCnbers OF the committee
have not yet received the printed testi-
ni1ny taken at the Investigation. They
assert they will not agree to any report
until they have had an opportus
nifty TO examine it, Mr. Sprinper
viii submit tho view prescribed by
himself aud agreed to by Mr. Van AZ
stynr, AT the meeting OF the fun com
mittee on Friday. He has declined TO
give report 10 the public until it has
received the attention ut his committee.
10 is vorv long, aud contains a re-
Wow Of the testimony taken both
in this city aud in Cincinnati.
lt corcludes AZ follows: "FrOm the
testimonyI8ksu by YOUR committed IL
will appear that Chs deputy marshals
appointed by Marshal Wright were
largely In excess OF the necessity of the
situations; that they were appointed
as Republican partisans and political
worRersi aud in most cases prostituted
their official positions to partisan ends;
that they were armed with revolvers
and other deadly weapons purchased
10y the national committee of
the Republican party; that num-
ber of such deputy narshals
90 appointed and armed were notorious
criminals and men known TO bo of vi
cious and brutal hauits and many of
them nOn-residents of the state OF Ohio:
that many of such deputies
acting under the orders of
Marshal Wright aided, Allotted and en-
cOuraged fraudulent voting, the intimi.
dHtion Of voters aud committed gross
ouirages upon tho elective franchise
and tho rights OF honest v0ters; that
the employment and payment of special
deputies ON tho day after the election
was without legal warrant, and that
all the money paid to such persons
iCr services that day was Illegal, and
the sums so paid shall be returned TO
the treasury; that tho appointment OF
deputy mdrshals who were non resi-
dents of Ohio, was without warrant and
constituted agross usurpatiou OF author
ity, aud that the appointment Of deputy
mnrshals was, Ia many other respects,
irregular, Illegal and an uuwarrAuted
abuse Of his Official trust; and, where
fore, our committee arc of the opinion
that Lot Wright, United States marshal
for the southern district of Ohio,
has been shown, by the testimony,
to have committed n crine AMI mis-.
demeanOT; that ha has been guilty of
usurpation of authority and violation of
law IN the manner set forth iu the pre-.
amble TO the resolution adopted ty the
nf fuf M
December last.
La view of the impracticablo nature OF
impeachment proceedings, and es.
pecially at this late day Of this congress,
your committee will not recommend the
adoption of articles Of impeachment In
his case, but they do recommend the
adoption of the following resolution:
"Resolved, That the clerk of the house
of representatives. be instructed TO
transmit copy of the report and testi !.
mony In tho ease Of Lot Wright, United
States marshal for the southern district
of Ohio, TO the president of the United
States; and that the president be respect-
iully requested To immediately dis
charge said Wright from office and
cause the attorney-goneral TO institute
such proceedings In the courts az NAV
he deemed necessary In order to recover
the sum illegally paid out by him, aud
to institute such criminal proceedings
against him rs the facts IN the case
/ Justify aud IA law requires"
Mr.. Stewart, it Is understood, will
radically dissent from MIR. Springer's
views, aud will assert that the lattor's
report has no basis TO rest upon in tho
evidence taken by the subcommittee;
that, on the contrary, thoro was good
reason for the employment OF deputy
marshals, and that there was no intimI-
dation and no outrage upon suffrage,
except the arrest of Republicans by the
police TO prevent their voting, and as
seults upon peaecable citizens by Demo-
cratic thugs,