Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-26
TURN HIM OUT.
The House Committee Investigating
the Conduct Of Lot Wright
Completes Its Report.
The Majority Report Aiks that the
President be Instructed to Dis
charge Wright Forthwith,
Evidence that the Marshal and His
Deputies Acted AZ the Tools
Of the Republican Party.
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Representative Springer, In behalf
OF himself aud Representative Van
Alstyne OF the subcommittee APP
pointed to investigate the conduct Of
Marshal Lot Wright in the Ohio oe-
tober election, has prepared report
Representative Stewart, the remaining
member OF tho subcommittee. will
Offer minority report when the egh-
Iect 10 submitted to the
full committee On Expenditure
IN the department Of justice.
The members OF the committee have
not yet received the printed testimony
taken at the investigation They AN
sert that they would not agree 10 any
report until they have had an oppor.
tunity TO examine II, Mr., Springer
will submit the view prescribed by
himself and agreed TO by Mr.. Van
Alstyne at the meeting OF the full
committee Friday, He declines TO
give the report 20 the public
until II has received the attention
OF his committee, It 10 very long aud
taken both In this city and Clncln-
From the testimony taken by your
committee, Il will appear that the
deputy mRFshAls appointed by Mar
shall Wright were largely In excess OF
the Necessities OF the situation, that
they were appointed ms Republican
partieans and political workers aud In
most cases prostituted their official pO-
sitlons 20 partisan ends, that they we've
armed with revolvera aud other
deadly weapons furnished by the ma.
| tlOnal committee OF tho Republican
| party, that many OF such deputy mar
| shals 70 appointed and armed were
/ criminals aud men known To be Of
| vicious and brutal habits and many OF
| them nou-residentA OF the state OF
Ohio, that many such deputies Retlng
under orders OF Marshal Wright
aided, Rbetted aud encouT-
aged fraudulent voting, tho
Intimidation OF yoteIP, and committed
gross outragos upon the election fran
chise and rights OF honest voters, that
the employment and payment Of the
special deputies on the day after the
election was without legal wRTEant,
that all the moneys paid such persons
for services that day were illegal and
the sums no paid should be returned 10
thu United b;atea treasury, that the mp
pointment Of deputy nRrHhal who were
non-rthideutH OF Ohio WAS without war
rant aud constituted gross usurpA.
ton OF authority, ana that the appoint.
ment OF deputy maThhhs was In many
other respects An Irregular, illegal aud
warranted abuse Of his OniO trust,
and
"WheTefoTe, your committee are Of
1 Nf..t s.N
| States marshal for the Southern district
Of Ohio has been shown by testimony
| to have committed crimes and lhlsde.
meAnOrb, that lac has been guilty OF
the usurpation OF authority aud Of y
I violation Of Law In tho manner ret
forth In the preamble 20 the resolution
adopted by the house :, ( representa-.
tlves the 2nd OF January last In
view OF the impraetlcable nature OF
the impeachment proceedings, and Els
peclally ut this late day OF this con.
gTrHs, your committee will not recon.
mend the adoption Of tho articles OF
impeachment In bis case, but they do
recommend the adoption Of the fol.
lowing resolution;
That the clerk OF ths hoHts - Representa-
tiNes DO Instructed 10 transmit q copy OF The
report and tho testimony In lhe else Of Lot
| Sou theTn district Of Ohio, ~ The Pfekident Of
tho Uni ed - tes, ana that the president be
respectfully requested 70 immediate dis
charge 81 Il Wright from once ana catse tbs
atLoTney.geneTal so inttitut5 sHeh proceed
inas ~ the courts ~ may " depm6d necea
ahry Ia order that the sums Illegally paid ouf
| b, him may DO recovered, aHd 70 inAtltuts
snrh criminal proceedings sgg4nss hitu ne
u may require
Mr.. stewart, II IL understood, will
radically dissent from Mr.. bpringeTis
We've and Will assert that tho iatter's
report has no basis 10 rest upon In the
evidence taken by the gnb committee;
that on the contrary there was good
raason for the employment Of the
deputy mnrshnls aud that there
VIA no intimidation and no out
rage upon suffrage except the arrest Of
Republicans by the police 10 prevent
their voting and the assault upon
peaceable citizens by Democratic
thugs.
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