Wichita eagle., 1889-12-06
Iowa to the longitude Of Ugampaka Post
in a direct line. it is only 24O geographical
miles. Yours, very sincerely.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY.
To Colonel j. A. Grant. G.. B.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
he Deals with Election Frauds in His
Report.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Tbe annual re-
port OF Attorney General Miller was made
public today. During the fiscal year q, Se7
| civil suits and IA ,5SS criminal prosecutions
were terminated, and there are pending
1850 of the former and 1872 of the latter
class. Mr.. Miller recommends that pro-
vision be made for United States peniten-
tiary and United States reformatory, the
latter being intended for the confinement
of the milder class of criminals. 1t is also
urged that prison bureau be established
in the department of justice, where could
be gathered. collated and recorded in a
permanent form the criminal statistics OF
the United States.
In chapter on law business, the attor-
ney general says: Every soon after the 4th
of March last it was brought to my atten-
ton that at the recent congressional cleo
tons there were numerous and far-reach-
ing violations of the federal laws relating
TO such elections. It was charged that by
intimidation OF voters. by Selling and de-
stroying boxes aud substitution of false
ballots, by false returns, by bribery of vot-
ers and election officers, and by various
other means well known to those engaged
in the nefariOus business, the popular Will
was stified and falsiied and returns OBJ
tanned wholly at variance with what
would have been the result Of free and
fair vote honestly counted. In every case
where such charges were brought to the
attention OF this department instruc-
lions were given to the district
attorneys to investigate and prosecute to
the utmost OF their power every person i'm
plicated In such violations of federal laws,
and l am happy to be able to report that
in number Of states such prosecutions
he hnny ,fv,t
OF indictments have been returned; upon
some of them trials have been had, IN
number of cases convictions have been OBJ
talneu, and In some cases the culprits
have pleaded guilty and asked for mercy
at the hands of the court. A large num-
Der OF these cases ore still pending. and
the instructions to the district attorneys
end. 1t is proper to say
that in some cases that efforts
have been made to cripple these prosecu-
tions by attempting to intimidate the
marshals from serving process and wit
nesses from giving evidence, such intimi-
dation going to the extent Of actual assas-
Sination.
But it must not be supposed that hostil-
ity to the United States courts and mar
shals are confined to election matters; on
the contrary the records Of the department
shows that in some districts these prosecu-
tions were wholly disconnected with the
elective franchise and can not proceed be-
cause the lives OF necessary witnesses are
in such danger that it would be simply
inhuman TO enforce their attendance, and
the giving of their testimony; while the
evidence is abundant that in certain local
tiles no occupation is so danger
Gus as faithful performance of
duty by United States marshals. Of
conrse such lawlessness can not be
tolerated. In every case the instructions
to prosecute have been coupled with the
that no means within the power
of this department will be spared TO pro-
tect officers and witnesses in the discharge
of their duties and to bring to punishment
every man who illegally attempted to
thwart such prosecutions"
The attorney general calls attention to
court in the western district Of Arkansas.
and the court recently provided for at
Paris, Tex, require an expenditure OF
money in the payment of witnesses
that very largely depletes the appro-
priation made by congress for that
purpose and he says that the demands of
these three courts are such that if they are
met the result will be very large de-
or else the courts in other districts
will be obliged to stop for want of funds.
In view of these facts estimate for the pay
ment Of witnesses for the next year has
been made in the sum of 81, 900, 900, instead
of 5000, 900 appropriated for the current
year.