St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-28

there will be an honest recount OF her
swollen statistics.
Eugene Hay, the United States dis
trict attorney, has received telegraphic
communication from Gen. Taft, acting
attorney general of the United States,
as was outlined in these columns yester-
day. Mr.. Hay came down from Detroit
in the morning. and visited his office in
the federal building at o'clock. He
remained only few minutes, however,
taking the next train out of the city,
Shortly after o'clock last evening he
reappeared. He looked smiling and
happy, and when asked by a GLOBE
reporter, he said he had received tele-
gram from Gen. Taft, but he had not
yet read it. The reporter waited for
him to read the message. When he had
completed, Mr.. Hay observed, in a
felicitious tone and with complacent
smile:
81 have been palpably misrepresent-
ed in every st. Paul newspaper.
In the first place, l never re-
fused to prosecute the Minneapolis
people for conspiracy, as was
reported, as any man who was present
last Saturday knows. merely de-
clined to act that night. / explained
that had already submitted the mat
ter to the attorney general of the United
States. desired to know the attorney
generals construction of section $40
of the Revised Statutes as it applies to
section 13 of the census law"
Mr.. Hay then read the same. which is:
If two or more persons conspire, either to
commit an offenSe against the United States
OF to defraud the United States. and one or
more of such PARTIES do any act to effect the
object of the conspiracy. they shall be liable
to penalty of not less than ST. 900 or more
than $4,000. or Imprisonment for not less
than two years.
THE delegations of citizens that called
upon me last Saturday." he resumed,
''asked me to prosecute for conspiracy.
] had some doubt, and wanted to know
Attorney General Miller's construction
of the law. l wanted to know if he be-
lieved or not man can be incapac-
itated; whether man who is not a
sworn enumerator can be possibly
Guilty of Conspiring
against the federal laws when it is not
because he is not an enumerator. Such
/ considered the positions of Stevens,
Dickey and Mason. They were not
enumerators. Attorney General Miller,
/ regret very much, was not at home,
for l consider him one of the best law
yers III the United States. Gen. Taft is
acting attorney general, and received
my communication. He is a very young
man, with limited experience before the
bar. He graduated much later than
did, although | have no doubt he is
very good lawyer. Gen. Taft seems to
think we can convict, them under the
statutes"
Mr.. Hay denies that the telegram
from Gen. Taft is peremptory order
for the arrest of Ed A. Stevens ct al.
for conspiracy. 1t is only a recon-
mendation that prosecution be i'll
says Mr.. Hay, that the evidence filed
by Mr.. Hay and the corroborating evil
dence filed by Inspector B0udinot and
the st. Paul committee tended to show
a conspiracy, and he recommended a
prosecution. Mr.. Hay refused to al
low the reporter to use the telegram,
explaining that, so far asshe was con-
cerned, he would be glad to give it the
widest publicity, but he considered it
would be breach, and he would not
violate an official trust. Mr.. Hay feels
that he has been unfairly treated by
the press and by st. Paul citizens.
The newspapers have assumed"
said he bitterly, ''that had no inten-
tion of doing my duty. So far was this
from the truth that l desire to empha-
size that have done all that could do
to investigate into the facts and to
gather information. l kave had fire.
quent interviews with the government
inspectors, and have carefully looked
ever the evidence l have had at my
command. Local prejudice has not
blinded me. l have and am still ready
and willing to
Discharge Every Duty
of my position. Last Friday asked for
continuance because l did not think
there was evidence enough to hold the
defendants. Indeed, there was no evil
dence that the law had been violated.
No returns had been made from Mime
apolis, fictitious or otherwise. l did not
believe in going to the newspapers to
try the case, but rather believed that
coald oest get evidence by laying low
and Watching for developments.
1.-The telegram from Gen. Taft" he
continued, ''is simply an answer to the
questions had asked of the attorney
general. 1t gives Gen. Tafts opinions
upon the points in reference to which