The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-21
THE SAUNDERS CASE.
Chandler Makes Some SWeepinp
Accusations Against
THE DEMOCRATS OF FLORIDA,
Which Pasco and Call Resent President Black
stone, Of the Alton, Advocates the Nation
alizati0n Of Railroads.

heretofore offered by Chandler calling on
the attorney general for information re-
garding the assassination of Deputy Mar
shall Saunders at Quincy, Florida, was
taken up and Pasco resumed his remarks
in regard to it. He sent to the clerks desk
and had read varions documents, newspa-
per articles and proceedings of public
meetings denunciatory of the conduct and
character of the United States court and
its officers in the northern district of
Florida. These representations, he said,
might tend TO throw some light on the
causes leading up to the sad affair at
Quincy. In conclusion, Pasco offered an
amendment directing the attorney general
TO inform the Senate also whether any
efforts had been made by the de-
partment OF justice to correct the
action of the officers of the court
which resulted in partisan juries
made up mainly from one kpolitical party.
Also directing the attorney general to in
form the Senate whether he had any infor-
nation of an official letter written by Mar
shall Mizell that the names of ''true and
tried Republicans for jurors, ETC.
Hawley said the remarks of the Senator
from Florida and the amendment seemed
a premature apology for the murder 1t
was evident the amendment was intended
to mitigate the judgment of tue public
mind OF crime which every Democratic
paper in Florida stigmatized as brutal.
infamous and cowardly. Senator
Pasco has represented Saunders
as not having been always a
good man, and fair inference from his
remarks would be that there would not be
much objection to Saunders being killed if
it could only have been done in a less OBJ
lectionable way. He wished the Senator
(Pasco) to understand distinctly that his
speech was regarded by the Republican
Senators as an attempt to make a sort of
left handed apology for the murder and
evade an investigation.
Pasco said he made no excuse for any,
body and had expressly declined to discuss
The question.
Call condemned the killing of Saunders.
but declared there were fewer murders in
Florida in the last ten years than there
were in Connecticut or New Hamshire,
or even in the national capital He
alluded to the outrageS committed by
federal officers in Florida and declared it
was such acts which had led desperate
misguided men to resort to lawless acts to
protect themselves. He declared the
Senator from New Hamshire (Chandlerl
responsible for murders in Florida and the
destruction of the happiness of households
Dy 0ullSSdTlSS Vi Ills.
Chandler said many indictments had
been found in Florida for election frauds
and attempts made to arrest and try often
ders. The Democrats in Florida as a body
in that section of the state where these
election frauds were committed were en-
gagged in the defense of these criminals by
killing witnesses and deputy marshals. and
there was in that section of the state an
absolute rebellion against and defiance of
the laws of the United States. Chandler
said it was the duty of the governor of
Florida and the Senators from Florida to
take sufficient interest in the assisnation
of deputy United States marshal and wit
ness to go before United States court
to secure, if possible, the arrest and
punishment of the criminals. But, he said
the governor OF Florida and the Senators
from Florida are engaged in very differ
ent business. What are they doing? They
are here trying to prevent the confirma-
ton of the judge district attorney and
marshal, whose business it is to punish
election frauds in the state of Florida, if
they can do so by lawful means
Call moved to refer the resolution to the
judiciary committee. Rejected.
On motion of Chandler, Pasco's amend
ment was laid on the table, and the reso-
luton calling on the encouragement for
information regarding the assassination of
Saunders was agreed to without dlvi-
sion.
The House amendments to the Senate
bill for fixing the time and place of holding
terms of the United States district court
of SouthuDakota Were concurred in.
The educational bill was then taken ND
and Blair proceeded with his arguments in
support of it. AT the close of Blair's
speech Faulkner obtained the floor and the
Senate adjourned.
No more per cent bonds will be pur-
chased by the treasury department until
further notice. The total amount pur-
chased on this account is about fifteen
million dollars, of which 81, 000, 600 was sur
rendered under the first call for reduc-
ton of the fund OF eighty banks, includ-
ing the second call, favorable responses al
ready are received from sixty-five, which
surrender over five million dollars in gov
eminent bonds, thirty-two going out of the
system altogether.