The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-31
IMPEACHMENT CALLED FOR.
,HARGEs MADE LGAISsTA ATTORNEY
 GENERAL OLNEY.

In Petition Sent to Congress itis Declared
 That He Acted in the Recent Strike in
 Violation Of tho Constitution and Prosti-
 tuted tho Courts.
 Washington. July So.--The first two of the proposed petitions for the im- peaohment of Attorney General olney for his part in the late strike troubles which officers of the Knights of Labor came to Washington to prepare and cir. culate were laid before the house to- day by Mir. Lucas. rep. of South Dako- ta- The petitions come from citizens of South Dakota. They ask for the i'm peachment of the attorney general for his crimes and misdemeanors.
 It is represented that the attorney general has counselled and advised and rendered the military power of the gen. eral government within the states of Illinois and other states superior to the civil power of each and all states; that he advised and counsslled and caused the secretary of war to introduce troops into the states in violation of the con- stitution, no application for them being made by the legislatures or the gover- nors of the states, but in fact against the earnest protests of certain gover- nors: that he has counselled and ad- Sised and caused divers suits to be brought in Illinois and in other states, and to enforce them, in violation of the laws caused processes to be issued un- known to the courts of the UnitedStates and by the use of armed deputy mar shals has caused the arrest and im- prisonment of citizens wihout due course of law, and in violation of the laws; that he wrested from their true intent and purpose and in violation of the spirit thereof has used the courts to injure and oppress citizens of Illi- nois and other states; divers lawsnotably the act of congress of July, 1890, wholly intended to protect trade and commerce against trusts and organized wealth, and the act of February, 1887. intended to wholly and exclusively protect citizens against wrongs, injustices and oppres- sions of interstate commerce carriers.
 They charge that he has disregarded the sentiment of the people of the Uni ted States expressed through the act of congress of 1888 creating boards of arbi- tration to settle differences between common carriers and their employees by actively and positively encouraging and assisting the Pullman Palace Car com pany in it's refusal to adjust differences with it's employees through arbitration. They claim that no adequate or suffi- cient excuse exists for the commission of the high crimes mentioned, which If left unpunished and unrebuked would prove deadly blow to the rights of the states and the liberties of their citizens.
 AS citizens of the United States they pray the house to present Attorney Gen. eral Olney at the bar. of the senate for impeachment by that body for the mis- use of his official position by the prosti- tuition of the federal courts to oppress American citizens; the use of judicial process in advance of judicial decrees; the issue of blank informations to be filled by unauthorized persons; the in- vasion of the sacred rights of states, expressly reserved. all striking at the constitution, which at present is the only remaining bulwark of American liberty.
 These petitions were dropped into the slot of the petition box and in the ordi- nary course of official routine will prob ably go to the committee on judiciary.