| Show WHITES EXPOSURE OP OF THE MURRAY cc vindication ani course taken take a ty by the cou con committee on expenditures in the department of justice in regard to the murray whitewashing business has not been placed before the country in its f ull full iniquity and it is very doubtful if it will receive that publicity to which it is entitled it has been pretended that ell IL II murray urray was iv v before that committee ahll I 1 i m a fact he merely succeeded in get geng ag the invest investigation a su suppressed pres pressed sed sea pros props were pr proffered offered to est establish elish all tha aad iud been alleged a against ainest him buethe but the k ept edana those who wei wel i i ady to f furnish them were only blac blacky i eded for their afat pains failing ansing to get the ev evidence at hand fairly before the committee mr white of kentucky took advantage of the discussion ilithe in the house of re representatives re senta tives april lath over the bli bih bill to limit the lime ilme time within which prosecutions eions may be instituted for violating the internal revenue laws to vindicate himself and show up the course of eli ell H murray in reference to internal revenue p prosecutions in kentucky but the same influence that procured ro the whitewashing of SOV governor murray before the committee interfered to prevent his hia ex expo ekpo 0 ure la the house however pr mpr M mr white succeeded in getting upon t the e record a great deal of damaging lain iain aging evidence against the tid whitewashed official an and d we w copy 0 py the kentuck kentucky y members remarks a as they appear in the contres record secord of april 25 I 1 desire to call cali the tho attention of the house and of the republican side especially ally to the fact that it cannot afford to defend any man in its baity who has been found guilty of corrupt guilty practices prior tot to the year yean 1876 it was a very common occurrence for men to be arrested for the most trivial and technical violations of law and carried to the most remote united states commissioner in the state of kentucky for preliminary tria there Ther was ewas evidently collusion between the district attorney who had a brother who was united d abates states co commissioner in lil louis Louls louisville villo and the marshal who had deputies to divide with him the costs that method of plundering the public treasury was carried to such an extent that when I 1 was elected to the forty fourth congress the petitions and complaints from the state of ken tricky were so numerous that I 1 was compelled contrary to my inclination compelled in spite of my prejudices in favor of the then district a attorney t and marshal of kentucky to ask that tile the department of justice would direct to be made an investigation of the charges of gross malfeasance in office T that investigation was had bad and be it said to the credit of the republican administration then in power the corrupt officials were turned out of office ga G 0 wharton united states district attorney was removed and ell H murray united states marshal was permitted to resign what was the state of the case at that time if I 1 understand the billere bill presented by the tiie gentleman from tennessee mr mcmillan it is intended to remove the temptation now for such violations at that time although there was a united states commis commissioner sion slon in the little town of london ky miles from louisville it was customary to take the men arrested beyond and in the vicinity ot london by the commissioner there to the city ct of louisville for the purpose of hil hii having simply a preliminary examination if 11 one was arrested at the head of the big sandy or Wen ken kentucky tucky rivers he was taken to louisville for the preliminary examination although to get there he might have to go through the town of mount sterling sterlin where there was a commissioner which was miles from louisville what was that done for for no other purpose than to run up the costs aud and get the fees from the government that was changed somewhat after the investigation which I 1 set on foot during my term in the for ty fourth congress it was changed so that the person arrested had a right to a preliminary trial before the commissioner nearest his home notwithstanding these changes by the department ot 01 justice requiring the man arrested to be tried before the nearest commissioner arrests were f frequently made and prosecutions instituted simply to make costs forwe find the following statement in the report of the commissioner of internal revenue of november 25 1881 the district attorney is made the judge of tho the propriety ot of com commencing m encina a c criminal prosecution sec see se u ton tou against a citizen on account of which he and the marshal will receive pay from the government whether the party he be fl guilty u lity or innocent these officers may ma prefer r complaints against citizens caus cause e a united sta states tes commissi commissioners onera to issue warrants M may y arrest and examine the parties before the co commissioner an and d the district attorney marshal guard witnesses and the commis gloner will all get their fees from the gov ern ment even though the party arrested be discharged ile he says f further urther instances 3 mave ave been brought io tion where numerous prosecutions have been instituted f ton fon or the most trivial violations of law and the arrested parties taken long distances and subjected to great incon veni ence and expense not in the interest of th the e government but apparently for no other reason than to make mate costs there is an indictment indict mant against certain federal officials by the commissioner of internal revenue who ou ought ht tok to know ail all about this matter it was not made in 1876 when I 1 asked for this investigation but in 1881 now to come directly to the measure before the house this bill will go far to prevent senseless prosecution smore properly called persecution s by corrupt district attorneys and their relatives who are commissioner sand marshals and their willing deputies from hunting liun ting up cases tive five years old where citizens may have been indicted for trivial or technical violations like the tile selling of one pint of whisky or for selling five pounds pound s of tobacco which may have been raised on his own farm to prevent them from hunting up citizens remotely located sometimes miles irom where there is a federal court and dragging them before that court for no other othe r purpose than to make costs and get their fees even though the party arrested be innocent an attempt was here made to gag gaethe the ge gentleman eitleman ent leman ieman but the speaker ruled that ae had bad the floor in his own right for one hour mr nir white continued now mr speaker I 1 shall ask the privilege of incorporating in my y remarks voluminous extracts f from ro inn itu the testimony which has been taken before the springer investigating committee hope the chairman of that committee snow present yes I 1 see his smiling countenance I 1 wish to quote from the testimony ony before that committee because it is the most extraordinary proceeding perhaps that was ever permitted A committee appointed a to investigate expenditures expenditure s in the department of justice unberto undertook ol 01 to investigate the expenses of marshals and district attorneys for kentucky they called me before that committee eor for borwhat what pur yos ios the follo following will perhaps brov light on the question COMMITTEE ON IN ET D department OF JUSTICE HOUSE OP OF REP RESE cna rna crA TIVES washington aj D 0 january 28 ly SIRI sirri sirl sir r I am instructed by the tile Committe eion eron expenditures department of justice to re you yon to appear before the committee morrow o tuesday morning january 29 1884 at 10 a in to testify in the mater of the accounts of the united states ourt court officials in kentucky I 1 have the honor to be very respectfully our obedient servant NV AL SPRINGER chairman attest J B IRWIN lewin clerk committee D WHITE ot 0 representatives I 1 did not receive that notice in time to ap appear pearon on the day stated and so a second notice was sent to me on the of last january I 1 tes testified titled before that committee as to the source of my mk information on the subject f abr or which chic I 1 was summoned 0 ned to give testimony the chairman of that committee nir mr air springer asked me moe this question since you have been a representative la in congress C ona ong ress have you been informed ot of the existence of any abuses or irregularities in the administration of the office of united states marshal or united states deputy marshal Refer beef eef erring rim to kentucky I 1 I 1 estl esti nned fled that I 1 had been so informed they asked me moe for the names of witnesses I 1 gave them the names of reliable witnesses did they summon those witnesses oh no not I 1 but they determined to see mr murray laughter I 1 reviewed the investigation that I 1 had bad set on foot la in 1876 and showed that the investigation resulted in the removal of G C wharton united states district attorney who was afterward re appointed uy by mr hayes and cc confirmed bya by a democratic senate and then hired by the whisky ring to 10 lobby bb the unlimited bond extension bill bli through through the forty seventh congress I 1 reviewed tile the case in which united states marshal murray now governor of utah after an investing investigation d by the general agent of the department part ment of justice and not to gratify me for I 1 must confess that in the beginning I 1 was loath to believe these prominent officials guilty of malfeasance in office was permitted to resign although mr harlan harian then an attorney for tor this man pleaded that he should be allowed to remain and hunted up influential men to try to get him retained still when mr hayes had become president mrs airs hayes had murray M appointed governor of utah flaughter laughter go to the department of the interior and not a single line can be found recommending Mr murray as ag governor of utah when he be was appointed the first time now mr speaker did they call the witnesses who I 1 told them knew all about these facts did they call mr samuel crall crail clerk of the united states court louisville ky did they call H F finley now the J judge of the fifteenth judicial district in the tiie state of kentucky one of the purest bravest and best republicans in the united states and who made the charges in ans any ma max may 1 1877 as appears in my testimony and which I 1 have incorporated in my remarks did they call him did they call henry divan who claimed to know personally the truth of the charges chares char es regarding the official leial omm off conduit of marshal marshai murray did they call anybody who claimed to know personally so nally about these matters did they call the united states commissioner at london by whose office many of the arrested persons were carried miles to louisville did the they call maj A T wood the units united states commissioner at mount sterling through whose town they carried the prisoners from that end of the state sta te no sir then what did theado they do why they called aly air 4 murray f laughter hir bir murray was allowed to come before mhd Commit ete on expenditures in the Depart department inept of justice and read a long iong speech evidently pre prepared by his atto attorney rhey and which covers more than twenty printed pages to try to unload his guilt upon others ana and to abuse witnesses who had testified for the government against him what next they called in john harlan harian a justice of t the supreme court and what does he say why that he had been murrays Mur rays attorney and that he had come from louisville ky to washington in 1876 isto for the purpose of seeing the attorney general touching the charges which had been made in the public prints affecting murrays Mur rays conduct as marshal arshal in for the state of kentucky and that attorney general taft had told him that he be did not believe that murray had I 1 knowingly made any improper charges but I 1 will not undertake to quote irom memory and shall give justice har harl i lans ians testimony in full in the appendix to my remarks Ire lre I 1 refer ferto to this thi smatter matter because that committee has decided to stop the investigation vesti gation gatlon and the reason they decided to s top stop it was wag bec because aiLse governor murray ra y one of the men maen under investigation t came before beford the committee and said he was not guilty and then undertook to prove by bv john 31 harlan harian of tile the supreme court of the united states and by the speaker of this house who did not pretend to have any knowledge of the facts or to have investigated this thing that he had a good character the committee then resolved to close that investigation there Is the conclusion of the greatest farce under the name of an honest and thorough investigation that I 1 have ever known why was mr speaker carlisle called before that committee to toil what he knew about the facts not at all but to give a good character to a it man who had haci read a statement the day before to the committee to refute ref ute definite charges against him for plundering the united states treasury out of thousands of dollars and who was turned out of office b by 11 resident president grant after an investigation of his official conduct by the department of justice in asa 46 mr nir white whit here quoted his remarks on january directing the sprin aprin springer er committees attention to ex marshal marshai murrays Mur rays official crookedness and read the virulent viru lent attack made by governor murray hurray upon himself and others before that committee all of which has appeared in print and went on onto to say sat such slander as that mr speaker does not ann aff affect me but it may beaud be and doubtless was a sweet morsel to the committee having the investigation in charge I 1 wish the house and country to know how this committee with tile the smiling stalling boutonniere at its head laughter and aud aud and applause proceeded to investigate expenditures in the department of justice and how they proceeded to get at the facts mr speaker I 1 have not the honor of a personal acquaintance with mr henry diven but it appears that he was a friend ot ell 11 II murrays Mur rays and attended his wedding january 18 ism by the invitation which I 1 hold in my haud baud the following letters will show that he is not considered a knave by col J T buckner of louisville I 1 ky one of the most prominent men in kentucky today to ao day not by S A whitnell Whit neld dt late r revenue evenue agent for kentucky Kentuck yand and now postmaster ost master at cincinnati ohio nor t by y K R 11 1 1 crittenden who it appears In trusted diven with the control of the steamboat alice until a sale was effected nor non norby by col IV A bullitt late ate I 1 united states district attorney under W harton wharton nor by mr G K chase general beneral agent of the department of austice justice who was sent to kentucky in 1876 to fo investigate the charges against certain federal officials nor by mr brewster cameron the the present general agent for the department of J justice ustice A large number ot of letters were then read proving that henry diven whom murray has endeavored to make his scapegoat was trusted and respected and endorsed by prominent officials of the united states concerning the last letter mr nir white salti sarti that letter is by col W A bullitt who was the assistant district attorney 1 under wharton for years he lie was a colonel in the union arnay arrax and is well known krown in ane city of louisville did uld they call him not at all ali who did they call 1 wily why they the called mr murray 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