Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-02-02

Tr,r CONTESTED ELECTIONS.
T.t,nons Relaiiss 70 Fraads aHd .Ouirsse''
W. i've below, from the Baltimore Sun, a
extracts from TIE record Of the testimony
taksn before q committee selected for tne Puf-
nose in rs.siion 10 The ouirages which eharae-
.ri.,a the recent s~o-callsd " elections" in that
city:
a ,smphief o. over 3f pages. embracing ne
t,efimonv taken BY he contestants OF the seats
of ten delegates from This city in tne owl
honses 81 ne Legislature, has been printed y
,orfravs from beginning to end a hideous mas
- rand and outrage pcrnetrated upon tue
elective franchise and individuals-see1 49,
can be no doubi, as was never
fore even In Baltimore-as y goes aue
si1sr.hiv az tie exhibit made two years egopt
yUbrt. (, hfs endeavor to contest the seat OF
NJ Harris In Congress. The whole oooAS /"
al -. l. g 81 a nircn,n 90 that IN making *
tr,-tr & Il dfHcnit 20 d~etermine where 70 com
menre OF leave of. In addition 70 me kensiaI
scenes o. riot and oullawry open TO me Fis~
~ su sneciaf cases Of Illegal voting ana tne
~ i,-7f voting ahouHd throughout.
with h-utai Dealings, false eEesrink' eoIIup'
,rfs IN iudres Of i elton, Intimidation, eie-s
- y, ~, and coid-bloadei murder. There
A. t.-4rm,nv also which affords an insight 70
he vilainy Of kidnapping and coping Fo-
tiers.
We annex 2 specimen Of the testimony, sns
nav give other extracts hereafter as We mo
room
A oTumA cooPED AND COMPELLED TO ForE
TxrEEE TIAEs.
rohn Jnsfns Ritrinn. = German. sworn-Been
/ in DC United States only since February, 1907
To tho q~uesiion, " Did ron vote on November
] "A 1889 anil. if 80. rnieT what circumstaneesf'
he answered as follows;
Monday morning. about eight or nine
O'Clock, I was near TIE sugar house. where
vas AZ work. and had no work there 20 do ; l
/ therefore went 10 the State tobacco ware
housn. and inquired Of a Germana At work there
whether L could ret any work; ne pointed 70
a v1unr ran IN the warehouse, and told me
10 apply b him, and be engaged me 20 work
there. 81 sx dollars 4 week, for the whcls
year. I went 10 work, and about II o'clock
be tod ne that work would be stopped a. =
O'clock. and thaf we wonld eoto another ware
house on he Point: after awhile be told me 10
come along with bin, and that J misht elther
PIT on my roat or leave e in The Office; three
others and myself rot into a boat, went over
the dock. anil then crossed over Union dock,
and 60 went on fhe corner Wilkes and Caro-
line streets: be stood there with ms awhile,
took ne bv the arm, anil then Jed me and two
others into To- house there, TO a bar, where we
were treated while Z was drinking, another
man present in fbe rom said 70 ne, " As soon
as The work here IS done, Won eaa 90 back to
The other warehouse: after a willie our con-
ductor came and lrd ne through be back OF
The house, into a conrt yard, andthen appa-
rentiv through one or two yards, untilwe cams
I IN front Of Eve or six men. armed with clubs
and guns and other WEAPONS. Standing az a
sort Of entrance throngh the fence or partition
between two houses Immediately | was push
"a from behind, and caught BY the arm by one
OF the crowd. and dragged through the OPEN
ing az the same time another German, not
one who accompanied MS, was pnsbed through
Immediately behind ne; The conductor and the
two others 7 saw 10 more after We had been
got through che opening into the next house,
as I have stated, another man came a1d led as
into a little dark room, where we we're kept
a few minutes while we we're there the man
with me began 70 make a noise. trying
20 break the planks o Z, etc; immedi-
afelv fhrreuno1 the door opensd and
three or four men appeared, one o, whom
struck fhe p1or fellow on thehesd Will a club,
which feIled him to The ground a second one
raised IN axe and struck al him through the
doorway; seeing the intention Of the nan, !
pushed the door 80 as 70 intercept the blow,
which fell unon The door. beat II back against
my mouth and hurt my lipsseverely the party
then cane In and searched rs thoroughly.
taxing everything OF ally value from Us /
had oniv a small pocket knife, which they
took mv companion they made strip, and as
he drew of his shoe his money fell out, a few
quarters and some small money we were left
locked 10 FOR z while; then the CAPTAIN Of The
coon cane, opened fhe 10or, and led NJ down
stairs 70 a 10 trap door which led 70 the
cellar: we were put down there, and as we
were goinz down, I IN front. ms companion
was pushed down violently, ant falling against
ne. both tumbled down into the cellar here
rebound ourselves in a dark hole, full Of al
sorts Of men. with one solitary candle e. give
rs light; there I was kept until Tuesday
, afternoon. when the captain came down and
70 selected ne oiiest Of rs I was called BY
name and lei I'D stairs to thr second story,
and pit into a large room, which was also
e full OF persons who were similarly cOOped
= there ] was kept until Wednesday morning,
the day Of the last election. On wednesday
morning, after 9 o'clock, we were brought
out b. threes and fours, and bad tickets put
O. into our bands 7 examined the tickets which
were given ne, and knew they were " Amer
? lean" Tickets; / recognized them BY the
names Of the candidates, the black stripe
down their length, the head II Washington
at the top. and the extreme narroWness Of
the ticket. three others and myself were
brought ont, and led by toe rowiies holding
us BY the srm mp to the window Of the sec
ond ward polls, and voted we -four then
N"AE NN HAHN NANNNHa" nAA HaNN 70 |AAA
through thc town, through streets which
did not know. TO various polls, and We were
voted Eve or six times we were then driven "a
the Holiday street polls, voted there. and then
shut IN in the coop there next to the polls, in
a the cellar we were then brought up into a
e room, and then ordered BY the captain Of -
e coon to change clothes with some seven
- eht other c0oped individuals, which most Of
as did. bat 7 retained my own clothes; The cap
B fain changed clothes with a German. taking a
q nice hat and black o~vercoat in exchange foi
+ his hat AID coat, which were Of little value
we were then vote again Al these polls and
e then we were led to Baltimore street, where
0 an omni us awaited ms, and we were packed
IN tn twas full. and irivsn down 70 the COOP
r house az the second ward arri red there, We
2 voted again at tte second ward. and then we
o were driven around in the omnibus to various
8 polls and vo'ei six times, until We came 20 a
q poll on he other side Of Ensor street, where
+ there was a great hustling and pushing,
screaming, etc, in spite OF which we were led
g mp by the arm By the rowdies through the
o crowd and compelled 20 vote; ] was let 90 To-
2 A moment, while The rowiies who had held ne
z Joined In ihe h,s.iing and pushing, and, seeing
. the chance, lodged into the crowd and es-
capped 20 ms homes I voted, at least. in the va
rious wards, sixteen times. compelled each
time 20 give ? different name; none Of the
/. Judges SAID anything 20 me, or any Of rs, that
9 ] I nearer NAcrNH one aNNLe dA TIE Dolls near III
? sor street. who asked ne how long l had
6 lived 10 the city I tod him two wears The
4 rowd.es behind me said to him, all right al
righti@ and he JUDGE took tie ticket without
further question the treatment OF those in the
! coop was disgusting and horrible in the ex-
IRENE men were beaten, kicked, a ID stamped
/ IN the face with heavy ho1ts: in the cellar Of
! the second ward there were about seventy OF
aig'tv persons locked up, not allowed to be
about for a moment 10 Justify he wants Of
mature. ami in the upper room Of which Ihav'
3 spoken as many more the three men VIII
? were with ne voted, each OF them, as often a.
3. I did.
: Cross examined-Q1esfion Give the n IAN,
! Of any Of the parties on the tickets which yoI
. voted2
Answer Ir,ad Harris on some oethsm, anS
4 Davis on some % them, and the name Of Col
son: / 10 not remember precisely, and Whit.
news name was also on them.
! The Amsriean, la calling attention to III,
: same pamphlet, says;
= We devote a large portion ofspace to-day &,
v a condensation Of the evidence taken 10 tn,
contested election case, and recently present
FL 10 the legislature BY the reform Candidates
We hope none Of our readers viii be deferred
\ bv the seriousness OF the task before then
from giving this evidence a careful pamsal
= They viii End IT not only interesting, but in
p s~'ructive and convincing, embodring in thi
sworn statements % the parties ersmined a
Z concise and truthful history Of the crimes,
frauds. rufianisu, iiieg7i voting. violen-e, in
q timidsti0n, com0licity Of Judges and police
! that were used bv the dominant party at that
. election 20 spcrro a triumph. The record, we
l. venture 70 assert, IS without p7rail-l in the
o mo0strous Injustice, cruelty and dishonesty it
! d~iscloses. The insults, men1ces and ~violencs
20 which citizens were subjected In their al,
! tempts 70 approach The polls, the utter harbar.
ftv witt which some o. the victims Of The par.
T. ~ ufians were treated in the "eoops . in
which they were confined, AMI the open, bare
\ faced ard unmitigated r~ascality which mark
! ed the whole conduct Of the election. would b
hardly credited as occurring In a civilized age
! and among a civilized people, were they no
here substantiatei beyond a doub1. We call
the a~ttenfion II the papers, both at home and
. abroad, which have ventured to discredit the
statements heretofore made I'm relation TO the
: subject. 20 this overwhelming ard iuefutabli
mass Of testimony.
- The IrrePrcssibie Conniet Platform.
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