South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-10-02

did this by the aid of federal bayonets; and that
Kellogg government is to-day supper ted & kent
IN power by United States troops. The Kellogg
government rests to-day, not upon the ascertain
ed result Of the election, but upon a canvass con-
fessed to be fraudulent and void, ana the srppor,
given 10 il b. the Federal government.
And now few words ms 10 the manner in
which the bogus Lynch Board" ascertained the
result Of the election. The Yarmouth Board hay
ing possession of the legal returns the Lynch
Board was compelled to take whatever irregular
returns it could get. Upon tho plea that the
votes Of large number of negroes had been re-
fused, they called for aflidavits of the fact and
they were supplied with thousands, signed by a
mark, and with ballots attached. The man who
performed this delightful and delicate duty Of
furnishing aifdavits, was one Captain Jaqnes
FROM whose sworn testimony, given before the
Congressional Investigating Committee, | will
read you few extracts. In answer to questions
by the following gentlemen he gave The follow
ing answers
Witness issued about 500 duplicate Iegisra-
lion papers after the registration closed on the
day of election issued about 80 more went TO
New Orleans after the election and then returned
TO sign oiiiiavits: signed the names of 300 per-
sons TO the ni'davits.
By Mr.. Carpenter Did not sign them in the
presence of the parties they authorized him
to sign
BY Governor Warmouth-Signcd 3l4 nIiia-
wits in all took the names Of oil but 500 from
the poll-list; the Comm issioueI signed the nfl-
davits in blank.
BY Mr.. Carpenter-Signed 900 names to L.
! IF he e
straw can't tell how many names Of existing
persons he signed presumed he signed 100
names of existing parties without authority; did
not know that il was forgery.
by Mr. Morton-Got the Gfidavis from Gen
Sypher-sigued them in New Orleans-got the
300 names hy going from plantation TO planta-
lonesome said that they could not vote because
there was such crowd at the polls-others that
the polls were from ten TO thirty-fve miles off
and they could not go to them-Unitod States
Marshal Prescott said 10 The men, after the read
ing Of the affidavit "You swear: - on the 10th
OF December received n letter from Sypher
! telling him TO fetch down oil the niiidavis you
have got the General is AGO short-gaye the aft
davits 10 Mr.. Bovee, who said, Jacques you re
n hell OF fellow ~ witness answered that he
could get more 10y ten 0 clock in the morning
told the General and Captain Sypher about The
way the alidavits were got and they approved
it-Gen Sypher asked how many names were on
the book (witness) anwered 4 ,00O-told him
TO get $500 aGidayts-the day before Sypher
went 20 Washington lie told witness 70 get at
least J POO aiIidaviis and rs many more as he
could-when Svpher returned lie said he had
done well-in 1868 and 1870, at the polls names
put on the registration lists for the purpose
OF electng Sypher-the parish wos Democratic
il common talk in the Custom house after
the recent election that it did not make any diff
ference how the election went, enough afidavits
could be got TO elect the ticket.
BY Mr Corpcntor-The afFdaviis were printed
ten or fifteen days before 'he election tEybiH-
ted copy Of afidayits signed by Prescott IN
bIanks.)
By Mr.. Trumbul Had abou. 600 such eff
davit5-they were signed at witnesses house in
New Orleans
b. Mr.. Morton-Ilad no official station at that
tme-received no compcnsa ton for his worl.-
( had been in the Custom House, and sypber ind
Casey promised TO rcnstRto hi-n-got $3.50 10
pay for the boat he used from Syphcr-it was
the game boat used by the Republican Commit
tee for party purposes.
Not salsfed with these forged niidavits The
Lynch Board went 70 work 20 doctor the returns
euch as they could Get, and this is n sample Of
how they did It:
in The parish Of Rossier the returns showed
that McEnery had o,3 votes aud Kellogg 555.-
- iheir cipheHng they gnvc Kellogg !, l5o voter
and NoEnery none. In the parish Of Natcbito-
chcs tie returns showed that NcEnery lad $50
votes, and Kellogg $50 yotes They Gphercd a.
gun, and 10 and be1od Kellogg had 2OC
votes and McEnery Was there ever such
artbmcdc.aus? Yet This Board Is not sstisGel
with even this nice way Of c.ec,ng their mon
For, ns The testimony in tti5 case shows. the
Board. not satisfied with ihe duplicate returns
obtained from tac United States oGciaIs-not
satisfied with forged sfidafi.s-not satisfied with
newspaper accounts (which they usedl made
au esumste based 90 tlejr Che board Cd knowl.
edge Of ihe political compie1io1 Of the country,
os 20 what the vote ouelt TO have been, 81 had
been iairi and loar.ed 30 accordingly
Aud set iu spite Of au these Ge'5 being prov.
co-in spite gftla Fac, that The Republican COM
mIHse of Congress, headed by Gov Morton. AZ
chairman, reported uqaiu1usly that NeEnc,,
received souc Z. 900 majority. Kellogg, who was
given co1trol G. chat State by DurolIs midnight
order las been sustained iu bic revolutionary
proceedings by The general government and n
Republican Congress And he i5 to-day sus-
tanned and kept in power BY Federal bayone,s
The taxes % iLls State nro about 81 IS on the
$500 raluaGor. Tl.sisuec-e.l7y 90 order 70 Give
ihe party regning money enough topay their tools