The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06
NEW ORLEANS.
The Congressional Committee a,
Work.

NEW ORLEANS Dec 30.-The sub
committee, consisting of Messrs. Fos-
ter, Phelps and Potter, to investigate
of the St. Charles Hotel to-day.
They decided to confine their investi-
CATION to the returning board and the
White League. Messrs. Anderson
and Arroyo, members of the return
lican, and Frank G. Zacharie, (Con-
commissioners before the returning
board, were examined as to the law,
and the mode of proceedings under it .
Nothing new was developed.
At the night session Messrs. Pack
Knoblock of Lafeurche parish, were
examined. Packard stated that he
knew of the organization of the White
League before September 18th, and
believed it extended throughout the
States; that there are from 5000 to
5000 white Republicans in New
Orleans less in proportion to the vo-
ters than in other portions of the
voters were intimidated, some by
threats of violence, others by threats
of discharge, refusal to lease lands to
blacks, etc. He stated that he didn' t
believe a Republican State govern
ment could maintain itself in this or
any other Southern State without the
aid and protection of United States
troops; that on election day troops
were stationed, one company at each
police station, one ih Gretna and one
at the Marine Hospital. He consult.
ed with General Emory about the dis
position of troops. The reason they
were SO disposed was because there
was telegraph connections between
the police stations, and the troops
could have been concentrated at any
point
Mr.. White testified as to the regis
tration and election in his district.
He stated that $50 VIII te Conservatives
were stricken from the registration
rolls, who were. entitled to vote, and
that the autho11eies refused to strike
off the names of several hundred
fraudulently registered negroes, al
though they promised to do SO.
Mr.. Knoblock testified regarding
the recent registration and election in
Lafourche parish. He stated there
was no intimidation of any kind, and
that 120 negroes voted the Conserva-
tive ticket. The Returning Board
refused to throw out 40 tickets that
were fraudulently stuffed in one of the
boxes The Conservatives carried the
parish, Notwithstanding, by small
majority, but the fraudulent votes
were also counted for Treasurer.
Major E. A. Burk was still testify
ing at IL P. NJ, giving an account of
the organization of the Conservative
party for canvassing the city to verify
the registration; that they detected
:, 200 fraudulently registered names
One of the parties had registered in
fourteen wards, and several others
were discovered to have registered five
or six times. They succeeded in get.
ting but few of the fraudulently reg
istered stricken from the rolls.
The object of the committee evi-
IDENTIFY is to investigate thoroughly the
recent election, beginning with the
registration and ending with the Re-
turning Board One of the committee
stated in conversation to-day that the
President had recognized the Legisla-
ture of 1872, but not SO with that elcc-
ted in November. They would there
fore confine their investigations to the
late elections, which was an open
question.