River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-02-05
LOUISIANA.

One Ot williams Observation-Disclosures
dalton I'm Naschetoehes--Brib I'm
New OrIeans--KeliOgg's Description
of Affairs Desies Proof of a. Single
Corrupt Act.
Major George f. Hese Of the third infan.
try testified, Saturday Jan. 80, before the
Congressional committee at New Orleans,
that he was requested by Marshall See.
eye at Monroe to assist in making arrests.
Seeley exhibited a warrant and list Of
one hundred and fifty persons to be ar.
rested on election day. He was unpopu'
lar and probably would have been unable
to make arrests, but others could; could,
Seeleye was an active Republican. When
he was in the Vienna Jail he proposed to
me that | should fill out one Of the blank
warrants in my possession with Seelcye's
name, aud arrest him, so as to get him
out Of the clutches Of the authorities. lie
afterwards carried out his plan by filling
out warrant, charging himself with EN-.
Dezzlement.
EATcHIToCREs PARISH.
Judge II. G. Myers, Mrs. 0ctarie
Myers, his wife, and Mr.. Nisbach, Of
Natchitoches, gave evidence Of intimida-
tion and ostracism of Republicans, both
black and white in that parish. Judge
Myers left there from fear of personal in.
jury and dared not return. Since 1855
thirty.three persons had been killed in
the parish Of whom twenty-five were ne.
groes; and no one Of the murderers has
been punished. Mrs. Myers said the
Judge was popular until he attended the
Republican State Convention in July.
Mrs. ISbash was shot at the night after
election; the Mayor mad two
hundred white Leaguers for special
policeman on election day the white
Leaguers prevented him from qualifying
as supervisor; they told him if he at
tempted it they would put him and his
books out Of the way.
BRIBERY.
Thomas Lightfort, colored, Of New Or
leans, swore Mr.. james offered to and did
procure his discharge from an arrest for
cow stealing for voting and working FOL
the Democrats that he was offered S40C
or $500 by the president of his club if he
would come before the committee anG
testify for the Democrats; that he gave
two dollars each TO fifteen colored men t
vote the Democratic ticket, having re
eeived the thirty dollars from his club
and that Horace Phillips managed tn,
voters he furnished and saw that they
voted.
Sandy Rice, also colored, swore he 60
$3.50 for voting the Democratic ticket
and kept the money without dividin
with any body; and that ne was offere,
800 if he would come before the commit
tee and testify in behalf Of the Democrats
PRESENT CONDITION or THE STATE.
Gov. Kellogg said he did not SEM
troops to suppress the Grant parisl
troubles because he was misled by Judg
Manning and other Conservatives and be
cause there was combination to refus
transportation to the State militia. Tax
alton in the country parishes, as a rule
he said vas not excessive; the valuation
is generally ridiculously low; in Demo
cratic parishes there are large lists o
delinquents but in the strong Republican
parishes comparatively few. In New
Orleans the assessments were high and tn
system bad; he would have reformed i
last year if but six of the Democrats VIII,
refused to take their seats in tn,
Legislature haS come to his aid. Thu
commerce of the city, he as
serted, was greater than for TWEEN
ty years; the import trade haC
fallen oil, owing to political. troubles, the
distractions at the bar. and more thar
all to railways tapping the commerce
but the Western produce and the steam
boat trade had largely increased. Th'
rich planters complain that all their plan
tations hal been mortgaged before tn
var, and they never had been able to re
deem them. The formerly rich men wer,
becoming poor, and the formerly poo
daily becoming rich. a number of col
ored men were acquiring property, AM
the large plantations were being divided
up into small holdings. The assertion
that the funding board had funded eigh
n ten millions Of illegal obligations wa
absolutely false. Only one million and
half have been funded, and they were al
legal. lie would furnish test of then
to tho courts. He dehod any one I,
prove a single corrupt act against him
lie was poorer to-day than when no be
came Governor.