The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-01-29
SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION.

Dcen required ny the congressional
committee in New Orleans to submit
statements of what each expects to show.
The Republicans present the following
itemized account against the Demo
Gratis:
FIrst-We will show that many
thousand votes were lost to the Repub-
lican party by reason of intimidation
practiced by Conservatives. The meas
ures of intimidation arc thus SUM-
married.:
1. BY the CoIfax massacre.
2. BY the Coushatta massacre.
| 3. BY the White League conspiracy.
4. BY the violent deposing of parish
officials of the State and the installing
of the illegal McEnery officials.
5. BY the general prescription and
persecution of Republicans, and the
instruction of the 18th of September.
iSecontl-We propose to show that the
White League is an organized conspir-
acy against the State government, and
confederated with kindred organizations
throughout the South, and that its
object is the overthrow of the recon-
stlucted governments and the virtual
annulment of the constitutional amend
ments, and that one of it's dangerous
results is an extended revival OF the
old hostility against the United States
Government.
TNirz-We propose to show that the
pretended Wiltz organization of the
House of Representatives. on january
4 was Il revolutionary mob and entirely
destitute of legality, and that it was
part of a conspiracy to revolutionize the
entire State government.
.l,,ss.x> .,,l,,x>;x at
tlence upon political transformations and
murders, prescriptions in the theaters
and other public places, and the expul-
sion of colored children from public
schools by mObs.
EytiA-In answer to the points made
by counsel of the other side, we will
show, if allowed, that the intimidation
complained Of by the United States
military was, in fact, only that fear
which parties guilty of completely in
the m;.ssacre.s of Colf;.x and Co,,slaatta,
who thought that they were suspected
Of such completely, felt of tho service
of legal warrants for their arrest, which
warrants could only be served safely,
in certain parts Of the State, under the
protection Of the military forces of the
United States.
We also propose to show by extracts
from files of the White League press
the boldest and most outspoken advo.
caey OF assassination and. murder of
Republicans, as well as riots, armed
revolution and armed resistance to the
United States.
CONSERVATIVES STATEMENT.
The following are the points submit
ted to the Congressional Committee on
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ED.st-That the election of 1874 was a
free and fair as we'll as peaceable election
on the part of the Conservative party,
and that the Conservatives carried the
election procuring a majority of twenty
nine Conservatives in the House, ten
Senators, and their State Treasurer by
four Thousand and odd majority, and at
least one member Of Congress who was
not returned by the Returning Board.
ISecOud-That the Returning Board
falsiiied tho results by illegal and fraud
ulent practices.
INiH-That the only intimidation
prncticcd was by the Republican coloretl
people against colored Conservatives,
and by the use of United States troops
under orders of the United States
Marshal, on and about election day, tC
intimidate and deter white Conserva.
tives from voting.
E0"'1A-The general prostitution OF
the material interests of the State by
bad and corrupt government, and the
extraordinary depression of property OF
all kinds throughout the State.
EJth-That there has been no intitn
idation of or outrages against Republi.
cans, nor have they been ostraciscd on
any political grounds, when considered
corrupt and immoral by the cornmuni
ties in which they lived.
.Si.IA-That where eHsesttes have oc-
Cured, they have sprung from local
causes generally the oppression and
robbery of the people by corrupt Off
Gals, and were only political in the
sense that the people resisted invasions
of their rights, and that in such entetttes
the people We're first attacked and out
ragged.
tSere,9h-That criminal statistics of
the State viii show more hotnicidcs,
arson and murder crimes by the colored
race than by the whites, and that II
large portion of said crimes arc trtcct-
| bic to the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of justice
by kCllOTg'S appOintGcS, and the