The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-01-04

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John NJ. Barnet was clerk for tho tax.coi.
ectoss of Rapides parish, who teseihed, I'M that,
be knew off, IA: h. al ,sSis5a:. IAEt-34 ]
y NO INTIMIDATION IN ANY SHAPE .e!osjld
or form; has not heard any complaint ABOUT
The conduct of the election; q great many
colored people voted the Conservative ticket !;
thinks colored people voted the CONSERVATIVE
ticket because Of dissatisfaction, with the
School BoarG; they collect about two.thirds
Of the taxes no more arc collected because
the people are not able to pay ; no one In his
parish would buy property at tax.sales no
one was compelled to leave the parish on nc.
count of his politics; is 8 Conservative HIM
self: beard some talk about Intimidation by
threats to discharge negroes, but knew Of no
case has not heard that any one was dis
charged fer voting the Republican ticket.
JosErH coSSAUGHroN, coLoRED CANDIDATE
for the Legislature from Rapides parish, tes-
tilted that body Of men were riding about
over the country calling themselves the
White League; at least, that was reported,
but he never saw them himself. They in.
Inundated voters by threatening to discharge
colored people if they voted the Republican
colored men voted the Democratic ticket;
not more than five or six were Democrats
from choice. There were five or six hun
dred colored persons who did not vote be.
cause, of intimidation. a Caucasian organs.
cation in Alexandria threatened the lives Of
all leading Republicans. Knows of no Con.
servatiye meeting in Alexandria endorsing
the Grant parish massacre. The CaucasianS
made threats after, not before, the election.
He was intimidated, aud they could not for
reasons Of intimidation organize the Repub-
lican party In the parish. Did not himself
hear any threats to discharge. Gave no no.
tice that he intended to ...a ...e. !.-4
CONTEST THE ELECTION,
but told Mr.. McManus some days after the
election that he would contest; never told
any one positively that be would not con-
test. There were about fifty colored votes
in the parish polled against him of two hun
dred who voted. A threat was made that if
he took his seat in the Legislature he would
be killed, but he did not fear such result;
did not believe they would kill him. Mr..
Guiger told him if be did not leave Alexan.
dria be would be killed. Nobody else said
anything Of the kind to him. Mounted
White eaguers came up TO him and Delacy
and told Deiacy that he Delacy) had been
arousng colored men. raising hi among
them, aud that if he did not stop it they
would get rid of him. The majority against
him was about three hundred, but he has
been counted in by the Returning Board.
Could name few white men Germans and
Jews in Alexandria who didn't vote for him
| because OF intimidation.
Ben. Cooper, OF Rapides parish, planter
eight miles from Alexandria, testified that
he never saw any White Leagues in his
neighborhood; never heard OF any except in
New Orleans. When asked to explain the
reason why the negroes voted the Conserva-
tive ticket he said "ln my neighborhood
few days before the election a colored
preacher made speech telling the colored
people that about ten thousand dollars Of
the school fund had been deposited in
THE FREEDAEN's SAVINGS BANK
Of New Orleans and the bank had busted"
This produced great dissatisfaction among
the colored people, and after that about forty
Of them told him they were going to vote
with him. He told them that he did not
think they could worst themselves much,
and that if the Conservatives did not do bet
ter than the Republicans they could retuln
to their old party; knew of No intimidation
before the election; made no effort other
than that before mentioned to secure colored
votes for the Conservatives.
At noon the committee adjourned to meet
ut the st. Charles Hotel at p. NJ.