, 1875-01-02
kN0MST THOU IT?
The Land Where the Lemon
Tree Blows
And also the Carpet. .Bagger
and the Poor White?
That Land Is Now Infested by
Congressional tnVestigat-
ing Committees.
C1arkson \. Potter Ii Managing Tho
Ono at New Orleans.
Remarkable Disclosures of a
Colored Senator by the
Name Of Stamps.
Dad Government and The Freedman's
Bank Failure Disgusting
tho Negroes.
Kellogg Offers to Submit His Claims
to the Committee.
And to Abide Entirely by Its
Decision.
The Vicksburg Investigation.
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS
And to Abide Entirely by Its
Decision.
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 1.-The Co1greysscpaf
Investigating Committee held two acsaions TO-
day,-at 10 this morning at tho Custom-iIouse,
and at this evening at tho 1T. Cnarlea Hotel.
Tho Democrats arc apparently conducting their
caso with more system than the Republicans.
MIR. Potter, tho Democratic member Of tho Com
mittec, being furnished with full biographies!
Blotch OF oach witnesa before he cofnos on tho
stand, giving tho tinae he has lived horo, What
positions he has held. his antccedontu, every
thing about him, as we'll as what ho ia expected
to testify to, and how hc is to be cross-oxa1nined
Tho Republican managers furnish Dir. Fostcr
With few questions to put to witnesses,
and Mr. Phelps reiiea mostly on his own
wit On tho czoas-exa1nination OF Witnesses. Tho
Republican witnesses aro generally reluctant 10
say very much, and suppress much of tho truth
for fear Of the consequences. In the Committee
room it is not an uncommon thing when 1so-
publican witness is on tho stand, to f1onr half
suppressed c1claulntionB, such ns "Oh, what q
le!" " Just hear that |" etc. While State Sena-
tor r. i. Sta'npHIwaa today tcstitying, somo ono
standing cloSe behind him mada such remark
to him, Anl he called tho attention, Of tho Com
mittee to tho fact, and state4 that he considered
that a species OF intimidation. Air. Potter CEN
surea tho person making tile remark very Bovero-
ls and warned all prescnt that it must not be
| repeated.
ITO the Assoctatcd Pyfst.]
TESTIMONY TAKEH YESTERDAY.
New ORLEASf, La, Jan. 1.-Slato Senator
StampB testlticl to-day befDre tho Congressional
| Committee that Lie Enew of no naturalization ex-
colored men were told il they didn't turn in thur
| Repatriation papora to tho Democratic Commit
| toe they would be discharged. That form Of in
| timldation didn't enablo them to carry tho dis-
tr1ct Tliuks bout 200 voted tho Democratic tick.
1t. Has talked with twenty-five OF tho 200 BIt,ce
| election. About 50D whites voted tho Republican
| ticket. A white mAn could not vote tho Kcpub-
| liean ticket without being ostracised, called q
| nIgscr, and anything else but 4 respectable gem
| tleman. Tho general construction OF the Lice
tlon law iu his district wRs that any who got
| rid of LIS registration papers could got dupi-
cnto That waa the custom with them.
s, Ind TO- auear tho
tion Of co!ored people. 1las u better oppostunl-
| ty for knowing than any other coiofou mau.
knows Of no ca1ise Of intimidation except
THHEATA TO DISCHARGE.
| Some whites went with tliclr servants to tile
| polIH md saw that they voted tho Conservative
| ticket. The colorei people feared aHsass,nation
by tue White League. lo had such feara him.
SELF, and didn't 70 out Us much Rs he would. Did
not reco!lcct AIRY particular person who lad
| Republican tlcknt. BIZ. Charles Hodges. canti-
| date for Mayor Of Kenncryi!lo. said in
| q speech that Il tue colurcd people in
hia employ didn't vote the Conservative
nlent elsewhere Tho effect OF tile 14th of Sop
teulber WAS that the colored people folt nnsafe
| II dcterEcd them from registering for foar ct
boing assaulted. Dou't think there wero many,
not more than fifty or sixty, in the Carrollson
| District who didn't register Did not know OF
any QUO being Tackled On tho way to register by
1nembora of tho Whts League. lie assurcd tie
people Of hia district that they would hc pro-
tected il they would come cut and vote, A.
fou aays beforo tho election confidence sns
somewhat restored and Hoyotal eolorol men who
hadn't registered asked him it they couldn't voto
OIL their old papers, they having failed to regis
ter. lie told them they could not yoto on their
old papers. I think thcre Ncre about fifty or
sixty III this liz.
Dn. J. u. SULLIVAN,
at napidcs testified that he spent tho summer
III thu larish Of Kapides. baw no evidence OF
| intimidation whatever. The colored people OIL
his plantation, and those adjoining came 10 hin,
and told him that for sayoral EeasonB, among
! others tho misspplcation OF the school
/ fund, they, tho nogroes, would as this
election 'ote ths Conservative tle!;et.
except what was told him BY Gov. Wells. IL IN
| Od-line Wing, Never yotcd tho Democratic
| ticket in his life. Continued to yoto for Horny
Sy u ons =, s "r af or 1s t0R oq Of w. ae gon
by tho CoutedorateB and thrown into prison will,
| 800 negroes and jayhawkcra and cnycral with
| Termin Of tho most disgusting nature. ltis
| nephew. who had nls lis lilo heen Democrat,
HAb VAHNtNAt0 A1kitE sAo 4at0 G4eSt+VA vi
! the Republican ticket, but WIS not
| elected. 1lad never made my. effort to i'll
| ilnence tho colotca men on his placo to
vote for tho Conservatives. Did not know nf his
neighbors taking any a,lcil steps. lilo colorcA
| pcoue became dissatisfied with tho Republican
party because of baI local government and fail
urs Of thu Fleedman's Savings Institutions
| throughout the country. 1t Was unde1Htool
| among them that all their haGiugs Aal been
| swept away by this failuru,
| N3CHAE14 LEGnAS,
tax.collector OF Iapidea Parish. testified: Don't
know Of auy unusual efforts being nlado to gut
negroes to voto tile Conservative ticket. Heard
of no intimidation. Heard no coorsd person
say he had been threatened with did
charge Oh account ot voting the
Republican ticket. Heard nor know Of uothiug
but friendly feelings between the blacks aua
whtes. Didn't vote l!imself, and for tLo saino
reason didn't interfere in such matters. Tal,l
hlr. kelso that they woro goiuK to mako arrests ;
| that Mr. X. was one OF the suspected persous,
and that II such WAS the case he had better ret
away. It waa reported that Federal troops were
to make arrests generally throughout tho parish.
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