The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-07
| CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
Seventh Days Proceedings.
Kellogg Has Another Say.
He Discloses Something Startling.
Claims There Exists Band of Assassins
Who Mean to Put Grant Out
Of the Way.
The Investigation Concluded.
And the Committee Has Taken It's De.
parture.

VIM. vIGERS.
| Was clerk Of the last House of Represents
tlves, and was present at the organization {
Of the House Monday. There were 1O2 mem
beers present. Called upon again during til
day to call the roll. when ffty-four m amber
answered. Cannot give the names of thes
members. Only kept tally list.
On motion of Nh. Mathews, of Tensas
called the roll, when objection was made b
Mr.. Witt, who ordered the Sergeant-at-Arm
| to put witness out. The first name called wa
A. A. Maginnis, who answered; also anethe
Conservative answered, when Mr.. Wilt
ordered that Conservative members should
not answer.
These two conservatives, with the So Re
publicans, made 81 members. Called tn,
roll for election Of clerk, at the second or
ganization, when witness received AZ vote
and Roxbury II votes, making a total of s.
votes. These were all Republican votes
Did not furnish Witt with the original roll O
the House, but with duplicate one. Called
the roll at the second organization, sur
rounded by the military.
MIR. +. C. ZACHARIE
continued his statement, concerning political
condition of the State, up to the time of the
election; asserted that the election was con
Quoted without the usual political engineer
ing. This on the Democratic side.
Judge Dibble thought that inasmuch as
MIR. Zacharie had been allowed to give re-
view Of the political affairs, Gov. Kellogg
should also have an opportunity to give testi
mony upon this point, and particularly re-
garding the White League and its objects
Kellogg, he said, had gathered extensive evi.
dence, and was prepared to give succinct
history Of the organization, its intent and
purposes.
Ray called
CHAs. W LOWELL
to show how it happened that certain affida-
Wits relating intimidation in the parish of Ibe.
ria, came into his possession. L. has no idea
how many afidavits he had, but remembers
presenting great many to the board. Never
received from the Returning Board any
papers that had been given in to the board.
(This contradicts Rays testimony, that the
af6davits presented in the Iberia case to the
committee, as coming from Lowell, had been
before the Returning Board
HENRY CLAY DIBBLE.
Dibble related who he was, where he came
from and his present business. He wanted
to commence at 1868, but the committee told
him to confine himself more particularly to
the present. The entire voting population of
New Orleans is not over 81, 600, whereas the
registration shows q voting population of
$4,000. which is manifestly fraudulent.
Thinks that the Democratic majority in
New Orleans does not exceed 5000 or 5000,
and if there was no intimidation the Demo-
Gratis could not carry the city by over $500
majority. Knows thousands of white Re
publicans who do not hold Office. Knows
that there was general fraud in the election
in the city. The immunity from punishment
for this offense is one reason, and the defects
in the election law the other.
sentative majority in the late election was
made up in part Of fully 5000 repeated votes.
The Republicans had 1000 reporters on hand,
but did not vote them Deprecates the pres
emit system of making assessments. Had sew
eral Offices. Never held but one lucrative
Office at one time. Was Judge of the Eighth
District Court, and is now Assistant Attorney
General
Did send telegram on the evening of 18th
of September, that all friends of the admins
tration, in the Custom House, should assem-
bic at the different police stations. Offered
certificates to show that most of the parties
naturalized in the Second District Court were
fraudulently SO made citizens and voters.
P. NJ. Schulz (col. Resides in the parish
of Iberia; knows that many colored people
were inundated in the parish, and especially
at the polls on the day Of election; was q con-
stable at poll in Iberia, and was threatened
with pistol by white man namen Frank
johnson; saw the whites take Republican
tickets from colored men, and tell the latter
that they should not vote unless they cast
the Peoples ticket; this was at Poll No. l,
First Ward.
The District Attorney, r. L. Belden, was
driven from the poll by the white people. A
good many colored men voted the Democratic
ticket, only, however, because they were
forced to do so.
Mr.. Zacharie stated he had Just been
informed that General Sheridan was as
sembling his officers in the St. Charles Hotel
to effect the arrest of some leading citizens,
and suggested that, as the committee was
here in the interests of peace, he desired it
known that no resistance would be made to
such arrests if made by civil process ; and
further, that the citizens are ready to assist in
making such arrests if resistance shoHld be
offered to the said civil process.
Mr.. Phelps asked Mr.. Fenner if he could
vouch that such would be the case, where
upon the gentleman replied in the afirma-
tive, and said that he would himself make one
of posse of citizens to effect such arrests
should it become necessary.
Mr.. MARI also said he would, if called upon,
readily make one Of posse for such purpose.
This given to prevent the use of the United
States forces for such purposes.
Mr.. Phelps iatimated that he would COM
municate with Gen. Sheridan to this effect:
that he had been assured there will be no re-
sistance to any civil process. if such is made
the citizens, if called upon, will aid the posse
to enforce the service of said process; and
that this assurance is given to prevent the
use Of the military of the United States for
such purpose.
Mr.. Phelps wanted to know if Mr.. Mari
was called upon to assist in the arrest of 4
White Lacquer by any civil process whatever,
would he MARI give his assistance? Mr..
Mars reply was: If lawfully called upon as
one of the posse to assist in the execution of