, 1875-02-04
INTIMIDATION.
The Subject on Which tho New Or
leans Committee Arc TAX
Ing Testimony.
Tho Experience Of Several Northern
Men Opposed to Such a Theory.

gressional Committee to-day Charles W. Burt
testified as follows:
Reside, In Shreveport. Has rcaided there swo yeats
nns half. Occupation, merchant. II from Nev
Witnosae's social intercourse With tho pcople Of that
city aud lection has besn most pleasant. representa-
men from the Moth should settle In that country,
Toe feeling Of thu rcsdcns is good toward he General
s;y sSs Tss' .ss 1's.. ' Ia II vsa Il % a
partial. @ seef' e tho rs Fer i5ees ea
.ski,sss I arss..s DID noi Know q wh,sa League ia
Shreveport. The election lust foil vaa aMics as
on tho lars q tic pocpa tba. it woui b the ssnora
deslre 9f the poodle WITHOUT ressrd TO races for 9r-
% de1 M ao1a TsrS s
In part resulted from high taxation aud maadinn-
istratIon generally. Tho CITY Of Shreveport, although
Ses Eaa.aa Fhsissag asai"s. n no.s NY ns'Sei @ T.
son,o 81 % WHO arc respe:ted Ill., Vie, though Repnb-
licnnl mud ~ olFeciioldcr. Ia widely eateemed.
MI h. y tsS q ss
liciong. 10 white mans club, hus dill not 10TH tha
city. 1lu docs not know Of nry rcstlna:s Icing
R,ged In the Couslsail1 ,nassisre. Everya,dy with
whom witness conversed Of that a1ar cop-
M Ms hss, bad 70, sa soa tss , ths rs;sn s. r.
3. \. nTEEns
Wan sworn, and toat'tlod AZ foliow1:
laes4Iea II Shreveport. Il \ native Of Now York.
Was well received BY The whtto people Of Shreveport
come from tbe Norta and settle there. Republican
otce-holder L 10 70 Mpsghs md hones vii! be re-
:ssasa:s G n ss ea a ~ @ o M
lys ,amtcsny but there II now %. better feeling
would get on peaceahy. Tho white people regard
Kellogg "a asn.pcr, and to that may be attributed
not heou atin,scre honestly sud certainly Tho reo-
lo h.yo been szeesna!y atlout There u no hostility
h f Tnssa u no III
attorpt to 1ofraud tho nogrora In settlement would
lose casts among the nreor'o. KnoHs Of . White
town. Tho election passsd off very quietly. and many
negroes voted the Conservative ticket.
bsmsen be sa ksoss uover a.
ents. .thero Is little. "A number Of coored voted
the Conservative ticket. Tho Republican officials Of
public card signed by Northern rcalcnta Of Bhreve.
port dcnunciatory Of Merrillu reports. Tho most
rupt appropriations ,al becn made by Radical officers
IN tho Government OF Shreveport particularly In tho
management Of the savings bank monopoly.
Mr.. AarAl,n1i hcro reminded AIR. Eyre that tho
cross-exa,nIi'at1on should not be conducted AZ in
hpublic court.
r. G. MoMcunE
WAS sworn, and gavo the following testimony
Has Lived ut Shreveport since 1861 Came originally
frum virginia, and has resided in Louisiana for for-
teen ysnrs. Was osudaats TOT State Treasurer IN
State 1t was found that tho negroes induced to
array Themselves in aold the interest Of classes
organized tho negroes not for tho nnblio good but to
their election to oeia positions. Witness
were told tha. Their Interests vera dep dspenden. Upon upon
ths,s .a0 M hst "y re-
were impressed with those statements, but tho ltadt
calls era!iea.ed this idea from their minds in
tlvcs were not 1incerc, and on'y desrod to obtain
power in order to cat them sck Into slavery In the
Of q ss ss IL III
which defeated by parliamentary tactics, ths on
s o it, going ~s. 'sn' n.1 H. T. H.
against Republicans but san.t a.honest sovsr0ment
we1e many coorel men On the ticket And the election
waa cnssied In Cadlo but the candidates were conted
ps 10 ~ IL as
gapizstion Of the Whites not intended deprive
the nca1os. et my Of their rights In 1874. having
aaetad @ " undss tas ; :vo1ea @ sps snspiss. ot .hs
whites. II was no. tho Intention to deprive
%oad e ~
having .sraight-out white ticket. than by having
mixed bAsk M sna white Tho @ Ess'lt showed .he eer-
larger black vote than 1t evcr commanded before.
The campasn was fairly conducted At the time. ~
tons bstwoon tho vho sud coored races arc in 1ey,
friendly, excci,t when they nre acted upon iu an
election or BY the Enachjnaons Of man who arg trying
to organize the negro md obtain control Of tho a-
clincry OF lbs Government. believe there y gen-
era, and complete disposition 90 tho part Of tho con.
trolling clement OF the wh!te population 70 recogaszc
oyery legal right OF the negro. believe that the
gro would onjoy Infinitely moro harltnesa. aEL be
better taken care Of with tho State under Conservative
control. bclievo that In tho ordinary everyday In
friendly at the South among employers and employed
than At the North, bceAuse the two people have
waa fairly conducted, 500 negroes voting without auy
unfair means taken to.atroct their votes. do not
believe there vas colorea Eos unfa,ry Influenced by