, 1875-01-02


nbout one.half Of tie aaaessments. Knowa |
there are Republicans In Office III that pariHh. |
hcYer hcard Of any cocrclon being ueel to in
duce tho Clcrk Of the Cour. to sign election re-
turns. Tho McEnery nf1icGrn, Sheriff ard Elerkt
look charge Dn ,ho 18th Of HaLtemprr. atld held
OIL till tie nlecton wiio1, tho Kellogg officials
veto reinssatnd. Tho McEncsy l;ccorder stiil
holds hiA ot,icn in that rhrish. Knew Of only
Grant Parish prish'4ers; that ras unsuccessful.
l5a!leve1t an honost man who attended to
his buaine,s and r.: OTHER Ienples
Alune could live in, Rap:4cs 1'ari.
rcgard to party. 4 ro, Of Matt Wells is Clerk Of
tho t'onrt. couldii't say Wells waH rc[ngtate1
for thc purpose Of signing electirn returns to
mako them Legal. Thihlih he waa rcnBsated Int
short rl,lle leforo ao wguod The election re
tnrn6. Saw him msn them. Ihe NcEnery Re-
con!er sill hollis hi+ onlcc Int told mo ho was
willing tn surrender Wien called uron to do no.
1t don't pay ANYTHING: J.Rnghtere
air. Potter remarked That nrobabty that nc-
counts for tae PLACE not having beta demanded
OF tho 1fcEnorsjtes,
1ouH II. BARRETT,
Clerk for the Ta1-Collector OF 1lnp1ea PnriRh.
testified. Etow Of no intimidation in any shape
o. form: liah not heard auy comHlnint alont
tle couduc: Of the election. A grea. lnauy co.,
orod penpo voted the Connerya.iye ticket.
Ihlnku the colorc:l porIle vnt"d thu CouscEya-
tive ticket bcca,tno If lha classification with
the School Board. They collect abpns two-thirts
tbs people are uot atlo to pay. No ono in ll's
parish would buy property At tax Hses. No o1o
was cnlnrcled to leaye Tho parish IN account OF
lis politics. In Conservative hittHeIf. lizard
nomo talk about Intimidation By threats to DIX.
charge negroes. but !.;lew u no care. tIaen't
hcar Env ono wau discharged for voting the To-
publican ticket.
JAS. coS.'arnrrcs.
colored candidate for tLo Legislature in Hapides
Parrish, raid Il body ef men "ere II ling about
IN mann i1,.1r, rfro-. IL.
LcaEnc. That was what was 1of,or;.d. Never
SAN them himself, TAcy iutinitlatct rotors hy
threatening. to diecaargo colored people II the.
voted tho licpub'ican ticket. No: moro than
twenty-five or fifty colored met. voted the Dern-
ocratic ticket. Not moro than live or si1 were
Dtnluc,a;s from choteo. 1he:o uc:e 80 or QUO
colored persons nho ddDt vote bccauhe
Of intimidation. Tie Eauc.man orgnniz-
stion ia A'e5antrlA thEce: cned thu lives
Of all lendiE lci"t!irans. ktlows Ct no Cou-
Fcryativo NcctiHE III :Atc1andrs indtrsiny tito
GfEnt IaIi:h massacre.
The Caucahars MsIo threats nfse., not hefore,
Tho election. lie was inti:r,dat:d. and they
rnlA not. for reanens OF intlnitntions, oreeui-e
thn llepubhcnn party in tho l,Mirh. lid not
hear any threats ui tlschssGo t:.ascIf. Gave DO
notice that he intended to contest the '!ee!lon,
but told .iir. a1ca1sras, two days alter The elce
icn, that Ito would fo'Ic4:. :.c'tr told
contest, Tlcrn woro about 80 colored
yolers in the parish pulled ngaust him Of the
200 who vu.cd. SAYS threat was nsao .hat il
h9 took h!s scat ~ tho Legislature ho you'll be
lolioyo t'lry woull kill lin. alr. Guger told
LIN, il ha didn't leave Alexandria ho would ko
killed. Nobody elEe laid anything Of the Lind
to him. Ono OF tho mounted White 14casuorE
camo up t, lin and De- Lacey and told Do Lacey
that he Q)e Lacey Ind tocn arpus:nS the coe:-
Cd men anil 1aisins devl'ment among them. mud
it. ho didn't stop it they would 90: rid
Of him. Tho ajorlty against him vns
about 3uU. hut lo las Leon counted in BY tho Re-
tuning board. Could hame 4 lew wlito men,
Gcrma.sI md Jews, in Alexandria, who did not
| vote for him because Of intimidation.
nEHJAa!1s COOPER
q Eapdes Parrish, u planter, miles from
Ale1andria, testified; Mover r.w any White
| any except in New orleans. WA IN askod to r.-
plain the reasons why the negroes voted the Con-
HeEratiGo t!caet. le'eas1: "ln my He1Ehborhood g.
few days before tho election \ eolored preacher
that about :1U.UU0 OF tho Hclool.fuud nad been
| tlerosltctl i'll tho Fteclmens Savings Bank At
New Orleans. nnd tue bnt,l: Ind pur.ted. This
produced great dissatisfaction among tho coli
orrd people, and after that about forty OF them
told him they were going to vote with him. lie
told them llo didn't think they could worst them
| seyos n.ucil that II the Conservatives didn't
| Go botscr than tho Republicans, they could re-
| turn to their old party. Kne" Of no intimlda-
| ton bcfure tho election. Made 10 effort, other
|
| vote for tho Conservatives.
At noon tho Committee adjourned to meet at
tho 81. CAasloa Holel a. 8 y. III.
LII. LEcLtnr
Chief of Police, testified that he had information
| HAT Iioas Hcreo,1a Who wero elected, or claimed
| to e, wuull Eu 70 tho State-1iouEe. aud in sucIl
force M 10 bo nbo to install themselves TINT IT
any persons attempted to meet who we're not
lulr elected by tho Returning I'osrt difficulty
| would onsua that lie lad called GEL brooks
| n tim mat fnr nf rnftir+ Ia
| prevent euch body from meeting.
| Eross-fHesttonel Only those declared ciect-
ed by tho Returning Board wore entitled to meet.
Men worc drilling IN tho streets. Know Of no
Democrats SHOULD attempt to c1pel tho nepubl1-
cans, there would DO trouble. II tho Democrats
went thcte claiming to represent the people aud
nobody lntcrlcrod With them, thero would
w would " attempt to >i intertere. .'A' statad ad
TINT tnoy bad over 900 men, not including super
| numcEarles. Didn't know tLo strength OF tho
| White League. They dltln't assist hiu, III pre-
| eosving tho peaco. llo never caliod Oh them to
do 80
Of Raniaes, testified: Tie election was ns quiet
| as any he eyer Auew. Many colored people
voted the Conservative tickot Canyaascd the
parish very thoroughly. Devoted much
time to lho 1usiaoss. especially dur
He was fayorite witl, tho negroes They fro.
guentfy requested him to becoms candidate on
tho Republican ticket. lie practices mecino,
aud dnl not collect more money than would pay
a charity practice among tho negroes.
Didn't consider that intimidation. Had
heard that Capts. Stafford and Oliver
Ind been indicted. Knows nothing about
the Cauc Asions.. According To bis Judgment
tho INSTALLATION Of tho BlrEnory officers n ltap-
lrs I'arial did not Aaye = tcnlency.to uti,nldato
colored votors. Expected 10 lui!uence more ne-
FRO yotes this year than last year. because they
were tired OF msrue. Vas indicted for pa. tlci.
Eatlun Ill tho GOlfa1 massacre, but ho didn't tako
iart in tic massacre. Thu negroes supported
Aila because tboy knew ho had
Nothing to do with tho Colfax
affair. lie has always paid bis taxes in full but
understands that onfy about two-thirls OF tho
assessments OF the parish arc paid. lie sshtod
that tie people Of Alexandria regretted thu no.
cessity Of Tho Colfa1 n,aHsncre. but regarded 1t
~ necessity, lle approved OF the massacre