New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-02
THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
STARTLING FACTS ELECTED
NO LACK OF WI TNESSES


The ninth days proceedings found the
committee. Mcesrs. Hoar, Frye, Wheeler
and Marshall in their seats, looking tolera
bly, fresh.
MIR. Hoar announced that the committee
IN Its conference, had arranged pro
gramme, and had limited the Republican
side to thirty witnesses on the questions ci
White League and intimidation. The Dem
ocratic side viii be allowed thirty five wit
nesses, and if anything should occur to
demand more Witnesses by the Republicans.
the Democrats will be allowed two for each
one by tho Republicans. This will leave
the Republicans only fifteen more witnesses.
Allen Greene rec aled-At the election of
lH2 l was candidate for the Senate, there
were two Democratic candidates against
NE; was not announced until election day {;
difficulty grew out of it, and was shot;
we had been friends twelve or fifteen Years:
it occurred in Vernon. the day after elec-
ton: shot at my assa;iant three times and
wounded him twice; his name is Allen; he
fell when wounded; he had called me very
harsh name, and on the instant but
AAo A1Au wa Aio RioLcA Luu Al0u dU
me; was not intoxicated; my son was
wounded; after The trouble men armed
with shotguns hunted for us; my son in.
law is Democrat; has no office, but at.
tempted to get him one; always paid NV
workmen monthly; had no difficulty about
ayklEg payment: some of the lot Of work
men DrOu sht out from Massachusetts were
peaceable Democrats, but they could not
stand the bad condition of society; saw
kuKirY ;lrnf fpfinp y,uDars in tho bo ndo nj
coiored men as late as 1871; believe that
there existed White League in my parish;
1 have the constitution Of the White;
League OF my district; two negroes
were murdered by the Ku-Klux in
1868; they were killed on my place; one Of
them did not die Immediately; he testified
that the Ku- -klux went to his house at MD
night, broke open the door, blindfOlded them,
took them out and shot them in their heads;
all this WAS done in the dark; there were
other similar cases; no one has been pun.
ished for those crimes; it was jackson par.
ish tEen; think there were no charges
against the two murdered men; the colOred
men io my section are about as honest AZ
any b6dy of men can he under the circum-
stances: the parish has been ruled by Demo.
Gratis and Republicans together for several
years.
=. A. Veazey-I reside in New Iberia,
where WAS born; was a Confederate soldier:
in 1872 was a Liberal Republican and in 1874
became a Republican,: am a member of the
police Jury; all the members are Republicans;
in 1872 we reduced the taxes from twenty
one and half mills to sixteen mills, and
in 1873 We reduced it to ten and half mills;
the parish of Fsrmiion has a Democratic
police jury; 1 ain q taxpayer; the State tax
was reduced from twenty.O .One mills to four
teen and a half Mills know that cOlored men
voted the Radical ticket; cOlOred men told
me that they had been discharged for med
ding in politics: the negroes have been in
fear since July, 1874: negroes did not regis
ter freely, and they did not dare to vote
freely; Mr.. Riddell, United States commits
sioner IN New Iberia, testified before the
sub ub-congressional committee. and on his ar
rival homo it was understood that the
Young men were to lynch him; they assem-
bled with that avoTed purpose; on election
day cOiored Inen vera threatened at the
New Iberia polls, we all know that there is
White League in our parish, and we un-
derstood one o.. It's purposes was to carry
the election: black people believed that the
White League would use force; some negroes
hid all election day; not q single carpet
Dagger holds office in our parish; in 1872
tho Republicans carried the parish by a
majority OF SEQ; at the last election the
De,noCr rats say they carried the parish;
when deputy United States marshal ar
rested some men, just before the election,
and they were taken before Commissioner |
Riddell, 800 or 400 men, with band Of |
music marched to the commissioners Office |
to Sign prisoners bonds; owners Of real |
estate, who offered to sign the bonds were |
required to produce proofs OF ownership; |
in previous years voters were not intimi- |
dated; Commissioner Riddell's friends went |
to his rescue when the ra5ble began to
assemble, and lie WAS not injured; know
that the voters were intimidated by parties
riding in bodies of forty Or fifty, armed,
through our parish tor the ostensible pur-
pose Of catching horse thieves; this takes |
place generally just before the general elec.
tions; my cousin is parish Judge; he was
elected as such in 1868 by the Democrats,
and in 1872 and 1874 by the Republicans.
Cross sexaminat;on--To Mr.. Marshall:
The parish of Iberia registered 1903 voters;
the blacks outuumhered the whites; there
are about $50 white Republicans there; sew.
eral persons, not Democrats, but law-ab,d-
ing citizsns, voted tor Republicans; 25S9
persons were registered; there were l25
more cOiored than whites registered; do not |
what the population is; from 200
20 $50 law abiding citizens voted for Re-
publicans; there are about l25 or $50 white |
in the parish
Lieutenat 8. w. Roe, called by the Demo
cratic counsel-Belong to the army; was in |
Ouachita parish when the Shreveport prison
,rs were brought in; it was generally known
in the parish that the marshal had large |
number of writs for the arrest of men; the |
list OF names was four feet long; do not |
know that Mr.. Morey assisted to furnish |
that list; the prisoners were kept very close;
think the white people were somewhat !
ntimidated by the arrests; there was some
thing like stampede among the whites
when the deputy marshal began making |
arrests.
To Mr.. Frye-I believe that the arrests
,aused innocent white men to flee from
heir homes; only think that there was no
aecessity for handcufhng the prisoners; did
aot see any arrests made; had the white
men been disioyal to the government they
would not have told me go; know that BODY
,f armed white men went to Vicksburg from
Monroe: I believe that . deputy marshal
,ould have made arrests without the assist
.nce of troops in Ouachita; not so in the
Red river country; was sent from Monroe
o Vienna to see that the people did
,ot harm Deputy Marshal Selye and
lieutenant Hodgson; allarge body OF armed
pen went to Vienna, and q deputy marshal
,ould not have made an arrest; Seiye was
'ery obnoxious to the people; tue prisonele
we're taken before United States COmmis-
ioper Jewett at Monroe; Mr.. Jewett was at
he time near the scene where the arrests
we're made: the people in and around Mon
oe are hostile to the State government De-
anss they think it aa illegal goverpment:
O. Deiahousaye-Reside in st. Martin
,alish; voted for McEnery; letter was ? re
eived 1T that time saying that the Liberals
must carry the parish for MeEnery q. al
,szards. and to give eco majority; IVES u.s.
Ill lawful points in the election law; was
, candidate for the Legislature, and was
,eaten, but I contested IN the McEnesy
was told that If would 90
ertain things would be admitted: but