The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-05-22
BLUNT'S BATCH!
He Lies and breaches and breaches
and Lies.
Things to be Remembered.
TESTIMONY OF THE SADDLE-COLORED
TESTIMONY OF THE SADDLE-COLORED
SENATOR BEFORE TIE CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE.
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proclamation for said election and
secondly because Judge Myers friends
commended that there could be no
election as his term of Office had not
expired
A. That point was raised by the
Republicans.
| Q. Did not the Convention reach
that conclusion :
A. The question was not raised in
the Convention. The question did
not come up in the Convention.
! Q. understood you to say that it
did come up aud that the people were
intimidatedY
A. That body in the Firemen's
Hall, they said, was there for that
purpose.
| Q. Could not that report have been
circulated by Judge Myers aud his
friends
| A. No.
| @. Was not he and his friends very
much interestedf
| A. No.
Q. Had he not always assumed the
position that there could I've no cleo.
ton I
Not to my knowledge.
/ @. Don't you know that he raised
the question before the Returning
Board and that the Assistant Attor-
ney General gave bis opinion that
there was no election under the law :
A. Yes, l know that, that is, since
the election.
Q. You have spoken about these
armed organizations that you were
run away from. Did you ever see
any armed organization of people in
thatpar ish after you or any body
else +?
A. Now, don't know, saw them
come to town to force DR.. Boullt and
others to resign. "a.
| q. Did you ever sec them on any
other occasion than that about the
18th day Of September or after.
A. 1t was before the l4th of Sen.
temher.
@. That was the result of the tax
payers meeting. Did you, ever see
any armed organization F?
| A. have seen them continually
come in town, if not in large squads,
in small numbers, armed with six.
shooters and 4 great many times with
shot guns.
! Q. Is there armed organization 10
that parish now1
A. believe honestly that the
white League organization in that
parish is military in it's character.
was there during the war, and l no
ticed the workings Of things and
never saw such active movements in
any organization. Why, on the 18th
Of September, when this trouble took
Ip)ace down here, it was soon tele-
graphed to Shreveport, and on the
evening of the 18th that news vas in
Natchitoches, and We could not have
got the news by mail shorter than
: four days I; and the next morning, on
the 18th at about 10 o'clock, the news
came or the intelligence about Gen.
Grants order which changed up
things; yet tho intimidation was
above measure. =,
@. To the extent Of about how
tmany votes did this intimidation af-
feet the election of 1874. I
A. l believe there were at least 1900
Republicans voters inundated who
failed to vote at that election.
| @. Twelve hundred !?
! A. Yes, in 1874. l think there was
fully 1900. man to say Of those who
did not register, who lived there aud
did not register by reason of intimi-
dation and those who did register and
afterwards failed to vote.
| @. Do you know what the popula-
ton Of your parish isl
| A. l could not give you this unless
refer to the map.
@. I will give il to you. The full
census of 1870 was 1900, after that,
the first ward, thirteen and one. halt
Of the ward there were taken off to
make another parish. That threw
ont thirty two hundred of the popula-
ton according to the census. Now,
l end, according to the population
and tue number Of registered voters,
that the whites registered one to
every four aud q half aud the blacks
registered one to every four. Now,
if you add twelve hundred to the
black vote it will make one vote to
every two and half of blacks. Do
you think the proportion is 40 great
in that parish that you have one
voter to every two and o half III
blacks I
"A. I don't know.
| Q. Then you mast have been wrong
about tho twelve hundred !
believe, to bring up Those that did
not register; and those that did reg.
ister and did not vote; I think it will
come up to 1900.
G. How many voters in one hun.
dred Of the population would there
bot N 4.
4. I guess about one fourth Of the
number would be voters.
Q. Then you certainly must bt
mistaken about the 1900!
A. As far Is that's concerned l think
. you will give me time, / think I car
bring up my figures. As far - ter,
ritory taken off is concerned, ward No
lis . little small cornefi
9. The U. s. census gives tho fig
! ures9
Il A. Then ward and 9one.l,elf q,
the Sd ward have been taken, but i'm
{ migrants have come continually Il
eur parish, because as a general thing
I'VE have had a peacsable parish and
cOurt has hAAn held there and NO.,