New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-27
WHOLE NUMDER 1896.

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that about 700 csolared men ur h.d gole to
East Baton Rouge to hear Nicholls speak;
Italked With .sqme of them and they told
mo that they had Joined the DeOocr.te
freely; they wore Democratic 6edKee;J y: T.
|: Anderson WasD lsupefvisor in Est Fohct-
ana; be Showed me . letter from Kellogg.
recaIlipg him; Anderson had no reeidence
in FeliciAna, and I think that whilo he was
scting - supesviaprdhis psy in tie caston-
house vent on, bat it was put into the cam.
psign fund; Andersoh looked to Nash for
sentiment wa to be made in c0nsideyati0n
Of Anderson counting out his parish, or
changing the returns to favor Nash's cleo
tion. II + = r. - 1asai 4rl
To Mr.. Townsend E. Anderson want
ed to know what Colonel Patton wa0 will.
ing to do shout the returne; Anderson told
me that Patton did not want to do any
thing in the case-that Patton would not
make . proposition; saw the red headed
clerk making aflidavits in the Customh0use
but do not know. what the athdavits CON
tanned; Harris did not like the affidavit as
made BY old man Simmes, 90 he took away
the one / had written, asking me If could
not do better than that; Harris wanted the
affidavit made stronger; another clerk tried
his hand, but the old man kept on making
the same answers; SHINES swOre that the
parish-West Fe1iciana-had always been
Repuhlican; his first affidavit wass good
Democratic document; he said he did not like
TO swear to something because he wished to
live in peace with his neighbors; do not
Know much about the 7O0 colored man Who
attended . Democratic meeting in East
Baton Rouge; talked with eight or ton of
them who. wore Demecratie badges, and
they said that they were Democrats Of
their own will; understood that Anderson
was to threw out his. parish and 90 elect
N ash, and if Nash was elected he would
owe it to him; was canvassing for the
Republican party; had . blank lsave Of
sbsenoe from. the Cust0ph0use; while
was in Assumption pariah began to think
thing by mo; would not pay my. two
months assessment out Of my CustomhouSe
salary, and DArfall learned Of II; then I'M
derstooA that W0ald' l6se my 1itastloa In
the CustOmhouses Was discharged from the
Customh0uae on the tenth day Of N0veIh =
be5; there HWAO sn j6Rsaihsge8eAt 'eoewesn
Andereea ~ 44peN - geSmeney fro@tle
Demoerats; did not slyays tell. the truth
to Asdersoh; tho m6neyiwac not Sof ne;.
Information that AndersoA could give; Pat
ton told mo that they had 20 money TO give
uS; the d mocrass neverL Lsmploysd 1e 70
70, sround ,tha CustoMhoase and learn
things for them; T would not like. to give
Ill the reasons have for deseftipg the Re
publican party; / 4 rworhed 7stAi1ss g. B.
Packard, but would have voted tor War.
moth for Governor; did not like some Of
ths Rspublieaus. md that i moi iFsacoe Why
ans3asS ls the P;Ss.yi aH not vote s't''ehs Re-
D,rect|. SE. Anderson, wanted Demo
cratic money to permit tho eretuFns Of bis
{ lAssumptioD] parish to remain just - he
had returned them. 20 @ 90. 81
Frank ConnOr, colOred-Reside in New
Orleans; voted Last election, and was st-
tackled by . deputy, marshsl who had
stick; he struck me, and the crowd said,
kill the id Democratic Niger
To Mr.. Townsend-Tvo Of the deputy
msrshsls struck mo, but do NOS kno = the
names of both; one ID nsmed Bibb; have not
seen him since election; Bbb saw me vote
the Democratic ticket; Republican cOlOred
mon can vote without fear of disturbance.
A paper purporting to be the. original of
the affidavit made by old man Simmes was
produced, and Mr.. Morgan was recalled to
swear to its identity. He recognized it:
To Mr.. Townsend-1 gave this affidavit
Customhouse; told Governor Palmer that
could swear to the paper; another sffi-
davit was made for the old man, but the
new ono did not include the erasuHes in the
first one; / believe the Did man wanted to
tell the truth; Simmes then signed the sec.
ond affidavit ~ l.i '-1'I %.
Perry Massey was called to confirm
Frank C0nnor's story.
N. q. Wilson, c0lored-I reside in As
sumption parish; wsa 9 candidate tor the
Legislature at the last election ON the Con-
aopuotfUA ti0k0fs AnvnR0A MANILA had n
Democratic club of 200 nembers, and one of
our meetings was broken mp by L E.
Bentley; one Of our members was badly
beaten before election; heard Packard make
Q spsech, and he said he would be elected;
James Lewis said that the Republicans
would carry tie State, even If they had to
count it in; he told ma the Returning Board
think that oil tho colorod men who wanted
to vote the Democrats ticket did not vote.
To Mr.. Townsend-Opt Of ell the oolored
voters there may be 100 or 200 Democrats
in tho parish; it was ct D0naldsonville
that heard Packsrd spesk; Lewis said
that Hayes would be counted in; do not
actually know that any col0red mon voted
the Democratic ticket; did not hear Of any
colored mon being discharged because they
were Democrats.
Direst-The speeches Of Packard and
A/OW ~ Ue9oVOA080O OVAVA0A VVVSA0y oIoVAO-
ing to the promises got fell short fully
400 votes; many voters considered that it
was useless to vote if ,hs vote was to be
counted ont; was Republican; told tbs
peoFl ls that our local affairs had been
badly handled by the Republicans.
To Mr.. Townsend-At our Republican
nominating convention the men acted 80
rascally that some of 10 left the party; do
not know of q single man who was pre-
vented voting by Lewis speech; do not
know what the parish tax is, nor the
amount of it's debt or anything else; some
of our leading men are dishonest; L e.
Bentley holds two or three offices, and
think . man who holds more than ono office
is not doing right; can name three Repub-
licans in my parish who hold more than one
Office; do not understand how B. ntley holds
two offices and has printing Office; think
it is dishonest for one man to 20 into con-
vention and nominate fourteen men.
The committee adjourned until eleven
O'Clock this morning.