New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-27
BY TELEGRAPH,
NORTH LOUISIANA EVIDENCE
Action Of the Returning Board Sus.
tained.


Especial to the New Orleans Republicans
SHREVEPORT. December 26. 1876.
Christmas passed off very pleasantly in
our little city. ..a s.qi r-.f
After examining the witnesses from Bos-
sier and Webster parishes, Saturday, two
colored men (Republicans) were placed upon
the stand, and gave some very damaging
testimony against certain citizens in DeSoto
parish. One of them gave the name of his
employer, with whom he was working for
q share of the crop, who compelled him to
leave the place for attending Republican
barbecue in Shreveport just before the crop
was gathered. He has never yet been able
to get settlement, although he has ap-
pealed to iustice of the peace and lawyer
in Mansfield, the latter telling him to 60 to
the damned Republican carpet-bsggers if
he wanted anything. ''-.-
This witness was carried through most
searching GROSS examination, assisted BY
Judge Elan, but when they found he an
swered all questions with promptness and
NO deviation, they were glad to let him 60
of. - - a-7fm. Lota . s1.v
DR.. Swami, . witness from Bossier, told
startling secret about . plot to capture
Bienville parish for the Republicans. He
said he had been let into the secret by
Judge L. w. Baker, . prominent leader of
the Republican party plan was to
cousolidsAs allirths aelored vote At certain
polls In Bienville, and then claim intimids-
ton before tue Returning Board and have
the other polls in the parish thrown ont.
The Doctor, from his answers, was evil
deptly under the Impression, that greater
portion of the vote Of Bienyille had been
thrown out by the Returning B Board. Mr..
Danford, the Republicsa member Of the
committes, soon knocked the thunder out
of this gigantic pict whom he informed tho
doctor that not ono vote was thrown out in
Bienville psrish. ,'ai '''"'t
Regarding the testimony of DR.. Swami
% to George L. Smiths election to Con-
gresa, the former had the following correc-
tions made in the Shreveport Times of Sun
day morning:
A mistake occurred in our report yester-
day of the testimony Of DR.. Swan before
the committee. He did not say that he had
received letter from hutton. the super
visor of election for R0ssier parish, stating
that Smith lacked so many votes, etc, but
that Hinton had figured out on slip of
paper, which he has IN his possession and
which he intended to bring from home with
him to lay before tho COMMITTEES, the num-
Der of votes required and which were to be
secured by throwing out the two Demo
cratic boxes.
DR.. Swami Informed your reporter that
the document he referred to did not have
Hutton's signature to it.
1t was clearly proven that the returns
from Adkins box in Bossler parish, thrown
out by the Returning B oard, were irregular
in every respect. In short, it was evident
that there was too much whisky imbibed by
the officers conducting ths poll. 90
The committee left for Msnsdeld and
Natchitoches early Sunday morning, and
will return here on tho second of January.
Some Democrats here are not ct al sstis-
fed with the progress of affairs, and evil
IDENTIFY feel that their case thus far il .
grand failure, but are trying to mako tho
best of it. .-..,..-.....-
Ono of the Democratic members of tho
committee was heard to remark that tho
case ON his side WA managed badly on tho
part of his partisans here.r Iastead Of Civ
wing the members of the committee mem-
orandum of what thoy wanted to prove,
they hsmpered them with numbers of ques-
tious of NO importance whatever, whom tho
points involved in the examination were
taken into confederation. .'
This fact was made more apparent whom
great portion of the time of the commit
tee was taken up in considering the cleo.
ton in Csddo parish. 1t has been gener-
ally admitted on al sides that Caddo was
carried Overwhelmingly Republican, and
the Democrats here have wasted great
deal of the time of tho committee in prov
ing that it was carried fairly and squarely.
Regarding Webster parish, the Return
ing Boards action has been clearly sus-
tanned.
Some of the witnesses introduced by tho
Democrats have created q good deal of
merriment by the absurdness of their testi-
mony. X.