New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-20

By. IT, 4ets t>pt ppny yptess sdssisads !
change q fulsrs; tsEec we're too high, ani
the school fund had been diverted rom ii
uses; know OF no pgesaur6 pakf on. the zeol
ored lsborers to Induce them 10 vote thl
Democratic ticket; the argument used by ii
Was that u De40ora0sW sWefe IN V1Aco N
wouh have as betteg gogeEnmentSo do moi
know that immunity Of any kind was held
ont 70 tho blSoks to induce them to votl
rMr. HurlbQt, here Introduced Nh. / w
Patton's circular TO the country parish
clubs, which saggests to the working Demo
cfats how to cspture the oolored vote, snd
asked that the document 20 on file cape
CHILLY - he had interrogated Mr.. Wicklife
/ on The elbj<ct. The circulAr says: "Y0u
can not convince negro's reason, but you
.csn impress him BY positive statements
CONTINUALLY repeated" lssg yl-1sF gsa
To Mr.; Huylbpt-I think that il not COZ.
rect; at least found that it did not work
we'll; do not know the reason Why Repub.
lican meetings we're not held in other parts
of the parish Of West Felicisna besides
Bayou Sars; those persons, about forty.
nine, that you road from the book, Lam not
prepared 10 say whether they are credible
witnesses or not; do not believe that DR..
Kaufman weuld swearsto sfslseh6od; alto
gether do not consider those men, OF many
of them, credible witnesses in political
matters. 20 ss.o 81 rfaaloL! sAT %
Mr.. Hurlbut Wished to iutr0duce, ~ evi-
dence, several pages Of the Returning
Board report relative to West Feliciana
parish, but ths committees refused to sd-
NIT it, a. the. e.whole matter will, appear in
the documents which the Returning Board
should furnish. - 80 wa - 81" W
To, Mr.. sJeAks-- OF the ton members, of
the Republican party in my parish, four Of
them hold office; the Regulators, so for aS
know. had nothing to do with politics;
Frank Powers, . Republican, was president
Of the Regulators. ..-
William Maxwell, coloredAI reside in
New Orleans; work for IssacG6n g. Eeixae;
voted stgaight Democratic ticket last cleo
ton; Was told it was Democratic ticket; I
can't read: colofed Republicans told ne
that Lnpst b Deoocr,t for staying IN
that house 90 long; they told me TO hook ont
met Ben 1ranklin on Dagatelle streee; b
white man stopped him altar he .hads
knocked me stiff; Ben said he wanted to
kill me, and word has been sent me that I
would "get it IL il aasix months aftR the
election ono Of the brethren ennoys my
wife; / dare not 70 out at night without .
Life guard; my life guard b . very old gray
TO Mr.. Hurlbut-My homo i two milee
from the store; am NOT certain that voted
tho Democratic ticket; took the ticket of .
table; dc not know What the ticket was,
because can not Fead; have mot had Ben
Franklin Arrested, for / wanted tQ.Aee how.
times were going to be; knew Ben before
he hit mo; 40 mot think it 10 popular thing
among colored people TO vote the Demo.
cratic ticket; am not . politician; members
of my association have threatened me since
the election; belong to 1sraslite No. 3; the
president made the most fuss about me; he
annoys my wife about it, and esys that
president. said that all c0lored men who
voted with the Democrats would be sent to
the penitentisry; didn't believe it; all this
trouble has been since election. 80,
Jerry Hall. colored-1 reside in New Orr
leans: took an active part ia the last can,
yass for the Democrats; have affiliated with
that party oince 1874 election; canvassed
Rapides, Grant and oNatchitoches parishes;
spoke to three or four Democratic clubs in
this city before went to the country; there
were Dem0cratic clubs here composed in
part of colored men; found q colored Dem
ocratic club in Natchitbches Numbering 107
members; one of my arguments was that
ss long as we had such Governor az We
have the State will suffer; had good Re-
publicaus been pat up for Office would
have voted for them; know of no violence
or intimidation that amounted to any thing;
nearly all coiored people belong to some
cnu.0., '.1 Sra- to Isova th.;r hnsS.nds
" v.se1 mo ta% mt ~ S Ao nnm"nrat;n t;oEat.
sIoy !S~ 49,. r..s+ ;rfans~.~ nvar tIe;,,
pasa; pseat;an.. 1sh"t thA m;n;stsr sav.
cH.s Set*is. tba oriv resnlt ~
~" sn:s than thX. rersora aiinded
" .a,s t..~S th.t thsv Eon,d ha tarnad ont Of
- ~ Lo..h. No.. ~ ths TINA in Sha conntrv
the cnosCni psss X WshWs sHsa s,o ~ ~. 1 W;it"r11
l WEE VIII th.n;s.a.,shsvc "; :, . vc..nn..isia .sses.
yasns -. ~ tfS .avanth Eard cInh n All
n;t tS.ss - vara l(,l colored men nreeenf:
oty, 0t:ys,, the ea;onrnmant 7 ~ roin1 m f0Vn
tom the meet;ne roon:~iust es We Tot into
tha - osne of moa fred hgickh hats atns,
"rIv hreefirS the car VindoEe; Governor
WcIls told ma the Republicsns treated him
h.SIv. Snd 80 h6Vhculd have had the con-
oreestonal nomination ID his oecti1o; HoAk-
Ard advisad me not to stray out of the traces
too ~. and that he would keep Q lookout
= ~ ma: I beloneed to. 8 society in which
thare - a split: some could NOT stand Til
den but they-veated Nichols; these who
coald not swallow Tildeu left us, but they
bsde us godspeed.
70 Mr.. Hurlbat+I came from New York
fortv vesra aoo: I declared in favor of the
D.,yccrsts seon sfter Che last nomiaationa
vsra - made Istter part of September; made
,ha canvass under hire of the Democratic
co,nm;ttee: con firat vent to Alexandra, then
:" Grant nsrish. zsnd then 70 Natchitoches
sIA votes we're cast at the Campte poll;
Sa.tr.s;1 white men voted: the Repubiicar
majority was lO7; there was no trouble in
Nstchitoches about the election; Blunt is q
napsls%s psa% ~ ur, ,nar,v or hant;za colored Demo
crats. he told the women that it wat
oround for divorce: do not know that all
tths colorAd nreschers are Republicans; know
one one that is not a Republican; do not know
. ~ ~ - tha vota If this State is: believe tba
f,n,,, s mn, IN * 600 coIored men voted tht