The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-09-06

was selected BY Circuit Judge Brown
Barber. Republican, the second registrar,
was selected BY Chancellor
Pegram, Democrat, the third registrar,
was selected by Bedford, Crosby's depu-
ty sheriff The characters of these three
men were simply infamous, and notori-
ously so.
The Judge who selected Knaeiler had
presided at his trial and sentenced him
to imprisonment for life for willful muir
der in the spring of 1875. A writ of
error had been allowed by the supreme
court, pending which Kraedler was ad-
mitted to bail, was appointed chef regis
trar of the county of Warren, and re
eeived free pardon for his services at
the election at the hands of Lieutenant
Governor Davis tcolored) a few days
after the election. (See page = Of testi-
mony.) He admits that a Thousand
dollars was promised, OF which $500 was
paid, to compensate him for the loss OF
his cuisines" in performing the duties
of registrar, the pay of So per day being
insufficient. Barber was under indict-
ment at the time of his appointment by
Chancellor for highway robbery !;
and Pegram was a notorious professional
gambler cf a very low grade, against
whom indictments were also pending.
The testimony Of dozen witnesses
discloses the strong probability, if not the
absolute fact, that these custodians of
popular rights, by their manipulation of
the tally lists and returns, aud stufing
of the ballot boxes of the entire county,
procured a return as if elected of a pre-
arranged ticket, composed partly of Re
publicans and partly of Democrats. (See
page = of testimony, deposition of }
This ticket contains some names on the
Z regularly nominated tickets of the Dem
ocratic and Republican parties, but other
names which were not in nomination by
either party, among whom is H. c. Car
ter, colored man, who is now Repub-
; lican member of the Legislature. The
r ticket so returned as elected was styled
, by the witness the "bogus ticket" and
was proven to have been printed on paper
Of peculiar hue, but precisely the same
as the paper of the regular Republican
ticket, the Typography and ink of both
t tickets being also precisely similar. Ii
wac pAOhCA NcOC 0NHOSiNlOA Va
Richardson, page =, a Republican, }
that the committee 10 procure tickets
t consisted of ". w. Edwards, colored,
2 and -, colored, who went to New Or
| leans to have tickets printed, and brought
9 them back
n The identity in outward appearance
5 between the ''bogus ticket" and the regu
y lar Republican ticket leaves little room
} to doubt that they were printed at tbs
n same time, on the same press. on th'
t same paper, under order of this Republi
d can committee. OF the time and plac,
s of stuf6ng the ballot boxes and alterin;
Il the tally-lists by the election officer
there is no conclusive proof; hut ther
'r can be no doubt that wholesale fraut
3 was committed, aud that a ticket no
d voted for in the county was returned a
d if elected. There was testimony by Ban
e Der that some money was found in tn
D. ballotboxes when opened, which Pegran
Ie put in his pocket.
= 1t may be mentioned that the circui
!, Judge, Brown, was candidate for nom
y nation by the Republican convention fo
y Congress at the time he appointed Knaed
e Ter chief registrar. He and the char
y cellor were both appointees of Governc
le Ames, who held in his hand power 1
Il remove either of them. He could hav
done so, and could have cancelle
. the appointments Of these three inf
n ns nous registrars; but the political righ
io of the people of Warren county wei
" a thus put up for sale through the agenc
nc of the Republican State administration
.e and being for sale, we presume, they fel
= as usual, to the lot Of the highest bidde
s. The laws of that State establish penalti,
oI for such ofenses, and the execution .
~ the law rests wholly in the hands of Il
~ State administration Shall the comm
~ nifty who are the sufferers of such mi
u government be made the victims of CO
"a gressional assault because of misfortuI
y against which they have vainly protests
and for which they have no just respo
sibility? It will perhaps be considert
= a curious spectacle and strange metht
w W of ascertainIng the true state of facts
n ne a community, when such confess
u scoundrels as Knaedler and Barber a
=. brought as witnesses to impeach the cor
tes munitY which has the misfortune to co
.eu ~ tain them, and in which they had be-
~ placed in power by the very party wi
''' now seeks to denounce those who are t
- victims of their crimes.
'Gn A large number of colored men we
:; brought to show personal intimidatio
~ ~ as practiced toward them in the coun
VI e of Warren, but the establishment of t
" ~ fact that fraud was successfully us
=
Vi absurd.
Ecu Madison County.-Madison Cour
has been the subject of extended inve,
.S cation, and an examination of the te:
uI .ne mony of Captain Ross, (page-,) the
@ @ru, publican sheriff; Judge Cunningha
81 3. republican circuit judge, (page-; Jud
~ ~ Campbell, of the supreme court, (pag
VI u -chancellor, and numerous oil
u witnesses of the highest personal a
pe official character, must establish beyo
a reasonable doubt that the election
~ the ticket formed by amicahle comprC
- ise and agreement between the execut
.'J neI committees of the respective parties '
.e1 = perfectly fair, lawful and peaceal
's' The address of the republican cou
committee, after the formation of
'us9 of comprmise ticket, WHICH il appended
=. the testimony Of Mr.. Warren, republi
t.od t.od (page-,) will show the practical nat
..eu - of the compromise, and of the elect
Z s.1u n that was held under it. The ticket
'.t.e - elected by an overwhelming majority
sne composed of men entirely worthy
Aise capable in the of6ces for which :
na were chosen,
Question. Was there any intimida
have resorted to, TO compel the creation of
ced fusion ticket?
were Answer. Not the slightest that 1
held knew or heard of.
law. @. Was it, to your knowledge, a
nun. untary action of the leaders Of the
their parties for the purpose Of procuring
are mer in the county
nifty, A. That was certainly my underst
fre. ing; there was further object, d
cs in not. know urged that. There
e is, a very feverish state on the public n
b can The Clinton affair had occurred. anc
COM Warren county matter, and some
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