The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-12-22
The Congressional Investigations.

elections in South Carolina, Florida and
Louisiana, have made some progress In
Louisiana every obstacle has been thrown in
the way of the House committee to prevent
them from arriving at the facts The Return
ing Board have refused to answer their ques-
tons, witnesses have disappeared, and every
surrounding circumstance indicates the char
acter of The plot by which 10000 Democrats
were DISTINGUISHED
In the n. y. Tribune of Monday, we find
reported in full some of the evidence before
the committee, and to show its character we
append few of the points elected:
NJ. s. Peeler, Republican, and United
States Supervisor in the second ward of New
Orleans, testified that Mr. Casey, L, 8. Mar
shal, offered him $500 to let him have the
ballot box, so that the Republicans could fix
it to suit themselves. He declined, and WINS af-
forwards knocked down by Casey. beaten,
and pursued by man with pistol, his only
offence being that he would not let the Re
puhlicans have the ballot box. IL still Re-
publican.
Pompey Stoats, coIored. voted the Demo-
cratic ticket in 1874 and 1876. Was assault.
ored people on account of his politics. Had
his arm broken once and another time had
his eye put out. | was not troubled, he said,
at the last election; the colored people were
afraid 10 vote the Democratic ticket fearing
violence from the colorcd Republicans
Marshal Taylor, colored, testified he had
voted the Democratic ticket ever since
the right of suffrage was confer, 4 upon
him; had been repeatedly threatened, fire
quently assaulted, had been cut seventeen
times and shot at fur times by coorcd Re
puhl!cans. Had always been treated with
uniform kindness by The whites.
E. ii. Flowers, n colorcd school teacher,
came from Philadelphia to New Orleans in
1865. Voted the Republican ticket at every
election except the last, and changed his pol
itics because he imagined the success of the
Democrats would ameiorate the condition
OF affairs. Had made speeches for the Dem
ocratic candidates in different parts of the
State. Was told by great many colored
men that they intended to vote the Demo.
cratic ticket; m my colorcd men told him
they were Arid IL vote the Democratic
ticket on account of the threats made against
colorCd Democrats. lleheard p. G. Deslondc,
Secretary of Stale, remark to Judge Phillips
some time previous to the election that the
Democrats would probably carry the State,
but that would not affect matters, ms even if
they were successful the Republicans wou Id
get in. ] heard Anderson, Supervisor of
East Feliciana remark that he could not get
any coIorcd man to run for office in his par.
ISL, and that some Of them ought to be killed,
as every COlorcd mans murder was wor II
$4,000 to the Republican party. | never
knew of any intimidation being practiccd by
the Democrats, but knew that coored men
were inundated by the Republicans.
). j. U. Smith, Il lawyer of New Orleans,
testified that he canvassed the State for the
Democrats, and saw no intimidation of the
colored people except by Republicans, who
said if the Democrats got into office the ccl.
ored people would be again enslaved. Large
numbers of negroes promised to vote the
Democratic ticket, and the meetings were
largely attended by colored people.
In Florida the committee have discovered
gross and palpable frauds In the poll lists Of
Leon county, rs compared with the registry
lists, it was found that one man had voted
ten times. another seven times and scores Of
Others as often. Mr.. Thompson, chairman
of the committee, said he had no doubt
that 600 or 700 illegal Republican votes
were cast in this county alone. Mr.. Dunnel,
a Republican member of the committee,
was very much Disguised with the develop
ments.
In Columbia, the House committee elected
from Comptroller General Dunn and Secrc-
tary of State Htyne, members of the State
Board of canvasscrs, that the board threw
out Edgcticld and Laurens counties in all
cases where Democratic majorities in these
counties defeated II 9publcan candidates, and
generously counted in Democrats in ali cases
where the board thought the Republican can.
ddates could pull through without throwing
out the extra votes. Two sub committees
composed Of Messrs. Cochran, Jones and
Banks, and Philips, Edmond and Lapham, left
for Charleston Tues lay night to take tcsti-
mony as to fraud and violence in the coast
counties There is plenty Of work for these
and it is expected that new and
crimes will be unnlrthed as the re-
suit of their labors.