, 1876-12-31
LOUISIANA >
THE SENATE COMMITTEE.

LOUISIANA, La, Dec 3o.-The Senate Sub
Committee resumed It's examination OF the
e,ertjon IN East BATON Rougc. :.
- 1a.t,., ,,1,o,aa ro,,,,o,ee,oner o. Pal, !
oauace eaoo5' ~o4o.~o 49,. 80. - ~ ~ >
ward Essyen, s"oIe lt'at a0eee eae eaoee WIG
Democratic officers made returns corresponding
with the ta1ly-sheets kept by them. The poll
.l..' '.'t.s.s5 ~ % .o1s s,.' -
suosutu'ea 1oI A.
Martin Oemnofn. colo1ea, eo1fooofaleo eae
hanging Of Jerry Myers, and tho ter1oriziug Of
hujldozers in the parishes,
A. Ros+o,; s,id Terry ta,lyed tn mnch. and
aii' oas.on ea.u oet45 1n,.soa ~ hsa ,af+
organized hepuouean CLUBS. 'H1sueeo AaA 4eAS
there through tear Of his life.
Thomas McAlpine, Deputy United States Mar
eha1 testified To The peneral intimidation of col
saa.' ~ q, +ha a1oct;on
ofeo people anu n.es u.aA i'eo - *As eA.~o.o"
George bird, co1ofeo, H2s fFesaoent OF q COZ
ore Republican Club and Commissioner OF the
parish. he testified to general intimidation
aud violence by Regulators, and said there had
Witness M nnta7 that coIored neonle belieyed
thev were nersec,,ted on .accopnt Of their poll
t;cs an; MANY had heen forced to leave their
Dns sanator w Mcf}onaid asked that Mrs Gilbert be
-anr;raG ~ rive tle names If tha narties che
da@ Was noetnoned for further deIibera-
49,, WA
1leM, Tfs co,nn;++sa +bo, aaionrned t;u Tnes7av
o. n1 551a 1AA'A'''IS~ ~ "A'~'' ~'~~ ''
'@' - = ,:r14r t7orsE coua1rrH8 j.:
hoard the evidence ri nina cn1ored men in ref
erence to Ouachita. who substautiated the testi-
mo1v aireaf1 nnhlished in reference TO the reign
vote " te. ,he remocratic ticket. 49,.
Tha Pav Elisha Mnre and Fl. ". Burre1l said
lax tapen geto to- the coils and But for the inter-
ressinn NJ Mr. Iacey, both would have been
killed. Another testified that Marion Rhodes
bullet holes in the groin.
Edmund Richards swore that DR.. Young,
BUY Pace, and others, had hung him, Henry
Foster, nnd London Hector up to tree and
beaten them for refusing to vote the Democratic
The testimony was very lengthy. Witnesses
were subjected to severe cros6-examfnatfon, and
asked il the hanging was done for stealing beef,
and said that was also charged, but some men
afterwards said they had found the beef in
Yonnqss field. The Committee adjourned un-
til I.
TEE MORRISON HOUSE COMMITTEE
examined number OF witnesses in regard to
the election in the city Of New Orleans, especla-
" Poll e. Eleventh Ward. 4. j. Brim, Super
1isor. sald he ala not return the poll because
tho returns we're not sworn to as required by
soa,
Fl. r IauIer testified to the intimidation OF
c9ioEe9 GO 9Ee II ihs Twe}ftb Ward. Knew of Judge
m;1a ~ In ;netTctinr nesrroes to vote double bal
~ p.ooie t maIontrafic nnls. 40 AZ to have them
Ipts ~ - Ue Had % soan % men distributing fraud
taionn ia+r.tins 49, naners the daY OF election,
eud u5ns ~ fhem arrested. btt the police turned
ano mao tneW c1a9fN6oe T frand,,|ert ones we're
tnem LOOSE: e.: eane sese1.y Knnws nf a 1ady having
issued N ms pIesenc&et & a4tarvords ~ @aye fhera
a number OF tnem WIZ "A1eA "AAo0 e''0 '@>~,'~
up. ~, xar5oo
This Committee aa9ouInen eo,,l1,z,,s tm muau05'
THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE p COMMITTEE - p1sone.
took further testimony N Ie,ezsn ~
mine. Haden Wilson, gtfa osases ,sss nj XIV
vsor swore that re e 1e1s{ gnters {aed to TO- obtain