The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-12-30

honght that .be Saprcaie Cosrt aad
decided it Rod no p5wer to 20 tshind
he acts uf the Retarniug bosrd ia out
OF two iustauers Couldn't state what
prectss wuBld be necessary In order 70
have the Sapreme Court OF thc state
pes- npon the c0pstluItionsliiy OF the
isw creating tae Returning Board
Though the board he'd violated the
lSw creating st Va throwing Gut three
POLLS la Coueoriis, where the bnxs~
were sent for and counted ~ the
board, and Ia the ease vi East
Bstrn k,age, where the sd
pervi,ur also rejected the pel!-,
but ;ue Board refused ~ 10 20, snd ia
other Instances ihis action made
DiG~t.ner OF Abeui poo
IA tie toll Ia the second ward owes 500
vote were thrown cot hy tie super
visor 80 grounds Of intimidation, in
sliiie.eI,t 90 themselves, sni the is3lEd
had Fviuscd tn go uehind his rejection
H- Knew that large numbers al yotet
uai seen thrown eut by the Bosri OF
taa ayouud % iptlm idsiion, thus iask
us kyPuhiieau majority. Witness
WIS asked aud detailed the operation
~ tGr sewing machine Cteaiar- U=so
IS ihe Rtpliai.sn- Ia reference 10 re
.a-trstiru, sii of whseh has bsen her,
tpf1rr guaii~ted, and -aii the Whole
sale ieun.c- % y arrRnt-, had the dee
pf seeplBg many ifom ths polls. IL
one case Mr.. Glover, Registrar 81
Es-; 3 ton Rouge, was a memcer ui
thc Ni-sIssipsi L-gislsture last year,
ahj not leg q Y attr ia the state Hal
seen ,ne certificate OF the auditor %
Ni-,i-sIpp taa, Clover had drawn pay
~ airrs Of
Eh- Board 90 EqusiszaiIeu
~ % lat Decetnber bat Clover ha,
-a.d be e.me e. th- state i,s' Agsn-'
Vitl.-, vas ask,d ita large uuui-
IS " 4Ffant- fir frauJuisn; r,gslrs',.t
against roiortd men hat 1n; aea-
v,ru irit ~ Dru'tessts tefHe 90
E.g1aj!rnu- had wtrilus issued fH
Democrats, aut ,-f i-i tutt = s1i
ei- ave C5,-e g. wa WKhpsH hj-
Eusw,yi-e.
witness VIZ Boz tlsouujie,i '>tnts- arni.
'ram 1913 10 1859. heu To- setit 1ea
ssiti.d nsys. va ST. hs Cautd, r,ts
alUly iu ls6a, Isioage t1 the order o:
the Kuigat, Of the White Ctn.Iia,
watch WIS irteuGeG 60 y.rpeius p
Caucasian so,arumeut; .SwAs q secret
organi1auau; ,ii.uk there ~ere
iISussers ~ she aepusiisas Party
In H,;
e1uld nos rpmenbtr ,bs osti taken;
the osder vss q! sander ia is6s, the
fituai was puhli.itad in Nvwursn's
Metg1,lisf; the arier had no sflilhnion
ulittjc OF the state; knew nothing Of
She organization OF the kuklux kiru;
had belonged TO the Ores 'ent city
White League club, which was not a
secret onei didu't know any OF the
clptsils Of ride clut- in Oasrflits;
never heari OF them till after election;
had never heard ought from that par
ish during the Canvass. except thu, oil
VA quiet aud peaceful had heart
dufing the canvass that a negro,
named Isaac Mitchell, bad been killed
"a West feiiciaas, and imme diAtelS
W7u;o Mr.. Powell, member of TIE
state Committee, telling him i, WA
an outrage aud the perpetrators ought
90 be tro"eht to justice: Powell re-
piled that be WAS kliied 10y unkuoSn
parties.
Nasw sathing sf tsr GIitsas
Of Marion Rhodes, PrJmi- johnson
aud Others; heard 81 tue ss-asSlpattou
Of Dink Grove, aud ihst II " as per
soma, aud uoi oliiieal murder; ba,'
never opposed the sending Of troops t,
Ogsghita; sRn MeEHery and other,
Wr0te that troops were there, sat flia,
did n8t object h. 81; also heard irau
East Baton Rouge that troops wer
riding through the parish AMI telling
the negroes II they voted the Demo,
cratic ticket they would bs arrested
Had never Sseu put one certificate fat
a cplDroi man saying ne had voteii the
democratic ticket, aud this was after
the election aud was the first he knew
Ofit. Knew Of ns certificates i,eiug
given enlofei Democrats, ins,lriBp
them Profession
IN answer 90 the question whether
he believed the Republicans desired d
collision between tue races, he repiiei
that he did, ia view Of
me Hiet ~ CoIisx.
Brought GA ty the action Of iii.
Governor, an1 tae fact tRsi u wou IS
serve tie Interests Of ti,e party.
The examination on ,his paini, con-
dsctcd by Chairman Howe, vas quite
lengthy. Witness said Ia answer - .
Question that had collision occurred
here duriug the ei~etien. IL would have
been used by the Bepaplican North 90
inil4me the peopie tllsre against tie
people OF the 5oath. aud sgsinst tbs
Democratic party shsss. lie d.ds'f
know what nulnher OF eetored pee sl,
we're kiiled in the Soata slice the var
The only Information hs had was
from SorittJPs statistics on taa $40
icct. Witness thea narrstei two
instances, one 81 Ir. Asegi, of AZ.
censiaa PARISH, nsias ssgersty
whipped some ten days since
'ry armed nsgreea anti Ne Asfidse ui
DE same parish. wht, two weeks sgu,
sas called ia the dr,f sui
fsfss-sii aud Ls,sse os.z at.- Shot
aud wuundri oy she negro He had
Lat o! iGwteen oJtrsg=s com nitted an ]
tbs whites IS the negroes since 1919 Ia
a-ceBslon. Dii 40, thlnk they were
ali caused by political liiiscences aus
the same might be said ~ a uamher 81
ea-e- Oh thc dtheF side. He though
human life IN L,aisisaa has ts~i
taken sine- ths war without ,i4e pru
vocation. Fbe "a ne ght os sail q
New YORK.. hamas lie was oot hei,
sacred here rs tn tisa S,rsa Tor varl51s
reasons, hat a very large "a j 3sjty
the people 81 the State lo1sei wits
horror upon the killing any que si,r ~,
litiezl reasona WItness was cross
examined at great length, his test
nony occupying nesrly six hours. n