New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-29
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THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES

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THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES
THE SENATE. C0AMITTEE.
Niuth nay.
The first Witue16 WsA lGr. =. A. Shelby.
To Senator Saulsbuey-Live in Oaaehita
attended G1l the general meetinRs Of sho
CANVASS Ill the efforts 70 gain the colored
vote wefs appeels to them . join; By rear
eoa ssd not intimidation; there wes No die-
Chapel; there > colored man was making !
speech, Saying that he didn't know whether
We lived in an ago Of barbarian or civilixs-
tion; that the c0lored people were worse
slaves than before the var, and they we're
forced to join Democratic clubs; colored
man in the crowd said it was Cd dZn
lie; two men jumped into wagon, and one
drew . pistol; other pistols were drawn:
none were drawn by white men; Captain
Hale spoke to Captain The obalds, and said
the speakers muet not be interrupted; he
answered that there was no desire to inter-
rupt them, but they should not be 90
abusive; the speaker flushed the address;
tho campaign WAS an aggressive one ON the
part of the Republicans; they endeayored
to draw the color line, and their conduct
had tende cy to cause . collision; there
were ihfammatory speeches made by Dink-
grave. ..u..
Asked if there had been reports Of
speeches that white mt n had recon mended
to be hanged in midair; the chairman said
he would not object to reports going in, but
Senator Salisbury withdrew the question.
To Senator Sauisbury-Wa6at poll No. 8
on election day; 1t was fpoaceable; was
IIoitaA Gtataa an mar visOs. h1tAp dark fharn
was report that there were soldiers near;
Captain 1cCioad offered . guard to convey
tho ballot boxes; think that Was ct the re-
quest of Q United States commissioners; Mr..
Hall acquiesced; there il no snch person as
c NJ. Logan mentioned by Eliza Pinkstc::;;
James and vsn Logan ware ut my house all
knAt n.:ghi; their character 10 high; Waltet'e
reputation is good; al, the LOgADs are Of
good standing; they arc Of tho hrst families
colored, and ct white imsn; he was cap
tured BY Captain AcOaoad'e company;
don't know Cora Williams; aAM largo nnm.,
born OF coIOred men come 20 AOnr0e Sunday
and Monday before tho SIeceion; belonged
to Captain BufRpgtea's fihe company; it
was called the Raroh 0psing Cluo; ~ OBJ
ject WAS 70 pgoteot tho eolored DemeWsts
against their own raeei ne coiered men a.e
all armed; Wa present when Isaac Ramels
brought his colorsd club to join tho Demo
crsts; he stated they Oane voluaeatily;
never saw such eathuslesm among White
and lack in my life; I'll vent roand ex-
tending the right hand of,felowship; they
came MP 90 fast the secretary could mot take
their names. They were mot forced to
Hale's statement to that feet is false; Was
present ct the time, and saw them como up
freely snd voluntarily; they were induced
to iein mostly by Captain Farmer len0
Americus Watson; thiuk Watson is the
most eloquent man ever heard: 1t was
our object TO have . peeoe6ble and fair cleo
ton, because We knew # there was yiolenGe
throw out the parish; did my best to cause
a ueaceabie and quiet election, free and
fair; 1t poll No. 8 it was 90, snd think the
rest were the same way; there was NO OK
amiua alton of cOlOred peoples tickets TO pre-
vent their voting the Republican tickel
would b ave stopped it if had seen It; saw
colored men freely vote the hep4oncsnn
lican votes and about 200 Democratic; De
Ionged to the club presided ever by Hill. !,
colored man; almost all voted, ut this poll
the Democratic ticket.
To the chairms1-Been in Ouachits since
1874: came from St. Louis; was raised 20
Mississippi; there were other ofhcere OF tns
club than captain; 81 had @,e no osIook So,S opl,
mat st other times when Hathaway sho
the men and when the houses were aret
into down the river; was not out nlgntc
am a merchant in Trenton and have plan
tation ak miles from Monroe; hvod tnef'
the past year; the policy Of the Repuolical
party was aggressive, to Try sna LnotC' .c'
The colored people to stay away from tn'
~h;tS neonle: treat them ~ their enemies
to draw the color line; to draw al tn
cclored people to tho Republican parry
S;dn,r make the whites vote one ticket an<
ths colored people anotber; tried to preven
them from attending Democrstic meeunse
neyer knew them TO try ana inouce wnis
people to vote their acket' nsvS y. ~ SyHS wS;t
necnle vote their ticket; they told Sne col
ared people in their clobs and pasee1 rese
S~t;o,.s MAT thew ehould NOT attend Deme
~.st;o cinha: have been informed o.; oni
Enev of another that is called the ANHnc =
think that was designed to bring on CON. .a =
ion to eet troops; don't know VIZ eooo eorsn, s.S
would do; never nes.a too.s ca .V sp;nt to th
,,o3,s. don't know What good the coInsl0
Eould do; the presence OF Sroops wou. u..
x.va ;r6nanced votes In the North; q on
time. vhen tho first body Of armed ooiote
man vere met BY eight or ten wnlto me
at Captain Phillips place, the wni1es - W., ~,
have suffered the worst; nouces 10. ~ hn
for this meetine; went from Bayou DC Sasr
md reached there abUut three o'ci0cA' =
force came from Monroe; my OPINION ~ :.
tba Anal result of the collision Is tnat t1 1
Hal. vould have suffered very mucn tl
worst: never heard of one IN wnlc9. cns
did not; my opinion is that tne neHu:moi ,;.;nr.
Snoaars endeayored to have collision
US;"h the colored people would nave sa
f.-ad the vorst in order to influence voo
~ The North: told the negroes the Dem
n-ots would reduce taxation; em 70
naver on personal property; the plan'Su. S.n
T. Ieased: the parish TAX is eight mhie, S.a
fenrteen and half mile; We value o.
,orscnsl estate, ourselves and OOaEu
amine il; they did not increase sne IN. v..u
.!nn. ~ IA not exorbitant; eight mile
""t exorbitant; think tho DeMocrs
-onld reduce it; don't know wnst sn1 3, -
~. N former wears; don't know wnst II
~ M;ssonri. illinois, Indiana, Deiawsi
W;.consin or any of the happy States.
Don't know that there were shy .E;IR pm -,
appeals to the negroes t,;"a. ,esr t;ck
fslt as safe in voting the hePoo.0tto Ps toos ~ :,
as the Democratic tcketi nese. eSes. wera
mart in politics bsfore tnis; oU tno,o rn~
e6orts made in 1874; don n. Huo" n.r;.h.
eolored people voted IN o.nD. snsd Re
don't know of but one msn; SHi rceeS. the
Who didn't vote; he never n.u Eh;te L DEN
t o.o .t s. lanes Chapel; oil l knew ~
c cns Hrs"h;ts: Mr.. Steele and few otne
na .rom fr",r Union; they asked the speaxe
questions; Tom Lyons W. yIe i;e.. "o tSs am
Wno 90. ..oIi H., e were induced TO come
mou ~ that there were oOAute