The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-20
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conspiracy 10 these enus Is shown, hrst
by the secret Potter letter, known as thl
"Confdential Circalar,n sigued and issueI
by the Chairnanol the Democratic STATE
Central Committee. 80, - i,,f,-,.
ID. BY a selection 'of the patishts TO b
carried by bull-dozing to wit, those 81
East Baton Rouge, East and West Fell.
ciana, 0nichita, Moorehouse, Rlchland
Grant, Livingston, 'lfSlkliu, Sabine
Caldwell, Lafayette, Cla bourne, De Soto
Jackson and NGtclitoches. 0i'these The
following 10 wit East Baton Rouge, East
and West Feliciaua, Odchita and Moore
house are parishes bordering on the States
Of Mississippi and Arkansas, In these
parishes there i a Republican, vote .ol
ll,S9f and d ERepublicah Ehiajority Foi
1900, 10 a Democratic vote OF 1924
Ia the remaining eleven OF these parish.
es-to.wiL: Richland, Grant, Livingston,
Franklin, Sabine, Caldwell, Lafayette,
Claibourne, De Soto, Jacksou, and
NatchitOches-thero was a less brutal
and more covert but not le4 effective
system Of intimidation, by which pro.
portion of,the Republican vote was sup
pressed sufficiently large TO compensate
for the Democratic vote, which would be
lost in tho bull.doEed parishes by the
operation OF the law in nullifying the
elention,in said parishes. 8 ilir i"
Sd. BY sudden and Simultaneous out
breaks Of violence and murder in these
parishes before and near the election. r..
4th. By the anomalous, and unusual
conduct of.tlie whites In the commnhi.
ties in which these .oulragea occurred "a
CONTRACTED With that, which, occurred
among bther civilized coninuhities where
similar acts occurred; in this. they were
secretly encouraged; there were no at.
attempts % q discover OIL; punish
the cfiinihalI; fheFeJ Has been y no con.
sdemnation Of these acts by. the
press or by public meetings, or by
clergy, white citizens who have gentured
TO deprecate these outrages, have been
menaced with prescriptions and perse.
cntion and thus silenced. The Demo.
cratic managers have pretended that
these outrages we're not perpetrated, or
when they y'have been compelled to ac.
knowledge the facts, they have falsely
attributed them 10 aneslect or inefiicency
Of local officers, although we'll knowing
these LOCAL officers were rendered power
less by the same terroriSm which rendered
these outrages possible,
: llth. That under our law there are no
returns of the eleotionRandJcaa be'none
except those made by the returning Off;
GERS and that neither the commissioners
Of election interpretations Of registration
are returning officers; nor have either OF
them authority 70 nakenand declare re.
turpA. rIi,1ltri1 IS i,f 'Itsbt' i-rl 9 =
Il2,h. That the effect Of these out;
rages and lawlessness, in inlimidating
colored people, was not confined to the
limits Of the parishes in which they were
perpetratel, but that this effect spread to
great distance in surrounding neighbor-
ing parishes. M
! 18th. That in the parish OF East Fe lici.
ana, tln horrible murder OF John Gairan,
ex.Representatiye, and then Sergeant: az
Arms OF the House Of Representatives,
who was arrested at night in the
town Of Baton Rouge, four miles
from his house by a. Sherif's
posse, and on testimony forced from a
poor and defenseless colored woman, Of
completely in the killing Of man who
was not killed, but is now alive and well
aud Internationally taken Z from the
posse,atile on hisvay TO stand his tfials
by am armed company of~regulators or
.bull.dozers under command OF one
Captain Norwood, and tied to a tree BY
the roadside, by these regulators, and
shot 10 death, was crime committed by
Democrats for reasons growing out oi
political .apimosities aud rior. political
ends. Tie same was one Sof the most
horrible and dastardly acts OF crime ever
committed in a civilized country, and
tothis day all investigation into and in.
quiry,after the perpetrators Of this crime
have been cautiously and systematically
discouraged and prevented by the white
community Of East Feliniaha.aaa !31t ,
a 14th. That 10 the parisheot Gu achiia
the assassination OF DR.. D. II. Dinkgrave
was political crime, committed for po-
litical reasons aud by, a Democrat, and was
connited III and all Investigation stifled
and frowned down by means Of terror by
the Democrats Of that parish, q ts. .,,
l5lh. That In. the parish OF. Red River
a brutal and deliberate attempt 10 as
sassinate Senator 5Twitchell and horrible
Of his person was .eommitted
by hired assassin with the conhiyance
Of Democrats, With, the secret knowledge
OF the white community where he lived,
from political aniniosisles and Tor polit-
ical enda. - ~ -I,.
Of your committee the significant parallel
between the condition Of affairs in 1868
and In 1876, and the similar effect on
the subsequent result, ,.only rCmarking
that tHere are, lev Democrats NOV 80
liardy asNto deny The otitrages Of 1858,
which have passed into history, and those
few who do deny it only discredit their
rs SIss!ssSs SstSsf D Boot ] Jso1aSs ElIl!
Chairman q he Committee.
1890 r. M.-In reply TO question as
10 whether the Tilden or Hayes electors
had received majority of the votes cast,
Andersotif stated sfha 1 he did Dot khoy;
that he never added up the votes Of the
parishes until they were ready for pro.
mitigation; never heard any member Of
the Board say who had majority OF the
votes cast; determined he would not ex.
anime into such matters. All final deci.
sions in~contested cases were made in
executive session. Sometimes aifidayits
accompanying the retprna we're reaaa.
Conc saGdts were aiut admitted! sS]
s1TlsFfEb wttH TnE TESTIMONY.
The Republican members Of the House
committee are elated over tho result Of
tho examination OF Anderson, Of the Rc.
Turning Board, whose testimony they
think fully yindicates the action OF the
Board in rejecting the votes in the bull
dozed parishes and in their compilation
OF the vote aft t,the, State atd, also ptl the
evident opposition OF majority OF the
committee 10 allow him to give his rea.
sons for declining to furnish the official
pspers ordered by the committee. JtI
Is regarded as doubtful II, the Return.
ing Board will furnish ito.morrow The
original copy otfta5ulated Statements Of
the board roi tie vote Tor Presidential
electors, and should they do so the ques.
,ion OF contempt will come up squataly,
thnnUh II ia halieVed the committee will