The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-19
LOUISIANA.
Double Barrelled Commit
Is tees at Work.
The House Committee.

n. w. Barnes, manager OF the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, who
had been subpenaed to produce the dis
patches sent and received by Kellogg,
Packard, Dihble, Yarmouth, Carter and
General Augur from and after the 18th
of August 1876, was called before the
committee. In answer to a question,
Mr.. Barnes stated that he had not
brought any of the messages with him;
that ne had been instructed by the Gen
eral uperintendent, Van Horn, not to
deliver nor produce the messages, con-
'sequently he must, under mis- instructions,
refuse to deliver the kilograms called for
by subpoena.
The committee after consultation
adopted the following resolution, which
the chairman was instructed to com mum
icate to the House of Representative by
telegraph.
Res oLUed, That for the efficient prose.
cution of the inquiry ordered by the House
this committee communicate to the
House, for Its consideration, the refusal
of Z. w. Barnes to produce before the
committee the kilograms referred to in the
subpoena duces tecllaa, served upon him De-
cemb9r l3, 1879, his refusal being in
contempt Of the House of Representa-
| tives.
General Hurlbut moved that the last
clause "his refusal being in contempt"
etc, be stricken out, as the House itself
WAS the best judge of the contempt, if
there was any. The chairman put the
question on General Hurlbut's amend
ment, and it was lost, the Republicans
voting for and the Democrats against it.
The resolution was then voted for and
carried by party vote.
j. Floyd King testified am a
resident in Concordia; was at the polls
in Videlia on the day OF the election; saw
no violence, no intimidation except
threatening remarks, and one colored
Democrat having Republican ticket
forced upon him; is in charge rs agent
| OF four plantations in Tensas, Madeira
and Concordm parishes, and travels
Il great deal through the country; in
every place colored men desired TO vote
the Democratic ticket but were restrained
| through fear of being killed; on the
| Morgan plaatation colored Democratic
club was organized, all the members OF
which voted the Democratic ticket;
under the circumstances he thought II
was heroic for c0lored men to vote the
| Democratic ticket; had not coerced anv
of his hands to vote for ID, m)crat I
is an attorney and practices IN To.
parishes OF Concordia, Texas, Catahoula
| and others and is Conservative Demo.
crat. Over 100 negroes voted the Demo
| cratic ticket last election ,tand in Videlia
about 100 voted for Tilden and $50 for
the State ticket. The colored men were
afraid to vote the Democratic ticket
unless guaranteed the protection of the
! Democrats and while the men who gave
assurances of protection were al Nldella
on the day of the election the colored
men, in many instances, were deferred
through tear from voting the
Democratic ticket. The general talk
among the the negroes was
| that many colored Democrats ought to
| be killed, his wife should matreat and
leave him, and many other threats. The
colored Republicans and the Republican
party is largely in the majority in Con-
cordIa. | know of no violence to color
ed Democrats, only threatening talk.
| Dave Young and several other Republl-
can officeholders are under indictment Tor
stealing $4,000 OF the public school
money. They obtained possession of the
money rs trustees, etc. No violence was
offered to any colored Democrats, but at
tempts were made to prevent them from
voting the Democratic ticket by forcing
Republican tickets upon them, and
tarcing their Democratic tickets up.
The Supervisors of Registration
made but two returns, one including all
the polls, and the second without polls
Nos. 2 3 and where protests were made.
w itness made out some of the protests.
These polls were largely Republican.
Thomas Dawson (colored Resides in
Concordia parish; have worked on the
Morgan plantation for about eight years;
/ J. Floyd King is now manager OF that
plantation; was president of
Democratic club containing thirty
five or forty members made up ot
the hands on the plantstioni. he votea
| the Democratic ticket because he wanted
TO; he hesrd many threats made by col
ored Republicans against colored Demo
Gratis: does not believe he would nave
voted the Democratic ticket on the day
of the election if he had not been at
| tended BY white men rs protectioni no
violence was done to the cOlored Demo
Gratis: f. G. Whitney, residing IN New
| Orleans, called upon James Anderson,
! Supervisor of Registration Tor the parish
! of East Felicians, to see hlm' rs
| learn, and Anderson decided
to make an exposure OF certain matters
r4csrding the election in East Feliclana.
TO one correspondent OF the New York
| Herald, Anderson said that he Knew HI
about East Feleciana, and II the Demo
Gratis would guarantee him position he
would exp Sc everything, and lntlmated
that such exposure would be favorable to
the Democratic party. Anderson SAID be
wanted living, and produced largo
! envelope with seal, directed 10 james
| Anderson. and endorsed to be opened
when the Returning Board promulgates
| the vote. Anderson said that ne was
badly treated bv Kellogg and his party
for, As they said, having gone back on
! the party.
Chss. IT. Wade, colored, Of Cencordis
parish voted the Republican National
ticket and Democratic state ticket ana did
80 because he had disagreement with
senator Dave Young and partly De,
cause he thought the Democrats would
Give the State better government,
He had knowu of NO violence to colored
Democrats, but heard good many
threats. he promis ed the colored peo'
ple tha, il the Democrats were success
ful in the contest, snd did not carry out
their promises, he would JOIN the Ne,
publicsns in the next canvass WIN Tue
negroes against the Democrats. an a..
effort was made TO kill him and nis
nsrtner. Mr.. Fisher. They were shot At
ono nioht. West, candidate for Sherin,
was killed four nights before the elec,
tion Some colored men did not want II
tia that they had voted the De mo