The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-31
PRESIDENTIAL CRISIS.
Backbone OF the OOnsplratOrs
Broken and the Ranks
WAGERING.
ConklIng and Blaine Ready to
Allure Party In the interest
Of Justice.
Leaders OF the Republican Party 10
Florida tive Up the Stale 10
TlIdtn aud brew.
The Louisiana Fraud Worked Up
by Judge Dibble and Gus.
tom house Employees.
Further Testimony In the Case Of East
Baton Rouge, 0uaohta and Democr
New Orleans Wards Thrown Out
BY the Raturnlna Board.

No New Developments.
JAcKsoNvlLLE, Fla, December so. -
The Senate committee Is still IN ses.
'lnn here. There are no important de.
velopments M yet. The sub commit.
tee Of the House have not yet return.
ed. Republican, leaders here give up
he State 10 Drew.
Eass BATON Roug -RebnttIna Teati-
mopy. etxn
New ORLEANS, December 80. The
Senate committee resumed their
summation OF witnesses la the East
3aton Rouge ease. James Crosby,
olored, com istioner ut pull one l.
ward eleven, swOro that after the poll
was closed the Democrats made the
Ulcers make returns to correspond
with the tally sheets kept by them,
the poll list was lost, but he would not
Near to one being substituted for 1t
Martin Demkom, colored, JorrobCra.
'tu tue btOTy ~ Tie
Hanging Of Derry Mercer
And to the teri ,r,Slng Of nulidozers 10
he parish Mr., Birold said Jerry
aiked too much aud Organized Re-
publican caucus. Witness had left
there through fear OF his life.
Thomas MJAlpine, deputy United
Stntes Marshal, testified ~ the general
IntimidatiIn OF the colored people and
lrri gulsrities In the election.
Geo. Bird, colored, president OF the
Republican committee of the parish,
resttled to general intimidation and
violence by regulators, and said thore
cen had 10 peace or OrdrT Ia the par
ish for IL year Witnessed stated that
the colored people believed theY were
prosecuted on account Of their politics,
snd many had been sr .t,... re
Forced 60 Leave Their Homes and
crop.
Senator NJ DJna,d asked that Mrs.
Gilbert be r,quirrd TO give reasons v by
the parties had killed her husband,
which. after some discussion, was poet.
poned for further elaboration. The
committee then adjourned until Tues-
day morning. a
The Senate committee heard
Evidence Of Nine Coiored m. N I'm REF.
erencc 90 Oa,ehita,
who substautiated the testimony nj
ready published in reference to reign
Of terror there, aud the forcing OF col
ored men to VOC the Democratic
ticket.
Rev. Moore and H W. Burrell said
they had been forced u vote the Dem.
ocratic ticket, We're taken to the poll,
aud but for the intercession OF MIR.
Lally both would have been killed.
Another testified that when found
MARION ahode.' Booy wan Cut open
Aud two bullet holes found la his
groin.
Edmund Richards swore DR.. Young,
Lilly, Pace anu Others had hung him,
Henry Foster and London Hector up
to tree aud beaten them for refusing
TO vote the Democratic ticket. ei
The testimony was very lengthy,
and the witnesses were subjected To
severe cross.examination, and asked II
the hanging was hot done for stealing
beef, and said that It was also charged,
tut come men afterwards said they
found the beef Ia Young's field, but hr
could not name the parties. The com.
mittee adjourned I'll seven.
mr.. morrison's House committee
Examined u numoer Of witnesses III
regard to the election Ia the city Of
New OrleRus and poll six In the
eleventh ward.
A. j. Brine, supervisor, said he did
MT return the poll beoause the returns
were not sworn To as required by the
law. 30 s.a sr4-.lt .ac a'a# rNH w.
II. I. Lawler testlfed to intimida.
ton OF colored Democrats and fraudu-
le, r, glstration of'two hundred aud
fifty voters IN the eleventh wardi
knows ri 5,
Juase Dibbie Ins,ueiing the Negroes
90 Vote DoGbis ~,
At Democratic polls sd us 10 nave
them thrown out; had seen men dis
lributing fraudulent registration ps-
,ers Oh the day of election and had
them urresied, hut the police turned
them loose; seventy.nve fraudulent
ones were Issued III bis presence;
Knew Of u large number OF them who
afterwards gave them up. The com
.nitlee adjourned till Monday.
The House subcommittee took
Farther res'imomy In References 20
8a-s PiscasimiDe. WI as '-
Haden Wilson, United ststes super;