New-York tribune., 1876-12-18
POLITICAL DEpRiyITY IN LOUISIANA.
ryIDEECE TAKCE ~ TIE DEMoCEATiC OoNGEa
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sIOSAL COMMITTEE.
NEW.0RLEASs, Dee. 1T.-ln the session o.
tie iny,,t;ea,iag Committee OF tho hauss OF Repre-
scnaty1s yesterday tLc i.s Uitress Wa ~ 3 P!eef,
Republican, cf Nev-Oreaus. lie testified as io.iors
Was United state. Supervisor ~ Pol 10. IN the Sec
ConrlSsioncr 10 prevent the Democrats n voting tc
names the pali,t being 'rrni Lon the names on
Igrr. t4e Rcnnb,,n Co:uai.oncr r'd to me that
there trouble about iiis oll; ttat the Drn"
craa Comm.s or,v would he aI,,s. d. dnd they womd
tahe lhG N"- -T' @ 'i m ul m ~ % , aErL me N lad
goIr har ON riy parry; Mr. Casey, me Republican mar
shat sad there WdH money IN -; thai IL N"uld It'
turIu Lave yug box ] would ecJ $500; declined ne
.rrt m ioro flr i, protection: on" Republican hn@iy
made an attempt 20 soe 'be box aittr t fd oceh i2Ae
10 the r,urn,: A. plaa Ia arrest the Icautu nHd
tlk, tlc box 10 80 Cr.o4,housoi ilarc !! pnnLCiu
slriu, s -ttrGr.iau would not pcrmt h'm 70 ap 80;
Do Friday an,r q. e.gttoa w., ID, - ,.y 80, i!@ .! la
Eno}ic he down g cao.,. ilm, George Dam theh
struck mc over ir Eold rul, anI N5g lilf.n'' @ ~
f.s. flrca ,a,a $50, protected ry and lHcHtd'"G !'l
fuu Trims ulIn Ho hf 1ht'.e N'a ,.., .i tr, 80 .
70 90, i.s Sa Ta. Js .ioa ~ oy ;o u raorrs
'' t-it.. .lu wac rr.rnuU,,. GUlut and
CraIs ., p. G .rro. ~ tc d.,oi..on'. i'd
h'. l'. m .fr'i.d a. .,:ti, D. ta 70 personal al
.o.r 8tr Buau.I'y ,lun 90 yry"1 .uH t'd M. t1'i
I,lG a't Keep 10 dpo.s would Poe kii~! "r Eonf 9;.k
on ~. ralty. lam auI lc15aa'au i'.o,i col. Pii-
Pomrcy s,oa,. '.Jo. tl testified:
INV. m Orau.: Hotrj the 'u'ocrailc Ticket ~ i-'l
AND l-7o oot 'p'' on 60 ',"A a ..S S. l.,y
.,r-uar. ~ irs is al tu'-i We, TWICE "t'.chrl 'S
co'.ggU R'p1Hirtu. "h '''''., 90 ] ''. I iiit+i
pics: a." te-t lu,' ".' a. 'g N'' "'' ' ',- ~
'nDrtiy aI"r ;.r p'f1b 81 ti'h' .t' - '"+ ''',,
..lru five or -,. Yru -t'pprI ii ~iNI'-' Iu~ ~" -
Democratic Wc-rg. We ai" -'i'i y" A..' l1" "ur r
.,luaj mc Win ogtis ard broke my arm ~ ,,2hrf %
tn', m I-si,I vas as'yi' "' '..,'' , wv " @ ,','
,v r,r mt uu,; wa, not tsoli,h ~ rue t},
,, ciai,d 1,oulr were afraid 10 '"i. g't prtiy'l"uV
ti.s,t fearing l..,ucr .ruU tHc rnlpi'd hof"'.tAh'
warsual Tagi giur trtl'-rdl testified:
T Ii.. m Nr.y-Odgaus; have y,icd tAe Dcroc:Luc
iirkct over s.ucc the rgut OF SGL'akr Wis COM
uruu me have he.G IcPtdir".' 'N','',",' y! ~. M il
iic': have he - about 'ysrt'nn times uTii, oll'n'
,.d s!.ot 20 !oug umea b. r1'I'" El' IL Wig ~ u t - m
nm, Pcm'licau parry hlY, en- in.cfi"i't N'IH w ''.
,,Ii,ra Id ,yrr election -plr tine D'iut Es' 49,
;igu wat si'tuc ~ mon. OF 80" own d'G',t Is "I@,ni @
," ' ,p,.I by rcd man WAC u.d aINd' htth
.iIy t,.t.iN % learned THAI "aa Democrat; th'
man aIrr ci ur Tor M D'In'.l. ~ 20 m w. h.,f
iban Dsuoras; - quarrel cr-ucd anu aho'ne' I',,tN"
man studiaE on ue "ig - % 5.'' XII, ~ he id Dc,-
dr,9t IL ypL don't VIII ana "'H'''.l "a W '' Ji,,,
ing r4zuc wrG be placed n ~, iTnNi t yc bni
at. rt, mo 10 draw his r2 rt Wa. Guy l"It' ny
WIZ, % ,rs he VA, taken of by his friends; hH,r
SniiI;s iut badly treated b. Republicans ci my own
rJcr.
+ II Flower. tcolorcdl testified:
I'D, ip Sov-Orl,ans: canlc from Pcnn7yyane; !
won't 10 school iu Philadelphia ana Lay. ''E"g iiI ~,
Lou.-aua since 1863; N'. t!roy r. pi M rtrry
trarcr aud hly, voted IN l'yb.,''t u u ~, ~ d" S
t".'i,n az euf tIr llat when went Win me DtIho'
crate; changed ms politics begai,s, E.''' ,g f,
m the Government, aud i~a, h,,' IVA. . ' f,ir
came out opnuy Democrat IN lh, ,,,t ~, t, na,,o
august last, wheu lnddr " lnup"9,, ~ ~ .t.,tc f,r
cratic salc Central C"rmitto' to ahI'.n ] ' % ~ ,. i,
the Democrat, II they would reli"N my Gram,
acceUfrd: made spe"cuci ~ h,pW.', 60
Eatrnitochcs and several other pAraarsi ,,, mli
conycrsd- S i., ,S srgo voad HiS vote the Damocrat
ticket: was told hy E,, El'"J i,i't '.,rir', tn
they afIaId 10 vote me M oo,G de- mo-
sr,t.; TBaaid T. q. Das.onde, sctleIiJ VI ,L ,cc
mark TO Judge Phillips some 1'ro carry the STATE
non that the Democrats "oAlL pt"o!p ',i II tby ser,
hut tbaf would not AFFECT matCin a. even 'J Jl,r'J
sicctSsIul 'ie m sts who rxI,sse, inclination
IN AIDE win me Democrats said tiey ul 50 ~ 5 tnu5 WI
tired of bad government uty "ah'e' iG"I' t
hotter there was lehh O., & ~ rid br applied 10
MT sonchow it disappeared before u cO,r ,y,th
10 I..nimru,s Eirc.u gWlndlc ana A. - IhcENu' 10
when some of them had i1y'h Dyuil'y ,.,r. ,yas
ton and h1 been denTudcd ont Oi tG' o'iy fy,ad Gv
threatened by the kcpuDlcdS a@uu @ W -, IN DANGER
friends tO leave NcW-Or'Hh,' ~ ~ 80 @ .,nrryisnT gf
E.st Friicaia rcmaik that he Coud lot E' , ~ u
nan to Tor office in his parish 9 ' ~ IIt,rr WAS
worth $4,000 to the RepuhIca4 rirS hn,nncri. bGt
any iEtindlliou being pi'e',t nv the RcpuO-
knew thGt Colorcd mrn were
Henry Smith (colorc,D testified .,.,..o,
Iiive IN yrw-Drcaug; came here in Js4L an g1ttu %
tl Dcm"cratic ticet last cecioni on LLnr'lay hsnt @
after the election was met hl laov m I os tbe Dem
asked, ." Is lnat Snln, ling 10 Kill you;" they a.
S1,Itcl me auI shot me IN the hlndi cooio1i Lt
n,r tbry woud ike to vote the DeihociH'c u'he '"
were afraid. ,a,
r g. Smith. a lawyer Of New0rleans, teshhed'
copv,ssed tine state for the Democrats passtsl
through 30 or 40 parishes and saw no @ sI r. the The
cSiorrd neppe except by Republicans, Nho llt -
Drmocrts gn INTO office tue coiored people WIu NJ DC ~
again enslage paid particular a.,en0n UnoT NJ To Of ae
yass 10 the col1fod vote, and saw lai - n. n, IL
rroes who promised TO vote the DemOcIaG ueA1i %
meetings wero largely attended Dy coioieu h
Te naysn of Iasi Feioiana eyeryth Nds queti he
Ge,r of no disturbance whatever; Andels1n the M SUI
perSsor told me that the parish W0,o 90 s thap cI3
pput Eond Inc coIIuted Republican; hat all lhat oo,io
Ie avoided II the Democrats would cal W ss9 nm m IN
dtrsonl; that there was no lnin,,on, I oHiGovIt
esrns there was fraud, violence, and lntnlaIton ~ m
praclced BY Democrats Du5 that S e md scyers
,s to The Chief of Police Of New-Orleuns, ana re,
oaested him to prevent lis su9ordnstes r9n %