The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-12-20

hlnds on the plantation. Voted the
democratic ticket because he wanted TO.
Heard many threats made by colored rePub-
licans against C0lOred democrats and does
believe he would have voted the democratic
ticket on the day of election if he had not
been attended by white men. Asprotected,
no violence was done to the cOlOred men.
T. c. Whitney testified: Reside in New
Orleans. Called upon James anderson, su-
peryisor OF registration for the parish OF
East Feliciana. 10 interview him, rs
L learned Anderson decided TO make
an exposure of certain matters regarding
the election in East Feliciana. Am cor
respondent of the New York Herald. An
derson said he knew all about Fast Fell
cian- and If the democrats would guarantee
him position he would expose everything,
and intimated that such would be favorable
to the democratic party. Anderson said he
wanted living and produced large en-
velope with a seal directed 10 Jas.
Anderson and indorsed, Ito be open
ed when the returning board had
promulgated the vote" Anderson said
that he was badly treated by kei-
logg and his party for, as they said, having
gone back on the party.
Charles F. Wade, (colored, OF Concordia
parish. testified: Voted the republican ma
tional ticket and the democratic state ticket.
Did so partly because he had disagreement
with Senator Dave Young. and because he
thought the democrats would give the state
better government Knows of no violence
TO colored democrats, but heard great
many threats.
The house subcommittee for Baton Rouge
and adjacent parishes left for Baton Rouge
to-day. The subcommittee for Shreveport
and Montio leave tomorrow Gov. Wells
stated in conversation this afternoon snat he
should decline to answer the question as to
the reason for throwing out the votes OF any
poll or parish.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1s.-The senate inves-
| tigating committee met to-day in the United
States district court room in the custom
house. There were present Messrs. Howe
| Of Wisconsin, chairman; McMillen OF Min
nesota. Oglesby of Illinois, Wadleigh of
! New Hampshire. Mcdonald of Indiana, and
Salisbury of Delaware. A number of prom
inent local republicans were in the room.
The committee having been called to or
der, Mr. Howe stated that in the interest of
harmony there would only be a certain
number of persons present, five representa-
tives of each party, to act as counsel, and
the members of the press to be also admit
ted. He said also that the counsel for the
party objecting to the action of the return
ing board desired to submit statement of
their objections in writing. Such state
ment the chairman thought would greatly
facilitate the business of the committee He
wished the document to be brief, and to be
submitted as early as possible. Judge
Campbell desired to file a coun-
ter statement and was accorded that
privilege The chairman said it was desired
votes as returned to the board. There were
none of the democratic counsel present
The committee discussed the best mode of
obtaining a full statement of the votes re-
turned. a wish was expressed TO get copy
OF the commissioners returns TO the super
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for Governor Wells in order to obtain the
required information.
1t was urged by the democratic members
that copy should be procured, not only of
the supervisors tabular statement, but also
of the returns made by the commissioners Of
election to the supervisors, in order that it
might be clearly seen what polls shsuld have
b9en thrown out by the board. Governor
Wells, president of the board, was called in
TO give some information on the subject.
He said he would furnish the committee
with the required statement. AS the board
was busy preparing a report to the legisla-
ture, the clerks would not have time to
make copies. The chairman said that six
stenographers of the committee would do
| the work. The committee then adjourned
until Tuesday at ii a. m. Witnesses have
been summoned to testify in the case of East
Baton Rouge.
The work of the senate committee will be
necessarily slow at first, as 1t is the object of
the committee to obtain from the returning
board the aggregate vote of the state as re-
turned by the supervisors of the different
parishes, the number of votes rejected by the
board and also the vote of the precincts in
the several parishes which were rejected.
1t is doubtful if the committee will be sub
divided as was done by the house commit
tee. AS a large namber of witnesses are
! already here to testify before the committee
and Others are on their way to the city the
committee hope to finish their work by the
18th oUanuary, but 1t is hardly probable that
it can be done by that time. Thus far the
house committee have examined no wit
nesses on the republican side.