The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-24

The Election Investigation.

The Election Investigation
| & New Orleans, Dec. &c. Heassy, a
Republican of Orleans parish, testified
| that he was a commissioner of election
| in Ward III. There was no intimida-
tion during the election, hut there Was
| alter the voting closed.
| f''Ledick. a Democratic supervisor,
wonld Not allow me " quit the count
and go home. They had several men
keeping the taliy-sheets, all of whom
bad pistols lying on the table. l sent
for a policeman 10 protect me, but the
| policeman was run out of the office.
What the Democratic committee want
ed me to do was not required by law.
They told me that if / left l would go
away dead. l never received any in-
structions as to how L should act. /
was working f ,r the people. / received
private notes while the vote was going
on, and had instructions three or four
times to close the box if / saw anything
wrong. Tue election was quiet and
peaceable. Believe all votes polled
there were legal. / don't think the
tally-sheets were correctly kept. 1
think the Democrats received all votes
that were counted for them"
A. w. Kempton, of Orleans, Il Re-
publican commissioner of election in
the 18th ward, said the election was
peaceable and quiet up to the closing of
the polls. 81 com -enced tallying, but
could not continue, and put some II
in my place. After the votes were
counted 1 objected to the tally-sheets.
They did not correspond-lacking some
five or six votes. When | objected, some
gentleman came in, sat down at the
table, and showed his revolver. They
finally adjusted the tally-shects with
his assistance, and l sigred them be-
cause l feared for my lite. They had
more pistols than | had.n
Abel's statement shows that the vote
thrown OUT By the returning board,
exclusive of that not returned by the
supervisors, was: Democrats, 10,2S0;
Republicans, 1853.
Louis Bakus, supervisor of registra-
tion, 18th ward, Orleans parish, testified
that two witnesses told him they signed
the returns from poll 2 under intimida-
ton. This vote wasn't included in his
consolidated statement. The commits
sioners refused TO sign the tally-sheet
because they were threatened and
thought they were incorrect. At the
polls witness saw unauthorized persons
keeping tally-sheets. The Democrats
were determined to do as they pleased.
Negroes had told witness thew would
vote for Republicans, but for the fear
of losing their places. He knew of 81
negroes who had been discharged for
voting Republican, but they fear to
have their names divulged.
The Senate committee heard the tes-
timony of Lieut.. McCaulay, of the U.
S. army, stationed at Monroe, which
was long and exhaustive, detailing all
the events which have already been
published concerning the killing of
Logwood and Orimus johnson, con
corning the breaking up of meetings by
Democrats, the terrorism under which
the parish of Ouachita was held, etc.
The whole story was told in an exact
and careful manner, as though read
from n memorandum. Witness attend
ed many of the meetings, having been
specially detailed by his commanding
officer. The examination gave
few new facts.
Jack Kemp (colored) of Monroe, tes-
tilted that he had to leave the cotton
crop he was raising because of threats
of ibull-dozers, who insisted on his be-
coming n Democrat.
Chairman Howe stated that other
Ouachita witnesses were summoned
but were not yet here, and the COM
mittee would hear any evidence on the
other side. Adjourned till next Thurs
day.