Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1876-11-30

REPORT OF oUTRAGEs.
: Upon going into executive session,
General Anderson read a report
from Sergeant Choumet, of the metro
politan police, to the effect that at 8:15
p. m. Tuesday Messrs. Hugh Jennings,
Sam Young and Joseph Swain had gone
to the residence of Eliza Pinkston and
propounded questions in regard to the
killing OF her husband, whether he had
been killed by whites or negroes, etc.
The report went on to say that one of
the men had put his hand on his pistol
and that Eliza Pinkston had fled from
them. MIR. Gauthreux, Col. Zacharie
and others of the Democratic counsel
called upon the board to allow
them to produce witnesses to prove that
the charge was false. Gen. Anderson
said 1T would not go on record. Mr..
dauthreux said it had been sent to the
board and read to produce an effect on
the visitors, and he thought the accused
should be heard. By request of Gov.
Wlcklif, Mr.. Stubs, a lawyer of Ouchi-
ia, was heard. He said that two of the
persons named in the communication,
Mr.. Swain aud Dir. Young, were in the
same room with him, No. 131 Canal
street, with about twenty other persons,
the whole evening, and up to one o'clock
at night. Mr. McGlain said there were 20
other persons who could swear to the
same thing. G. Tidwell and j. T. Swan
were called to the stand to testify on be-
half of the Democrats, and questioned
according to the interrogations pro-
pounded, the Republican counsel being
allowed to examine them orally. They
have rebutting testimony to that given
by the woman Eliza Pinkston on Tues
day.
THE RETURNS COMING N-DRMooRATIC
sTATEMKNTs.
The returns from Lafayette, Grant
and Tangiphoa were brought in during
the day. Two polls in LAFAYETTE
parish, giving $50 Democratic ma
Jority, were not found on the con-
| solidated returns, but the vote was
obtained from the accompanying
tally sheets there was protest with re-
turns dated the 28th. The vote of one
poll In Tangiphoa parish was missing,
and the tally sheets were also absent.
The returns of Grant parish, were receiv- |
ed from the United States supervisor.
The State supervisor after appointing |
the commissioners of election, left the |
parish before the election, notwithstand- |
ing the protest of both republicans and |
democrats. The election was held how |
ever under the auspices of the |
democratic and republican United !
States supervisors, with the following /!
result Hayes, 395; Tilden, SIS. The |
returns from Vernon, Franklin and Liz. /
ingston parishes were opened and laid /
over. Statements from sIl the parishes |
are now in, and the Democratic COM |
nittee has obtained the official figures |
of every PARISH rkey vary only few
,btireYTed. due to the throwing out OF
ilsYlTs., from the figures heretofore tel
slcraphed. The hoard dtsp9ses OF tile
EASY l5aLon 11ouga case EAs.1 Atss - ~.
a pEMooRATTo PROTEST..
The following protest, signed by all
the Democratic Senators, was entered
upon the records in the Senate, in &C
cordance with notice given yesterday:
We, the undersigned, Senators OF the
State of South Carolina, beg leave
to place upon record this our
solemn protest against proceedings by |
this body which ia any degree recognize
the body calling itself the House of
Republicans of South Carolina, over
which E. w. NJ. Mackey claims to pre-
side as speaker, which met on the 18th |
inst. and claimed to organize in the hall |
of representatives. The constitution Of |
South Carolina makes each house the |
Judge of the election returns and quail !
fcations of It's own members. The SUI
preme Court of the State has by formal |
judgment decided that the mem |
bera from the couhties of Edge |
field and Laurens who received the |
highest number of votes were entitled |
to seats. These members have been re- |
fused admission to the hall and all par |
ticipation in the organization by armed |
soldiers of the United States, who barred |
with baYonets the door of the Hall of
Representatives, and acted as judges of
the election returns and qualifications of
| it's members. We have seen armed forces
of the United States overriding the plain
declaration Of the Constitution of the
State. We have witnessed the sol
emn -mockery of corporal of the
guard reviewing and reversing the
Judgment of the highest court.
We have seen the spectacle humiliating
in the last degree to every high minded
American, the halls of legislation oc-
cupied at the hour of midnight, land hold
ing them against the ingress of the law
making powers, and this at
| time Of the profoundest peace,
| when not single act of violence
furnished pretext for the ursurpation.
/ We have seen still more humiliating
spectscle of United States troops placed
under the immediate control, and receiV-
/ ing orders from, a citizen. without au-
| thority and partizan of party power.
| We have seen this citizen assum-
ing absolute control OF the capitol
of the commonwealth, and ad-
hitting through lines of armed
sentinels of his own partizane, under
his own edict or written pass from one
Jones-another citizen who was selected
by these partizans, to organize the
House of Republicans. We have seen
this body of partizans thus admitted
claiming to organize without q quorum,
in violation, in defiance of the supreme
court and under the protection of Unit
ed States troops. We therefore enter
this our protest against any recognition
of said body pretending to be the House
/ of Representatives of this State, and for
the following reasons: Said body hav-
ing organized without 3 constitutional
quorum, there being but So members
j present, whereas majority OF the
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