New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-27


mittee, consisting Of Senators Wadlefgh,
Oglesby and Mcdonald, " ould take the
Testimony of Eliza Pinkst0n to-day at
eleven O'Clock, and afterward take mp some
other parish. II d"
The committee then adjourned to ten
O'Clock to-day. -.
TIE HOUSE INVESTIGATING COM
MlTTEE.
j.. Twelfth DAYS Proceedings.
q This body of inquisitors, having had re-
spite from it's disagreeable duties since last
Saturday, resumed its sessions yesterday,
and the board was swelled by the presence
Of Messrs. Hurlbut, Joyce, Blackburn,
Beebe ,and Phelps. who, together with
Messrs. Morrison, jerks and Townsend, an
swsred roll call, which uade . working
quorum. This WAS probably caused BY the
fact that Mr.. 'President Orton, Of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, had been
summoned to appear - . Nitness in tele-
graph m alters. It was we'll understood that
Mr. Orion had mot arrived and did not in
tend to, end when fhe ooUnittoe vas called
to ordar . letter from that gentleman " y
fsad, The letter giving his reasoas. for not
AAsWerisg tho commtttee'e subpeha.t He
oeSO s6tg9 49, no - 90ogt0 " AuI1U0
the desired Information, besides his phys
ical condition prohibited him undertaking
90 loQk ssvoyAGoedt cg gseI Z. si-1s u 6
Mr.. Orton's name was called, but of
courae he could noe hear the calf, ss he 10 In
Warrington City q New York. However.
the correspondencs .e0neerning tho affair
was read, the same 6 ., published in tho
Telegraph oolnIns.9Esi 9d1 tsbI2.a,-
A resolution Was. .Rsad aad adopned to ppt
n! NJ; Qfson So il sSnte%pt ef j the be- House. s'd
part Of the oompittees records. II 7
Mr.. Barnes, the manager OF the Westetn
.UnlOh 'TeNgraph' Association in this city,
who has refused t. farnish the committee
With information which he says he does
not possess, was also put IN contempt.
This much aoo0mnliehed the two sub COM
mittees retired, leaving Messrs. Morrison.
r0utane work In taking testimony. e
Captain Carr Xes called, but he did not
appear.
Alexander Davis, colored-I reside jim
New Orleans; since the election, one Sun
day, lust as I had come from my work,
some men came along and one Of them
knocked me down. becouse, % one of them
said, voted the Demosrasio ticket; I laid
on the bsnquette half An hour inseneible;
was threatened before election; man told
my wife that he would kill me it voted
Oecar White and Alexander Davis are the
names; tho beating kept me in bed three
weeks. ...-..-,.
To Mr. Townsend-I work at q fruit
stand i'm the French market; it was one
month ago that was beaten, in the even
ing; had no quarrel with the men; they
said had voted the Democratic ticket;
they did not strike me before the election;
was not registered; l made IN affidavit
know the name of the street on which
live.
Mrs William Jacobs, colored-My son,
Alexander Davis, the one who just teeti-
fed, was assaulted by ano.h sr Alexander
Davis; when found my SON Alexander on
the banQuette, hs 'hsd hole in his head;
my son was sick three weeks.
To Mr.. T0wnsend-He never voted; do
nos know whether he was registered or MOI;
did not eee who beat Alexander:
Marcel Dupart, c0l0red-l reside in New
Orleane; wss 4 candidate for the position of
Representative on the Dsmocratic ticket i'm
the seventh ward in 1874; alwsys was .
Democrat; it was we'll known that I was .
Democrat; at tho last election i vas ~
saulted bv crowd of young men at the
corner Of Diuphiue and Kerlerec streers,
who threw bricks and shells at me; two
friends we're with mo; ono Of them was
struck; this was about 3 month before tho
election; I IVES vice' president of the Nich-
oils and Wits Guards, and that
is the reason Why I WAS assailed
by the young men; crowd Of
men attacked my house one night and
called for thst Democratic nigger; think
that if had gone out would have been
killed or badly beaten; know Of many
other men who were attacked because they
were Democrats; know of many who
would have voted the Democratic ticket
had they not been preventative or six;
my opinion is that colored people would
like change in the government; the last
election in this city was the fairest I ever
saw.
To Mr.. Townsend-Was free before the
war; never attended q Republican meet
ing; did attend Republican meeting on
invitation of the president of the club; 1
took seat on the speakers stand; was
requested to address the meeting, but told
them that could not, as ! was Demo
last election, but was in 1874; can not tell
all the names of those persons who were in
timidated at the last election in the seventh
ward; can not tell single name, but know
some of them by sight; was elected to the
House in 1874 but the Returning Board
counted me out; the white man who was on
tho ticket with me was elected.
O. B. Morgan, recalled-When went
into the country on the twenty fifth of Au.
gust had leave of absence from the Gus.
tomhOuse; l returned TO this city No
vember 10, when was discharged from
the Customhouse; when in Assumption par
ish heard colored people say that they in.
tended to vote the Democratic ticket, be-
cause they thought Q change in officers
would benefit them; heard man threaten
Poindexter; one day just after my return
kellogg and j. E. Anderson had lively
conversation in the Customhouse, and l
son and Nash signed q paper which they
asked me to witness; l witnessed it; the
paper was an agreement to give Anderson q
position in the Cust0mh0use-naval officer;
he was to have the place for doing some.
thing with the East Feliciana returns; An
dersOn told me that the Democrats could
afford to pay him . great deal of money to
have him let the East Ftlicians returns
stand a. they wore; he went to see Mr.. Pat
ton about it; the affidavits that know any
thing about we're made in the Gust ON
house; Harris seemed to have charge of the
affidavit making; the affidavit made by
SHINES. of Livingston, was made correctly
at first, but . red headed young man took
it and called SHINES and then changed the
affidavit; somebody said that man like
Simmes should not hold an Office in the
party; SHINES was tax collector OF Liv-
ingstOn; Hill told q reporter that 1t was
necessary to send supervisors from
he city to the country, as SUPER