The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-12-28

teSOiutlOn was ADOPTED l5O 10 t3-lnstIuctlng the
Judi larry Committee to report am ndment to
| tn Constitution forbi';ding the payment of war
aims to i>loyal persons. melton was made
and lost to suspend the rules and adopt re~olu-
ton calling for Gen. Sheridans report on the re-
moval Of Gov. Wells, Of Louisiana.
THE INVESTIGATIONS.
Compiled from Associated Press Reports, unless
otherwise Designated.l
LOUISIANA.
The Congressional House Committee met
at New O,leans on the 18th Mr.. Morrison presiding.
communication was received from the Louis-
ana Returning Board, stating in substance that
four members Of the Re urning Board denied the
to or thu fhe deco ion of
ing Board until they hid delivered their
documents to the General Assembly. Tn y
asS ags,s he temP of The House
and reyitw docume. ls in their posscs>o, o. d
claimed hat As Individuals hey coulG n uncer
the Consti;u lou AID laws of tie a e surrender
them. I hey stated that they woud have copies
II all documents made Tor he Commi tee if he
Commit ee would p Ov'de The Necessary means.
The Chairman instructed The Sergeant-a'; rms
TO notify he members OF the Return ne Board
that their presence would be expected at
eleven, a. m. on the 18th, in obed
0Issss OF the s o be Of ths
A. other communica ion from Charles s
Abell Secretary OF The Returning Board. was
read: in answer to subp9"o duces tecum served
ON him, declining to furnish TIE documents. as he
had been instructed not to do so. These refusals
or ated considerable excitement. The room was
crowded with spect tors and witnesses.
Mr.. Wells, of the Returning Board, was
before the House Committee on the 18th but de-
clined answering questions deny ng the authority
OF the Committee % int 70. ate HIM as to Re-
turning Board matters He SAID the co mi tee
NO Id employ eight CLERKS in idition the q RI
cal force OF the Board. all the papers cou soon
be copied: 9th r witnesses we exam ined as to
the late eect on but no hing new sta ting was
devc Oped. Sub-tO nm,ttees were app ted I,
be 10 ated IN different pari> hes Of he It te no
| " Guild leave when copies Of the Returning Boa
had been obi ined
On the EVENING" of the 18th, the Republi-
| can counsel sent protest to the House Commit
| tee demanding that facilities be offered them to
ing that they should be protec ed against
in ults a:d III eats. On the 14h. Mr..
Glow r, Supervisor of East Ba on Roug,
TESTIFIED q, before ,s. the t t, e. and ii,
showi g that riot. 1umult and terror prevailed
throughout the Parish on the day of election. He
d not witness am violence. but was infor ned
of l. by Others. He said. on cross-examnaton,
hat the affidavit accompanying the retu ms was
prepa ed at the Gus om.H u e in New Orleans.
Two colored witnessed Henry Carroll and
John Petty testified before the House Committee
on the '5th, to the effect that they had voted and
acted with the Democrats at the late election and
that for doing they had been subject to threats
and abuse Carroll stating that attempts had been
killed on the 10th of November in mis- axe or
him. Petty testified hat he was sho and oea en-
BY colored I'M, men for having voted the Demo ratio
was Republican In 1871, and took seat in the
Lesisat' r, a though fairly beat at the pol 8
He He st t. ted tn the Hist ry OF the out.aees on
Red Ri err" written by him, he believed at the
time be true, bu now b., knew better. o. B.
Morg N. discharged ON clerkship in the Gus
tom, House, on the 10Th Of November, t. stfed
election, hat the Democrats had carried the
Path Of East Feiciana, oily one Re-
publican vote being pol Ell. On meeting day
he ught to be b. ng. but they did not otherwise
mo est m. Witness d irequentrd Gus.
tom House since his scharge. and had seen a
and had known some instances where they were
not In accordance with the testi given in re-
gard to intimida ion. Supervisor Glover. of East
Baton Rouge, had said to witness that it was
peaceable there Oh the day of election, but Clo er
did not consider it safe to return there after the
election; that he had thrown Dat some boxes and
witness conversed with Supervisor Leday of La
fourche, before and after the election. Leday
told him that the parish was Democratic, but it
would 60 all right; that he was not there for any
foolishnees; he would throw out enough polls t.
elect the Republicans. He said n thing about
intimidation. Witness sid he had been advised
he would not get his place back in the Custom
House If he testified.
NJ. 8. Peeler, of New Orleans, was be-
fore the House Committee on the 10Th, and tes l.
fed that he was United States Supervisor in Poll
2 Il the Second Ward; that an at empt was
made BY the Republican Comm. sioner to pre-
vent Democ ats from voting; that Mr. Hare,
X publican Commissioner, had told him, af er
the election, t. at the was aone trouble about
that poll; THAT The Dem cratic Commissioner
would be ar e:ted. and they W u'd take the box
and INK 1t to suit themselves; witness wa otie ed
$500 by Mr.. Casey, Re ,,ublican Marshal. if he
would let him and anothe Mar-hal have the hox;
he declined the Offer, and notified tn Democratic
Commute ;, who sen force for p election; the
Republicans subsequently made attempt to
seize The box, and Ike it to the Gus ON House;
witness was subsequently atsaul ed ny Hare, Re-
publican Comm ssioner because he would not GER
tify the retu rs as correct and refused to allow
| the box to be taken by the RepuUlicars. On
the cross .mina ion, witness said the election
told II he did not Keep in he would be killed for
| going back on his party; was still Repu lican.
Pompey Slate. Marshal Taylor, E; H. Flowers and
Henri SIN tn (all colored testified that they voted
the Democ attic ticket at the last election and had
been assaulted and maltreated 40 doing. Flow
ers sal he canvassed the state or the Democrat
they would vote the Democratic tickle, and tn
said ey were afraid to v"te such tic ct owing
| to threats which had been made against colored
esns he ta sfT
l
Democra 8; saw no intimidation colored people
except BY Republicans, who 50 if the Democrats
| got in Office the colored people would
be again e,elaved: saw . number of negroes
] who pr missed to vote the Demo ratio
ticket; head Of no disturbance in the
Parish Of East Feliciana; Supervisor Anders n
had told witness that Parish would 60 Democratic,
but would be counted Republican,; that ne GAN
rson) had Sid the Custom House ofBcia! 9
wanted him to swear that fraud, VIC ence and in
timtda ion were prscticed by the Democrats, but
that he refused to do 20.
At the meeting of the Senate Commit
tee, on the 18th, Gov Wells. President Of the Re-
| turning Board. was called upon to give some in.
| formation respecting the action of the Board; he
| said he would furnish the Committee with the re.
CURED statement Of votes pc led Al votes exclud-
60 npt.ae the Bo I'd was busy preparing rep rt 10
to make the copies; the Chairman said the six
stenographers Of the Committee would do the
work. w tneeses had been summoned to testify
! In the case Of East Baton Rouge, and large
aRwbsr Of wit1esees were already on hand p
| S50fy. NO wtS6ebees On tde Republican side