The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-20

| Anderson said that he was badly
treated by Kellogg and his party tor, as
they said, having "gonc back on the
| party.
| GREAT MANY THREATS.
| Charles 4, Wade. cclored, OF Concoc-
dia parish, voted the Republican national
ticket and the Democratic state ticket (;
did Sc partly because be had a disagree.
Isentwi+ai Senator Dave ! oung, and be
cause he thought the Democrats would
| give the state a better government;
knows Of no violence to col6red Demo
Gratis but heard great many threats.
DAVE YouNG's SPEECH.
William Hunter. OF Concorda parish,
employed thirty to sixty colored people !;
heard David Young, colored, in a speech
say that $. b. Packard would be the
next governor; that it was no use
! for the Democrats to do
anything; that The Republicans
were in power in the state aud intended
TO remain SO that 'if not successful at
the polls they would be counted in by the
| returning board; that the Democratic
majoiities had been overcome by the re-
turning board heretofore, and had been
sustained by bayonets, and that they
would he sustained in DONG so again !;
heard Shelton make speech saying he
could cut oil the head OF any negro yot-
ing the Democratic ticket and
DRINK his BLOOD:
Heard another colored man say the ne
groes had persuaded his wife to leave
him because he voted the Democratic
ticket; knew of no improper influence
used to induce the negroes to vote the
Democratic ticket: thinks about fifteen
colored men voted the Democratic ticket
at his poll.
CONGRATULATIONS of no violence,
but knew one man who told him he
wanted 10 vote the Democratic ticket, but
was afraid of violence.
AN EX-GovERNoR's TESTIMONY.
Ex-Governor Wickline ties tiiicd: Re.
sides in the parish of West Felciana did
nothing to prevent the organization OF
Republicans in the parish over ! 1000 me-
groes in the Democratic clubs voted the
Democratic ticket; they were enthusiast
tic; acted voluntarily; the relation be-
tween the whites and colored people were
conciliatory promised the colored people
that II the Democrats were success
tul IN the contest and did not carry out
their promises, he would join the Re
publicans in the next campaign with the
negroes. against the Democrats: an eff
fort was made to kill HIM and his part
ncr, MIR. Fisher; they were shot at one
night; the candidate for sheriff of West
Feliciana was killed few nights before
the election; some colored men didn't
want it known that they voted the Dem
ocratic ticket; they especially didn't want
their wives to know it, thinks more ne
groes would have voted the Democratic
ticket if they had been lett entirely alone
and free from improper influences the
negroes take more interest in the schools
than in any other question almost every
man in the parish, colored and white,
goes armed.
JUDGE KENNARD On THE STAND.
Witness is Democrat; was one of the
campaign committee; made speeches in
many parishes; addressed large meet
ing at Baton Rouge; about 1000 colored
men were present; after max
ing one speech in Concor-
lila he was waited on Dv col
ored men,. some OF them Republic
cans, who requested him TO deliver an
other address; Weber. supervisor Of req
is'niion. told witness he was satisfied
the election WAS fair and free in the par
ish; every effort was made by the Demo,
Gratis, as policy distinctly avowed from
the start, 10 secure a fair and peaccable
election throughout the state; in parishes
where there was a large negro majority
tLey cvinced considerable trepidation in
voting the Democratic ticket; believed
they feared violence.
Cross-eXamlned-At the last election
the Democrats carried West Feliciana by
about 500 majority; it was carried by the
Republicans By 500 in 1874. There we're
clubs in the parish called Regulators.
who were organized to stop petty pilfer-
ing; they punished thieves by thrashino;
didn't know any member of such clubs 4:
thinks their organization ceased after the
organization of political clubs there was
no collision in the parish except the asas-
sination OF West, the Democratic candj
date Tor sheriff, seven or eight miles
from Bayou Sara n'his way TO a political