The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-01-09
A Field-Day for tho House
Investigators.
S0uE rOINrS ON TIE snEE-
MAN REfORE.
The n III .IaviiS' Pronounced For.
gerieS by the MeH whose Names
Were Signed 10 Them
Especial Dispatch to the Enquirer.

Were Signed To Them.
Especial Dispatch to the Enquirer
: NEW ORLEANS. D'csmher 30 The
results of this day are "a important as
those of any day since the invesli gaii,u
commenced
Before Colonel Morrison's Committee
a Commissioner "f Election named
Woods, of Poll 6. Second Ward, this
city, which was thrown out by the ST.
pervisor on the charge Of violence, in
timidation and unfairness, testified. He
is negro and a Republican, and has
held office almost continually for two
years He testified that the elecli N
was honest; there was no violence, no
intimidation, nothing which had the
semh;ance Of it Fl, signed the returns.
knowing them to he correct. This poll
was thrown out on Custom house afl la
Wits.
Colonel B ackburn placed on the stand
Veasey, tho Supervisor of Election OF
Lafayette Parish Veasey testified that
the election was peaceahle, fair and Ist !;
that there was no intimidation. When
confronted with his atiliavit, as presen
ted in Sherman's report, he pronounced
it q forgery He had never sworn to
any thing that it contained. Its state
ments were falsehoods. The condition
of affairs on election day were directly
opposite to those presented by the atfl
davit This witness, while testifying,
kept watching man named D,vis, who
sat to the right OF General Hu lbut, the
Repub' ican member Of the Committee,
coaching him.
Colonel Blackburn understood Davis
to use an insoent expression, aid turn
ing 10 him the Colonel read him most
pointed personal lesson, and his rights
and his duties as counsel to the Repub-
lican members of the Returning Board
Ex Governor Morton was examined,
and testified to the fact that the men
who it was averred in Sherman's report
had made oath as to the violence and
intimidation which characterized the
election, repudiatel the afll lavits Oie
of these men had made an AFFIDAVIT
Which was published in the parish pa
per, charging forgery on the parties who
had written his name to the 80 called
affidavit. THIS affidavit was read alto
gcther This has been fi.ld-day.
FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT
The story OF the woman Pinkston was
completely refuted by over a dozen com
petent witnesses before Senator Howe's
Committee last night The whole story
is political movement of the Republi
cans and has been broken down
The Sub Senatorial Committee, com
posed of Senators Howe and Oglesby
Republicans, and Senator Salisbury
Democrat, have given the Pinkston cast
the most careful attention. They have
closely examined many Witnesses
Whenever there has been nothing spe
cial before the Committee Senator Howe
or Senator 0 slesby has risen and said
LET Us now take up the Eliza Pinkstoi
Case" or, Let US examine Eliza Pink
ston." This case has been presented t
the country as an illustration of tn,
manner in which the Democrats carried
the State, and even after Senators Saer
man and Stoughton had been at all tn
rehearsals in the Custom house in whicl
Eliza was trained in her part, they wer
80 moved when she played it before th
Returning Board that they came yer.
near faintng 1t was proper, therefore
for the investigating Senators to Civ
much attention to the case, for it la
been given tnae Httd Htt slfasfi sthfsii "6
proved and the civilization of Louisian
disgraced. or that it shall be disprovet
as charged and its vile authors brough
to contempt and the indorsers of Sher
man, Matthews and Clerical Erro
Stoughton brought to ridicule and dis
grace. at
After all this investigation Senate
Howe in open Committee yesterda
evening ackno wiedged that the who'll
case had been broken down. After th
witnesses had been heard, all to prett
much the same effect, Senator Howe
the Republican Chairman of the Com
mittee, rose and suggested to Senate
Salisbury that it was needless to exam
inc any more Witnesses in the Pinksto
case, that it was entirely apparent tina
nothing Eliza Pnkston had said o
might say was to be believed, that he
statements could accuse no man an,
that it was needless to examine an,
more witnesses to show her bad char
acter and utter unreliability.
The B ackburn Committee examines
witnesses relative TO Plaqnemine Parish
being that from which Warmoth wa
counted into the Legislature by the Re
turning Board Tue first witness wa
United States Supervisor of Election
who testified that over three hundred
whites failed to vote owing to the fail
ure Of the Supervisor to aff5rd oppor
tunities to register. The lower portion
of the parish was not visited at all BY
the Super 7isor. The next witness tes
titled that he wouldn't believe the Sa
pervisor of Registration and Election il
that Parish under oath.
Another witness was the Radical Su
pervisor in 1874, who declared that, a
the solicitation Of the Republicans, h
issued them 513 false registration pa
pers, using over two hundred himself
and that nearly all we're used again a
the late election. The Supervisor thel
testified that be conducted the election
this year, and made out his protest her,
in the Custom house after his statement'
had gone to the Returning Board 81
much for Warmoth's pretended election
The Times Monroe special says Kel
| ly, Radical Supervisor of Election il
Richland Parish, was on thu stand, and
testified that there was no protest flee
with his returns. He went down will
them, and saw Packard and talked abou
carrying witnesses down. He got S15(
flor expenses Of transportation. Declin
ed to tell what he talked about in the
Custom house. Up to this time ovel
one hundred and thirty witnesses have
been examined by this Sub Committee
many of them Republican negroes. The
whole of them agree that there was nu
bull-dozing in Ouchita, Richland OF
Morehouse, and that nothing occurred
TO prevent full vote. The polls thrown