The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-01-11
/. TIE HOUSE COMMITTEES.

Before the House Committee. on the 9th,
Rev. Thomas Brown, colored. testified: Was
President of a Democratic club; was knocked
down and was not permitted to preach because
he was Democrats lost sIs01 by the Freed
snsn's Bank, teed that asgthAeht in bis speeches
Zoe Craig, coIoTed. testified: Was President Of
cOloped Democratic club Of $50 members at
Baton Rouge; the colored clubs numbered SEQ or
| s. o members. Eight other colored witnesses
testified as TO having been assaulted and their
lves threatened for voting the Democratic ticket
Robert T. Carr, of De Soto Parish. testified
Was Republican candidate for Sheriff and was
returned as elected, although his opponent
received 239 more votes than he did; there was
no intimidation whatever in the parish.....
The Blackburn sub committee examined niiifl-
her of Witnesses as to the election in fsafourrhe
Parish. the Substance Of their testimony being
that the alleged irregularities at the various
polls in the making up q the retrrns Mers dtis
to the ineoftipetence or killful disregard OF tbe
law q the Republican Officials, dnd that the tot
Ing wac fairly and peaceably Conducted.
The House Committee; on the 2Sth, ex-
aInined some half dozen colored witnesses of
the Parish Of Orleans. who testified to being as
saulted, beaten or intimidated by their own race
for voting the Democratic ticket. Albert Voor-
bees, member of the Legislature and Chairman
of the Democratic State Central Corresponding
Committee testified that every effort had been
taken by the committee and himself to secure
peaceful election. The Blackburn sub'eem-
IsHe all az hom N tese 70
regplafities the plrt of the officers 81 election
at Poll e. and ffaud in registration, as well as to
intimidation Of colored Democrats by colored Re-
publicanB.
The House Committees, oh the 10Th, re-
ceifed some additional evidence in regard to the
intimidation of colored Democrats, Chafls )
Lewis, coloredi rais ne was a member of the
! Council of Freedom, Of which nearly every
prominent z publican in tn State was mem
Der, and that among the penalties was death for
any member who electioneered for Democrats.
copy of the By laws and Constitution was
identified and filed as evidence.
The House Committee, on the Both, eK-
amined at length Mr.. teazeyy SUPERVISOR =,
Lafayette Parish, In regafd to the RETURNS fFori
that parish and the protest accompanying them:
He said the latter was written at The Custom
house, and he was, told he must sign i TO make
hisreturhs regular, and that the new tally sheets
were made out with certain polls rejected, which
he signed, after they were made out at the Gus
tom house. Winners said the election was fair
and peaceable, and that the statements on pro
test were from hearsay evidence. The Commit
tee then adjourned until Tuesday morning.
The House Committee, on the ID, exam
ined five witnesses, who testified to the fairness
of the election and the absence Of intimidation
in Concordia Parish. ~. The House sub COM
mitteee examined a nrmber Of witnesses relative
10 tiiviDfstoh Parish. Sylvester Sytfmes, tax
collector testified that the election was peace
able and Quiet, and that the afiidavit appearing
Ia SRerman's report was prepared in the Custom
house and made him say things he knew nothing
about. He never knew Of any armed organiza-
ton there. ..
The House Committees, on the Sd, re-
ceived the evidence Of number of witnesses.
who testified to fair and peaceable election in
the parishes Of st. Tammany, Concordia, and
7 3xrfr L
Registration, said that all the afidavits relative
TO intimidation in Livingston Parish were pre-
pared by clerks in the Custem-house at New Or
leans. =.
Before the House Committee, on the eth,
JUICE Dibble, member Of the Republican State
Committee, denied the statement that he had in
structed Republicans to delay the voting Of
Democratic tickets did advise the colored men
to vote at the polls back Of the city, where they
lived, in order TO avoid collision.