The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-01-04
peace, He'll We Don't Want
Peace the Republican
Campaign Cry.
The Beauties OF RadlcaiNm illustrated
BY Pink of Perfection
Named Davis.
The Testimony all Tend to Prove The
Desperate Efforts Of the CustOmhOuse
TO Cover the Premedtated Re.
turning Board Action by
Race Conflicts.

mace GOhHiUtS'
ghe Htilc Cnb Organizations la More
house.
New ORLEANS, January 3. Doctor
! Abbey com handler of the various
rifle clubs IN North Louisiana, testified
to day before the Senate committee,
that after the shouting into the house
on thaislsad 10y negroes he had or
dered his club to patrol the pNrish FOR
some ten days; neither white Repub
liCaus or negroes belonged to the rife
clubs, had always instructed his men
to avoid all acts of violence; the clubs
We're organized for the purpose Of
preserving the peace aud was in the
interest OF no party,
Judge Ray again Given the Lie Direct.
FIllal Watkins and l. Garrett con-
tradicted the statements Of Barrett
Moore and Williams, to the effect that
they and others had arrested them
and burned Republican tickets, and
said Barrett had burned the Il krts
against their protest, snyiug he wa.
afraid 10 carry them to Columbia
Garrett had "a pistol but no other arm;
the party had drank no toast ms re-
ported toy Barrett, or ever told Judge
R4y ta4t Ho Radical should hrld otiiec;
was intoxicated that dizzy had no 20
mamhrmce of the other occurrences /,
was not in tue habit OF drinking
"2encpl Heal We Dou'I want Peace"
Mayor Eudom, OF Monroe, gave n his
tory ul his famous peace lroclama-
los "A day before election; said he had
seen anumber of armed negroes and
after the proclamation had been issued
| tlermau Bell and another negro
brought him five copies Of IL, on
which was written "Peacei he'll we
lon't want peaoe,n he gave detailed
story Of the search for arms hy him
self and Captain Hoate, which is sub
stautiaIly the same as told by the lat
ter.
| The Conduct of thc Campaign tn
OuGcuitn,
Il. A. Burke, member Of the Dem
ooratle Central Committee, testified at
length In reference to registration and
the vote in the parish OF Ouachitn;
spia the registration was G27 more in
1878 than fl 1874, and five more votes
were cusC thsn registered; there were
no complaints about registrations
didn't think the vote WAS materially
affected thereby; heard that over seven
hundred negroes belonged to the
Democratic clubs in the parish In De
tober; the original return of the su
pervisor of that parish showed the
total vote to he 1850; in an hundred
interviews aud lengthy correspou
dence with Governor Kellogg anC
Chief Supervisor Hahn, no complaints
were made of intimidation or violence
In Ousohita; the Democrats knew
their only nope OF success lay in
peaceful election; the committed
knew the Republicans had been 10
,,rucled to concentrate their votes II
Towns to enable the Returning Boar
to throw out country polls without ct
fecting he Republican vote.
Mr.. Salisbury anuouced that this
closed the Democratic ties timony 70
Onachita.
VrrrorI-m in East baton HoUg
utroc,ed Against Democratic NJ
EEO"N.
he Senate sub. committee examine
some ten witnesses, principally colo
al who detailed numerous eases oi.vi
lance and intimidation In East Bato
Rn,v-. most OF which has been alread
published, showing reign OF terri
among the blacks there. The NOV
mont was directed by white Repu6I
cnus from the customhouse' ana WI
.,t,,,5 al negroes who aban doned X
|, nr,,ican clubs and Joined those OF u
. democrats Esquire lsadore Hero
GEE coloIed, stated he had been
c,,tured Dy black Armed Hen NJ
u severely whipped
and told ne must resign his otlie'
ayrer tho whipping it WAS discover
he was not the party wanted ani
vas advised to say nothing about l
whlpuinr; he has been threatened al
4 wa. rnot nj Gy white men siterwar'
\ BIN welt johnson, aged thrice
.ren, and intelligent lad, gave t
na,u Mar, VI his fAther'4, Paul JON
,st SON .ing aiken OFT by the regulate
Ns WIN a rope around his neck, hi7 go
Ites c,rrnbogatiug his mothers, when "
I'M given yesterday
- ,,ovr,bIc Naturalization Practice"
the Bis"k-.
ghcrllT Foreman, Republican, 81
n terrible account OF the intimidat
l. rrpctlced by the blacks, and said .
Va arter the fight at Mount Pleasant 4
ceiling IAN so high that the colo
., nr,soners would have been killed
aos. for himself assisted by the compi
os can't. McGrath, Democrat
the former Recorder of the parish
eobt at Mount Pleasant originated
rs. the killing and destroying Of the O