New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-07
THE wApLEIGH COmmITTEE.
Ninth Day.

Senator WRdleigh's committee met yes
terday merning, pursuant to adjournment,
with all the members present.
The first witness was Augustus Williams,
called by the Democrats.
To Senator McDonald-Live in Baton
Rouge; am business manager of the Grand
Era; the editor is j. Henri Burch, Repub-
lican State Senator; he was one of the
Hayes and Wheeler electors: am cOnser-
vative Republican; was in Baton Rouge
during the campaign; attended the Repub-
ican meeting at which Governor Packard
spoke, and other meetings; was present at
the Democratic meeting which was ad-
dressed by General Nichols; there we're a
good many colored people there; don't think
there WAS a majority of eolOred people; the
dinner was inside the State House grounds;
cOlOred men who went inside we're required
to wear ribbons; one man changed his coat
after he had had one dinner, got another
ribbon and another dinner; while ] was at
the Free Market Hall the election was very
quiet; / was there for an hour or two; the
plan of voting one white and one cOlOred
man alternately has always been customary;
usually when there are more colOred than
whites, they allow greater portion OF col
Ored to vote; there was some schism in the
Republican party as to Candidates for the
House and parish judge; understood that
at q meeting held on Monday the difference
was compromised; there were two sets of
tickets on the morning of election day;
about nine o'clock the tickets with O'COn-
nOr's name for parish judge, and Gilberts
for the House, were Withdrawn by mutual
consent; at first there was some dissatisfac.
ton, but afterward the voting went along
quietly; do not think any Republican re.
fused to vote on that account; Lane was
defeated for the nomination in the conven-
ton. and he was put on the ticket
by the parish convention; had the most
votes in the convention Cd the frat ballot,
and they all combined together to defeat
me; never knew Glover until he came to
the parish as supervisor; think he was ap-
pointed on Lanes recommendation; heard
he said before Lanes name was placed on
the ticket, that we had better fix that ticket,
as it was weak; did not hear him say it;
did not have much to say to him; went to
him once to make suggestion, and he told
me very abruptly that l had better go on
and attend to his business; have heard
complaints in regard to stealing seed Get
ton; when in the Legislature introduced a
bill to prevent the sale of seed cotton at
night, at the request of white and eolOred
citizens of my parish; the bill passed the
House, but was not called up in the Senate;
heard of stock killing; heard that the burn
ing of stores was on account of buying
seed cotton at night; heard that men
of 1.-THE stores we're owned by Republicans
and some by Democrats.
To Senator MoMillan-One of the argu
ments made by one of the speakers at the
Nichols meeting-a funny man by the name
OF Smith-was that the oOlOred people had
no schools; that the school fund was squan-
dered; that was not true; there have been
schools to the extent that the funds would
allow; school warrants are worth one hun
20 ha 1nll hos hoa
equal division of schools between white and
colored; nearly all the cOlored people send
their children to school; the argument that
the cOlOred people we're deprived of schools
could not, therefore, be very effective; the
Democratic meeting was held on Saturday
there are always great number of cOlOred
men ia town on Saturday, as they do not
work on that day; the difference in the
party as to the local candidates did not de-
prive the Republican national and State
| ticket of single vote, and the local candi.
dates of very few, if any; heard of the
killing of Jerry and Sam Meyers; Jerry
| Meyers was a leading Republican in his
ward; he could read and write, and was a
subscriber to our paper and paid his bills
promptly; have known him a good many
years, and considered him an honest, up.
right man; knew less of his son, but never
heard anything to his detriment; heard Oi
in the spring of this year, but was at that
time in this city; these Outrages were talked
| over q great deal among the cOlOred people
in the city of Baton Rouge the Republicans
persevered, but heard many colored men
in the outlying wards say they were afraid
to vote at home, and good many of then
came to Baton Rouge; parties were tried il
the courts for stealing-several cOlOred and
one white man; they were all convicted; the
| colored men were sent to the Penitentiary
and the white man to the parish jail; steal
| ing could be punished in the courts.
To General A. S. HerrOn-There were NJ
| schools in the country from April to Sep
tember of this year, but there were SCHOOL,
before and have been since; most of thu
cases of murder occurred previous to Junt
| of this year; the murder of Paul johnson
| and q few others occurred since; in tn
| town of Baton Rouge did not see any inter
ference with the rights of voters at thu
late election; my experience was linite'
| to two wards; believe that some Democrat
| used the same means to gain the votes Q
colOred men that they would to gain thos
| of white men and others did not; know O
q cnlored man on Mr.. Kleinpeter's plac
| who was forced to leave because he vote
| the Republican ticket; have understood tina
the cOlOre6 men on Mr.. Larrimore's plac
nearly all lett; know of many instance
where c0lOred men were not forced to leave
To Senator MeMillan-If all the cOloreI
men were forced to leave there would be n
one to work the places unless the whit
men took hold and worked themselves
don't think MIR. Bureh would consider
safe to go to Baton Rouge; remember tb
circumstance of a meeting being held I
compel Judge Davis to resign; he was
United States revenue officer; there wei
several arrests made of leading Democrat
citizens for that offense, and they were tt
ken to New Orleans; believe there was
public reception given them on their returl
heard the cannon; that occurred previous
what General Heron calls the commend
ment of the campaign; thought the tone
McEnery's speech at the Democratic Stat
Convention was very violent toward II
publicans; General Nichols was milder;
II. Mari objected to the seating of a deleg
tiOn because they were voted for by oolOre
men; he was willing that they should vo
at the general election.
At the commencement of the cross-exaI
ination by Senator Mcmillan, Senator
Wadleigh and Mcdonald withdrew, in Q
der to take trip down to the jetties whiC
had been previously arranged. Gener
Heron was left in charge Of the Democrat
side.
Adjourned till Monday morning at t,
O'Clock.