Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-30

ize him to state as the combined result of the
testimony will be of his witnesses named:
First. The prevalence in the parishes above
named, as there was in those adjoining before
and at the time of said election, and especially
at the time and places of registration of voters,
prepatory to said election, of thoroughly
gained and executed system of intimidation of
Republican voters by Democrats. This intimi-
dation fOrcibly and by means of daily and night
1yraids, by armed bodies of men, upon persons
and property of Republicans, included in these
acts of violence, killing, wounding and whip
ping of Republicans, breaking into and burn
ing houses and stores, and other outrages, by
means of which such = state of terror was
inaugnrated in these and adjoin-
ing prsishes, that Heading Republicans
in these localities were forced to leave their
e.nPs i u .pd the aux and de Of the party
utterly disheartened, . large majority Of them
forced against their wish either to desist from
voting or to vote the Democratic ticket; that
this intimidation was carried to such an extent
that large Republican msjorities which had ap-
peared at every election after the close of the
war and prior to the election of 1876, was there
by suddenly converted into . large Democratic
majority, SO that in some Of the precincts in
one of the parishes, to wit, East Feliciana, not
single Republican vote was polled.
Second expect by this testimony to show
that witnesses of both parties concede the
presence of this violence and intimidation,
though the Democrats say it was not political
in it's origin.
Third expect by this testimony to show,
in the establishment of my claims, that it
political, directed by the Democrats against
Republicans as such, and that this organized
violence was SO trained as to precede and cover
the time of registration and precede the cleo
tions and that it ceased after the election, and
that the victims of violence and intimidation
were almost always active leaders of the Kepub-
icans, and never of the Democrats.
FOURTH expect by this testimony to show,
and will show as / am authorized to state by
the records of Congress, among others, the fol-
lowing list Of enorm nit committed in the
following parishes: Those for political ends
above stated namely, East Feliciana, killed,
S; wounded, 8; hung, 2; whipped, a. shot at
4; expelled from Office and driven from home,
s; by threats of violence 5; burnt out, q;
threats to individual persons. II. In West
Feliciana, killed, Is; wounded, l.; hung, g.;
whipped, z; SHOT at, Z; expelled from Office,
violence, 4; threats Of individuals, Is; burnt
out, ID.
l make this application to the committee. at
this time, because l wish to give the committee
opportunity to take action thereon before it
shall send part Of its members to Louisiana, if
that should be done. In case Of decision to
send such committee to Louisiana, and that
the committee shall deem it improper to bring
all the witnesses named to this city, then l ask
that this application shall be treated and acted
on by the ommittee aud by the subcommittee
sent to Louisiana us an application to have the
witnesses named subpenaed and examined
wherever the committee or subcommittee
shall decide it best to have them appear.
Deemins it due to the committee and myself
to file this application without the delay that
would be involved in an attempt to find out
whether any, and which Of the witnesses may
be dead or out .of reach for process of the
House, / decided now to file it, and to say that
as as notified my application will be
granted, my counsel here and in Louisiana
will, before the subpBnas are issued, strike
from the list the names Of any persons whose
| attendance it shall be found impracticable tc
procure.
Secretary Sherman, in giving the above let
ter for publication, says he refused to give tt
the press his offer of testimony. made june
9th, until the committee shoulc
| act upon it. After a long della,
without notice to him, a paper is published
this morning purporting to be the proposed
reply of the committee to his formal request
in which he is denied the right to prove thu
| very gist Of the whole matter. whether or no
there was free and fair election in West and
East Feliciana, and the subcommittee is nov
in Louisiana acting upon this construction
The pretense that he (the secretary canno
prove there was not free and fair election be
cause he denies the writing of the imputed
letter is frivolous to the last degree. Whethe
he wrote the letter or not, the real thing tina
committee wants to know he says, is whethe
there was actual fraud and violence in thes
two parishes to justify the returning board il
what they did. If SO, that is the end of tn
inquiry. If not, and if the action in Louisiana
was unequal and improper then it may becom
proper to ascertain who participated in it
| The affair has become ludicrous burlesqu
| and travesty on Justice and fairness.