The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-13

Tor reasons, and demanded an answer, and
the witness replied, "yes."
Q.-Were you not surprised that so able a
lawyer SO honorable a stateman and United
States Senator would employ such messenger
as Anderson?
Al can't say that was surprised.
Darrell in testlfying as to his first acquain-
lance with Anderson stated: I never saw him
but once previous to the election and that inter-
view influenced me greatly in trying to aid the
man afterwards. 1 had been making political
speeches in some Of my parishes along the
Mississippi river. When I returned found
Anderson on the boat at New Orleans, having
taken the boat above at Baton Rouge. He ex-
hibited his coat and vest where had been shot.
l think his pocket-book and papers prevented
him from being wounded, but his coat was
much torn ana he told me quite a lengthy
story of his having been followed at night and
an attempt made to assasstnate him and about
his escape, and he exhibited evidence of the
shooting. supposed at that time the man was
telling the truth. had no doubt then that
the man had been bulldozed or that an attempt
had been made to bulldoze him and that he es-
capped with his life by a hairs breadth. When
l went to Washington stated to the President
that had seen Anderson, that he was certail-
~ in terrible condition mentally and physis
cally, although he was not wounded.
GIN that connection did he make any
statements to you about the general condition
of Feicaina parish?
Ale represented it was perfectly terrible
and that no Republican was safe there a mo-
ment. he was not and no one else was. That
was probably two or three weeks or month
before election. He mentioned names of
prominent Republicans who were all either
driven out of the parisheeor intimidatsd to such
an extent that they would not dare to make
speeches or even vote. That parish had for
merly been in my Congressional district in the
elections of 1868, 1870 and 1872. 1 was very in.
timately acquainted there. had made can
vass OF the parish and knew all the leading
Republicans and had always carried it by a
majority, and OF course when he told me these
things and exhibited evidence of violence on
his own person took very great interest be-
cause l knew all the people up there.
Q-When you represented the parish what
was about the relative strength of the parties
there?
Any majority in the parish was from 900
to 1900.
Q-You had personally canvassed it?
1870, 1872.
Q-In these campaigns, at how many parts
or the parish had you had meetings and had
been personally canvassing?
Ain my own parish and 1 attended meet
ings in almost every ward in town during the
three years.
estate whether from your personal knowl-
edge of the character of the population there
party lines were so drawn that you could re-
gard party men as merely drifting floating
vote?
A-The same vote substantially was there in
1876 as in 1872. That is, the same leaders of
the Republican party and there has been no
change in their sentiments. OF course a good
many had been killed in 1875 and 1876. say
that the leading Republicans who had not been
killed were in the same parish, that they were
80 completely intimidated as An lerson in
formed me, and as other parties did, that they
could not make speeches nor even VOTE 1 saw
several parties on boat at the same time did
Anderson. and they all had the same story.
that no man dared say he was Republican
and dared to vote the Republican ticket OF
course 1 was not in the parish myself during
1876,