The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-07-25

last six or eight months.
O. Do YOU not think 1t might have oc-
Cured to some of them to try to conclli;,
ate the colored people2 A. The Colored
people were conciliated in many parish
es by shot gun. They did attempt con,
ciiation in some instances, however. and
/ endeavored to second them, as, ior IN
stance in East Feliciana. -,
Witness, in response to questions, SAID
instances in which Republican officers
were driven out of their parishes by
Democrats previous to the election OF
1876. and said he would furnish the com.
mittee list of persons killed, hung and
whipped for political reasons il they 30
desired.
Gen, Butler interrogated Senator Kel-
logg, and then said, in the way OF ques'
ton: ~ understand the state OF fact to
be that all members of the visiting COM
mission but one had Federal officers
given them; that one was largely inter
ested in whisky case. All the Return
ing Board and all the Supervisors, except
one (Weber), who was killed, and Capt.
jerks, Mrs. jerks, her sister or brother,
had all been rewarded, under the civil
service order Of the administration, Tor
their action in the election or other eau
ses?"
Mr. Hiscock said the question was cat
egoriCal and must be answered yes or no
Gen. Butler then modified his ques'
ton: "Have any of them not been ap'
pointed to Federal Offices, so far as you
know?"
Mr. Hiscock objected to the question
on the ground that fact must be pro-
we'd by affirmative, not by negative testi'
mony.
Gen. Butler modified his question, and
Senator Kellogg answered it by showing
that, according to his knowledge, some
Of the Commission had been appointed
to Federal offices, and some of the Su'
pervisors, whom he named, had also
been appointed to place.
Mr.. Butler then asked, "Do you know
any reason, or of any special quali6ca'
tion of any one Of those persons, why
they, more than any others, should be
appointed to Office, unless in connection
with service in Louisiana politics"
Mr.. HiscoCk objected to the question,
saying it was intended to make the Ad-
ministration appear ridiculous.
Mr.. Butler said he could not render
the Administration more ridiculous than
it bad rendered itself,
Mr.. HiscoCk-I thank the gentleman
for that remark; it characterizes the
whole purpose Of his inquiry.
After further discussion between But.
Ter and HisCoCk, the chairman stated
that as there has been charges of cor
rupt election and return ia Louisiana, it
was pertinent to show that men connect
ed with that matter had been appointed
to Office, and that their corrupt Connec'
ton with the election was their only fit.
ness for such Office. He thought the
question proper one.
The witness-With the exception of
]. Anderson, all the parties named | be-
lieve to have been appointed because
they were competent to discharge the
duties of their respective offices, and
they were men of sufficient character to
Justify their appointment, and had also
been true, consistent and working Repub.
Iicans in the last campaign; and | think
there are more Republicans of good char.
acter who were efficient and active in the
campai n who ought to be appointed to
office for that very reason, if they are
otherwise competent and upright.
Q.-These other honest and noble
men of whom you speak did not happen
to be Supervisors who made protests at
the time of the election, did they2 A
They may not have that, but they were
more or less prominent in the last cleo
ton.
By. Mr.. Hiscock-E. L. Weber has
sworn before the sub committee that you
instigated him to 90 to Mississippi and
testify before the Congressional Commit.
tee. Please state all you know about
that. A.-Mr. Weber was a member of
the committee appointed by the State
Senate to investigate regarding alleged
violence in East and West FeliClana, and
that committee had made report in
writing which had not been printed
When the Boutwell, Committee went
down to Louisiana, Weber was anxious
to appear before it with this famous man
uscript. He was in the city about that
time and expressed desire to go before
them, and l may have suggested that he
had better go if be wanted to, but at the
time he testified, l was not aware of his
doing so because was in attendance at
the Cincinnati Convention.
The witness was then questioned by
Mr.. Hiscock in regard to violence and in
timidation in East and West Feliciana,
and stated his information was based up
on kilograms received, the substance of
which he had embodied in a telegram
sent by him to Zach Chandler.
Q.-At the time you forwarded the dis
patch to Chandler, there had been COM
nunicated to you facts upon which you
prediCated it, and which induced you to
believe the contents of that telegram to
be true, and you believe them YETI A -
had large numbers of dispatches before
me from The Supervisors Of those parish
es. and believed them at the time, and |
have never had any occasion to change |
my opinion except that had doubts as
to whether they were correct in the
statement that any considerable number
of armed men came over from Mississippi |
or Arkansas at the time of the election,
Q-FrOm the facts which came to your |
is it your opinion thatintim.
ldation arose by reason of the carrying
out of any settled or defined plan on the
part of buldozers, or was it a natural ex.
hbiion of feeling and conduct on the
part of the whites on account Of their an.
Iagonism to the government by the ne
grGes2 Al think there was a prede
termination to carry tho, e five parishes
specially because they were known to be
parishes That the action of
local politicians may have not furnished |
ln additional argument to intensity the
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