The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-12-07

had the. reputation. of being the .worst
bnlldozed section of the State. In fact.
it was the birthplace of'the bulldozers.
Murders and acts of violence had been
frequently reported. and / have no
doubt that Kellogg's motive in sending
me there was because he thought I
would surely be killed, and my death
would have assisted in '.firing the
Northern heart"
A few weeks residence in the parish
convinced me that it would go Demo
cratic by heavy majority. / found
that the man who commanded the first
body of bulldozsrs held the best office
In the parish. by appointment of Kel.
iogg. gave each party, the choice of
aclerk, and the Republicans selected a
man who had also been a buildozer.
aud who boosted that in period of
some fifteen years he had shot and
stabbed twenty-seven men. When
wanting to fix u particular occurrence,
he would pleasantly refer to it as hav-
ing occurred at the time he killed Smith
or Jones. In 1874 he. belonged to a
certain clique of the Republican party,
and one day he rode into the town of
jackson. where the opposite faction
was holding meeting. aud opened on
the crowd with his Colts revolver.
when the smoke of battle cleared away,
the killed and wounded footed up
eleven mules and eight '.niggers.
1t vas such men who controlled the
Republican party in East Feliciana,
and soon learned that between them
and the colored people there existed an
irreconcilable differences. The latter
accused them of being bulldozers. and
responsible for many acts of violence.
while they declared that the colored
people were all thieves. This was the
reason why there was no Republican
organization in the parish, and there
were GO votes cast on election day be-
cause the leaders thought that fact
would be a sufficient argument on
which to throw out the parish, by
alleging that it Was due to terrorism.
My returns, showing Democratic
majority on the Presidential and Con-
gressional ticket of over 1920. were
regularly followed to New Orleans.
Upon nay arrival in that city, found it
in ferment. 1t was conceded that
Hayes election depended on the State.
and the Republicans saw at once the
necessity of having a protest against
my parish. This / refused to make,
but finally signed a Statement. to the
effect that acts of violence had been re.
ported to me. but that I had no per-
sonal knowledge of any that could be
charged to tffe Democratic party This
statement amounted to nothing in law,
but interlineations were after. ards
made. which changed it to an intimida.
ton protest. A jurat was attached,
and the parish thrown out.
When asked by the reporter why he
did not denouoce the forgery. Ander-
son said he knew the desperate charac-
ter of the men who committed it. and
had he denounced them he would have
been arrested for perjury. He says be
has been offered several positions by
the Government. none of which he
cared to accept. Democrats. h says,
unite with Republicans 10 c4llir g him
a champion liar. but he is willing to
submit the evidence taken before the
Potter Committee to any unbiased law.
yer. capable of analy zing it. aud is con.
ident that his decision would be that
every material allegation made by him
has been corroborated by Republicans
and Democrats ofthe highest standing.
He sayes he has retracted nothing, aud
that all reports to that effect are false.
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