Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-03

had done with reference to the parish, told
him had held the election and had made re-
turns. He asked me if any protest had accom-
panied the returns. told him no. He
no protest / told him the oirioumgtances did
not warrant it, and that there was no ground
on which to make protest. he said you were
here few weeks ago, and you then told me
you had been intimidated, and that an attempt
been driven from the parish. l told
him that that was the case, but
did not know whether the intimidation
had been practiced by Democrats or Republic
cans and that consequently was not prepared
to make any protest. Later in the day he came
again to me and said Jim, I do not want you
to do anything which your conscience does not
warrant you in doing, but there is crisis here
going to hinge on Louisiana and if you can con-
make protest against your par
ish wish YOU would do it. I told him l did
not see exactly how to do it. He said can you
not make statement of what occurred. sald
could do so. I sat down and drew up a rough
draft Of what had occurred IN
the parish and of what i was
willing to swear to and I gave the paper
to him and told him was willing to swear to
that. He had that paper drawn up IN legal
form, and read it and swore to it. 1t was to
the effect that
NO ACTUAL CASE OF INTIMIDATION
had been witnessed by me; that had heard Of
several cases, but that knew nothing Of my
own knowledge. just then Hon. Hugh J..
Campbell, Judge of the fourth district court,
came in, and Pitkin submitted the paper to
him. Campbell read it and said the paper did
not amount 10 anything in point Of Law, and he
asked me to make another protest. told him
he could take the paper which had sworn to,
and that if he could make anything out of it
that would cover the case and meet the law, l
was willing to swear to it. He took it and
drew up q paper which he submitted to me and
which l refused to sign, much less to swear to.
He asked mo what was willing to swear to,
and told him was willing to swear to the facts
as given in nv first statement. He then drew
up another protest and submitted it to me.
I read it over. It was partly i'll blank,
and l asked him if he expected
me to swear to that. He said not necessarily
then, and that perhaps it would not be neces-
sary to swear to it at all. l said, MIR. Camp
bell, I do not know that I can sign that paper,
as there are two or three places in it in blank
One of the blanks was in reference to the num-
Der of voters that had been inundated in the
parish He said you had better think over that
matter and compare notes with other parties,
and when you are ready to fill up the blanks
you can come here and we will give you the
paper, and you can fl it up to suit yourself.
signed that paper, but did not swear to it.
The last paragraph in it was that I did not
make the protest at the time, for fear that
should stand in danger of my life if did So
because if the people of East Feliciana had
thought was going to cheat them out of the
fruits of their hard earned victory, they would
have swung me higher than Haman, and con
sequently, that statement was correct.
After detailing matter of no special interest
or importance the examination proceeded
KELLOGG TAKES A HAND IN.
Q. State what transpired in New Orlean
and whom did YOU see in relation to this mat
ter? sa-E
A. met the Governor there and he askee
me what the matter was. told him there hat
been an attempt to assassinate me in the par
ish; that had become thoroughly Disguised il
the matter and that had concluded that
would leave and that he could appoint SOM
other man in my place.
@. What did he say?
A. He said he was sorry for that but that h.
thought had left the parish too soon. H
emphasized that I was thoroughly disguste'
with the whole matter and that thought
would wash my hands of it and that he ha'
better send somebody else in there. For perio
of two weeks after that there were various ne
gotiations going on between Kellogg and tn
Democrats. A delegation of Democrats cam
down from the parish and they said they wer
satisfied with my manner of conducting regis
| tration; that he had no fault to find with me
and that if Kellogg did not want t
find any other man they were perfectl
willing that l should go, bach
Kellogg sent for me one day and in the pres
ence of the Democratic delegation from Eas
Feliciana, asked me if would return. Th
Republicans had circulated report that wa
| afraid to go back, because Of cowardice, an
when heard that report told Gov. kellogg
l would go back and that was perfectly vii
| ing to go. The moment the Republicans foun
was willing to 20 back they manifested q d.
sire should not go and they did not want m
to 60. }a
Q.-Whom do you mean when you say IL
| publicans?
Al mean Jewstt, who was secretary of i
State Republican committee, and who tol
me their
OBJECT WAS TO HOLD NO ELECTION
in five particular parishes, and Weber, who WI
running for the State Senate in that distri'
and who was brother Of the supervisor of We
! Feliciana, and L. B. jerks, whom Gov. Ke
| logg had hired to watch me and prevent m
going back to the parish. ! had promised III
McVeagh and Mr.. Wedge and other Democrat
to return. ! made preparations to go to II
parish Thursday evening and l.. B. jerks cal
ed me one side and said to me: Anderson,
thought you understood this thing. though
you understood that it was not our intentio
that You should 60 back.
WE WE'RE ONLY POOLING THE DEMOCRATS
said, Mr.. jerks, you are at liberty to TO
the Democrats as much as you please, but {
not want you to fool them ut my expense. f
said, do you propose to 60 back to Il
parish said certainly do" Said he ''l
me tell you one thing. Ifyou attempt to lea,
the city tonight you will be arrested Sa
I, ION what charge He said, ''There is I
trouble about that. We will find a charge
Then Thomas H. jerks, afterwards depu
marshal of the parish, and cousin of L.
had been hired by Kellogg and others to vat
me and prevent my leaving the CITY, to
him thought that was hardly possible, b
cause Gov. kellogg had manifested q good de
of anxiety for me to go back to East Felician
He said that was all assumed, and he said
You want me to prove it to you bring L., ]
jerks to my house tonight. will get hi
under the influence of liquor and Mrs. Jen
will take him into another room and get all o
Of him. went up that evening to the hou
of Thos. II. jerks, and Mrs. jerks took l..
jerks into another room and in the course
the conversation I learned the whole &C
spiracy. The object was not to hold an electi
III EaSL Ee1lCldnds. tudt JIG ouuo "ouIo =
. thrown upon me, for after the election til
{ would say had refused to return and tn
. consequently they could not get the vote of t
parish, and to use L. B. jerks own expressit
The would be damned but they would stir
e after the election for my course in doing wi
| had done'' I remained at jerks house Il
night. In the morning when l got up Thos.
jerks told me his wife had gone down tt
:. morning and called on Mr.. Patton, charm
of the Democratic State central commit
and told the circumstances to Potter as to W
4 did not return to the parish. and that in 4
course of the day Potter would be up the
: 1 waited some tine and finally took a car
: ride down town and met Patton on the ro
:. got into the buggy with him and rode up,
e the way told him that was perfectly will
= to go back and hold the election in the par
= of East Feliciana, and gave him the reas'