The New York herald., 1878-07-12

| thems A. Yes sir: but they always made point OF
bringing IN the papers upon which the iootngs were
Q. When the Houses came act they had before
them the pap that had been before the Returning
| Board aud with them Tho action that the Returning
| Board had taken these papcrsy A. Yes, SIR
Mr. Butler then hahded the witness pampniet
! Government aud the Constitution aud Laws. Win
Facts Relat'ns TO the Usurpation OF tue Cogr.s ny
ever seen II before The stated that he mad.
and that prepared by Republicans ia Louisiana.
Tho witness was then questioned At length in regata
TO the tabuaed statements contained therein regard
ing Tor members of the Legislature, but stated
no aaditlonal iacts on this point he added that one
Of the tables was evdeny constructed IN the inter.
est OF Packard and his Legislature with view o1
Legislature had better legal status had better
status in equity from the results ol the election, us
compiled BY tho Returning Board, Than two oil tho
Sy tns Chairman-That is to say, tho action OF The
Returning Board which returned The Packard Lessia
lure by ten or twelve majority, would aso u they had
stopped there have democratic electors
elected A. Yes. sir; that Is Just ~ assuming Tue
table TO be correct that would undouotediy DO the
Q. Dia the Returning Board then proceed further
A. Yes, sir as H. was, II would nave Iet the IcneIai
Assembly boih houses republican and have left two
Hayes electors III a minority.
Tho committee mere TOOK recess OF hall an hour.
Alter tho recess the examination OF the witness was
continued.
By Mr. Buter-Un the lace oil inc returns with
ou, any alteration ur revision. or throwins out any
parishes VINO appeared elected, the Tiden or the
HAYES eIectorsY A. The Tliden electors haa a major
NV believe on the lace Of Inc re lufns OF the
the different parishes originally, ana SO did
Nichols.
q Had the newspapers any access TO- any inorma
tion other than that contained on the lace OF inc re-
turns about how the State had gonef A. MOL that
know or
Was there any other place to and II out except in
Board? A. In no other place, except that the Demo-
State Central Committee had certain parties IN
each parish charged with tho duty oi making up Il
OF The vote az they could OBJ
tain IL and forwarding TO them nt New ofieans and
thoy published u statement on Information oo'ained
In that way.
Q But they got i. from the face OF tho returrss A.
BY the Chnrman-I suppose it perfectly noto-
rios tae election what the ace oil the returns
showed throughout the Statef A. Yes, sr, 10 ABOUT
ten days alter tne election.
BY Mr.. Butier-Did you telegraph TO Florida any
statement a. TO how tho state had gone NJ any time
be fore the 9th oi Deccmberf A. tecsraphed Two Or
three times perhaps that II had gone iavOraOy.
q From wnat source did you obtain the iniorma-
tour A. From my knowledge oil the result OF tho
election as indcatcd by the from the different
parishes anu notorious fact that IN certain par
ishes a degree OF terrorism that believed
would show the absence OF u fair election and justify
the Returning Board IN throwing out the vo.e; my
opnlon was IN re,ati6n TO the general result oa,
| telegraphed 10 friends in Florida TO inat
effect, and also TO Mr.. Chandler. Of the National
Republican Committee; happened recently 10 come
upon one OF my kilograms to Mr.. Chandler dated the
I'm oi November In which predicted my belief
that really carried the state, judging from the re-
turns they came in IRON ciOse parishes and from
parishes where They had before been democratic, and
wnere were then polling larger vote IMAM since
The witness then produced the ielerram referred 10
addressed 10 Mr. Zach. Chandler, aud dated ovem-
Der whicl states that terrorism existed In certain
Parishes ana colored people were prevented irom
voting account OF intimidation, &C.
Tue wtness-rhat was The kiud OF despatch that
sent; Mr. Chandler asked NE II believed We had car
risd Tho state, aud salt did, and sent MIN this
despatch.
O. Did you get any Information, direct or indircct,
frum the Returning Board az 10 how tho returns
footed up, MS tney thoagntr A. NO. sir; cannot say
did; ali the IN nfoI nation had was that which was
to the visiting committee anu others; the
Returning Board nad their meeting in the state house
where my office was and The Visiting Committee used
to come into my Office often, but not think at
tended oi tho Returning Board, Certainly
poeo pS .npuSa psva .ney n.u ebe ia
ihe Senate chamber, but ! would hear
from time to time what was regarded rs reliable IN
formation TO the progress oi the count; the Re.
turning Board Ia all cases where the parish was not
disputed would announce many votes for the Hayes
electors and so many votes for the rider electors.
but where there charges Of irregularities those
pprishes would he set aside tor further action.
z Which were the disputed parishes that were aid
asideY A. l thinx they were seventeen number
whore there was moro or less intimidation claimed.
OF orisssss A. Yes SIR; there was in regard TO the
rhira ward by The republicans and as 10 one poll In
the Seventh ward charge Was m"de ny inc demo-
Gratis.
O. Now, Ayiug aside tnose that were questioned,
how dil the polls stand those parishes thst wero
unqrestionedY A. 10 the best OF my knowledge and
becf think the returns from the unquestioned
parishes would give majority 10 the republican
sicsct throughout; in seventeen Of the parishes,
where there was more or less intimidation, and
In i've OF wh.ch-namely, East and West
teliclana, ouacnita, Morehouse aud East
Baton Rouse--whcrc the republicans werc
Thoroughly terrorzed the colored registration
was ~ 800 and the whils registration 20 os6O giving
coored majority OF registered voters OF ,s49 tue vote
these seventeen parishes as cast on the Lac. OF .o
lU, $40 republican only and 1928 dcnocratic; that
Is these seventeen parishes. Win coorsd majority
nearly 1000, gave democratic majority oil l0,l53;
that is OF intimidation; IN the lorty par-
ishcs where We all agreed there was no Intimidation
and the election was ioir and peaceabe, the rolored
registration 1876 wnich about the same as pre-
vous years, was 81 800, and tne White registration
H. U34, showing coiored majority of l5.9bo those
iorty parishes returned tho following vole:-Repub
csn, "a, 900; democrat 80 1872, giving republican, ma
Joriiy oil 5000 and upwards; these arc undoubted
statistics. complied by mo from The Official papers
a. How dJd sou ascertain In the registration
whether man was republican or democrolf a.
We ascer II only the lnct that the diilcrcnt
officers Kept tally OF the coorcd people registering
ana OF the white people registering, and we a.sumed
that the coOred people voted The republican tckct
ana the pc spio the democratic ticket, and tue
r,sui. showed Inc fact IN an these ory parishes, not
only 1876, but Tor the last two years.
REPUBLICAN ASSUMPTIONS.
O. You assumed Dy inc same reasoning that all the
meu who voted tho dcmocrauc ticket were wnte ana
all the men VINO voted the republican ticket were
black A. Not exactly thar, but We calculated IRON
that basis, wnh this modlncatior that we go. as
many wnite rcpub
lrcaR ticket As they got coisrcd men 10 vote
the democratic ticket; we Judged Of The present
brr of elections IN East and West Feciuua parsucs
most thoroughly republican parishes III the state
ABOUT 399 wuite votes and 2.2l3 c0i0red; yon must
bear ind tnat ihcrc was new rcsstratioa nado IN
1874 anu another registration Ia 1876 when Was tho
registration OF 1874 corr, ccd and anicbdcd; tue
Repatriation OF 1876 IN East and West Fstcaha was
substantially the same as that Of 1874, wth tne
proper CORE ctons made
THE REGISTRATION.
U The duty OF ihc supervisor o: Election was TO
correct the list, then, Ot lS14f A. Yes, sir.
a. Therefore there wero about lbo snmo number
rs.slcred III Easi Feliciaus parish whether hr An.
derson ala or dd not 10 ihcro ana act as SUPERVISOR
A. Yes sir; about The same.
O. Wnnt then, had animation to do with altering
the registration Ia 1902 a. do not think IL had SO
m uch do witn altering tho registration probably
had mucu 20 do with that kept that tue NO COT
ored men would come forward aud register.
O. would oniy, thea, alicct mo accfetons IN the
PARISH ana those thrown out on account oil death anu
rcmovalf A. Yes, sir
O. The budozers never affected the registration,
tbeu2 A. No, cir; oil course, not; IL was hot "A new
registration, but revision tne old registration
upiicate certificate OF registry was issued from tue