Daily globe., 1879-05-31
INTIMIDATION OF VOTERS.

HOlC 1t Vas Carried Out tn South C0rO.
Una at Recent Etecjto,.s-1s of
Judge Mac1cey before tho wallace CoH,-
,,,tttee.
Washington Special (May 2s) to Chicago
Times.
The Wallace committee met to- day at half
past 10 O'Clock and examined T. j. Mackey,
who is circuit Judge in South Carolina.
He testified that until 1876 he was in afilia-
lion with the Republican party, when he left
It. He was present at Chester in 1876 when
elections were progressing for State officers,
Presidential electors and members OF Com
gress, and was called on to interpose his
official authority to check interference by the
military and deputy rharshals with voters at
the polls. Several of the deputy marshals
had declared their purpose to carry the cleo.
tions for tie Republicans. They exhibited
PRINTED tc1Rou1AR
to have been signed by Attorney |
General Taft, addressed to United States
marshals, }, to disregard the process Of State |
courts. At 2 o'clock in the day the chief
deputy marshal at the head of band of col
ored men assaulted voters at Carmel, tearing
from their hands Hayes and Hampton tick
cts, and several voters who refused to sur
render their tickets were knocked down.
Subsequently he saw the military, fifteen
men of the Eighteenth infantry, march into
the court house yard, forming in two lines.
The voters were required to pass to the polls
UNDER FIXED BAYoNETs.
On complaint being made to the witness
that voters were interferted with by the
military, he issued warrant for the arrest
of Lieut. Hinton, who commanded the de-
tachment. The sheriff made verbal re-
port that Lieut.. Hinton had been summoned
by the chief deputy marshal to bring his
troops to the polls, that there was no breach
of the peace except sucl as was committed
by the deputy marshals, who had taken bal.
lots from voters, and further, that Lieut..
Hinton had declared that he Yves informed
that violence was imminent at the polls, and
that there had already been
4 BREACH OF THE PEAoE,
and asked to be saved from the disgrace of
arrest, promising that he would remove his
troops to the rear of the court house. The
witness, this having been done, instructed
the sheriff to take no further action. Sew
eral of the deputy marshals were engaged in
distributing tickets, and charged colored per
sons having Democratic tickets in their
hands and in line with the whites with be-
traying their race. All the deputy marshals,
with one exception, were co]ored mon. Their
instructions were signed by the United States
marshal, the words at the head of the COM
mission being
"sTAND BY YOUR PARTY
The witness saw il three OF fcdt instances
Democratic ballots destroyed by these off
GERS. The conduct of the marshals did moi
fall under his observation in 1873, but he
knew Of one colored Democrat who was
threatened. Being cross examined by Mr..
Teller, he said the Hayes and Hampton
ticket embraced the Democratic nominees
Z for State officers. It was declared by Repre-
sentative Sayler and other members of the
subcommittee of the House of Represents
tives on the Sd of January that Hayes had
carried the State by from one thousand tc
two thousand votes, and such was the belief
Of the Witness;
, HAMPTON WAS ELECTED
by eleven hundred majority. He supported
the Hayes and Hampton ticket and all the
: Democratic nominees, and, side by side will
Hampton, he canvassed the State for Hayes
but he voted for Tilden; indorsing ON hi
ballot as the reason for doing SO that bay
, oiiets were brought to the polls to secure
the election of Hayes. A number of persons
wore red shirts, including colored Demo
/ Gratis. Several hundred of them of boil
parties carried pistols 1t was the custom o
, the country, but law had since been passes
: making the carrying of concealed weap
ons felony. Referring to the tax
ing of tickets from Democratic CO.
. ored voters, the witness said ths
: WHITE MEN 1NTERFERED,
: saying such things would not be permitted
!. The sheriff, who was Democrat, com
. manded the peace and said that remed
. for interfering with voters would be foun
: in the law. The troops did not interfere 9
a body with voters, but one of the soldier
cursed citizen and threatened to bayon,
} him. The only reason given by the citize
= = was that he was on his way to the poll
: The troops were at the polling place for a
: hour. He in 1873 saw voter shot down
Charleston, and thought that the shootin
> in that case was justifable. Three me
;, were
? :. KNOCKED DOWN BY DEPUTY MARsHALs.
They were arrested on the charge of intipi
dating voters and for assault and batter
One of them was convicted, the jury col
tanning seven or eight colored Republican,
,c The Judge had ruled that the commission
1t of the deputy marshals did not protect the
from committing breach of the law.
b. concluding his testimony, the witness wisht
to say that jury of the State courts cor
,e posed wholly of Republicans would convi
,e the most prominent Republican who shou
:, wrong Democrat, and that Democrat
- jury would convict the most promine
y Democrat who should wrong Republica
n:,yo,, 1r.r,,o,,,, .,,,l, W. 81. g,.c-e.eo,.
! Washington Special to Chicago Times. ]
= Judge Dillon's resignation arrived here t
- night, but Hayes has not yet received it.
Of is to take effect Sept. next. E1-Secreta
% Hamilton Fish wrote to United States Ju
D. tice Miller some time ago and asked if Dill.
or was good man for law professor of Colul
D. bia College, New York. Miller replied th
to no better man could be selected. The ce
ir respondence between Fish and Miller "
,h sent to Dillon, who went to New Yol
~ looked over the field, and
e) cided to accept. Dillon came to Was
f. ington, but did not officially not
Is. Hayes that he would resign, but intimat
r. that he would, aud doubtless let McCra
ed know it in advance. TIE matter beca,
known and Geo. 81. Shields, of St. Lou
he law partner of ex- Senator Henderson, Jud
f. Usher, of Kansas, and several other lawyi
70, of Dillon's circuit applied to succeed hi
It. McCrary, however, is to have Dillon's pla
e. and will take it September l. The high
in. authority says ex-senator Ramsey, of Mi
n nesota, will be appointed to succeed McCra,
e. he is warmly urged by Mrs. Hayes. Frier
N of Dillon and McCrary deny that there v
IS. any collusion between them as to Dillo
at successor.
~ Color Byindness.