The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-02-06
m SOUTH CAROLINA.
The committee CONSISTING of Sena-

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tors Teller, Kilkwood, Cameron, Randolph and
McDonald) began an investigation at Charleston
8. c., ON the 21st. All the witnesses examined
were from Charleston County.
N. Gregg (colored), Republican and United
States Supervisor at Eagle Engine House, testified
that the election was quiet; when the polls closed
Il was found that there were number of tissue
1853 votes more tnan there were names of persons
required BY law. BY Slindfoldsd Manager, and
withdrawn were Republican h"i'"'-' h" did not
"Mr. Hutchinson (Rcpubiican), United States su-
pervisOr, testified that at the poll In St. James,
Goose Creek Parish, there were 135 tissue Demo
cratic tickets, and the same excess over the num-
Der Of voters; the excessive ballots were drawn
out, majority Withdrawn being Republican
votes; not voter was challenged and the election
was quiet; witness considered all colored people
Republicans and whites Democrats.
Mr.. w. lielfc (colorcd), Republican, and United
States Supervisor at Washington Engine House,
testified that eighty-on votes were turned away
the count Of votes began, the lights went ont, and
witness fled through the back window and went
home; the belief Of witness is that the tepLbli-
ever been heard of the balot-b box or ballots.
G. c. White, Democratic Commissioner Vt Elec-
ton, testified that the resolution to sppoint none
three Commissioners, one of these being Repub
lican, and appointments were 30 made unanimous
ly: the Republicans applied to have their party
+. Barker Jones, Democratic Commissioner Of
Election, testified to the same effect also that he
was a member of the County Democratic Commit
tee, ana attended now low and taen after pse t
ballots in the rooms of the Democratic Commit
tee after the election he found in the ballotbox
. number Of tissue Republican ballots bearing
object Of the Democrats in issuing tissue
tickets was to enable the colored people to vote
secretly for Democratic candidates, without risk Of
Si mot
them; heard they were used in other counties, but
does not know by whom they were printed; the
Democrats expected to get 10000 coloIed votes;
G. X BUST, Democratic County Chairman. tes-
lifed that no appropriation having been made by
the State, the whole expense Of conducting the
election fell on the Democrats; the County Com
mittee had nothing to do with the tissue tickets:
they were intended to be voted by the colored
people, who expected intimidation by Radicals.
and did not wish their tickets to be seen: some
may have been irregularly used; witness did not
know vino printed the Democratic tickets or who
distributed them, nor did he see any of them used
or give any instructions in regard to them.
E. NJ. Pinckney, q colored minister
and Republican, testified, on the 22d, to the ex-
istence of three organizations Of Red Shirts in
Williamsburg County; he also gave an account of
alleged interference with Republican meeting at
White Oak, when Smalls is said to have been capt
ured at Kings Tree by the Democrats; he gave q
long account of the conduct of the election at
Kings Tree stating that the Democrats refused the
United States Supervisor admission to the polls and
in the evening captured the and stuffed it;
he also related his personal experience, saying the
Red Shirts were hunting him, and had dug grave
for him; he described hie arrest on q charge Of
perjury, made by the Democrats, as :" kidnap-
Ing" and gave q detailed account of his being
beaten and threatened. The cross-examination,
efttesa She 5fSSf dens kseepabcan Super
visor at the Palmetto Engine House, testified that
the arrest by his order Of Democratic voter for
repeating resulted in the witness being knocked
Gratis saved him from more serious injury; saw
Democratic tissue ballots stuffed into the box, and
saw large numbers in the box when it was opened
saw number Of persons voting tissue tickets; he
knew Of no ostracism Of colored Democrats by
Republicans, and thought ostracism was just the
other way.
Marshal at Palmetto Engine House, testified as to
the fight In which Freeman was struck; the ballot
box when opened was half full of tissue ballots; he
saw full.size Democratic ballots with the tissue
all the tissue tickets put up in that ways there
were more ballots in the box than names on the
polllist. and one Of the Democratic Clerks was at
work throughout the night adding names to the
pOll-list to make the numbers agree.
r. 8. Cathcart, q white Democrat, testified that
he was at Palmetto Engine.H House nearly all cleo
fight took place. was protected by the Democrats
Green, q previous witness, and Deputy Marshal,
proclaimed himself q Democrat, and was 80 drunl;
that witness put him in . chair to sleep, and
found him there still asleep hours after; large
number Of colored people voted the Democratic
ticket, and the tissue ticket was voted openly
many white Democrats from other wards voted at
the Palmetto Engine House; the colored men told
witness that means must be furnished of voting
secretly, and he gave them the tissue tickets.
g. D. Bryan, President Of . Democratic ward
club, testified that only three tissue tickets were
voted in his ward; the white residents of the ward
went to the Palmetto Engine House or Market Hall
In the Third Ward to vote, in consequence of the
crowd at his polls, one colored man brought mp
eighty five cOlored men to vote the Democratic
ticket; other colored men told him their churches
would not allow them to vote the Democratic
ticket and they desired to conceal the fact;
the intimidation Of coiored Democrats
BY negroes q previous elections wa
Gratis killed for voting such ticket, but knew Of
white men killed while protecting colored voters
had heard Of cannon being taken to political meet
ings in '78, but only for saluting purposes, and
knew that at previous elections the State militia
composed of negroes, attended Republican meet
ings with arms; Charleston now had finer body
of colored militia, as reorganized by Democrats
han can be found in any other city In the Union