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

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Tina at Recent Electtons-TestinlonU of
Judge MacR;eU Before the Wallace Cont
nstttee.
Washington Special (May 2s) to Chicago
Times.
The Wallace committee met to-day at half
past 10 O'Clock and examined 7. j: Mackey;
who is a circuit Judge in South Carolina.
He testified that until 1876 he WAS iii sfilia
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 Con-
gress, and was called on to interpose his
official authority to check interference by the |
military and deputy marshals with voters at
the polls. Several of the deputy marshals
had declared their purpose to carry the cleo
tions for the Republi blicans. They exhibited
4 PRINTED CIRCULAR
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 interferred with by the
military, he issued warrant for the arrest
0E1 Sa,n% AL kln~
tachment. The sheriff made a 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 sncl as was committed
lots from voters, and further, that Lieut..
Hinton had declared that he was informed
that violence was imminent at the polls, and
that there had already been
A BREACH OF THE PEACE,
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 Democrats tickets in their
hands and in q line with the whites with be-
traying their race. All the deputy marshals,
with one exception, were colored men. Their
instructions were signed by the United States
marshal, the words at the head of the COM
mission being .sastssqb3g ss5
! a "srAND By YOUR PARTY
The witness saw in three or four instances
Democratic ballots destroyed by these Off
GERS. The conduct of the marshals did no
fall under his observation in 1873, but ht
knew of one colored Democrat who was
threatened Being cross examined by Mr.
Teller, he said the Hayes and Hampton
ticket embraced the Dem ocratic nominee,
for State officers. 1t was declared by Repre-
4 sentative Sayler and other members Of th,
slb-committee of the House of Representa-
tives On the Sd of January that Hayes hat
carried the State by from one Thousand t,
two thousand votes; and such was the belle
of the witness. Igz
HAMPTON WAS ELECTED
by eleven hundred majority. He supporte
the Hayes and Hampton ticket and all th
Democratic nominees, and, side by side wit
Hampton, hs canvassed the State for Hayes
but he voted for Tilden, indorsing on hi
ballot as the reason for doing SO that bay
onets were brought to the polls to secur
the election of Hayes. A number of person
wore red shirts, including colored Demo
Gratis. Several hundred of them of bot
parties carried pistols. 1t was the custom c
, the country, but law had since been passe
, making the carrying of concealed wear
ons a felony. Referring to the tai
, ing of tickets from Democratic CO
j ored voters, the witness said ths
urrIru nS1,Au vNJrrpEEprn
: saying such things wonld not be permittet
The sheriff, who was Democrat, CON
; manded the peace and said that q remed
for interfering with voters would be foun
: in the law. The troops did not interfere ,
q body with voters, but one of the soldie
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 s
hour. He in 1873 saw voter shot down
> in that case was justifable. Three me
:, were s
: KNOCKED DOWN BY DEPUTY MARsHALs.
They were arrested on the charge of intin
dating voters and for assault and batter
One of them was convicted, the jury CO
tanning seven or eight colored Republican
'e The judge had ruled that the commission
It of the deputy marshals did not protect the
from committing breach OF the law.
J. concluding his testimony; the witness wish
to say that jury of the State courts COZ
10 posed wholly of Republicans would convi
,e the most prominent Republican who shou
N wrong Democrat, and that Democra
jury would convict the most promine
9 Democrat who should wrong Republics
Dillon, McCrary and Their Successors
: Washington Special to Chicago Times
= Judge Dillon's resignation arrived here
i night, but Hayes has not yet received it.
Of is to take effect Sept. next. Ex-Secreta
20 Hamilton Fish wrote to United States j,
}. tice Miller some time ago and asked if Dill
or was good man for law professor of Colu
D. bia College, New York. Miller replied Il
to no better man could be selected. The G
ir respondence between Fish and Miller v
ch sent to Dillon, who went to New Yo
~ looked over the field, and
e) cided to accept. Dillon came to Was
e. ington, but did not officially not
ls Hayes that he would resign, but intima1