New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-24
7HE rRLrDs ~ SorIH CAROLINA

WIrNtS;Te BrIOLE NE TEl IEE CUNNTTEE-ThH
Old Story 81 FRAUDS, VIOLENCE ANp KILLING.
CHARLESTON, :. e.. Jan. 23.-lEe first wit
n,~. brrrr T";lr Commute. to-day was C. C. HAyne.
a color,d Republican. who testified 10 the beating Of
Irrruau tAr stiiin, Of ba,ioboxcs at the Palmetto
III House and the rejection Of co! 'gd voters IN Ac
Esgath ward
J. j. Yoanc. co!ored Rcpub'!can. who was supeTvi-
sor at the Tmry-tNo Nile House poll, tc-t'iei thar
,!u t bal oj-uoN Opened excess % 81 ballots
MAS fouad, al ot winch were Democratic Tissue
rck,t,; jnr Surplus votes were drawn ont, ana
Al cAc.pt i've w,ie Rcprblican Yoies. 1m'
r...ra., ,:,r onIy two tissue tickets voted.
Wta.>, t,-t tel that tissue tickets had been used by
m, Republicans at primary elections in Charleston
years ago.
The next witness was samuel Lee colorrdl, Rrpub!-
can from Sumicr, who testified that early IN The can
ya.s ~ u precinct meeting at s"IIhIhmG
Pens. he was notified that no Organization
~ the Republican party would be allowed there
Wtfnr,. insisted and twenty armed whit men threat
,ued e. shoot nm and then rode of. The witness de-
81 bed The Interference Of the Democ rats with the Re
pIHcan Convent! Jon at sumter. when there vas DIS
tn7banc,. hut nobody was hurt lie next described
tlr batting Creek meeting, where the Democrats H.
sisted on being heard ant told Inn that be aha not
call the meeting 10 order h. would De taken back
70 Sumfcr lie was Knocked town, taken III "a
bu.yy to sumter md told that II he would not
,uI.e NOT TO call another Republican meeting IN the
comfy d. would be killed. At the Hampton meeting h"
,as III treated for asking Governor Hampton quts-
t,on hut llupon rescued hIn Tue witness described
the meeting on October II at length. claiming that The
Dcuocr,t, lad cannon 10 ntmlddtc the negr0es.
and that one Of the guns loaded with ienpenny
AS IN, election was qnct. but There were 20 names
mIe on tur Democratic pOi-ll~l than mere were on tc
kcp bI witness These votes, ne cI'lth "tIf Tissue
tickets when had cen voted N me iaISt I'i' l"'
b. lot The extra uarn list. he was told, were
t,kcn from the AUDITORS books. I'm, ~. -.
GA c}1,ss-r Adm.uatUn, the witness te'uhed tHdt ne
WA. candidate Congress IN opposition 10 TIE l'IH
Ian Republican tichet IN IN7i, and dnrng the canvass
mad Cha eed tie i,plblCIIs WITH irdG CORFU ZION ana
igt mt,iang tho ncgrO-s. lie mtrd ihI ne was nor
q Ilr OF October IL, dii iUht iu'"
npvils were often fired OF make noise 81 political
mreng.. H. knew mat It had been proposed 10 hOId
Join, iGeetlnE Oh october II. - IL,
l. H. stewart oorcGJ, a school teacher was called
and corr pboralr the testimony o Lee - 10 H' ha'ns
Cr rI u,eetny the meeting October II, ana me
fraudulent VOTING al the election VITA tissue urAr's'
NamlHAtiun ne admli t'd that Dotb ' anu icc
an and tult n Uas known before october IL titt
q Democratic meeting was 10 hcd ~ Nii.t. On ,i.'
Cay. In" Democratic meeting Wa H'" a. h.li,'t
some ui .ancc from thr Republican meeting lie helIn
t .EO;, fired during ,hc day, aud had Lcdld tt Ndu-
Iug Den,s ais diu theIf best I" prevent ann u
I. tOgman lwnltc ~ rub"d"), -''rh' -Nln ,ti,
old. WI. called. Iir spoke ~ Tue hrpu,l''h
meeting gu O'tober l.. Had never recognized tilul
ton a. Guvrfior and cuL-us rcd nm an NM. 'H'.
ter the mrrfing called the ReU Leans tn-'th'i al
t Conn House to keep them out 81 troune. ih' DciHO
,.,t. tl..p1i,,, a 10 kiI him. Eyti=GlftS APP
rro,rn,d INN and he drew his pistoI and bade them
kcrI oil TAe witness curtph"thtru TIE te'Hho"f u
lee ard ~,rNdT! ~ 10 thr ci'cIon =, o., ,,.,.
Al the yl,aiirr OF Collector BALDWIN the Teller Tom
mItrr and aftachc, this afternoon visited lhe POINTS {"
interest I4 ca T,- ION h.-hor "n me irFch"r '"''.
4 ,ra-in. Thcs dacUiu.rktd "a furi rtlh.rI' IA"
nttept 3 y tx uIucd be pan and ste o ~" Nilloba
ttt> now no. Irocrs, ut ru~ iUrl ON wan hl'hH Was
,y,dtLt they ~cIc iav"rdb,t impressed.