The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-04

ana local 90 ti@r. IN ground OF tN"ir own
/ Interest 10 wis NOV strange fhut thew shoull do
/ t.; uul 500 s.. 0nd tl"n crow iius nv j 'mu.r'd-
d 'uratines with th" = wives Uuj children. md
] siora. 90 lololiup' .ou.cr tlgu any Vlito man"
Who're 90" lrutlrr- 90 thr rolnr'i r,',. go tho
+ mass 2 r"nprnuv nnd urrnnps thought. 81 v
/ fpUow. When, thcrrfor". the Demurrits had
secured ia" lrnlink negroes " WIS To- he "N-
/ music, 81 PRO tiis"e md ruu'ilntion. the rect
should be inluced 10 follow them.
DEMOCRATS COULD GAIN NOTHING BY 1NTfMr-
DAT1oN
o. the Other hand the Democrats had ahso-
/ lut'lj nothing to Entn hy Intimidation, Tor the
/ Returning Boar had been established on pur-
/ pose to unuul votes So secured aud provide for
/ how rr.klss and desperate that Bonrl WIS.
| They knew. Hiso TINT its r"rklrssu"ss mud dos
| urrut IN had hn-n the subject of CnnHrrs -ionul
| r lux" SO that they night hon" or reli"i II
they M 'rdrd NJ pr"t"Nt Tor its nthlirnry ton.
COMPOSED of tre same white m"mhrrs in 1876
/ rs IN iS74 and thut the Committee Of tho Forty
third Congress bad reported tl!gt IN 1874. IN the
J pnrlsh 81 hnpd,s. IN ,whwh Wells. o." Pr"si-
cent uf the BprTd. resided. there WIS really no
disturbance, nor any dst ute nhont the result;
and yet. thnt upon u secret AFFIDAVIT hy Wells ~
] to occurrences in the pur sh upon tho day OF
election when he was not there 1T all, the Board
/ anil thereby seated four Republican members IT
the Legislature. who had not claimed to be-
/ recommendation of the Congressional Commit
/ ten. unsrnt"d. and that the a"ttnn OF Wells had
been Denounced ny that Committee
/ Tn" Democrats, Therefore. well knew TINT il
WIS Intended by the Returning Board to count
/ th"m out ugon the ghtcst evidence Of intmi.
4 dntion, and their effort throughout WIS tn avoid
not only prOvocatlon. but any pretcnce for such
/ charge.
rRETrxrs ron RETURNING BOARD usuRPArroN.
II WAS necessary that the Returning Dpnrd
should hnN' a pret"At for assuming control OF
IN" votes cast n 'nses where the Law hal not
/ given Il; aud this pr'teNi WAS to be founl FIRST
! In prot sst- BY supervisors VI registration made
/ after the returns had heDn received. iruudu-
, eniy pretending condition OF things which
! made i unsafe to make protests with their re-
| turns; second, soWr form of testimony to give
coor TO the nsscr IONS In these protests.
The nrst step then. Noe. ssary Ia secure re-
y"rrni Of the popular VIII hy the Returning
| B"nrd was 10 obtain from the supervisors a
d.rlarntlon that some unlairness had taken
| na.r IN the parishes Intended To- he disputed.
| without this the B0nrd would have had nothing
| to act upon: while the supervisors. uucommit-
ted hy any writing might at any time have de-
As 1t became known that tho Presidential
election would depend upon louisiana the
| pr'esur" became greater. and supervisors who
| had witnessed and declared To n PERFECTLY free,
uil. and prac"able registration AM election,
promises. to make false ana Fraudulent Sro.
t.sis; md they were encouraged hv Ike innu-
/ enrts 70 stand firm 10 their protests alter
they had been made.
THE FALSE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The two most important officials for this pur-
/ posn wrre James T. Anderson. the supervisor
/ Of Enst Felieinna. and Don A. Weber the su-
/ perNisor ot West Fe iciann.
And"rson WIS sirnnger. nm ndveniurer md
rnscal. His education had been that of n SON
sniionnl news pnp"r reporter. his position. when
selected M supervisor that ot one Of Kellogr's
T creatures in the Custom House. H. WIS a no.
torious Tar and Vacnhond before appointed 10
/ bee supervisor ~ n country as largo ~ the stnt,
/ ~ Rhode Island. 10 which hp WIS mn utter
stranger. Finding TINT the Republicans could
not larry IN" parish. he got NJ a story that his
+ life was N danger. pro 'ured himself to b. shot
at and h'd. An examination Disclosed the
~ On" parish then called upon Kellogg to pro-
Ede NON new registrar. lie promised Lat
dernd him TO GO ha,k. and furnished HIM with
. lltl" money to do So hut caused IL To hs
| wanted N mat nnrsh. and that ne was not 10
return. Indeed. h. had nm threatened with
arrest 4 he dil return. The Democrats con-
scions they had secured majority ot the voters
/ ~ the parish. and anxious to have an elect on.
then hired Anderson 10 20 hack. and secretly
/ ran him out of the reach of Kellogg police.
Anderson arrived ~ the parish two days he-
fore the ei"ct on, hnving been gone for t'u days.
| and hy lis nisenrc shut out from registration
about 900 Democratic votes.
The "eciion having passed OF without com
plant h" signed tho returns OF the election. only
insisting upon Icing paid the amount to vii oh
h. WIS ~ law entitled Tor his services ~ reg =
irnr. md declared ~ did T. G. JensS who NO.
/ companied him that everything IN the parish
hnf zen perfectly free ami fair I'm all re- p,.rs.
- Weber WIS native creole" Heand his .r0' r.
I Emil" hui for yours boon the managing Hepub-
leans of the u -triri They aud their fan
w~r' the only white R'pnhiHans there. They
worked I'm couples Hnd controlled all the On ~
ana "Nrr'i srd nll the power there. Don N"'"r
when the election WIS over openly de'lnrad
nnd nr"isb.d rn .ronnI f,r ,ro,.s, AMI md r,
si,n.d liza r.t,,rrs ,i,b1rt ,rofis, ~" 'o
Az" '"' N'"' "''"'N' ''o''e''
THEIR oRrpmILrTT.
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hroth.r1nd r,r,r.r ~ ,",i,i E'1li h,. AZ, 'v'
n,t,t 10 ',,.'t IN III ~ H. W ~ ~
Andrso la, ,.r tu I,i,,.t " ',,Dr NJ
hot In IA tns Ia .
I whYt they testified ~ before MS.
/ Jni"r the rr.umstnn'rs N" evidence 81
! n"thrr was entitled u any constipation. "N-
/ r-l, sum r"Hu1el rom us fo,"rut'nn Toy
/ crriih.- testimony ana known facts anu cir
cumslHnces' ana W" hav" gwen IL no other.
ANpERsoN's STORY.
Tho storv which Andersen ,.l.s Is ,bo.,boro
,vrs, n All Ic,' 'S,'', ~ u' ,,',r'
imn Volts beins ca.t m H.. r.li.i',,,'ss .,,l
"a, ranv t ,f'rT r',y. W. W., ,''l,is, XIX
~ Log. n,r,stns vfi tr4ro' ,,, W., '-.'
loro ala D', y, r-.,,i, r,t,,r.,t M ,t 3, "a, ~,
rr, sirntior md ,,i.ltion in h,tb marisb.. h.,I
Len ,'.r,, ia, Ia ma ir.n" "', i", W.
a. E.v Or ,rs La ,y,,s n,. -, '' ,,., ~
roris,". ,G,a, IrH "' m 20 ,i,r'' II,
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