, 1880-07-06
a Serious Split in tho Democratic
Party in tho sold
DOminion,"
Growing Out OF the Long-standing
Quarrel on the State-Debt
Question. =.
Tho Republicans Hopeful Of at Least
Partial Success In That
State.
urconbackors Counting On National Gains
for Their Party in the
South.



Special Dttra!rh to The Chtato Tribune.
WASHINGTON, u. e., Jt1ly 5.-The follow
ilig are additional .tGtatls Of the official report
received ut the ACCOMPLISHMENTS ntltcU rel
ntivt tn Il Ku-klux organization lit Vtrglnla:
"'rlle organization exists unttcr tho ,nsnu
Of Southern Regulators, but 1s properly
Known ns kll-klnx. Tho custom OF tho kit
klnx Is 10 paste ltntlcc5 warning persons OF
tic punishment TO bo inflicted, aa for III
stance:
.NorlcE.-ATr -. Sir: We understand
son llnyc beeu brfrlenllng -- by reliable
1nrn and telling him facts. We think TINT
,nar tint ppfrlentls saitl - Is not fnr
tpllind l,tldtr my circumstances, and
tho penalty is f0rty-nfnp 1asEcs well
laid oil. WE neAtl Just what VIC say. 1lcrcls
sample: ANY ole ta&ing tl,ls down takcs
tlfteeN s. Il. r.
"1'tis COPY of notice was furnished me by
tho author of tic letters, asld wns copied
by lin from the Original, which ltc saw
posted. The sample referred to lii said
notice WIS
4 LAnaE HICKORY SWITCH
placed Under tho rotfcc. Thu following
named PERSONS lave beel. whipped by the Ktan
ring. [I1ero aro gtvcil The names Of eight
men, two OF whom are cofor'f.] Tho two col
orrl men and MI sustain g1ol characters,
nINi especially tic lntter, WHO has been
wlilppetl twice. Another wllite, rln1l was
wh!prctf once and shot Mt o,lcc, the ball lust
lnor: a. il was Il cailtIidate for Justice t 1t
the lust spring ELECTION, and g. u. voted fur
Him. They .Weru Informed by the Kim ut
the lime OF the whipping TINT they were +.
WIlspl'En on SAID ACCOUNT.
Mr., S. was whipped bccauso Of his out
s:l'oIsrn dlsapproyal Of tho men md Their
NUnftt4 HGEnIi ItS 1lt4tbr hrlplfH ttfyfft2 /. TT
WIS charged With tllett, md they gave tint
Us II reason for whipping him, buf they Uii
tn sas night stole Ills pistol und ilaye not
1T WIS my fortune to meet with ono
i. H., wl!o gs.yn mo the following fMiornaa-
t!u1.--.s-wit:. That he, X. H., lad been Il
lseInber Of tlio organization. lie Joined for
tic lllrpOSr Ut
EXPOSING THE KHAN.
ltwas c.on!ptfS,ea Of tug |tolloW.g-named PER,
President a,M luenbers.1 i. II. informed
k!an, mud Ills fntl,cl Informed lis wills
@ n II sr s f sfifRMfktnf' ts ka' 9 pos i rSa'e ar' 4
Is Thought, the Order was informed OF '.is
pnrpusr. 81 my r,te, short ti,ne after ie
Euye bis 1atilor. the Information he WINS
Y M!S Mp"n %ia ,t tstnnrE t IN n,, ZIP ooas
by tllcnn that; they lIa,l bven adyisc.t Of Its
|lIipnsr, and demanded to knew II It WIS 70.
lis III. III lllI great difficulty in convincing
thetn they were H. eisos, esHl nfses they !atl
Ills innoenlice, they told him tl!nt 1t was
THEIR ruHPosts To Kll1. llfsf
II they llad found him guilty.. md II Ito
slnrEI 10 inform stg1linst tiIeln they would
Hill him. since thin, hpweypr, they hayc
sf4Sf1e n y s M e t'ry s oi t. ts s'nrsS i1 c @ a. o
subsequent limo las ls0ltss Was entered ui,t
srnrehesl by two numbers ut the klan, 4
thtsa reMn!tllNE OH tl'S eutshle. "'a1, failing
of e ln s itS t' tSr iSy s sG|@rt @ III tito presence
arrested d ' si,ort tin limo ' MO 1o'"" o,, "e's !,
State ,wnrrant charged with being
Sf,Knaets im whipping others. and were tried
1nlttvts them to taIl, after an examination, Ut
tho charges, In default OF bail. to apvuur lle.
fure tho ttext Grand Jury, hut tley weye sub
s,qMensty admitted to baIl In the sum Of
THEY EA1LEp 70 APPEAR,
and their bonds wero forfeited. learn that
indictments were found nEntlist those Ntlu
soiae twe!,a ur twenty others Of tl,e Kim,
aud silcs then TUG newly-electcd Judge l,as
Nartlon dt t1'e county to preserve TIM pu,,ce,
md i fs thought BY tttnse who know llEiIl
bess illnt llo VIII ttse every nenns ut bis cona-
maud to put Il atUp to tie operations Ut the
nlso believed that tho sheriff mud Ills tiopll-
ties are III sympathy With the Klai,."d
DEMOCRATIC Silt.
Gentlemen FROM Virginia report to tic
Dfnosrats l,srs S1 tlat al 1pe of haying ony
effect ha'e bcen common In the press Ut lato,
1t Is only within fuW liays tllat tIle Demo.
er1ts Lsrn !.l!Po been willing to ntl,ult that {.
sn,it, t,'a,, IL ss svlrginla , woall glyo them my
that the situation Ii such M tn r4nt1v n,tftnt,