The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-13
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managers did not obstruct voting lii


| Cr0ss-examination: The crowding
was up towards the middle of tho day.
After midday the box was clear. Saw
nothing dono in tho afternoon to pre-
vent any one from voting. -.
ID. S. Milrphy, white Greenbacker,
sworn: Rcsides ut Monticello, Fair
field county. Went to tliitt poll to
vote. Did not vote. Made .inqriry
for tickets and couldn't find them. Saw
nothing at the polls to 'preyent voting.
There wis some crowd around Con-
gressional poll. They were white men.
The colorcd people were afl around
them, but not among them. in that
vicinity, Witness was at poll about
1.-TWO and half or three hours. Got
there probably between ten and eleven
O'Clock. Saw no attempt OH the part
of tho colorcd people to vote: no effort
| 10 advance. to tho box while | was
there. There were n good many col
ored people standing around. Think
there were something over 800. Saw
only few going away from the polls.
Witneess got UP to the goods box with
ont trouble. Thought the men on it.,
some of them, wcro trying to vote.
they did. The crowd might.and might
not have, kept OFT the cOlored people.
| CWillard here made al assertion about
"bulldozing." Counsel for the defence
objected Indignantly. Tho commits
sioner stopped Wizards gratuitous
assertions. Willard got miilcd Ind the
examination stopped.
| Cross-c&amination by Mr.. Gaillard:
Arrived at polls after ten O'Clock. Did
not vote brcausc could find
NO GKEENHtCK TICiSETs.
Mad Inquiries around. They told uHe
; Supervisor Corley had some. Had not
succeeded in finding the tickets up to
the time left.
Richard Elkins, ancient dark ey,
sworn: Resides near Monticello pre-
cinct, but did not go there to vote at
the last election. Didn't go because
he had not gotten "clcan there" Hc
had gone seven or eight miles when
he stopped, he met SO many people
coming back. Stopped because lie was
"ovcr-lired." Clio wanted to tell
what 'so,lc one said which caused his
return, but was stopped, rs it was
hearsay.) The commissioner asked
him if he could tell anything about his
reasons for turning back without re-
peutiifg what people said. Witness
replied that lie could not. He turned
. back because it was late, he was old,
"an'," said the. witness, "1 jis' sot
down an' didn't go no turtcr."
:, Laughter The witness was excused
and one Of the Governments nain-
stays fell or "soC" in harmlcssncss, to
| VIII larG's chagrin.
Jordan Peters, black and burly,
sworn: Lives near Alston, votes at
Monticello. Attended last election.
| lS - Il. l.,
cd until or in the evening. Voted
at the Congressional poll in the cvc-
ming. After the tickets came, about
II O'Clock, witness made an attempt to
vote but could not reach the box on
account Of the crowd. 1t seemed like
he couldn't get there. no coorcd men
that he saw got up to vote before wit
ness did. There 200 or 800 colorcd
people prcscut when he first attempted
to votc.. lie got pretty close to tho
box, but couldn't sec what the men on
the box were doing. Made 10 other
attempt to vote until 3 p. III. Knows
the names Of no one who was prevent
ed from voting. q.
Cross-cxamincd by Mr.. Gailard:
Couldn't tell when he first saw the
ticket. lie voted the Grecnback ticket
at 3p. nj.
Joseph Harper, mulatto, sworn:
Monticello is his voting precinct. Was
ut the precinct about two hours on the
day Of the last election. Did not vote
in Congressional box. Was there
about one hour before lie got tickets.
lie arrived at 8 and left ut II. Tho
polls were crowded at that time, as the
lpeople were voting very much. Could
have voted by rushing through the
crowd, but it being
NONE OF HIS FIGHT
he didn't care to rush through it. That
was his whole reason for not voting.
(Hcre Willard dropped witness like IL
hot potato:)
Cross-cxamincd: Means by crushing
through the crowd" pushing through.
at every election the polls arc crowded
at certain hours. There was nothing
to have prevented him from pushing
through. Everybody who voted be-
tween and II had to push through
the crowd. Meant by "not being i his
fight that he Was d Republican,, and
no Republican fight was going OH that
day. II he had had q Republican
ticket he could and would have pushed
through and voted it, but he was
neither q Greenbacker nor q ,Del,ib-
crat, and wouldn't take that trouble
for either.
| Matthew Hodge, copper-coIorcd,
sworn: Lived at Jcnkinsvillc. Voted
last election at Monticello. Went to
cast his vote for tho Grccnbaekcrs.
! Went there an hour by sun iii tho
morning with some OTHER coiorcd peo-
pie from Hog Fork. When lie flrst
got to the polls the white men were
crowded, and he allowed they wanted
to vote and didn't push on them.
Grcchback tickets Wcrc pot out when
he got thtre. Tho. white folks said
wait awhile and we could get to vote.
Mr.. Kirkland asked mo that This
was the second timc l wcht up to
vote. The first time nobody said any
thing to, Inc. Don't rcincmbcr any
one telling us wo could hot vote.
Voted one ticket in Congressional box
near about 4 O'clock. WAS not halted
!. by anybody on his way to the poll.
! Judge Willard: "Dil you como to
the Yesterday and tell mo That you did
not want to be examined because you
had been thrcatcncd?" Thcrc was u
gttat sensation here. "No, didn't"
promptly answered. the witness before
objection to this, extraordinary qncs-
ton could be- made. e Nevertheless,
COunGnl for tho t1nlnuce 0ftnrlyori1e oh