New-York tribune., 1884-03-22
THE CoPIAH COUNTY INVESTIGATION.
REPRESENTATIVES, BARKsDALE DECLINEs TO Ex
PLAIN THE YAZoO RESOLUTION.

REPRESENTATIVES, BARKsDALE DECLINES TO Ex-
PLAIN THE YAzoo RESOLUTION.
WASHINGTON, March 21.-Representative K.
Barksdale who testified, had in speech at Haze
hurst advised the Democrats 10 carry Coplsh County o
the shotg1n II necessary and to hang Button, Re-
nbican candidate made statement under oath before
sub-committee of the Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections this morning. He denounced the charge
as false He made two speeches at Hazehurst on the
day before election. One TO procession OF mounted
men-he could not remember whether they were hrihed
or not-and in the evening before Democratic club In
answer 10 Senator Hoar he characterized the killing OF
Matthews as the result OF a personal difficulty lie
referred 10 the opinion Of Justice Miller OF tne
Supreme Court in the Ku-Klux cases that the puDhc
liberties were as much imperiled oy the use OF
money in elections in the North "a by violence IN tne
South and said that the condition or AFFAIRS resulting
from the presence Of large mass OF ignorant neI9 ~
ers not properly understood He regaruto % "a ,he tFe
Threats that had made by Matthews and the clan
that he al the head OF aflhs. She tfi ~ 'b
not Matthews make any threat but was tOd oi e
by others. -. - =. a., a r,,,naas to ,,sl,e thai
The wness~Wcll sir, when you say you did not know
IT, you did know It, then 1t not the manner III "nch
gentlemen address each other
MT Hoar-Did you not know that when you were asked
as TO fact whether know II or not, that you are
not entitled tell what you have heard others say
witness-But you asked my opinions. When am
called upOn 10 testify TO facts .
MI Hoar-YOu have right to put in hearsay testi-
moDy when you asked as TO your knowed1e or the
facts You say you are familiar with the political history
of Mississpp There resolution to the effect that
Coplah shakes hands with YaZOO. DO you know what
that meansq A.-We no, sir do not undertake to In
terpret that 49,, -,
nothing 10 do with getting up the resOlutlOns.
O-Do YOU remember any public fact IN the history OF
Yaxoo which might help interpret that resolution A
will answer that question. VIII not undertake 10
interpret that resolution 80,
The witness n the further Of the couOquy SAID
the people of Yazoo County were lawabiding people He
knew OF nothing in the history OF either Iaz0o or Copa
which would compare with the " Tewksbury horror"
Mr. Hoar-That you know all aboutf Al nave seen IL
stated officially. .,,
O.~You are acquainted with Tewksbury and not well
ACQUAINTED with Yazooi A.-Pretty well acquainted
with both and do not anything much 10 the dis
credit OF YaZoO to Tewksbury.
senator Hoar expressed hope that an official invest
cation OF the affairs County would show them TO
be as false as those respecting Tewksbury .
After some further cooquy, Senator Hoar SAID: You
have said that the people Of Copah County were law
abiding people and the last election they dd no
djscret to their history in that respect call your at
tention public meeting largely attended the day a1ter
the election at which the people, eongratulaung Them
eel YES upon the result pass resolutions saying that Co
piah County shakes hands with Yazoo aud ask you, II
you can tell us what that means" Al cannot, sir /
cannot interpret II 70 That IL Is wholly II
relevant and will not undertake to interpretit It. de
cline to interpret the resolution.
Senator H0ar-Tnat ie all cir.