Daily Republican., 1884-02-23
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Senator eslssSary Gets An9sy--
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NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 22.-SspatoE
6aulsbufy ross In the Mississippi In.
vestigating Committee this morning,
and complained that the clerks had
wronged him. He produced copy Of
Newspaper Of Tuesday, In which a
despatch appeared mentioning inoiden-
tally that the Senator's Copiah County
adviser was one Of those who instigs-
ted the outrsges by which that county
was carried by tho Democrats. The
Senator considered that On sffront to
him. Senator H0ar said he could not
zee how this statement made by the
clerk In q newspaper despatch could
affect Mr.. salisbury. A TO whether
the gentleman mentioned was an insti-
CATION might be brought out further
along In the Investigation. ,-...--
This lawyer has not ~ yet been put
on the stand, but the Republicans who
have been here say that quietly he WAS
understood to be friendly to the mob ;
that he went over the county address
lug meetings labOrtng In the same cause
In which the mob was engaged with
out once copdemning the 0utrages per.
formed BY II. The evidence already
taken shows that he was in the meeting
which unanimously passed the infam.
GUS resolution after Matthews murder,
and though asked BY Democrats to
protest declined to do 1t. Afterwards,
when the excitement subsided, he was
requested by one Of Matthews brothers
TO take steps to prevent the lstter's ten.
ants from being run of, but did moth.
ing.
To-day tho Democrats tried to prove
that Matthews, the murdered Republi-
can, was an agitstor, and that Burnett,
the Republican lawyer who was shot
and obliged to fee, was man unworthy
Of belief. j. II. Thompson said he had
. hard opinion of the Matthews family,
while he thought the Democrats who
made up the mob were quiet and order.
ly. Still, he admitted that they were
excitable during election. Some Of the
mob were Of the best character, his
nephew being member. He had heard
make . speech, In which he de-
nounced the Democratic party, but he
could remember mono Of the charges.
Witness had heard that one negro had
Eold another that Frank Thompson was
10 be killed. Still, he did not thinktt |
Matthews should have been murdered
)n that account.
In answer to what he considered to be |
verse, either to allow the recognized
Of the people to carry an cleo! |
tion or to have these outrages commit |
ed, Thompson had nothing to say ex-
,ept, eff the negroes would only be
alked 10 by sensible, true men, would 4
'ay give us a fair election" Il SUP.
,use by sensible, true men, you m61u |
Democrats, sarcastically interjected
Mr.. Hoar. The witness allowed there
we're very few good men among the
Speaking of the mob, Thomp
on said he believed they were excellent
young men, trying hard to olectioneer
for the success Of the Democrats. He
lid not approve of their going armed,
,ut considered their intentions good.
For himself, he doubted if many negroes
He'd to the woods, and took occasion to
ell Senator Hoar that 1sepublicanism
in Mississippi was not up to the stand.
Ird of that In Massachusetts.
Ex.Sheriff Cook was honest enough
% confess that outside OF politics Mat
,hews was good man, but in politics
le IL ade excitable speeches, and, in the
Witness opinion, when his friends con-
rolled the Board OF Supervisors, Mat
hews obtained bad grand juries. He
Iwors that the people Of Copiah County
are peaceable and quiet, an interesting
contrast to the previous witness who
declared that the success Of the Inde-
meant corruption In Office.
Mr.. Cook confessed that the candi-
lates of the Independents were reputa.
lie men, all Of whom, except Mathews,
we're formerly Democrats, whom he
lad known for years, but he also
ould not believe Burnett under oath.
man named Smith was introduced
o help the charge against Burnett's
He would not believe him
lnder oath, but little questioning
'rought out the fact that, willie he had
,nown Burnett from boy, and lived
3 a neighbor 10 his father, he had never
eard word said against Burnett until
fter the latter had became Republi.
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