The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-23
H0AR-- BARKSDALE.
lsIsslppi vs.. Massachusei ts-Tcrri~
pie Tewksbury and Cory CopIab.
Duel 90 the Death Win Word
Weapons,
Blood for the Sunny South.

4WAsHiHdros, March Ex-senator Hoar
kjoined: Major Bsrksdae had testified In
y CITAgsrd to the character OF elections, that
De committee had evidence which he up
sAasbsed was overwhelming In support OF the
"a Exemptions lao had made, he therefore
scxn kopounded the inquiry that II In his
NO An pnion they remained the same IN view vi
lat testimony. Addressing tho witness,
knator Hoar continued: did you read
via thdbme resolutions pnrporting TO have been
dkR1assed ai,er tina election, NJ public meet
anshiTbg1"
ON SWel, now, may enquire whether YOU
ONT. pproye or disnpprove OF the rasOutionsY'
DALRI II will not answer that question further
or bhan 10 say that the resolutions have not
mt an1cen properly understood by the public
las. Ind have bsen misrepressnted, II you will
hermit viii refer TO them 30 my under
banding OF The purport OF your question
h bay be clear: will you permit mo, su2'
N I"No, sir."
NJ "Well, you have stated you decline to
vi hswer."
~ IiI decline to answer without an explana.
Ion OF the reasons which, influence my re-
BY; the resolutions are in these words
Witness read Coplah county resolutionsl
INF al regard these resolutions simply rs reply
NV 10 the threats that have been made by Mat.
Ihews HIMSELF and clan. He was az the
head OF gang Il oitizuns."
J II "Then YOU mean to cay yen do not ep.
n brovo OF them?'
ftSF II mean to cay they hnye been misrsp.
kesenied and my understanding"
inc my question was not whether tho PUB
f'0'pic bad been properly informed bat wheth'
4 br npu approve Of the resolutions"
"Well, my answer bes b. en- given"
Frye; "Does no know .ot any
.,Slbreats made by Matthews! l want TO
! u know whether witness in his statement
N hneans TO testify that be ever heard
, NJ N Matthews say anything OF the kind he re-
M terred to-"
,,.s. Witness SAID he had rot heard Matthews
make any threats but had hssrd them from
bthere.
Frye: You have norght asa witness to
! Al ImHke t1at answer and you know IT,
laiisk. W&tnesa well, sir, when you say you
oAn did kot know T. or you did know 10 then il
lis the m amer IN which the gentleman 3D.
VI Hosr: Did you not know when you
.. asked as TO iuct whether you knew II or
the mot that you are not entitled 20 tell what
y OF Iycn have heard others n0yY'
p az. Witness But you asked my opinion,
"" when am called upon TO tesiify facts"
Hoar: "You have no right to pnt IN
lhearsay eslinony, when you are asked as
Ito your knowledge OF the facts. fon say
Iyou are familiar with the polltical history
Iof Mississippi there is one resolution 10 the
. neffect that Copish shakes hands with the
- IYazoo Do you know what that means?'
n "Well. no sir; will not undertake to in
u Iterpret that
"You had no kno Wedge OF the fects?"
II had nothing to do with getting mp the
~ resolutions"
~ "Do you ramsna Dor any public fact in tho
his, ory OF Yaxoo which might help you to
interpret that resolution"
I will not answer that question; will
d not undertake. 10 interpret that resolution.
q Witness further In the course OF the col
p loQuy said the people OF Yszoo county were
law-abiding people; he knew nothing OF the
81 history Of either Yszoo or Copiah which
would compare with the Tewksbury hor-
- ror.
q Hoar: That you know all abou'"
= Witness: II have seen that stated OIL
~ cialiv."
"You are scquaiated with Tewksbury
- and not well acquainted with YnzeoY''
y "Pretty we'll acquainted with both and
DC not know anything of 30 much discredit
to YazD - Tewsbury's."
! 6epator Hosr expressed hope that the
- Official Investigation OF sffairs In Taso
I county would show them to be false as
those respecting rewsbury.
After some further colloquy, Senator
|, ] Hpnr said "You have said the people Of
j. k,O4piah county wore lsw-abiding people
and at the last election they did no dlscredit
Y to history. In that respect / call yonr
d attention TO the public meeting largely at.
! tended the day after the election at which
the people congratulated themselves upon
! the reerr't of passing the resolutions, saying
Copiah county shakes hands with the
4 <Yszoo, aud l ark you IL you can tell us
\ What that meant?'
VI cannot sir cannot interpret 1t; IL
n ugkms TO me IT Is wholly irrevelent and I
will not undertake to interpret 1t; decline
to interpret the resolutions"
Hoar: THAT is ALL"