The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-03-22
THE BLOODY SHIRT
Waved by Senator Hoar on
the Occasion of the
-
Investigation Of the COplah County, Mis-
slsslpl, Election Troubles by
the Senate.

I e, W N'"l '"'"N' warren 2'.-Muilr l.
hHrh'iale' member OF congress from Mis-
Nh'lPp' VINO, according In the testimony
taken bv the topah county suh-cnmmif
tee "i tue senate, made sprech At Hazel.
hurst advising the democrats IA cnrrv
'ophh county ny shul-gunS II neccssar,
hHi hhE buiiuun, the republican c,ndi.
. date. WAS before the senate sub. rnutnittpp
. TINS murnng ami Ia do a ztHtpnlrnf un,icr
oath IN his own YndiratInn. He d,niaJ
tho charge IN toto. Tie s4l the ni,tnry ot
Nupah county had AWAY. been clrtr.,r-
ler"G'd with a love ui law and order. md
. IN wen the last election there WA nothing
inconsistent WIN that record. He mSde
two speeches IN llsZ,ehur.t I'm one ut,y hr.
/ l"I' Ih' lhH' erection, One In the afternoon
/ Ia IL procession Of country prnpIe an
horseback, aud the uther In the evening In
the local democratic club. lie could not
/ remember whether the IN ,uutrd men in
Tue AFTERNOON procession Wetcnruri win
sh"'Gtlhs Iii. attention WA. ~ led to tnr
statements al Witnesses about his sprrrh
and hr pronounced al assertion, lh,t he
had encouraged violence false.
Sen tor lloIr asked II, IN wtus..'.
Hliu-iun To the pea cable AN las, and
/ lug conduct NJ upiah county. ho in
/ c'udod the killing Of Matthews.
have me- hing tO say VA rpfersrrs
/ to thu. That VS. n personal dlnicnlty
/ between those two pa ip.. It b,f,rs
I the courts there and | eVpr, "a no opiu.
/ ion.
/ You hav' said the people " Cnpinh
/ county siHNd hlE IN general charnctor
and you hav announced that there wns
/ noIhlug III tue conduct Of tn election
inconsistent w,th tuolr pas. history.
/ No" | want to ask, II Il .luuld turA
out that TIM mounted crowd
wont about to the houses ~ col
or"d men, whipping them ard shuotln,
them, 'tarug rs they dIi II thcy dlI If
To comp / tie negrpe, To doe To the WOO Is
In ltGe number, and hnt Mnuthrws
'hot b,c Use at hi' iHhu nee IA "a rrpubli.
can leader wbe hrr that Nuuld ritnr q
your mInd rs TO the character OF the
people
Well, nov obi ct Your inquiry has
been ncc 'mpanlcd by your statement.
ou ~" You sell giving testimony In tue
uali"r which YOU PROFOUND to me. I
thnk tiut alter the lrHl uI Whrrlpr for
/ killing Matthew nHl .hc iactsuue brought
To light then viii answer the question.
senator Saul bury asked IT II was rIrht
ana lali when q pur.on WAs likely to be
/ placed upon tril Tor TAI. lite, tnusk nWit-
ness ol bhrAslhc's prominence to express
party, and The pifiy ytyc lIs mimi, ~, ,,,,'',
/ IN entirely supuo,inous ca.. ,,,s,,.T,,,,,
/ that the facts shnuld be 20 and SOP
| senator Hnar rrioiuei NInjor B,rks-
/ dale had testified in regad to the cnHrnc-
tor "i ihe election. That the committee
had eVl 'once which he supposed WINS over
/ whclmlngly m support OF the prysump-
tons he Ind made; he theulune mo
poundrd The inquiry II hi. opinion
mpny. Addressing the wit1e.s senator
liohr continued. "Dd va read som.
resolution, purpOulug to have been
passed alter the e'eetion at pubic racet
my
" n" nave 'hr,n mere
"''' now may inquire whether
yo" "bP'"'oo ' ''''lp'oie Of the rr'oI'
,t.t.,,,,,..,..,.....
Than ~, lu,, ,i'.I ,,,' ,''' i'''.'"', '''e,
ro'.n , v,nJ LA Wv ',S".T ms u"Nt n"'
and xxx .,y ,, ,',,'''n ~, ,"r puo'.'
mi, vii ,,.,'. '.',' IT. W ~ !,
inc ii rL,. nnrn,,,, ,t ,,,,r '',,'',
hr ,Ly'r XVII y,,, ~ ,""i I"sii".' '""S
"No' air. . '''' '''''" '''' '''
"Wc.I. Won h,vr.latcd ,ou. doc,uo,
,o ,,.,ra. " '''''' V" ''N''''''
81 GeCIine tn ,r.,yor vi,n,,,, p,
ulnn.ti,nsn ,hn r,a,n,. ,nr n,. ~,
'I T W Wv Io''p"' '"' "ll ''
:l Nv '''"'"''" aye ~ 'h's'
49,, ''"o-e 'an 'he lplAi
oouu'y ite"'u''"ilNI regard thoot
,eSoiu 'on7 SIMPLY A. reply 70
,nFthl7 that hhd been made by
t'lhews himself and his clan. !lt
wa. At the head % gang Of citizen.
"Ih"h you mean TO say you do not
approve rhrnH'
81 mean to say they have been mis-
represented aud my understanding -
Mn question was not whether the
public htd bccu properly informed
bat whether yuu approye them "
well my nusw.r IA IA been giy.p"
Senator FRYE Does he know of An,
thrpnta made hv Matthew'S wnut T.