The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-09-07
THE CALLI0PE MAD.
Congressman Burrows Talks About
Louisiana Elections ana Makes
some Bold Statements.
IN. o. StAtcs.l

Conpressmsp Burrows is In town.
He came Ia last night and was AZ tue
st. Charles Hotel this mornlng. MAJ.
burrows said he had been called back
home BY telegram Informing him OF
the rather serious Illness Of his grand |
children. He Is arranging to return at
once aud will leave on the evening
train for Kalamazoo. Mr.. burrows
seems 10 have grown quite bitter since |
his trip through the district, ana does
not conceal his indignation over the
way politics is run In Louisiana.
He got into discussion this morn-
Ing with Col. I. d. Moore in the rotuns
da of the st. Charles Hotel. Morris
Marks was present as was several
Others.
Mr.. Burrows did not mince words
when he said that he did not take any
stock Ia the fairness Of elections In LOU |
islsua. He was particularly blue over
the chances OF Mr.. Minor and the Rel
publicans In the present fight. H0 did
not believe, he said, the negroes would
cast any ballots, he knew In fact that
they were all frightened to death aud
fearful of being killed III they attempt.
ell to vote; and generally that the
regulators had intlmidated them 10
such an extent that they would stay at
home on election day.
He said he came down from Frank
lin and at the station met two or three
negroes around there. He spoke to
them aud asked them to 60 to town
and get ready to vote. In reply they
said they had no intention Of taking
any part In the election, that the regu.
lators were abroad In tho land and
that II they went near q ballot box
their lives would be seriously leopar-
dized. One of them observed that =
drunken or ignorant negro might here
and there bo found who would 60 to
the polls, but aone of the Intelligent
ones or auy that felt regard for safety
would dare to. lido 80.
| Mr.. Burrows said the election was
no election at all. 1t was all one way
and the colored man had no guarantee
for his personal safety II he attempted
to exercise his right Of citizenship as q
free man. He thought the best thing
the Governor Of the State could do was
TO dispense with the formality OF an
elestion and instead of holding regu-
lar one, simply make cut commissions
biennialIy and hand them to any man
he might desire sent to congress. Thai
; would be an easy way to settle the
matter and wonld not be different
from what the practice is at present
Mr.. Burrows talked as though he men'
| every word ne said and indicated thai
he belived the elections In Louisianf
: were farces.
MWe have received positive assur
ances that not over 500 negroes vii
vote In st. Mary parish, the other
being deferred by fear" he said.
Aud here Col. Moore answered hitu
"Oh, we'll, il that is the scheme Of thu
Republicans; IL the order has beer
= passed along tho line that no negroes
must vote, In order to have the ouisid.
world believe that our people have in
i Inundated them, then we are not 4
' blame. II 900 negroes can vote In 81
9 Mary, 5000 Of them can do so. Their
9 Is no bulldozlng and regulating tha
will prevent them."
}. Mr.. Burrows denied that this wa
: tho Republican programme. Speak
Q ing further he said he lad pleasau
J. time. "You have q grand countr
J, with rich, fertile fields and fins pee
y ple," he remarked, and then addet
u "but your politics is the saddest hav
III ax,oe ooovo