Year: 1878

VI. w IOl ~, w GDI
was no further communication until jan
uary, and that completed the transaction!
A. Yes.


Q. Why did you not tell Us that the
other day? A. / did not think Of II, or
/ thought the matter would be called for.


Mr.. Reed handed Anderson q letter
which be said was in bis handwriting, ad.
dressed to Lieut. Governor Antoine, as
follows:


CLIFTON, September 4, 1875.


Ny DEAR GovERsoR-During the frat
three days Of the registration only one
eoiOted man presented himself, and he
was brought in by Democrat, / saw
that something was wrong, and sent mess.
engers into the country, who reported
that very small number Of the colored
people knew Of any Office being openi
that the whites were carefully concealing
the fact and were using all possible means
to prevent them coming forward. linn
mediately took steps to counteract this,
and as the result have registered thirty
colored men in two days. This, together
with the fact that / am getting tbe party
together in the parish and will soon have
the parish in the field, has convinced the
Democrats that 1 am an obstacle in the
way Of securing good government, and
how TO get rid Of me Is the question being
agitated. It could easily be done with
the aid Of few bulldozsrs; but they are
under the impression conveyed by your
humble servant that was sent here for
the express purpose Of being killed in
order to make political capital. They do
not propose to put their teet into Il in
that way, and so my personal safety is 8
subject OF great solicitation. They would
run me out, bat have hold Of them. II
they did, they would have the pleasure OF
having their parish officials appointed BY
a Republican Governor Packard). The
only course left Is to send you SOL
emn protest against the appointment
OF any one outside OF the parish,
and urging my removal on those grounds,
they think that fear Of what may occur in
the future would induce any one living
in the parish to do what they might die.
tate. l am going into this fght il you
will stand by me at your end OF the line.
hope Pinchback or some other colored
man will come up with Packard. We
will have q parish ticket out by that time
and Il will give us q good start, Do not
remove Sheriff Monohan, he is an excel.
lent gentleman who will execute the law
regardless oi party, we have nothing TO
fear from him; will write to you shortly
in regard to the Chief Constable,


Yours truly,


JAS. E. ANDERSON.


To Hon. c. c. Antoine.


By Blackburn-Do you wish to offer
any explanation Of that letter. A. !
would ike simply to say that at that
time my i'm preston in regard to the par
ish was derived entirely from the Repub.
cans, was surrounded by set OF men
who had an interest in giving me that
impression and l wrote that letter and
many others, acting under their inau.
ence, believing there was bulldoztng In
the parish.


By the Chairman-Did you hear before
the election about men being sent around
the parish to tell the colored Republicans
not 10 vote ? A. i did.


@. Who were the men sent? A. |
think Captain De Groy and Col. Howard
attended 10 that business.


Q. Did they talk with you about it 2
A. Yes; 1t was my suggestion.


@. Was it you who suggested that none
Of the Republicans in The parish should
vote. A. The way the matter came up
was this: When returned to New Or
leans and told Gov. Kellogg how the par
ish stood, they were in favor OF not hold
iug an election there.


Q. Whom DO you mean by "they"? A.
mean Gov. Kellogg and the Republican
State authorities. They were anxious
that an election should not be held In the
parish, and I told them that there was q
much better way than that; that it was a
better way to have an election and have
no Republican votes cast, and that in q
parish which two years ago had given a
large Republican msjority the fact OF no
votes being cast would be the
best proof Of intimidation; thattha fact
would do more than all the proof OF IN
.imidation that could be given. The Re.
publicans OF the parish thought that .
good idea, and they carried it out.


Q. And you were the author Of that
ingenious suggestion. A. Yes, | was the
author OF that ingenious suggestion and
they gave me credit for It afterwards.


Chairman-I understood you to say
The other day that when you stated GER
tain facts before the Senate Louisiana
Committee your DRIFT was to allow the
committee to draw false interences2 A.
Not that exactly, because l had not much
idea that day what I was going to do.
They put me on the stand before consult
ing me. The impression among the Re.
publicans was that they would not put me
on the stand neither before the Senate or
House committee, and when they did put
me on made the best possible case l |
could for the Republicans, confning my:
self as near as I could 10 the truth; so |
made as good a Republican case as
could.


ChairmAn-And you did not depart
from the truth any more than was neces.
sary TO do that A. l did not depart
from the truth at all.


At the opening Of the afternoon session
Ex.C x.Congressman G. B. Darrall was sworn
and examined by McMahon. Derrall, In
response TO 4 few preliminary questions,
gave the names OF the principal applicants
for the position Of Collector at the port
Of New Orleans, and the examination waa
As follows:


O. Who was pushing George S. Smith,
who finally secured the otice3 What
ASSOCIATION Of parties? A. / do not know
that any body was, except that he was ap.
pointed (this Is entirely my opinion) on
the recommendation Of the Returning
Board, although Smith il man, | believe,
Of good record and generally acceptable.


o. At what time did you become &C.
auSinled with Senator Matthews first!
4. I was introduced to him when he was