Show THE TEXAS INVESTIGATION I lltrorr llu 4 on Irilaiul I < JIM i iii > r I ur < Mloiiul < mmllli i AsiilMitos 1 eb 21WilIIIIIU 1 11111110 hItch itohert Wright white Democrntla clerks election nt the Ihvvilljn polling plnco lustNovombir vvorootamiuod bj the Icxns limstlKiitlon Coinnilllco oslorday hey 1 i1iiri I i T ihicy ilk I ttiit see lillY littiohl lit lu fnen of l3ISI h oH a the luau sehio l sees hilled nor did they see Iho man who Orod the shot I A Vernonf while I Jiiallinof thel 111110 I elected ou both tlokelH was sworn Ho i hold nn inquest upon lie body of Dowes j liolton Ho declared that tho man was not masked nor disguised In nnj nay when the inquest was held llenjntnln y Awbicy white presiding I judJo lit the Grllhllil polling place tosliilpd Hint thcro was NO INTIMIDATION AT Till POLLS Hut that nt about 11 clock p m the hllllot box was raided by masked men while Iho I Tote wns being counted As far ns Iho count had progressed Judge Kirk was cloven I votes ahead of his Republican competitor Ho attempted lo prevent tho capturing of ntb go ito ballothox tve pistols were placed I I ngaiust his faco and ho gave the box up I I Governor John Ireland of Texas the I next witness testified that there was n large negro clement in Washington County and that since thin passage of tho recon rA Btrucliou laws there has been moro or loss I disturbance in tho county Iho county revenues had been wasted and stolen until the last two or three years tho methods ro sorted to by thoso in authority witness said finally became so revolting to tho boiler portion por-tion of this Republican party that n for plo I s party was formed Ho know through tho newspapers hInt current rumor of tho raiding of ono or two ballot hoxps the killing of 11 > llou and Tin IUCIIINO 01 Timii MOHOU lint he know 1 nothing personally of tho spocillo local acts of violence Witness do clared I tho charge in tho memorial for the I Senate that ho as chief executive had re fused protect lbs memorialists was untrue un-true Ho had never bcen asked or requested to protect them Iho negroes of reins he said woro of a docile conhding Mature and t Nt1cje jl perfectly quiet I when left to themselves I Ihoy wero enstlj excited however when harangued by those whom they looked upon as their loaders It was not unsifo for n I negro II in tho negro districts I I to openly refuse to vote tho Democratic ticket Negroes I I weio not interfered with by tho Democrats I and were nllowed to vole ns they pleased i told do ns they i loaned so long ns they lived I socially alone the purpose of the white leaders of Cbs negioes was generally to IiWglltijr create n political following lo play the rolo of political marlj sons to procure office or recognition They told the negroes Cleveland administration was responsible for the earthquakes the drouth nnd the I fact that the cotton bronchi but 7 routs per pound WITNESS WAS CIO I XAMINLU lj Senator Spouner Ho slid that ho spoko in n general way about the negroes of lexns nnd that ho had not been in Washington county but about twenty four hours in tho last ten years Ho only knew of the county revenues being wasted ns n wl luntter fu no lonely and could only instance ono dofnlcn tion during the twenty years of Republican I control Ho did not mean to say that the county revenues were wasted each ytar of Republican control Witness admitted to I Senator the political l bpoouer methods that of his tho information Republicans I j about of Washington county was very general I lucko Hector Chairman of the H pub I liein SUite Central Committee of lexas called tho witnessattention to the Inch I tug of three negroes While declaring he did n it clievo I any gocl > 1 would eome of it Ju Uo I Reelor said t1 ito offering rrn n or reward would slop the publican I party in the I Noith from prenchinj against the South Adjnuinid until tomorrow |