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Show TELEGRAPHIC Tbe ItOiiisluuH InvtMtlcaliou. New Orleai.i, IS. Geo. Johnson, colored, who testified a few days ao, was recalled and stated that he Had been assaulted by colored republicans since be teslified before tlie committee. commit-tee. He knows that other witnesses fear violence it they testify. The manager of the Western Union telegraph company had been buo-.ceiiaed buo-.ceiiaed to produce dispatches sent and received by Kellogg, Packard, Dibble, Warmonth, Carter and Gen. Ruger, from and after the lotti of August, 1S76, was called before he committee, and in answer to'' the question stated that he had not broaght the messages, that he bad been inBtrncted by General Superintendent Superin-tendent Van Home not to produce the mctB:iges, consequently he must refuse the telegrams called for. Tha committee, after consultation, adopted the following resolution, wnich the chairman was instructed to communicate commu-nicate to the bouse ol representatives by telegraph: RtsrAred, That for the efficient prosecution of the inquiry ordered by the house this committee communicate communi-cate to the house for its consideration the refusal of E. W. Barnes to produce pro-duce before the committee thu tele-grama tele-grama referred to in a subpeeua duces tecum served upon him on December De-cember 13lli, 1S76, hia refusal being in contempt of the house ol representatives. represen-tatives. General Hurlburt moved tnat the last clause, "his refusal being in contempt," con-tempt," etc., be stricken out, as the house itself was the best judge of the contempt if there was any. The chairman put the question on General Hurlbut's amendment and it was lost. The resolution was then voted on and carried. John Young of Dssola was the nest witness. He said before the election that he knew Nichols would be counted out even if be was elected. He knew of intimidation by repuhli-lans repuhli-lans of negroes who intended to vote the democratic ticket. Ihey were threatened and in some cases had to have protection of conservatives. The colored people were afraid to vote the democratic ticket. Cross-examination Knew of one instance where a white democrat from Chicago waa maltreated and whipped by negroes. We pledged ourselves to protect the negroes who desired to vote the democratic ticket even with our lives. We had no organization or society organized for that nnmnsfv The senate investigating committee met in tbe custom house and Howe announced that in the iuterest ol harmony only five counsel for each party would be allowed to be present, pres-ent, and members of the press. The counsel of the party objecting to the action of the returning hoard desired to make a statement in writing. writ-ing. He thought it would facilitate business, and hoped it would be brief and submitted as early as praaible. Judge Campbell waa permitted to file a counter-statement. After discussion discus-sion it was concluded to send for Governor Wells in order to obtain information about the tabulated statement state-ment of the state vote. |