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Show LATEST Mill! GENERAL. Tlio I.oniiunn In vM Iguitou. New Orle.ii.s, -'". In lb? -n.itfr investigating p minutiae W'.uhcig:!, MuMh.an and Mclfjal 1 Were up pointed a comuiit'ea lo Ukc the Ks titnony of Li;za l'msiibm. J. V". 1'allun, chairman of th democratic committee, was ci'.led and te3titi-;d that he h.ui been lince Un January prt-sidcut of tiiJ d'-mocratir state central coinmittee. Hail g'-i.er. cnare of tne cativa--. H'i telunop.) was not tak--n b -;f..p; tho r- liirn.n loard. Wad in Ne Orleans during the entire canvas, wiirb up'Tiul About tne IW'.n ot lit Au.iiit. T;ic democratic ctat convention w'm:i. nnrninat-d th-j t ite tn:k"l and pr-i-dnti d electors, in:t at ItaLun iidiig'-July iidiig'-July 2-Uh. i'mchbac wan ciiairmai' of tha republican ft itR com mill', but tendered his resignation alter lh--republicin conventi' m had made, th" noiiurirtlion. Wjj not familiar wit;, thn organilinn of the republican state couinii'.trc. Think Mim. Atkin and Iibb!e were active mem-'-r of ine cauii.En. The lUtun Koug democratic convention con-vention u lui'tvd reio!uli'iiS favoring and couiM-lung pearo; will htrniflh a cjpy hf-r'Mlt'T. U-ijeral Nirnoll-' mads ft jie- i ii ai c-ptiug tno iifunin i-liun i-liun for g ivernor, in winch ho t.d hn nrcr,U Inn noNiination ftidy on condition that ho sIioiiIfI b K'verno( of t!ie whole peop1' without reg inl to color or ra' e. Witnt it protni-ed to furnish a rf'irt of tho entire pro w-ding of too convention. J n-' -tate convention w m conilu'd' d by the dernorrats on the principle fnumerit'd t'tier-, and in favored a full, fair and frco ekctioii. A quen lioti p'TiiiiltinK witiie-s to testily in r"t;ard to the gunoral conduct of the nam pain was di,cu-ed nt conaider-ahlo conaider-ahlo Piiigth, Tho chairman thouKhl thf t'dtimony nt prcoiit phoiild iiin-ply iiin-ply lei rontine 1 lo thn relfut'il of th'1 circular inmifil by him. Tne ipiealion of lh general rnwu. Of the campaign wan li tially admitt'-d Wilne Bald tho cniiimil', c usually urg'd upon tho member ol tlio party IhcKuprrme importanco of preqrv ing the peace at all haz inU. iif I.eTievi'l tlio (;leetii,n was full, (ri;r arid fair. Knew little about Ouachita, iuo flUt' mcnt thai tho registration wni unfiiir throiighoul, wan contra-dicit.it contra-dicit.it hylfahn, rcpuiilican nupor-vuor. nupor-vuor. lieut'-nant (iovurnor Antonio Imd refuioil the (lemocrats fair rfprtc ntalion iu tho npiointmrnln. Antonio fre'jue.ntly proiumed to trral, tho dernocrat-t belter, but nlwayii broke bis word. Witncw fumi-ihfd inue.h corresporidenro on tho Huhjont which will K" evirlencn. 1 Iu do ncribod the fprfnwiizalinn of lb o campaign cam-paign coinniitP'O, wliie.h ho iitl'inn'-d us' d evory ellort to ociire a paci-fnl oloctiou, from built principle) and policy. Ho believed tlio ropuhliciuin ' de-nml to brinif b ,ut collisions bn- twoon the whi'.'H and black lor party purpose J to hud always expeclid tho returning board would count out tho democrat iimUm Tildrn wan idnctod. Tlio r publican prw per-A'nteully per-A'nteully chur'd every fliilurb:iui;o U diimo' ralH. 'I tiiH canned tho dyino-cralu dyino-cralu to movo carefully, avoid any real cauvi for such charge. JIo ao-knowli ao-knowli iJd that rioln (kalructivo U human hfo had ficcurrod iu Iho nlnle u flfivrral nccaxioim, but attrihnt il thom to tho vicious government ol the Rial". Willie gave nn rut'it'lcd account of taxation, ntalo and local, and wiw cloq"ly interrogated nn tho point, Jlemiid landn wern rnporte'l at ft.n"iRfd nt nioro Ihnn their market, vali in. JfiB properly in Now Ol leatiH was awnHed at H,0( w. Tho t.iilo tajr was 1 1 U, city tux ff'H, The latter s determined by tho democratic city council. His property at auction would not bring Sij.WHl, and he would take JS.GOO for it. 11c thought the J Jemocratic state government was', impossible without a democratic na- i tional administration, on account of. tho returning boards' power, which eminent counsel think uncoustitn- tional, beiug contrary to all law. He ' thought the supremo court had do-' cided that it bad no power to go be-. ' hind tho acts of tlio board in two or three instances; though the hoard had ' violated the law creating it. Ho ' mentioned several iustancea of what' he considered illegal acts on its part.! Ha thought the wholesale issuance by: tho republicans of warrants for false registration had the eli'ectot frighten-1 ing many democrats from tho polla; did not know that the democrats instituted in-stituted this practice. Witnoes knew nothing of the Ouachita rifle cluha until after tho election. Tho demo-1 cratic committee's instructions were ' not carried out faithfully in the interior of the state. Witness Wit-ness testified I'm at ho belonged to the United States army from 1S45 to 1S35; was a rebel in T SOS; belonged to the secret onler of Knights of the White Camelia; knew nothing of tho bu-klux; belouged to tho Crescent city white lenguers, nn opeu organization; organiza-tion; did not know any rifla club captains in Ouachita; only heard bo-: lure the election that that pariah was peaceful; having heard during the canvass that Iiaae Mitchell had been killed in West Feliciana, wrote Powell, member of tho stato commit-Leo, commit-Leo, that it was an outrage and the perpetrators should be brought to lusiice. i owe 1 1 replica mat an unknown un-known party killed him; had heard that Uinkgrave's ns-asdinfttiou was a personal matter; knew of no other murders; heard that, troops wero riding rid-ing through Kast Baton Rouge threatening threat-ening to an est negroes wuu voted the democratic- ticket; did uoi Know any certificates were given colored men insuring them protection if they voted tho democratic ticket. Adjourned till evening. In tho evening rf. MeEuvry, an Ouachita lawyer and a deuuerat, ' avu a history of the campiign, ihowing that it was actively Conducted, Con-ducted, negroes assisting one side as much as the other. Republicans firL began organizing into ciuhs and the democrats followed through feir and protection against iLcursiuus by t'nited ritates IrOotH. Cnairman Hou.-e questioned wit nesa sharply on his reisons lor thinking think-ing the republicans desired toprecipi-1 late riot?. He said the republican:) vou Id uso aucn rows for political etlect. From NordimlV's stati-itio witness learnrtl that thu n.tirdirso! negroes in tiio 8 i-.tth since llie war were some thousands, li-; had a hei of fourteen outr-i;-'a 1 y in roea oi. whites since 1670 in Ascen.-ion par-.dh, par-.dh, of which he uienlioittd two. Tuey were not all political. Hum m life was not held aacred here an iu the north. Many citizens think it i Honorable to kill for political reason-). U ltness was crosi eximineu ai greai length, and was on the bland eix hours. He couckidtd by stating lh it U'jhert Brown, member of thu oiate central commil twe, had been killed; lately by a.i nnktt'jwn person near the city. A number of colored mni hid conn-in conn-in witn -m lo make altidavit liiat lii y had tveen beaten, wrtipnel, choked, etc., by negroes for being d-iin jcra'.i. Concerning U.incgravu'ri usa.sin-tion, usa.sin-tion, witness s iid il rew out ol the murder by iJuikrave of a man named Wimberiey, wieiu rlalivw iwore veni;i'ance and nornc of wti"m wilne-s wut conti lent ha.1 coinnutt'O the dt-d. T:u- w.u the genpr-kl be.ud ;n tho community, a:i i circum-'.anci-. which witneo-i rviatvd Ujto tt out. Me naU many iierauui ituJ, u-i from politic. '1 .rw v. i :.! i t Monro- fnriiu:.'.! a p-i-o lo pur -up the a-a-iin, but l-e-y w-r-- not vigorous cti"ii.i to accmphu a-iy-tiling. U ili.'-.-fl fav- the ( t'"ii' ;it f U,'-o:i, H!i:t Wit. 'f--d lh- k...mg. I'ne "lal'-ui'-nt wit i-inti! ir to tne pi:i-ns:i-d act ' nn!. A : r :i ' !. T.io ch ii rm m a-ui . i- ai a ih-roiiitiiill- .j for li it .11 I: r:- p il:..., v..i;.--,, M m..: ui ai. i m i' .na d. Too i.out.j co.oiui:'.' n.-t to ,1 iy Wm. Orton w.ia c r.- d. - p p:arn.g, Ci.unnin M.-rntoti r t i c.miniuiii' ati hi from Mr. Uiti.u i ih;n:(td m to" in g p d" r4-I r4-I nu cxiuimni'i' ml p'td lo-: f.h. w;tuoiit di u o i: li'.- W, litatthe thi'.n.u i-oin-munic.il-: to tlie n-.'io ti.f la;..ir- r.-fu-al ill Wm. Orion, prr- b nt o! tho W.V'-ru L'tnoo l.-:..;r pii Cotn-i Cotn-i HiV, lit Rpp --ar t 1 1 1 tt:ly nn I lii lruig with him 'ail t.-Vgr am in hi- p'..-iijiou or t-ontr 1 "-nt or re.-civd i.y p-rioi n.iiPi- d in li.-- fihj o-i i rv.tl ii- n ntni; irt of pa d r'onununicalioti Iho I- I't-r id Kid )tlun to the - . airui m, d it-d I ' piu-o- r I't'.h. li, an I u. ,i titiiony of K. W. B rn- l'"!tro lot-i-oitunit'.f a rt !t. to tne initrurliom kiy.mi bun hy h uJ Orton in r-l ill - u t i the pn-rluclinn pn-rluclinn beforn ttic romrmtt-o nf lh-l."d'-rami reiUirl lo bo pr-'lucd Iff re the ouimilt'T by i;d Hirii' laid d'-tiiiit, r-lotil nod in-itrurtion by k iiil Kami , In the '.pin ion of tin-romiiMtl-f, hoinK in con'.' nipt of lit ppiesi of tne linn-". J no (N.mmitt- e tnen ad;o:irn 'I and tho f,uh corn mi U-f hp t ai.d pr ' cd. d with tlteir uiV"--tit'.aliuiit. Al.-ianil'-r Oavirt of ( hb'n, t li-ti.-d tnat men e iino to hi I "in", ualied him o'lt and knockd bun -emel'-n, ftbiimng him for voting the democrat! tielt' t. A colored npub. lir-an made thP helor- t I'-rtioi. to kid iln if b-" "1 'be il'i""-cra'ii: il'i""-cra'ii: ticket. II- li nm I tboio wim liirrateiicd and a-i.iullel him. Wit ueH wm coidiind to bed thr o wi'i'ki Imm (ho rfl.'n't of thn bpalinif t he -"ccivrd. Ho mado allidavit ayahml paiL. . l.oforc Ki'eotdrr Jmg. i Mr. . Jac ii't, colnr.d, cir--roliotated the c'-innco of Davic that repuiihcnni thrratuu u 1 1 i bun for vnting th ih-niocralio i.. i,t Martin Dnbirt, democratic i.ft..(j. for tho lce,i.i lali ire, letlilb-d that be vin thriabmrd and wan iiniilhd anil would have hem killed by urgrons il lie had given an opportunity. Knew tho detuncrais bad lint many vol en through i nil m id al ion. N'Krnc wanted a chiingc on nccount of high taxes, O, I. Morgan wai recalled. He dntailed n con verBiliott with Andrr-unii, Andrr-unii, Riipf rviiur nf I'" lit Kcli' iiinii, niiicfi the rlectioii, and a conversation bitweeii Kellogg and Anh'isonand ll'iiry, hIiowiic; Dial A udeomi had llb'd tin reluill r,ilhont prolyl, but tlin demorralH rt'fiiHiuK to pay any-thing, any-thing, A nd e !'') ii ("iiterrd a treaty wilh'iNash and otl.eri by which, if Nash wuh elected, hn would wen rp Aurlervun's appointmenl to a naval nllicrat NewOileiun. WiIihi whtlo a republican on tl.OOi) Rilmy was iminmrd '.oO per iiHuilh for parly purposes. Aflidaviln in idn out iu tho I custom homo wore dill- rc:d. fmin tho RfjilcmeiiiH of wilnc-ar-n, Tbo way And'T.ion wan In nerve was In make I mi allhlavit and have thn democratic. Vol') of EiHt Feliciana thrown out, am) thn man llarrn ""cmeil to lid n. Iho head ol tho allidavit hmiii'm IIrrirt wan very crooked in tho pnr-foniiancn pnr-foniiancn f his duly, Dwindling the democrat in vnrioim ways, of which witiieHH (!iivi in'ft tee-, Munifl in ' cfill rmvl for Ibn republicans in the : comiuitlen. Mi unld d and wan unuiled j.ei'itii'hon to Ititruduoo rebutting re-butting leMhnnny. Frank Conner, colored, tetiti find that he wns knocked down by col-orod col-orod Deputy Marshal Brbbs, with a loaded e:Hie forvjting the dcmocraiio ticket. Other negroes sai l they would kill him. Republican gon-Tiilly in-timiilnted in-timiilnted negroes into voting the ro-publican ro-publican ticket. Tho democrats never intimidated . Wilson, colored OAinlidatn for the lenisl iturv from Aeen?ion pirish, testified that Ins knew of ngrooa being beaten and shot before election bec;ui!o they wf ro dem.icrat. Col. Jim lewia in ado a speech at DonaldB-ville DonaldB-ville saying tho republirim ticket would bo counted in whether elected or not. !ver found a negro compel com-pel Ird to vote the deitncratic ticket. A-djourned. iii?foro lil i'-khuru'd t,uh committe a number of witnesses tcatitied lhat tho rleetion v:ih fair and peaceable, ami impeaching the returning Iward's testimony showing corruption among the republican otlieiali. When the latter did not Hcrvn diahoneit parly ends they were discharged. Democrats Demo-crats were rdund admittance to look at tho printed registration liMa, on wliicli reoublic lux imtcrod the iiame of d e ul men, convicts and non reii-denn, reii-denn, all f)t whom voted. Colored republicans voted three and four tunes. Some democrat ic candidates :rt cert tin di-tr:et who had had no opponents were not returned, though they not all the votes. Adjourned. The houvcoui'ititttfe ban examined all tour of the members of tn Louisd-in- relurnin.' loinl, two uf whom rtvri' shown to actually imranl o! tne law under which they acted, and tu have been governed by the instructions instruc-tions of their colleagues, Wclla and Anderson, who were lorced to admit that tney wiiluliy violated the law, and that tiieir rulines were arbitrary uml pirlisin. Tnr-y went behind the elenii m Mipurviorr ' si itemont iu Concord: and NatchiirM-hei", where tli-ygiii.id -."tjO republii'an vots, and I hey refused to ca uvas the return; ol twelve democratic pobs. It w.i piovf-.l that the pnm-als and atli-I atli-I viU m lo Kit Kitin K'MiH'.', Lafny-' Lafny-' tte, Kit nod Wc-t Keheiana Were fiia ile un iu the em'otn imiise, and trial itnnte of them wnieh Appfin-d in Siiermau'i njorl were ubricated, and tti:l a reujn of terror hn tweu ttabn-hed over lh cdornl Toter by toe repub .:r.m leib ia. 1 uc atvrliu.K d,scove:' hai been niado i.nro tne c- 'Mtti Ut-d rtuli-iilctit of the Ti turn- .lit i iti ri 1 1 t"-n t'it in. trut if int-y n I .mply omntMl l..c ouultevl -l iliu.: too repubhcuii mperwa- j i ! n lmi i 1. 1 r tu rn , ai. 1 if tu-" i.-! : '. f lot' I I'n i yv r-'f-t ' r T. , . II . - r :: c 1 1 1 l onrufdia, lt-,rtiii' i it i N v ut -dp- th.it ii to cay, il tr,.-y h 1 1 ii-. I fipp'u d tive n ini-s mi bMi h n:v t':j iimn t- inly tl;r ll.'.'4 r'Tln: inrwe of '1,0 1 i. h n i-.. t -tt.ri w .'.ul im l-'eii : -"-u. i w cvrii aft- r t'irnwtin; l it vr aiy i.u) p-..; which lm y ... kl .fd. j i;;1 y 'i: ri(K -. i.' .ui.r. 1 ..w i1 ... tt. are already taking jn '.. pr. vent t.i) d. iuo-rat.i from 4' t'.::. p..- . i 'ii id t..e tl- hum.-. i u y i. no l..ifii.- t Ul I .o w.i. ioat and d .-.f4 .-pt t:i" tw J..-.U. ipti tilrain , nod plai -d i ord ol ;nt tri.p-jl;l in p iht" t..' re. K-pun:, i mi'.iV lor- di -m.rt-rjtic iifirjinriir m f' r U ot. ib'ui . ral;c . an li :'.e .-r .ill ri it it frv( ni'ir. t- t it i l-iiirc : ,n i A l!i iiAlf en HiiVr, nn I In l lading in ton fie in'it n'.-t w:ii lc to .ry;.ui " a dcmoi-r.tuc n--niln in woollier building, but tnt toia wili fail. 1 li- n- ri I ! in ri(n: na-t.,rtt na-t.,rtt who will ifil ron nt to liui. I ne rvKiilt will bo tint Niriioili wid imp!)' inanurali'd an J lit en go lioini". li-;mb.u' tin r,'H. e. |