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VOLUME V.
STATE CONYENTION.
500 DELEGATES AND 2,000
POPULIST IN TOWN.
BINES MADE CHAIRMAN.
Thomas. E. Watson Was There
and Spoke—The Meeting was
One of Enthusiasm.
The annual pilgrimage of the Pop
ulisms to the capitol occurred the 18th
inst. Ths voice of Populism rang
I in those marble halls. The tread of
i the Populite army responded on the
/ tiled floor. Neither the voice nor
j the tread has lost in vigor.
Five hundred Populists came to
receive a fresh injection of party
energy. The leaders were all there
and the enthusiasm of the convention
ran high.
Tom Watson, small and wiry, but
vital and electric as ever, sat there
quietly, saying nothing, but hearing
everything and exerting the influence
which moved the convention. Judge
Hines, still high in the hearts of the
people, was called to the chairman
ship of the Convention. Colonel
Peek eat with the fifth district dele
gation and said little.
It was a Crowded convention. Al
though they had met for no more
important purpose than the selec
tion of delegates to the National
Populist Convention, it was appar
ent that the meeting had been well
worked up. There were not lees
than five hundred delegates present.
Estimates ran all the way from five
hundred to seven hundred. The
galleries were full of sympathizers
with the movement, mostly from a
distance.
Thp colored brother, dressed in
nis meeting clothes and wearing a
flaming badge of crimson, mingled
with the delegates, proudly but won
deringly. There were perhaps twen
ty-five colored delegates. Two col
ored delegates from the State at
large to the National Convention
were elected.
General Coxey was there, but not
to the extent that he might have per
haps desired to be. The general
wasn’t warmly received by the con
vention. Early in the session a
bright young man with lots of ener
gy commenced circulating through
the hall distributing papers. It was
Coxey’s paper. He said he repre
sented Coxey. A little later Coxey
appeared. A delegate wanted to
hear from him right away. The
motion was ruled out of order at the
time. There was open expresoion
of disapproval. Later, Osborne, of
Atlanta, got in a resolution inviting
Coxey to speak to the convention at
7:30 o’clock last night. This passed,
but not with enthusiasm. There
were several noes. Later it was
withdrawn under the pretense that
Coxey had made arrangements to
speak at the court house. As a mat
ter of fact, it seems that opposition
from many in the Convention caused
this change in the programme.
The convention did its work in
harmony. There was the best of
spirit. A spirit of dogged determi
nation seemed to pervade the gath
ering.
The convention finished its work
and adjourned before 6 o’clock.
Many of the delegates returned home
Wednesday night.
CALLED TO ORDER BY WATSON.
Mr T. E. Watson, chairman of the
state executive committee, called the
convention to order at 12 o’clo k.
When he walked upon the speak
er’s stand he was greeted with a
deafening roar from the throng of
his followers gathered in the hall.
He spoke only a few words in call
ing the meeting to order.
JUDGE HINES NOMINATED.
A dozen or more delegates tried
to get recognized by the chair.
Major McGregor was finally recog
nized by Mr. Watson. M.ijor Mc-
Gregor nominated Judge J. K. limes.
The nomination of Judge Hines
was seconded by at least twenty del
egates. Several delegates seconded
the nomination of 1 Governor” Hines.
The judge was loudly applauded as
he was escorted to the speaker’s
chair.
HE EXTENDED THANKS.
Upon taking hold of the reins of
the Convention Judge Hines made a
short speech which was enthusias
tically cheered. ’
He said.
“I wish to convey my sincere
thanks for the honor you have just
conferred upon me by making me
chairman of this convention. I am
one Populist in Georgia who is proud
of Georgia Populism. I am proud
of Georgia f (Applause.)
I congratulate you Georgia Populists
upon our future prosperity which >s
sure to come. As long as there are
in this country a Republican party
with such a tariff policy and a Dem
ocratic party with a tariff policy
more pugnacious there is room
enough for a Populist party.
“I am glad that it was the Demo
crats and not the Republicans tha;
we had to deal with last campaign
and I am glad that we beat them.
(Applause.)
“Now, fellow Populists, let us sac
rifice our personal interests and sacri
fice everything for the good of our
party. Success is ahead of you. The
time has come when the people have
tired of the election methods used
these days. The time has come
when no man can ever again hold an
office to which he was not elected.
“Again thanking you for this honor
I now declare the Convention ready
for business.”
Colonel Oscar Parker, who was
elected secretary, called the roster
of the counties and all except about
fourteen responded. Among the
counties not represented were Chat
ham, Telfair, Wilson, Pickens, Rabun
Mclntosh. Dougherty and Camden.
Mr. Palmer introduced a resolu
tion that a committee be appointed
to consider such things as was neces
sary for the transaction of business
and to make up a platform. This
was passed with an amendment that
each congressional district select two
members cf this committee to be
known as the committee on platform.
FIFTY-SIX DELEGATES.
Hon. Mel I. Branch, of Columbia,
introduced a resolution that the Con
vention select delegates to the
National People’s Party Convention
in the number of four from each con
grossional district and eight from
the state at large, making in all for
ty-two. Thia was passed, but after
wards, by unanimous consent, the
number of delegates from the state
at large was made twelve instead of
eight, and the convention, therefore,
selected fifty-six delegates to tae
National Convention.
Major Joseph Blance, of Polk,
made a motion that the Convention
invite the National Convention to
Atlanta, and made a short talk in
favor of his motion.
Messrs. Mel Branch and W. Y.
Carter opposed this, and made
speeches against inviting the National
Convention here. Mr. Branch, said
the Atlanta business men had not
asked for it. He said that if the
business men of Atlanta would ask
for it, and promise to defray the ex
penses, he would favor Atlanta get
ting it.
The motion was put, and the chair
announced that the nays seemed to
have it. A division was called for,
but as the hall was so crowded, the
matter was finally settled, the con
vention, upon motion of Senator Mc-
Gregor, leaving the matter for the
delegations from the different con
gressional districts to decide.
At this juncture a recess wis
taken, and the delegations from the
several congressional districts we it
out to select delegates to the National
Convention, and to name a commit
tee on platform matters. Each dele
gation selected four delegates and
named two committemcn.
THE DELEGATES NAMED.
Following are the names of the
delegates to the National Convention
and the platform workers named:
First District—Delegates to Na
tional Convention: W. R Kemp, R.
L. Moore, D. C. Newton and H. G.
Edenfield. Committee on platform:
R. L. Moore and W. R. Kemp.
Second District Delegates to
National Convention : M. A. Bald
win, of Randolph; 11. E. Eastman,
“EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL; SPECIAL PRIVILEGES TO XOXE"
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1595.
of Worth; R. D. Cirr, of Decatur.
John A. Sibley, of Birrien. Com
mittee on platform: John A. Sibley
and W. E. Smith.
Third District—Delegates to Na
tional Convention: F. D. Wimberly,
Jeff D. McGee, J. G. Fagan, Allen
Kenyon. Commiitee on platform:
F. D. Wimberly and W. T. Chris
topher.
Fourth District—Delegates to Na
tional Convention: T. B. Davis, of
Heard: Albert Harris, of Meri
wether ; W. T. Cosby, of Talbot.
Committee on platform: J. R. Spence
and Carey J. Thornton.
Fifth District—Delegates to Na
tional Convention: M, D. Irwin, of
Rockdale; E!. L. Sutton, of DeKalb;
W. J. Campbell, of Campbell; S. M.
Taliaferro, of Fulton. Committee
on platform : W. L. Peek and 11. P.
Blount.
Sixth District—Delegates to Na
tional Convention: A. A. Murphy,
of Pike; W. F. Smith, of Butts; Dr.
Glover, of Bibb; Dr. I. L Gunter,
of Henry.
Seventh District Delegates to
National Convention: J. I. Full
wood, of Polk; S. B. Austin, of
Dade; P. A. Larsy, cf Bartow and
John D. Cunningham, of Cobb.
Committee on platform: E. O. Staf
ford,of Murray and Joseph A. Blanco
of Polk.
Eighth District—Delegates to Na
tional Convention: J. 11, H. Brown,
of Greene; W. H. Roberts, of Elbert;
J. VV. Bellows, of Wilkes; A. J.
Owens, of Franklin; Committee on
platform: ,W. Y. Carter, of Hart;
and W. J. Elder, of Oconee.
Ninth District—Delegates to Na
tional Convention: L. F. Sell, of
Jackson; B. H. Brown, of Forsyth;
Thomas E. Winn, of Gwinnett; Dr.
J. A. Parson, of Milton. Committee
on platform: Thomas E. Winn and
Guy Clopton.
Tenth District-—Delegates to, Na
tional Convention: J. L. Cartlodge,
C. E. McGregor, Mr. Cannon and
Mol T. Branch. Committee on plat
form: C. H. Ellington and C, E.
McGregor.
Eleventh District—-Delegates to
National Convention: J. W. Hagan,
of Lowndes; 11. W. Reid, of Glynn;
D. M Buchan, of Dodge; W. M.
Bennett, of Applitg. Committee on
platform: J. G. Lawler and G. W»
Nichols.
DELEGATES FROM STATE AT LARGE.
After these delegations selected by
the different delegations were an
pounced the Convention as a whole
went into the selection of delegates
from the State at large.
S. D. Walton, colored, of Rich
mond, county, placed in nomination
Hon. Thos. E. Watson. In doing so
he eulogized Mr. Watson in terms of
the very highest praise. He spoke
in very eloquent words of Mr. 'Wat
son’s character. He nominated, he
said, the grandest man in Georgia.
Mr. Watson was unanimously elected
a delegate.
Hon. Mel I. Branch nominated
Hon. James K. Hines, the chairman
of the convention. Judge Hines
wan elected amid applause.
Mr. Larey nom nated Senator J.
W. McGarrity, of Paulding county.
Mr. Weems, of Fayette, nominated
Mr. J. B. Osborne, of Fulton.
Senator M Gregor nominated E.
V. While, a colored minister from
McDuffie county,
A delegation from Pulaski placed
in nomination Hon. W. L. Peek, of
Rockdale.
J. N. Twitty, of Hall, was nomi
nated.
Colonel Carey J. Thornton, the
Populist leader in the fourth district,
was nominated.
John Sibley, of Cobb, nominated
Colonel C. 11. Ellington.
Mr. Blount, of Fulton, nominated
Hou. William H. Felton, of Carters
ville.
Hon. W. Y. Carter, of Hart, was
placed in nomination.
Mr. Carter placed in nomination
S. D. Walton, the negro from Rich
mond county. He said he did so
because he had been assailed as an
enemy to the colored rase. “It is
eminently proper,” he said, “that
more than one black man should be
placed upon this delegation.”
All these nomin-.tionswe.ro uanim
ously concurred in by the convention.
Each man was nominated in a highly
eulogistic speech and each ncmina
tion received several seconds.
All of the delegates were given
power to name their own alternates.
INVITATION TO “GENERAL” COXEY.
J. B. Osborne, the labor agitator,
introduced a resolution inviting
“General” Coxey, who was occupy
ing a back seat in the convention hall,
to deliver an address fiefore the Con
vention at 7:30 o’clock last night.
This resolution was passed, but
only a few voted and several “noes”
were heard throughout the hall.
Afterwards the Coxey resolution
was withdrawn by a resolution intro
duced by Mr. iseufville, of Cobb.
The Populists explained that the
invitation was withdrawn beciute
the “general” had already made en
gagements to speak at the courthouse,
but it was the general talk through
out the hall that Coxey would throw
a damper on the Populist party if he
spoke- under the auspices of their
Convention. jr
HE 18 STIuL THEIR CHIEF.
The Populists of Georgia have
built an idol in their hearts which
does not wear away, but stands.
Their idol is Tom Watson.
If Mr. Watson went into the Popu
list party to become popular, as has
been accused, he has accomplished
what he wished. No leader of 3
political party is idolized more than
he, as is shown on every occasion
like yesterday.
When a recess was taken every
delegate, it seemed, joined in the cry
for Wa'son. They didn’t call him Mr.
Watson, but called for “Tom,” Tom
mie,” “spirit of Jefferson,” the sur
vivor of Stephens,” etc.
finally whan Mr. Watson heeded
the call and his people and stood up
and faced the patted assemblage it
seemed as if every man cheered and
waved his hat. V roar
continued -unt i l ... Watson moved
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obedience to the cm. Arand, the house
was stilled and the speaker begun in
his usual calm and persuasive tone to
speak to his followers a word of en
couragement and of hope. At times
very close together the crowd inter
rupted the speaker with their ap
plause.
LINE OF HIS TALK.
Mr. Watson began by telling the
Populists what great things they will
have done if they succeed in inaugu
rating into politics the policy advo
cated by them. “Do this,” he said,
“and your names will have betn
made immortal. Inaugurate a pol
icy looking to the revival of Ameri
can pride and glory, and if you can
rekindle the fires of American Democ
racy you will have done a great ser
vice to your country.
“I stand here to voice your senti
ment when I say to the world that it
is not our intention or our policy to
tear down cur present government
and establish a new one. The old
government is good enough for us.
We are Democrats as our forefathers
were Democratc-s. We are Republi
cans in the same sense as Jefferson
was a Republican.
“I am here to work with you, suf
fer with y ou, toil with you until these
hands end their work
“We stand by the government as
our fathers framed it.”
Alter Mr. Watson’s speech .there
were calls for Hines and others, but
the Convention reassembled to take
up its business.
MR. WATSON RESIGNS.
Upon reassembling Mr. Watson
lauded the secretary his resignation
as chairman of the State Executive
Committee.
Mr. John D. Cunningham arose
and made the point of order that it
was not in the province of that Con
vention to accept Mr. Watson’s resig
nation. Mr. McGregor also asked
that Mr. Watson would net resign.
Mr. Watson arose and stated that
he bought, it b»st that the party do
now what it would be necessary to do
after awhile. The question was put
by the chairman and the Convention
refused to accept the resignation of
Mr. Watson.
THEY REASSEMBLE
' At 5 o’clock the delegates reas
sembled, and qlter waiting sometime
Representative Mel Branch moved
that a commit! le be sent to find out
when the plats rm would be ready.
Messrs. Brai ;h, Cunningham of
Cobb, and Hargrove cf Fioyd were
appointed to get the information.
The delegation met the Committee on
resolutions coming in.
Secretary Blount of the committee,
read the platform, which was brief.
The Omaha platform, had been
pruned down and the referendum
was embodied in the Georgia resolu
tions.
The secret of the session of the
committee lay in ths debate over tha
two platforms submitted, one by the
Populist State Executive Committee,
the other by the Butts county Popu
lists. These were argued st b-r / h
in the committee room, and finally
parts of each were taken, the result
being the following report:
THE PLATFORM
“Resolved, That it is the sense of
this Convention, that the next Na
tional Convention of the People's
party shoud adopt the following
platform:
“1. The direct issue of all money
Iby the government; the abolition of
bunks of issue; no more bends to be
issued except in refunding those of
the government row outstanding;
silver and gold to be coined upon
equal terms at a ratio of 16 to 1; tha
of currency to be increased
to not less than 850 per capita.
‘•2. Government revenu ?s to be
raised by a graduated lax upon in
comes and by a tariff tax upon luxu
ries of life, the necessaries of life to
be placed upon the free list, and the
internal revenue system to be abol
ished,
“3. Transportation being a moans
of exchange and a public necessity,
we favor the government ownership
of railroads and canals; the telegraph
and the telephone, like the postoffice,
being a necessity for the transmis
sion of news, we demand that they
be run as adjuncts of the postofiice
system, hut wo favor the submission
into effect to a .popular vote' of . o
pebple of the United States, or cf
'the respective States, and that they
shall not become operative until they
shall receive a majority of the votes
cast at an election held for the pur
pose of ascertaining the public will
on these subject?, each law to ba voted
on separately .
“4. Alien ownership of land to be
prohibited; public lands granted to
corporations by the government, and
not owned by the said corporations
in accordance with the grant, to be
forfeited and restored to the public
domain.
“5. United States Senators to be
elected by the direct vote of the
people.
“6. Church and Stats to ba forever
kept separate, and no public funds to
be appropriated for any private or
sectional purposes ; ail subsidies to
be prohibited.
“7. An honest election law to be
enacted in each State to the end that
each citizen qualified to vote shall
have the privilege of a free and pri
vate ballot and the assurance of a
fair and public count.”
The platform was put and carried
without a single speech and with
only one dissenting vote that of Sec
retary Blount, who wanted every
thing referred to the popular vote.
The adoption of the platform
wound up the business for which the
Convention had assembled. A mo
tioned was male to adjourn, and
after it lingered for a time, the chair
man put it and it was adopted.
A Mule Gone Astray.
One of the brightest Virginia wo
men in this city has a fund of anec
dote illustrative of life among the
Old Dominion darkies that is not sur
passed by Thomas Nelson Pago him
self. She was telling us last night
of a young mule that had been
shipped on a freight train to a far
mer in Fauquier County. A tag
had been tied securely around his
neck with a rope, with shipping di
rections thereon, but in the course of
his journey the mnle’s hunger and
natural depravity had templed him
to chew up both tag and r ipe. This
gave the darky brakeman great con
cern. He buried back to the ca
boose and saw the conductor.
“Mars George,” he cried, ‘ fo’
Gawd, whar yo’ ’speccs to put off
datcolt? ’E done eat up whar ’e
gwine.”
For language of the soil I don’t
know how you arc to beat that.
THE CONTEST.
HOW IT IS PROGRESSING IN
THE TENTH DISTRICT.
IHE FRAUD IS APPALLING
More Testimony (if
Citizens— Revolting Methods
of the Tricksters.
Taking of testimony began at 9:30
Appears for con .est int, John T.
' Wes - ., Esq, Appears for cm.es tee,
Baykin Wright, E q.
Rev. W. B. Stradley, sworn for
■ contestant': William Bascom Strad
ley is my full name.
' Q. Doctor, where do you live?
1 A. I live at 740 Green street, in this
city, Richmond county, Georgia. I
have been living here for the past
two years. I am a minister of the
' gospel. I have charge cf the St.
John’s Church of the Methodist
' Episcopal Church South. I remain
bar the special election held here for
1 Congressman, but do not remember
the exact date. I visited the voting
places incidently. Was not there in
any official capacity. I visited the
precinct back of the Planter’s Hotel
in the morning. I don’t know how
' they designate this or ths other pre
’ ciiiots. And I was at the court house
iu the afternoon. (It was here told
the witness that the precinct behind
1 the Planter's Hotel is the Third
ward, and that the court house is the
’ Second ward.) I also drove by sev
-1 eral others early in the morning with
’ the Mayor, Mr. Young, in a buggy,
but did net stop except to see that
everything was quiet. I should say
that I went to the Third ward about
11 o’clocki and came away at about
’ ’2. A Pi'i. at 0 watAv*
1 may have been a little later. Din
ner is served at 2 o’clock at my resi
dence and I arrived there in time for
it.
Q. Doctor did you see (Mr.
’ Wright, council for the contestee,
I here interposed and suggested that
[ the witness, as a gentleman of cul
ture and intelligence, could give his
testimony without. The witness said
1 he really preferred to bo questioned,
’ but did not want to seem to bo led
. in his answers.)
j Q. Did you see anyone at that
election vote more than once? A. I
did; to the best of my knowledge
1 and belief.
Q. How many, if more than one?
> A. I felt sure of seeing six repeat.
. I saw a large number going to and
from the polls, but I tnought 1 saw
six men that repeated.
Q Mr. Stradley, state if those men
' voted in a body, or each one indi-
■ vidually, or did they come with oth
, ers? A. There was a white man
who had charge of theeqnad; he was
unknown to me.
1 Q Doctor, I will ask you as to
- tha number iu the squad? A. It
I varied; I di 1 not count them every
time. I am careful to speak and
think only of those that I could
identify by some peculiarity in dress
or person. They were in the same
I equad every time. There were oth
i ere in this squad. I could only ap
proximate the number in t’ae squad.
Thera was an enclosure by the side
or the house, with a gate on the east
side of the engine house, to and from
i which they came. There was from
i a dozen to fifteen in the squad.
<J. Please describe to me the
; mo.hod and how they voted? A. I
got out of Mayor Young’s bugey
and motioned to Mr. Dmbar. Ho
asked me to stand with him awhile.
Presently a number of men came
out of the enclosure referred to
They were colored men, led by a
. young white man. Mr. Dunbar ana
I walked about forty feet in a West
erly direction where m e could have
a view of the window at which the
colored men voted. I noticed this
; company of men vo‘e. Alter they
ha a voted they returned in a body
to this en losure. After a few min
utes, I could not say how long, they
came out again. 1 thought I noticed,
1 1 thought I could recognize some of
the s>me men who voted before, and
’ I began to mark them by certain
peculiarities of dress, form, or feat
ures. After they had voted they
returned to the enclosure the second
time. Ido not swear, Ido not wish
to swear that every one of th’s com
pany voted every time. It was my
impression that they did. This was
repeated five times while I remained
there. That, is all about that pre
vitioh
Q You said, Doctor, that you saw
some of them go up and vote ? You
we ie not willing to swear that all
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NUMBER ?.,5.
wero voting; but did you see s jtrie
of them vote? A. I was at least
fifty feet from the window, looking
through between the window and
t'io voting stand, . lino with the
■end of the house in which the win
dow was situated. I saw the com
pany s op in front of the window and
ne ballots passed in. I could not
say that every man in the company
passed in a ballot.
C. brom sseing tho number of
men that was in th- crowd, and the
nu über of the bsllots passed in,
what would you say was your opin
ion as to 'vlietle - cr not the crowd
voted? A I thins most cf them
voted. .
Q. Dip i e whlto man accompany
the nto ne enc ■ re ? A. Yes sir.
Q. Did the satiio white man ac
company them every time, or differ
ent. ones? A Mr best impression
was that the same wluto man acuin
panied them and h;o. ch r .-o of them
ill 'he time that I wa . there
M aen they went back into this
enclosure, woul i this white man ac
company them irto the enclosure, or
stay outside? A. I could not say
whether ho went in. every time or
whether he sometimes lift th. m al
the gate. ,
• ? IV as tha gate opened or closed!
A. Open, when they went in, and
closed after them, and kept closed,
except when pa.-sim; in or out
Q Do you know whether anyone
had charge or this gate? A. Do
not, my attention was occupi d with
the voters.
Q Do you know what that en
closure was? A Ido not.
Q. What became of that suuad
the last you qaw them? A. They
had passed into the gate when I went
home.
Q. Did Mr. Dunbar go awav with
you? A. I 'hink I left Rev.' Wm.
Dunbar there when I went home.
Q. Did you notion any badge or
other evidence as to what party this
white man you speak of belonged
to? A. I saw ribbons pinned on
men’s coats. I think they were
white ribbons, but I could not say
positively as to the color. I did not
read one of them.
It was the only time tb it day that
11 was Btindi’iiy atthe pol’s with Raw,
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Q. Now, D T.tor. vo >. said ihnt
later in the day you came to the
court house precinct. At what time
was i,his ? A. It was half past three
or four o’clock m the afternoon.
Q- What did you oee here, Doctor?
A, I saw money pass twenty-four
times from the hands of young Wil
liam D’Andgnai, as I wae told. I
don’t know tha gentleman personally.
The money passed to the hands of
negro men j.:st as they were voting.
Q. I want to a k yon how the
voters were standi ag, and how
Mr. D’Antignac was standing, and
how the money was passed? A. I
stood on tha cement curbing, ten
feet from th j colored window that
the colored people vote I at. Mr.
D’Antignac, with a slip in his left
hand would bring tip a company of
from three to six colored men ap
proximately; may have been more
than sir at a time, don’t think less
than threa at any time. He would
call off a name, the men would hand
in ticket and Mr. D’Antignac
with his right hand would drop
a c >in in the left hand of tha negro
and he would go away. I frequently
saw the coin as it passed from one
hand to the ether. I do not know
the size of the coin. It was silver.
My impression was that it was ten
cents.
Q. Was that in the view of tho
manager who had caarge of the win
dow? A. I could not say that he
saw it. 1 could see the manager on
the.other side of the voter. I think
ha could have seen. I don’t see how
he could have helped seeing it.
Q. Now, as I understood you, Mr.
D'Ant'gnac called the names and
and the voters would hand in the
tickets? A. Yes, sir; I think he
did, as 1 cauld hear. I heard Mr.
D’Antignac call out ail of the names.
The voters did not call out the names
loud enough for me to hear. Voter
wr.s closer to the manager than to
me and better able to hear. They
were in arm? length of the manager,
for they handed him the tickets. I
was eight or ten feet from where
they stood.
Q. You hoard Mr. D’Antignac call
the names audibly; did be call in a
loud, or ordinary tone of voice ? He
spoke so that I could hear, not in a
loud tone. I could not distinguish
the names, as they were called. I
did not vote Ido nit beloug to
ar y political party. lam a Demo
crat, il anything. lam an indepen
dent, properly I think, I never have
voted any hut a Democratic ticket
to this day. I staid at the court
house about an hour, pr possibly
more, I think. There were other
negroes voting there at the time. I
saw numbers of negrees voting who
were not accompann d by any one at
all. I could not say tney were not
dilierent men teat Mr. D’Antignac
pissed money to.
(Mr. Wright bad no cross ques
tions for this witness )