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VOL. XXVII.—NO. 38.
OWENS WINS.
A Close Race and the Victor's Majority
Is Only 360.
MDELffIE BAS HER REVENGE
The Gray-Haired Sinner Admits
That He Has Lost.
WOMEN OPENLY BEGGED FOR VOTES
Families U r« Divided— Brothers and
Other Near elatfees Fought, tut the
Serious Hesulta Are tew-
Louisville. Ky.. September 15.—{Special.)—
At mklnlght all the precincts in the district
ha i been heard from and the indications
are that the Hun. W. V. Owens has been
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W. C. OWENS.
laminated by a majority of something like
MA
* . v«»u. nt
Cotmties Owens. .ireckinridge. Settle
Boartoon *•* ‘ *•“ ’ .. .
Woodford X * l 1 ’2 11
OOhnm.. .......
Favette.. ......
f. —. I 113 1.3*»
Henry •' *7
Franklin *
Tie tight wl h I tolay has been the
most n»tal * •»» t ever waged in Ken
tucky. Alt ‘ ' •- ; r n.ili::* - have ie-. n
in Juiced ii »• have <x eurr.-d in
• im ly
h-»ve not ,■* a ! f weeks. T—lay. at
, i, u ,r* tt • .-•:* for BrecHn-
tiUe and o. other fur «»wrns. had a tight
an i almost mur.l. t.l . i* h *t wr.
There w* any number of personal en
counters in :•** di tri. t and fifty excursions
w-re run u: i h>i-i ;r. • ' p . pl. went to
the various towns and work* i for the can
did it- s < ( th* r choice.
in ever l wn of any s’ze in the eight
c :rr -th.- women h.’d prayer meetings
e . . - : r the <••• • *»f »■ lonei Breck-
inri ly.
\ j, •■ ? • ti.rftnen wn' to I,exinsrton
f: '' '
I? 'is ,»t 1 that more than ?!•*■».•***•»
hl. . .u . U. .ts on the result of the
T • fe.; • ’ v.’ -*i*-d up over th" race was
it: ■ tli it .-v. ra! prominent gentlemen
t-.d .eit al i t: .na! l.fe in-ura <-. To -how
t m; • ii t . ’ : .in the r* suit of the
ia e »: th dMriet. it is only «•>< es
t-ary to m* • th* re w* r-- t<><lny r.d
newspaper • ’'r. adonis in i. xington.
One -Ne.i V- •• (*r *>r ;• r. I 31.’*” w*,rds.
Th*- result ie ' a surpnse to those who
have wat di*.! the c<»nl* st from the begin
ning. sue oti’y wander is the great
•trensih * -*i--h <’> i Iki.ii d -
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A'X ays '
W. C. |». BREt'KINRIIMIE.
veloped. It is n-.w • taim* d that the fri* nds
of «*ol* net Brvekinrld ting to
work a frau*l in the returns and every
move on l**th sides is lacing closely watch
ed. Both Mr. owns and <3olon«d Breckin
ridge were s*-* n. but r fu.-ed to make any
statement whatever for publication.
BHI3 KIVHtIM.t: «* I Ki
The Itepodin<!•»«• »•> •>’* fa n
IHwn vi»f>int mrnl.
Ivy.. Svpjd-tn?’ r l-». Tonirlit.
Colonel Brvckinri*|-,e wa In his b-:< Iquar
■ ers surrounded by the friends who have
stood by him in all his troubles. He was
a -rusli«->i and di.-ap;**»in:* i man.
Jast as the la t new.- was . *»mihg in he
turn* ! ir n. the table where his son. J >• s; : a.
was tuturim; up-«n the returns, an I sai*.;
*' ll - ‘ : ' *
Elves me gr*-»t*-st grief. I thought she
would give me at least »» majority atel
many of my fri.-nds expected as much as
13». Instead of that my majority in my
own cuuuty is only 3»i. in Woodford we
also expected a majority of several htin
tired. but that county has gone against me;
a< has Franklin, another county that 1
thought would give *n* a small majority.
They are holding back the returns from
Scott county, for the ourpose, I believe, of
doctoring them it the n- ws from the other
counties does not suit the Owens people. In
this waj> they will probably defeat me. 1
had expected Scott to go fur Owens by
about !.-*•• majority, but ot course they can
bx the returns to suit themselves.”
UoidM I p I i:*ier i*ei<-:it.
The co'omTs h< id inarters seemed al
most like a tomb, but the < done! himself
h< '«! up w»d| ui. ier Ins defeat, which he
did not t:..ly .i tiiiowh-dge, and talking
übou. hits i .tune plan.-, said:
"I exiK-ct to li' e int my days right here
in K mucky and will e aitinue to go in and
out among thesf iieiipie until 1 am laid
n tery,
wii ie sleep all that is mortal of my an
cestors. As 1 said to these poopk' on the
stump, if th y du not choose to s nd me
back to con -re s I will find some other
sphere to labor in for them.”
Colonel l:r< kinri is in splendid health,
but he pr s nt a ad sight. Tonight around
his headquarters everything was silent as
the grave and one square inrthcr down tile
strev*. at Ow» ns's headquarters, thousands
of young ... ; and 0’..1 , tun, ivre mak
ing nigat hio'ous with the r yells, blowing
tut h ti ns and shouting for < >wi-iik.
Thrrr < lte<-r*» tor the VI <»i»ie*i.
General th rtry proposed three cheers for
the women in the dis:; et. and they were
giv* n with such a will as to almost detfen
p<*oplt* who were standing on the other
side of the street. They then gate three
ehe-Ts for the newspaper correspondents
who kept befoie lb«- world the sins of
Breckinridge.
Owens won his victory today by superb
organizat on. At every pre.dnct hi- voters
we-e on hand • ally and forced the voting.
Tins news spread over ti'< - <iistri ■; and had
a wonderful disc.iuraging elleet mi the
Breckinri.lge people.
Some •>• the l«*«dd»-nts.
Some of today's happenings have been
amusing, others dramatic, ami in one er
two Instances there has been a deeply
touching pieturedli the panorama ot evenls-.
At a down-town prei-in<t this morning
Capt ain 11. .1. Treacy, pr* si lent of t:ie
Owens i'iub, and his son-in-law .kune
Ro’er-', clerk of th * circuit court, were
rang- 1 upon opp>< si i- ’ in the duty of
challenging votes Both the.-e nun are
pr iminent hors* men. known all over th**
l nited Stat* s. They have b -n intim ate
friends for years, but Ihe bltternes- of .his
day’s contest has perhaps listurbe] the
pc ~ ~ of it;- ir fami. !*>!■•., > , <ev<ml
times today tfe-r tw i imn nearly am*- to
blows an I it wa- oni 1 the presence of
cooler In j*is t i.:t pr* \ ii iil an unf irtunate
affray.
a a plain Treacy had i t*>rmi!ied to cl> il
b *ee every lire* kiiiri.i; *• vote. Ie had
blanks ah-adv prepared and upon thi s* lie
had writt •> H > .•’ Ih < - :ir • '.Xi Ju-
• -inc:. A- i ii m>n off to v <te th'*
*• I <• tin hHI 1 ■ I in to th*' e|e* tion officers
the priiate i • ’■ >!!<’|- ■ an 1 tiieta a turions
wrangle ‘\dl>w<d. II ' son-in law, lingers,
undertook to rdaliate by i haliem it.g all
of < >w«-us ■ fo'i wi t s and the vol! g was
delayed u many’ in ni. *es fcr half an hour
while the enraged in n fought it out.
Octthn llm* ii ! tgl><.
Al half-p.*'t 1 < • |o< k this afternoon the
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r.rst t* r-'on:;l encounter of the day occurred,
it was a t tocinet 11. second v..irl. and
the pal.:, a Hi:- v. • r lie-;., Hr. lr f.
th** «•«»! 'nd s son. and .!. Walter Beak,
seer, i nr of i: • ii,.. i. : Club. Tii** trouble
«» I: • i \ ■ t ,ie ■!; 1,1 nt... of a vote, peak
h *•! eii:* r*- 1 the yoliing place by permission
.. the ■ tti -. j- 1 v. pi >•■**• iling to nc. ke
an :ith avit. wh* . y. in. Pm kinridge ap-
I d . d <ie dai>-1 . I ■ .<t* rous manner
tl it no man had a r a: to inter lie pre
cinct room.
peak pl. I rm at;**:r >n until Breckinridge
d- .u:ti>d* i .’i i in tn. out. Then a war
woi ! v.. : an ! t'mally Breckinridge
I I lied : -Il • .*>or all i tilt.-l' ked peak.
Ha* i i< i-i .ve l a ew - blows and Bleckin-
r■ *s.i :i. in* no l<-e attempted to draw
ins iiisiul. «iih< e, : and i ystaivt rs inter
fered .' i I .i slviotii ; was prev-ated. Both
in*-n w* r* taken in charg by their friends,
but tonight they «<re looking for each
In prei inet B, first ward, Mik** Monahan
and John Hany att.'inpt*.! to bulldoze the
Uw s men, w h<n J. i». M. Namat.t and
iiis brother E-l I* in tight’iig them. Mona
han’s head v..i- bully i.iaten an 1 William
I'alvert, another 111* > Kinic.gi man, was
badly injured with a rock.
Two brothers had a desperate tit ht at
<m of the (tolling rl ie this afternoon.
Ur**.st <’ass;|.|ay is an a.tive Owens man,
wl*i! L.-dio <’a.-ad:>y is a str ng sup
(Hirter ul S* ttl•*. Tin y be, ante involved in
a quarrel and I.■ «li. I'assa iay was very
badly hurt He was cut with a krlfe in
the hands «*f his brother and taken to the
family home.
It it!* Tears in Iter Kyca.
On Main str. .-t in front of the I’hoontx
•intel this morning an express messetig r,
who has always b**«*n a stioug Uriel, n
ridr • mm. was on his way to the p dis
when hi* was* im t j.y hi -1 mot nor. w
with tears in l.« r . yes, l . g I him not t>
vote for lie* 'brazen hb rt in.” as sb ■
eilhd the i oi.g' . small. The boy pt.'.misei
and <*ne m >i<* v He was m id ■ fur Owens.
Colonel Breckinridge was himself one of
the first tn vote. He liv t s in the thirl
w ltd and as ho approae.u. ; the polls th •
crowd All k a.id s ime of his friends
ctns-red f liv.tl* . Tile colonel bowed iiis
m >-t m- t.ful iiekimwl. <i rent nd tie a
put ill :• lnll.lt II r 111 HS<* f.
X'u g. i rad eiiort was mad.- in Lexington
•
an oaih t- simp .'t the immiuec. In so; m
parts <c l'n* *i>-ti.* t this v insisted upon
and iium rous quarrels r. suit <l.
At 1 ■ 1 1• • .*i 1 clay
ATLA NTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEM BER 17, 1894.
ha.l declared that if any man challenged
his vote there woul ! be 1 do*> Ishod, sourn
oi' the oflli- . s of the election enf> reed am’i
othera ignored the Injunction issued I».V
Judge Cantrell.
The streets today were strewn with proc-
r
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MR. SETTLE.
lamations. ..nnonnccni mts and virions pub
-1! ■ stat a ills from <a< h of the candidates
or their managers. Samtn 1 Shott-e, of \< r
- lilies, sent up thousands of flaming dodg
er , in whi< h he denoum ed the Owens men
at “infamous liars” for spreading a report
that he hail advised Set le’s supporters to
vote for the candidate from Scott county.
A Pi ny er Mceiiog.
The prayer meeting advertised to take
place at Morris m ehap 1 thia morning at
11 o’clock was ntt.-nded by sixty of th"
' ■s’ ladi. s in Lexington. About fifteen men
were present. Elder J. W. M • trvev
!*:*,- d. l oter the no..'ting an I mol. the
first prayer. It was very t< inperat in
tone and did iml coin.- up to tne expecta
tion of the audience, lie prayed I'.od to
guide lV>- people in what t’w-V W • re about
to do today and bcs-‘.*< lu .1 Him not to lay
His hand too heavily u]«>n them. II ■ pray
*-.| for | .-■o-e and for ;he <• .ming of tlm
day when no man should receive the votes
of these pc .ple unless he Is w orthy of their
support.
Th. <ongr. ation tlnm sang, "O, L rd.
< >ur Hip in \?:.-s I “at.”
In*. 'A. I'. N. Birtlett, pastor of th •
Pi: Pr>—byt ii n < hur h. where < ’ol nel
'Jnridm* ii- uailv attends win-n in L>*x
iiV'ton, ami who has generally been counted
his I r end. t!’-m i.iiere-l a pray er asking
i to guide tile pe pie and bless the as-
fair <i this di.-trief. lie bc- iueiit the Di
vine iiibT t it *..l.eii tlie tinal result of
ti. dm's . >nl -t w .'s over iha' tin r * should
l„. . .>t to rt pr. eat ths dlstri-t in the
h;.,ls ol the ..ationil bgisl.tture a man
hor tl wl could approve of mi I a man
niter ihi.i < ov. i h<*ar!. Ii maved that all
; lb; ■ of .|tt--rncss be ilis-olved mid that
•at. i-iin. nt once more should settle down
on the p< pie and their ho, tvs.
'' > ', ' ■ ‘J*
oft >r a , s' i. in which he .-isk- il <1 »<l
o I '-:ov.' upon tin- 1 ople that wlii h they
m etb d.
Tile .inili.’ii > th.’l sing “How Swe t is
Lie * ‘ -’*.llll 'i ul .Lints'' 1 > tile tune of
“.-'a* ■ Home.” wlu i th.* b nedie.i.m was
proimii!: e>|.
Itceet.iii s-lilgi- V. ill Xupperl Owens.
f. -xingtori, Ky.. September Pi At 1 o’clock
a. m. Owens announei-■ his victory, giving
: i-- vote i.-y count -s, ci.liming a pluraiity of
- Ti - v ill :*< t l> - mat .'sally < han;;- j
vv!i -a tie- li’-:il count is -na>i- .
t' .lom ! Hr. - .anri-ige t-m.ght deelared that
h - would support tn nominee as a loyal
d.-moel at.
“.Wither I nor !>>* friends will < ppose \V.
<< wens i>. ' ire tli>- people. I have alvvay.s
b. eii a ie:no al and I snail not allow this
Ife way in - v to tin*
party and Hie principle: 1 »<*."
UWIA* MI.X .IVBILAJCT.
They Stmt off • .»■ a.ic.l Hie Streets of the
• it!-*- A < outes! Threatened.
Ei ink'ort. Ky.. S-ptember IK During the
nty lit far int■> Hie early hours of Sun
i,.y tn** fri.-llds of W. C. Owns here ex
hibited ili.-ir enthusiasm, shooting off flre
w i>; mid p tr.i ling. Main street was 11m d
i itii old mid. young, eeb-hrating the vic
tory. Today everywhere there was auxi.-iy
l<> know the exaei result.
Hr i-k.iii m-n, in some lnstane->s, stld
In-Id em Him ’heir man was a winner and
Hv* ».1101,11 i-.ntni wit!, in their opinion, so
!■■> l-:r- . No I >. s, a pi-.>mfii'n> Br.-ekin
ii le i ut> : int. was ashed tonight regard
ing Hie tl rents of <■ nt< -I, ami said:
It i the u: eof a eon'.e I w hen W-*
civ the ru'-e won'.’ I hon. stly believe-Bre. k
iil!--t)-. in-: -eiii- I the nomination by a
-•..-ffe, l>nt smml majority. ’
Au Owen-- man said tonight that he
thought such talk was a “bluff” and show
*d <1 arly tliat I ireek inridg** was living
bm-d. “But .'■ h.- add.-d. “if they attempt
Io defra:.d our nv'ti out of the result there
will bl blood pilled. The ele.-ti'm was too
1: rd f.-ue-it a: I won to be stolen. The first
sii n of < lib-am-ry means blood.”
''he p--.,p1,- generally regard Owens as the
rightful nomime and should the district
i-ommiitec. which lias a majority for Breck
im-'-ig.-. d> da- - then* favorite the nominee,
a spi t is certain.
Breckinridge W ill X.il Be Interviewed.
('.done! I ,!'.-ekim id:;e. the <|efe'it*-d candi
date for <■ ngi . came into town early this
morning from Trevylmi. Being asked as
to hie future plans, he said that at present
he did not wish to be interviewed on any
subject whatever. When tmideied sympa
thy for his defeat, one of his supporters
from S<*ott county, who was present, re
ma rki I:
"W. ar.* much obliged fur your sympathy,
but. v ■ do not consider that we are de
feated.”
Severtl of the colonel’s closest friends
test. Several of the e ilonei’s closest friends
hav h< en bus,, .ill day figuring on the re
turns. They have come to th-* conclusion
that Owens has only 192 majority. State
ments t > this elleet are being sen! to the
Breckinridge committeemen in each county
in th** disiri-t with instructions to thor
oughly investigate the vole, so that before
mxl Saturday the day set for eauvassing
the vote and declaring the nominee—they
will be asked to furnish sutlicient facts to
warrant a contest being made. According
;<> th.- rules, wherever a contest is sus
tained in a precinct tlie entire vote of the
precinct, is thrown out.
.six of the tell district committeemen are
fi i'-ii,l. -i : tre.-kinridg. . Should the eotn
>iiiti- i- . oel-ire him the nominee a protect
iv-mld go up from the entire district ahd a
r. pnbli an would have a iietter chance of
be.ng <*leeted to congress.
The streets have been filled with people
ev<T since early morning, an-1 nothing but
th>- el'-etion ha- been di.-.-ussed. No new re
turns have come in which will materially
affect Hie result.
W lull llcshn Says.
D,: ha Breekiuridge gave out the follow
ing at 10 o’clock tonight:
•'While I lam.ot give out a statement by
counties. 1 will say that the reports re
ceived hv us havc decreased Owens s plural
ity to IB votes. 1 believe the committee
w ill give tlie count to fath. r. In the event
that he does not receive the count, 1 am
not prepar**<l to say what will follow maybe
a contest.”
SUGAR BOUNTY.
A Fat Thing the State Has Had at the
People's Expense.
SOI THE LAITER HAVE PUiT FAYING,
£lcnco the Planters Threaten to Bolt
the Democratic Party.
COTTON MEN ARE FREE TRADERS.
A Personal Quarrel in Which 704 Individ
uals Set Themselves Up as Kickers.
They Had Money and Influence.
New Orleans, Ln., September 15.—(Staff
Corresponileaee to The Constitute >n.j—That'
was a fi.be alarm sent out from Donald
bonville i n* other day.
The alleg’d meeting of 500 sugar planters,
whose fiery' resolutions gave the republi
< tins such hope that they might aga’n find
a home in Louisiana, turns out not to have
had fifty producers in attendance, and th*
spectators and negroes present numbetel
not more than IpO, so that the entire assent- i
Plage was not more than l-’-0.
This shows what a mountain may be 1
made out of a mob* hill when there ar>- a |
i'< vv dollars at stake. Os course, there is j
dissatisfaction in l.ouisi ina, and th’n* Is '
I w
.
.
TH I: H* >M E Bl I LDIN* 1 <> •
justice ;n some of th suga planters' com
plaints. a d it may r-suit in th*' election
of a .livid -I congressional d.*l > ition in No
vemb. r. iX-Governor Henry >’ Warim th,
who po \etcl J>7.’..tH«i In bounties ‘n 189 t, is
anxious lor this. He would like to see tlie
( |, .j , eda 'S when blood ran deep in th-*
stre.ts of Nev-' Orleans rector*'!, but in
thi- it - hoped that he will be *li- ippolr.t
e<l. N'e.-ro ward politicians and munjc.pa!
rnrp.-t-i.-:gi;*vs who have been laid away
for twenty years, ar<* popping up in all
parts of the State, under the impr-'ssion
that they may b.- m e led. The mere wight
ot them, however, should be enough to
make tin* most rabid sugar planter halt,-
ami .ii. i-Ie that the time has not yet come
fol* the “parting of the wavs.”
l.uvci-nor Foster's t lews.
Ind I, Govern >r Foster, of Louisiana,
himself .1 sugar planter, stated the case
fully in th* so wise words:
• I am a democrat, state and national,
and any ni >v <llie.it looking to 11.** dele it
01 disiiit--grat ion .*1 that p.ii tj' meets w ith
my uii<iuaiili“d o| position. In my opinion.
Hits movement uh the put of the su;:ir
nlanteiis wrong in pr.m-iph* and fatal
ii, its policy. If Hi'i'e b- any hope for the
sue ir inter.-us in th.- way of nation il
1, ;;i-I.i tam i> must I* -1 '-.ittid in th*' r. veinte
1 rill, h of the demoei.it e pifiy. vv'nili*
iiu- |.-pnbli an party is a party of protec
t:on p»-r se. yet it is not a party t>,r the
pr< t'-eti-Hi ol ..ug:>r. l-'i-i- sugar is on.- of
the eonspi.'imus I'v itures of th MeKiiiL y
I.ill. ai-l while the l>- unty was g.ve.i to
Hu* sugar interests of this country. y< t the
bounty having been repeal I 11 •• sum min
< an i-vt-r exneet it to be relns'ated by anv
political party. Tile whole .American peo
ple. regardless of party or party .itliii
tion. repudiate the prim ipl<- *'f the Ifotinty
as ana:m rica 11 ami iiiid.-nua ratic. 'I he
policy of our sugar ftiends s e.us to me
to lead to *!••:-1 Uli tioll. The demo rati.* par
ty is now dominant in all the l.r.im b- s <>f
Hu- luuioiial government, and will certainly
leniain so until March ot' next year. I’resi
d* at •'l**veleii I and Mr. I'ltlisle u>' iro-m's
oi stig ir. To a .tago-nize th** dominant icr
iy. willi tl ■ fr • sugar measure of the
house now pen-ling in th-- senate, si-eins ‘o
me to in'.ite hostile and a Iv*"'* *• a non
~U the I art ..f the party taey hav* at.an lon- j
•d. It may l»* possible that tie* • leinocr.’.t
patty will not >_■ utimie t * prob - ' ‘-'m* i».t*
a revenue measure, but 111 n v op al. .1 t is
.ertai-i that >0 pr< t*-etion and no b unty
will <-’’*r 1..- accorded to tb.it industry by
’be r. put l !-an pirty . I do m t i.eii 'Ve that
the mass of the demo.-ritlc vot.-rs in south
Louisiari: v* i'i .1 >u the plnn'* is m i -i<
mev**m**nt. The r ink and ill-* ■ ‘ voters
are true le.noernts. and will be loyal ii'id
t 1 tb.ful to their partv. There is to m* 1
very painful and <iistr*ssing femur* in
tlie wounds of tin* past; the scars ot Patti-*
ami the mem ries f th’ b.tte:* s‘rugr,e
with tlm r. publican party :tr>* tn. tre-.i in
tl.i-ir minds. We in L..:i:-ian:i have iitul >
hard struggle for white supremacy and
good 1 o> “!.meut. N > p> .’l'h* 1 ><-i • ‘ ' n“_ * ' >s
of radical government ami all the ils 01
r->x*r struct <>n mor.* I***av -I* and .i‘-rn 1:• .lv
than th** p< < pic of ibis j ate. All through
the *-tormv night of veonstruction ami
the fearful (-’di al of radical rul<- t ie v . t
m i jority of the planters of south Lomsl'in t
v. r<* trit.* to tb.e people, their ja’tv and
t.hcir stat**, and m>w. should they abanoon
that par y. tl:**ir only chance ot :.it<*<*»*ss is
in the support of the negro vote at tmß
state. Tl. v hop.* to carry th. mst. s*-e nd
and third congressional disitriets. 11 y
cannot carrv either of nor
Hie Slight- I ell U'.*.' of doing s> w.h "iit
th.- negro vote. I fear tlm reintrodi’etion ot
the main in the politics of this sta e as a
prominent factor will breed struggle, stri e
and turmoil, and no one feels 'note '’“'T l ''
for t''«* 1 'tr pl'iJit* I !*' 1 (i3U I <!<». th.<t
1 have an.’ all that mv family p is
wrapped up in the .mg 1 r mt-rest ot . t.
Marv. Nil of my associations ar<*. nt.t
woven with that Int-r* st. yet mv love for
mv state, its peace. Impi-im* s a-’.l nrospeti
ty. and my love forth" deiuo-r.ntic par y,
which litis been the only frien 1 and tm
onlv nn<hor-*hcet of s-.fety to my state
:.ml tii<* south, callees tm* to cling e.os-’l t »
th° part in th** hour \vh»n inanj of its
old friends are leaving.”
TH vr mn tI.DMIVV 11.1.E MEETING.
It Looked lliu at First, but Ik Much
Smaller Aovv.
By posters scut through the parish of
Ascension the day before, signed by several
heavy recipients of the sugar bounty, a
meeting was called for the t h of S eptember
in Donaldsonville. As reported throng.’ the
Associated Press ami other sour.es, there
were 500 planters present, a number suf
ficient to give it an inspiring character.
The speeches and resolutions which f 1 owe !
gained importance from th.- audience which
it was clairue;! had listened to the one and
adopted the other. The prim - ra< v**r in
bringing the meeting together wis .Mr.
Kichard McCall, who is ere lit* >i in the
hooks of the United States treisury with
having received j32,S2s.i> in Idd-ISH; 53:,-
•179.18 in 1892-1893, and Ml.lt; m three
months of 1894, er 87’!.:!3’.>'-3 as a bounty
because he h; <1 kindly engaged in (he grind
ir.g of sugar cane. Such a well paid pitriot
vv s worthy of an audience of .">>;> ;> gcth-r
with a bounty on tin ir ; i.-i I n > . H-*
put up his brother. Stale S**n 1 r Henry
McCall, for the chairmanship, and th n
the fun begin, with the two M ■ 'ails in th’*
saddle.
First Chairman McCall read a speech
which ha>l b. <-n burning in bls p<> t.
“A deadly blow,*" said he. “I* id le. ii
st~ack at the sugar indvsfr.’. Hi:* ma'nt n
ance and pro.-perity of w'ii--h is vital ’ 1
every man, woman end child in this s< C
tion.”
He then wont on and attacked th-* ’ ll t» r
rent ad valorem duty pin on i.il sugars
as dishonest, 1-* iu«- by the • tn <■, i.am -
diately after that of the popgun ITe>* .u:c::r
bill, the e< i.se had shown its trifling with a
grave nub'ie qm st on.
“Even up to the montl} of May pas’.”
said he. “when the m-ij >1 ty ot our t* llo>v
planters had grown restless tmd< ;■ th ■ at
tacks of the free trad el.nrrt of tie
p: rty and were crying aloud for our s n
tors to join hands with the republi •ans >
kill the Wilson hill, a few of u< controlled
the convention that was held in New Or
leans and endorsed the conrse of our r pre
senta fives.
“We had be n promised a re .-'de
duty and ’.he bounty for this yar I h-»
latter had been agreed to by thj
ie caucus of the senate ami v. a- viol t. I
Ly th<* negative vot**< of three d*-:n ><.- t •
senators in the committee of the v.’i b*
The three senator- whom he thus 1
I of perfidy were G< orgc of Mi-si- ippi;
! Pugh, of Alabama, and Coke, of Texas.
; “A second confe-enee,” eotitinu <1 ’'ha’r
i n. in McCall, .“was asked for, and this tim
' our senators should have kill d t >e bi.l
F A Si'HAR PLANTATION.
and bad the power t* do sc, but again
trusting Io party lead, rs, v. .<1 f r tl *
conference, and you know th* r • tit—th*
bill never came back t > th.* senate, was
accept, d by the house with the amend
ments nd that witlmilt th. crossing <f a
T or the dotting of an 1.
“There n**v**r has be-n in th* annals of
history a series of greater acts of treach
ery perpetrated upon a ton.i.ling p-ople.
The d**m.o< rati.* party lias drift** ! fr :n a
< o-m .-rv.itive pirty. professing belief in a
tariff tor r.*v< nue with tm-idental pr .tectio 1
into an absolute free tram* part', a d that
without regard i'er great vest..! inter.-sts.
Eair duties, it is true, ar- p’aeed tq«m a
gr**.:' many manufactured irtmles, but
all til- great Interests ot' the south wt r *
attacked ami some w< r.- cestr >y ■ <l, and
that by the hands of southern 1 .-pr.-senta
tives. Lumb.-r ami salt wer** phi < d on th.*
free list, ami if sugar, iron anj coal w.-re
not dealt will: in th** same way it was be
can .* a liamlful of eonservative s nators,
aided by republicans, prevented such a
consummation.”
i ‘hail man Mel'all explained how <>f i'ite
y.-ars, from (-.invention to convention. .1-
democratic party had stepped away non
a tariff for revenue platform to one of
ab.- diite fre. trad. .: policy that word
ruin the state of Louisiana. Tim time h:.d
eome. much as be regr.-tted it. when t.v
p, >ple o Louisiana vv. il.i hav** t> - j
;..hitt ft un detiioerat’i movings, and seek
safety with a party which would hav - some
r.- p. . t lor Hie ve > I 11,ills of th.* people.
A Deni t 'liiirge*! ! poll Nir. < lev i*l:*:**l.
It was in Hi.- speech of the great bounty
ree.pie-it. * Mio.ml R’ehard M. HI. that was
told th- Story of a singular negotiation,
••In the fail es 1892," said he. “before Hie
president election. Senators Gibson and
White, and Representatives ITie.-aml M< -
('all visited Mr. t'h-veland to find om. what
his views were it- regard to tlm prole. ;i -n
of th** iigar interest. H- told tlms** gentle
r. en that in ease he w : n* ted v need
l ave no feat out that sntgar w-ml.l receive
f,.ir treatment at hi hands: that ho was
opposed to at y legislation w hich won: 1 ruin
\.>t.-d inter *ts that had be-n built 11 *
under the pr. te.-ti >n of -v rmnent l< ;:isla-
I tioii. Tlm answer of tlmso eh.-ering assur
ances was a lieino. t. ti. majorit greater
than fr.ua tiny other state in tlm union.
Strange to say, Mr. <'lev.'a ml I’.tt mv-:•
raised his voie.* to stem th* tide * t rmn
which has set toward our iudu. try, except
111
THE LABORHRS AT WO RK IN A CANE FIELD.
in the f; mous •Wilson’ letter, when he re
iterated in a perfunctory manner th.- trite
maxim that sugt-r was a lit article for
i. v.nue. He was bes’e he*l by our sena
tors and representatives to make good his
pr. mises, but he w,is silent to th** last.
So nuirli for our democratic president. Let
us row see how we have fared in the house
of our friends."
The history of tariff legislati- n during
the past ci-veii months was th. n detailed.
The house bill went to the senate vv th
absolutely ire* sugar written in it. Tne
ileinovratio majority in the senate was too
close to admit of extreme tariff legislation,
ami after several months of arduous labor
a tariff bill was laid before the senate by
the finance committee, to whom the whole
question had been referred. It placed a
tax of 40 per cent ad valorem on all sugars.
price rrvE cen rs.
‘ with ’i cent on refined and 1-10 cent on
1 sugars coming from c luntries paying b .un
ties. The sugar schedule was not to take
effect until January 1, 1895, thereby giving
the bounty on the growing crop. This had
l>een att.iire*! only by the weakness of the
democratic party in the senate. They want
ed to give free sugar there, but could not
do it.
“I will not.” exclaimed the speaker, “gt»
over the long and weary discussion, which
lasted for months, except to say that our
I senators v**-rp at f*v<‘i.v
' that although the deni cratic cam-us had
1 pledged itself to give th.* sugar plint- rs
j the bounty for the erop of 1894. still, when
it came to a vote in the open senate, it
i was vvip< d out by making the sugar s<-he 1-
j uh* operative on t < assexe of the bill.
‘ M»*ssrs. Pugh, of Aiiiwna; George, of .VBs
- sissippl, and Coke, of Texas, were the
I senators who broke the cam-its pledge and
I .ost us th<* bounty on this crop Mr J ns.
! senator from Arkansas, e-ha rman of tlie
’ finance committee, prom's d our senators
! that he would have the bounty for 18*4 r*-
• stored to the bill. He did not do it, nor
• lid he ever intend d >ing so; for vve have
-itive assurair-e that he never menti .11 1
I tin* subjtct to th.* conference comn irtee.”
Th following resolutions, pr-pu-*d by .31
I committee which had b--en sent out dur
: ing .Mr. McCall’s speech, were unanimously
: adopted:
“Whyn-as. Recent adverse tarUf iegisla
' ti'-i. am' tlii.ats of fr.e sugar cl. 'rlv in
: . . • ■ that the dominant fact ion of the na
! tiie'ai ■ emo* latte p-.rty ar- .<nt upon a
policy that will lead to the destruction ot
I <11: indue ry ami the impoverishment of
I our pe iple, therefore, b** it
| “Resolve 1, Th it we cinnot in jus ie to
, curs. Ives vote for any candidate to r-pre
s *nt ii.-' in c< ngr*-ss who is n t ja -dg**.! it
I the protection of sugar, rice, lumber, alt,
and .ill othei groat American in ’ustri-s
“I'm th. r resolved. Tbit eur <-and.i-:e
; 1. lut b* free to vote for .1 speak* :■ of the
house ami to effect an org.inization favor
able to protection, n matter to v.b.at, !«>
: iitieal party said speak.-r may b< i'*iig.”
Republican Jubilation lr«»UM**«i.
This nettop has been followed by similar
i proceedings in several other places, show
ing tha: there was so n.- pr arrangement
of the matter. The r p rts sen: t’.ioil
created the impr**ssion that L uisi.ina wa*
reaily to cut herself lo*.s ■ from
the rest of th** union. Republi
can n--wspnpr-rs took the s u-j - t up
j and diseuss.-d it with great s * tisf.-ieti n.
There was now a chanc? to split the solid
I south, such as had never exis .>! before.
Tiie New York Recorder, a typical repub
lican sheet, was disp .*ed to be « -m •what
"jlggery” in the following cd:' rial ; ra-
gr.ip 1:
“Louisiana has suddenly becom - on** of
trie most interesting states in a p -*i:i il
sense. Th.* sugar plair.-rs can un.loubt -1-
ly make it a republi -an state. They
threaten, in what looks like dead earnest,
to <l-> sl. .Ami assuredly they have g->--l
■■au/e :'>c tae’.t action. Itepresentativo
.Meyer, in the last days of the iriff de
late, s( >kv I>r the p—>;•! -. vv . • have
1 < , ■ t
M*.
i . th*nf hoin. s a:. 1 ue v/u - v.'ith.ii >
support tl>*'“. ami a.-’r- 1. ‘Are vve ... ’:•«
betrayed in the tempi-- of •> :r fi ’■■mis,
by whos** side we have >»i, shoulder to
sh nil-1-r. .-hing .-lb >w« in th- battb s
f.r r-form and j. -m . r ie as- *»ndan -y ?
Must we •u> *t the 1.1. -y while at tha
I very portal- of su.-.- --. to aehiev** whien
we contributed so mm a?’ .'.nd, with
• i
lines about th*' ‘struck eagle. - : aed
upon the plain.’ who ‘v’evv. d his ow n
j feather on th*- fatal cart, ami wing’d tl o
that quiver 1 But
[ Lou ' • * r . ' ■
I ation. She is not in the <•:>•• . !' the '-:.ii !c
I eagle’ to the extent that she --.in m-v* r
■ '.--.ar aeain.' 11.-r assail -1 i’l.l tssry, r..p;-.-
j stinting a hundt -1 inil'i ms >f invested < ap
[ ital. .tn . th-* daily br -.ul and butter of half
> a million of h.-r people .m b.- saved. An 1
J her sugar p e takes - ■ -•- p
4
in 189*., tnd r**(»ublicaii L>u -Sana will be r
cheerful feature of the process ion.”
VOU FOB THE Itl’llKß *»!!>E.
; While Highly Kesje-etable, the Meet
i«ig WnK EMiggernt***!.
p - • latest
outbreak against the democrat: - party, is
a pleasant town, filled with thrifty busim ss
men amt surrounded by a well-to-do popu
lation ot -ug tr planters. That is all, ex- *-pt
| on om* Sid*-, for th** town stands on the
Mi-sissippi rlvyr, eig' t. mil* s ab >v<- N- -.v
: Orleans. The parish of Ascension, in wh: h
, the town i lu.-at. •!, is -piit in twain by the
| river. Th*- west -rn s;de i< peopled by
I suy.tr p'ant<r.-. who hav-- be.-i* getting 4
I cents .1 pound for their agar, while ’h- t
on the ■ -,istern sde th< river ar si-
lent with »i • • nts a pound for their .- .tun
an 1 no bounty.
t had th.- privilege of a conversation,
wnile there, with Colonel K. M>.’ullo. ono
of the most distinguished genth-m. :i <f that
-i-tioii and a nv-inli. r of the parisii iemo
i-ratie committee.
“Tha
g.-rited,” said he. with a smile. “Tlie news
paper men agreed to s* nd off good r*-ports,
j thinking that 'hey would help the town,
i There were not five hundred planters pres
ent at th*- meeting, nor even five hundred
people of any description. I hive positive
in:urination, which I know to be true, that
> th** nutni.t r of persons present di l not ex
j ceed 150, an-1 th.it of th- se not more than
i fifty were owners of land. The others w>>re
I citizens of the town who dropped in to see
what was g.-ing on.
“Every effort.” sai l he. “has been made
j to magnify this meeting. Not even all
those who did attend it approved of its ao
Hon. Mr. Dod Smith, who is returning
officer of the parish, ordered his name
tak-n off the roll as soon as he discovered
the drift of the meeting. Then there is
Mr. L. A. Landry, one of the democratic
committeemen. who was present, repudi
ates any responsibility for its utterances,
and will be found fighting for democracy
as of yore. Mr. Cassard, whose name ap
pears on the committee of resolutions, was
not at the meeting, and disclaims all sym
pathy therewith. He says that his name
was used without his authority, and that
under no consideration would he take such
a step as is here contemplated.
•J'liomc Alleg<*«l Cleveland Promise*.
••These people go on to say that Presi
dent Cleveland has broken his promises to
them, and that others are guilty ot the
