Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-10-18
cRAEDELL TO THE FRONT.

IrpHL again, u Llltl "SINC H-'" "i-
blushing as ever. 4 late perform
ancc Of this gentleman, is TO under
take in long letter to the Monroe
Bulletin, to define the political
status Of Hawkins and Johnson,
representatives from this parish to
The Legislature. His letter is too
long to quote, but the point ne
makes, il that Hawkins and John
son were, and are republicans, and
have never been anything else, and
in consequence ought never to have
been admitted to a democratic
caucus. He takes occasion also, to
give the political history of the last
campaign, from his standpoint,
which standpoint is the same Occu-
pied during the campaign.
The closing sentence Of the ar
ticle in the Bulletin calling up the
subject is as follows:
Cannot our confrcre Of the Madison
TINES give us little light on this sub
jcct? We have no reason TO suppose
that he, rather than any one else, is i'll
possession of the desired knowledge,
/ beyond the fact that he was upon the
ground, and as a live newspaper man
may be presumed to have been aware
of what was happening around him."
Yes he was on the ground, and
was pretty well informed as to what
was going on around him. As Mr..
Crandell says, there was a split in
the democratic party in this parish,
and more than any other one man,
was Mr.. Crandell responsible for it.
The boosted straight white ticket
nominated according to Crandel)
by the democrats Of this parish,
got just 81 votes, showing that not
all of the men who put it up voted
for it, for there were 20 at the mass
meeting that nominated the ticket,
and with few exceptions the mass
meeting was composed Of men who
worked for the Stevenson ticket.
This mass meeting[again according
/ to Crandell )reorganized the Parish
Executive Committee, and Mr.. Gran
dell was the Chairman Of that Com
rnittee, yet TO suit his purpose, he
took part in the mass meeting late
ly called by the other Committee,
(Which formerly he refused to rec
ognize, and moved that the COM
mittee which ell through the cam
paign, he refused to recognize, be
continued as the Executive Com
mittee of this parish. More than
this, at the very last meeting held
in this parish, it was resolved that
eve express our confidence in Gov.
McEnery," to suit his purpose he
swallowed that. He used every
means in his power, in the last
campaign to defeat the viii Of the
maj ority of the people of this par.
ish. He failed signally, and dis.
gracefully. Early in the last cam
paign he publicly stated that etc
beat Henry Holmes for Sheriff, !
would put up niger, and run
against him." To crafty his per.
sonai spite, he backed up, and
worked for, the republican State
ticket. In his blind and bitter
hatred for McEnery, lie would
sacrifice his party in this parish, il
the effort to defeat the friends Of
the administration. He used, or as,
sisted in the use of, money furnished
by the republicans to elect the
Stevenson ticket. He is bound
by no presidents, by no rules, by
no regard for the interests of The
party.
, Unless he can lead he will no
stay in harness, nor will he hest
tate to imperil the party. AS {
leader he is dangerous, as follow
er he is absolutely Enthusiastically
He will not be bound by the action
8 of a majority. His political recort
is such as no man pretending to b
a democrat should have, and h
e has never ceased his efforts t.
: widen the split in the party IN thi
s parish.
C This is the man who poses as
g judge of who is a democrat. TIL
) fret few months of the TIMES exist
ence, its columns were filed wit,
charges against Mr.. Crandell's pol
itical methods. Not one of thes
charges have been answered, no
! attaOon+p1 IN no oOcu-a-nJ TIL