Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-05-16

he has been mIslcd by men VINO
were not original supporters OF ms
and who, like all sycophahls,
"crook the pregnant hinges OF the
knee where thrift may follow lawn
ing" The amusing thing to me
in Washington. was the report that
I heard that Senator Gibson repre-
scented the better element OF the
State of Louisiana. Its laughaple
and absurd, because he has never
received a nomination as a member
of Congress. excepting at the hands
Of the ring, and those gentlemen
he now pleases to term ward pom
ticians. 80,
IL distinctly remember, in 1913,
that he was only nominated after a
liberal and judicious use OF money.
know this from the fact that was
an.eve-witness to the payment OF
! it by some of his party managers.
( His election as Senator was brought
about bv the same methods. From
/ all | could learn while at Washing
ton. it appeared to me that Senator
/ Gibson had elected himself into
( the office of an original Cleveland
man: of course that claim could
only be made away from Louisiana,
because the facts are well known
that he went to Baton Rouge, seek
ing to be elected a delegate to the
! National Democratic Convention,
strongly in favor of Senator Bayard,
and while at Chicago interviewed
+ members of the Louisiana delega-
ton in the interest of, and with a
view TO obtain their support, Tor
Bavard. One would hardly believe
; from the professions which Senator
/, Gibson now makes of his admira-
ton for President Cleveland, that
he couldhaYe been guilty of calling
the attention of delegates OF the
nominating convention to the fact
f that reports of gross immoralty
= were being circulated regardln!
Mr.. Cleveland, at Chicago. .
, course Senator Gibson is too eau
/ tious a man to make such state
D ments on his own authority, bu
y contcnted himself with making hi
. fight against Mr.. Cleveland, b,
inauiring of the different delegate
= if thew had heard these stories
c thereby prompting them to seeI
!, the circulators of the ISLANDERS, an
# hear thc disgusting stories in full.
"You were a delegate to tn
;, Chicago Convention, were yo
d not ?"
e 81 was"
e "What was your attitude on tn
- subject of the nomination ?'
= Gas l have said already, l Wa
70 delegate to Chicago, but l wa
,e unable to attend, and so | tel(
t. graphed a member of the Louis
ut ana delegation to have my vot
= cast for Grover Cleveland, frol
% the first to the last. / was an oril
s. inal Cleveland man, and used VIII
rs little power of persuasion L poses
at ed in trying to get other membc
~ of the dclehation to vote fer Clev
=. land"
3 "Mr. Houston You have bee
a credited pretty generally here Wi
a having managed the SENATOR
il. canvass of Mr.. James b. Eustis.
~ "What do you know in relate
, to the admission of two negro
II into the caucus, whose votes, 1t
nh said, settled the issue i'll favor
en- Mr.. Eustis ~
.ot 81 am not entitled to the cree
~ of managing Senator Eustis' ca
I" 'yass. but | was an admirer OF III
NJ and did whatever | could in n
)e. feeble way towards securing /
lst nomination.
for "The twonegrocs spoken of we
~ from Madison parish, and we
io elected on q ticket which W
m claimed to be q Democratic on
tic which had at its head the name
ate all the Democratic State officeI
:; When the Senatorial caucus "
" called at Baton Rouge, the questi
no arose regarding the admission
mt members of the Legislature W
# a had been elected as Independent
Of and who ran upon ticket head
by Stevenson, the Republican c;
didatc for Governor. Some stra
out Democrats, desiring to ma
the caucus draw the party Ii
straight, urged that these t
10 negroes should go in, hoping.the
by to disgust the other Democr
and force them to eject the In
pendents. There were five In
eks pendents in that caucus, and wh
ID. it came to vote, they voted
ne. Senator Jonas, and had they be
on excluded he would have receiN
Is a Just five votes less than ne did.
| is "To the utter amazcment of
,ar- erybody the caucus received
was two negroes without objection, a
H." l can hardly understand and | IN
led say that | am at a loss to cOnce
Few how Senator Jonas friends ella
Pro- that he was beaten by two Radi
'om negroes. The claim carries W
Bill it the assumption of the fact t
les: Jonas friends were III major