St. Landry democrat., 1885-04-18
The Blazing Indignation of
the OmnipOtent Eustis.

The following is from the Southern
J Watchman Cast Feliciana): According
to the correspondent of the Times Dem
ocrat, harmony prevails not between
the two wings of Louisiana Democracy.
lrion, King, Gay and Blanchard are
having too much to say about the New
Orleans Federal Offices. Their combin-
ed efforts, it they made any, seem to
have been quite Intellectual in securing
the confirmation of Mr.. Kernochan for
Naval Officer, who owes his defeat to
the hostile influence of Senator Eustis
and to the fact that he supported Hon.
Carleton Hunt, who made an able, tai
ented and faithful Representative, for
| reelection is cOntemptuOus disregard
| or packed ring caucus, graDdiIOQuent-
ly styled a District Convention. But
when Kernochan kicked against the |
ring he had no presentiment that he |
should be encountered by the blazing |
Indignation Of the omnipotent Eustis.
How could KernOchan have foreseen
the rapid rise of such senatorial
meteor seeing that before its bright
eHulgence could be seen above the po-
lltlcal horizon, it must pass the ordeal
OF a legislative caucus, which, if the
known wishes of constituencies and the
voluntary pledges of legislative candi-
dates are worth anything, was already .
committed to the reelection of Senator
b. +. Jonas. How the will of the con-
stltuencies came to be invalidated- J
now the ante election pledges came to
De forfeited, are mysteries to our dull {
comprehension. We remember well I
that the action of the caucus was so ad- Z
verse to the hopes and expectations of q
large majority Of the people of Louisi- Z
ana tiiaG coDJecturers were very busy to 2
ferret out the subtle and mysterious in :
1uences which had produced such re- Q
suit. Some attributed it to the wonder q
sul magnetism of Mr.. Eustis Others to II
ne active solicitations Of his proctnin Z
tnate, Mr.. j. d. Houston, of New Or p
cans; pIOus man who came upon the L
,erge OF the Senatorial battlefield to
hrlve the dying, to bless the dead, and
Q feed the hungry warriors. For our
Wn part the more we cOnjectured the
acre perplexed we became.
Now, however, by the light Of the t. d.
80 correspondence, we gratefully i'm ~
glne we have found key to the mys- OF
7rlous taking off Of Senator Jonas and ia
ur perplexities are dispelled. The 10
ame authority informs US that while Tn
iOse clphers, King, Irion, Gay and tn
ianchard, are unwarrantably meddling Ch
lth the New Orleans Federal patron De
ge, the Mississippi River and all the Gri
5her material interests are nnder the We
rotecting wing and sole guardianship trs
Senator Eustis. That the Senate tn
ared not confirm Mr.. KernOchan in the crt
ce OF the hostile attitude of Senator ga
lsCls! and that when the President Iift
lthdraws the name of Mr.. Kernochan, 10y
ne is certain to do. it will be done in
'ference to the wishes of Senator Ems Lo
J. Considering that there are some OF
'ubts, not yet satisfactorily explained. am
gardlng the methods which gave the Oof
natof the nomination; considering, w WI
., the fact that he has been in the IN
nate but month, has intimidated the Lol
nate and overaWed the President. yes
led poor kernOchan, and taken sole nel
arrge OF all the material interests, we rec
bound to cOncede to Mr.. Eustia. who the
done SO much in such brief period. tne
power to influence and subiugate OF
7ry weaker body which comes in CON TEN
t with his magnetic will power. The Wol
lcal deduction is, therefore, forced OE
On us that he biolOgized the Demo- pro-
tic legislative caucus, with that con. IOul
sion, which is neither lame nor imno- fnll
t, but altogether logical, our perDlex- nre.
9 are at an end, and the KEY is found kint
unlock the mysteries. AS Cassius nap
Eeoukeu DefOr0 the genius of Caesar. 0OHs
were the legislative sOlOns rebukei regU
the presence of Eustis. WIv nOt9 Ega
7n in one short month he has over
I'd the Senate, and made the Presi- SON
t eat humble pie. There is a smack
ne ludicrous in the persistent itera- Gil
with which the Washington cores men
dent of the I'D, like the Snowman deal
he "Old Curiosity Shop" is inces- get
;Iy and monOtonously impressine the day
lers OF the I'D, that ''Eustis is the slave
!, not Jonas, not Gibson" We live IN ca
fast age. The great Worlds Fx- patel
tlon demonstrates the truth of that Taft
ark, which we do not claim as Oripie slept
with the Watchman !; but fast as tie told
is admittedly, it cannot keen mace beds.
a mill which manufactures states color
OF unsurpassed power and saeacity lately
OF the raw material, in the short coal-'
9 OF month, in which the purely startt
;lnary hero has said nothing and incre
ormed nothing worthy of particular ing a
Verify, we are reminded that Ter ne
Ie people are born great some big
we greatness, and some have great reside
manufactured for them," and the time
in point belongs clearly to the lat house
ategory. GincI
This
day, j