The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-03-24
THE oUAcaITA CONTEST.

, Ouachita is unprecedented IN iU INV
Neariy,it not quite t"elveo
nontbs aao. 1t become an open secfet co1
hat the old members Of the PArgouo =.
meeting had arranged the parish DEM
ocra,ic ticket for 1888, as they had pre- tq
viouslv done that OF 1884, their action W
beinp based on the simple proposition g
that wards one aud three, under tne'r
influence, through their hired nanos, !"
could totally disregard the Will ana ~
wishes Of the other se0en wards OF '"e v
parish.
This proceeding was protested asa'ns'
by the great mass Of white voters :"
the parish.
.rhev met in convention and protest.
ed they appealed to their so'cai'eo
lsxecutive committee and their appear
was incontinently laid con the table"
lamidst the smiles and jeers OF the patf'-
oticpentlemen who composed that rumP
committee. Why should they trouble
themselves about the ''poor WHITE
ltrash,' from the other side Of the river'
lor Inc patrio,ic poor men in wards iour
and two. $50.
None of these parties owned planta-
lions either on Bayou DeStard or the
Island, and not one OF them were
members of the moneyed corporations
of Monroe. What rights bad these
=. men. In comparison with those who
N .were of the elect" and who by their
he money and negroes had been given
In high places "within the fold 2"
Every overture made by the true
W white men Of Ouachita has been met
20, with A sheer and q contemptuous re-
ng fusaI.
400 Tn the last issue of the TELEGRAPH
the gentlemen who had been se'ectee
m nv the white men Of Ouachita as can
didates for the several judicial AM
ton Parish Offices made an earnest and re
spectable appeal to the candidates
the ssoligarchy" known as the ring,
ten the name. in the interest and for IN
rye purpose Of harmony within the Demo
cratic party.
In making this offer the candidate
~ selected by the white people OF Ouacf
uis ita had no fears of their position or
their success. But In the face of q II
publican nomination for doverho
nro. these gentlemen were willing to sac'
,rod flee themselves If necessary for Il
party good and for the good OF Lou
lana.
ords How was this proposition met?
cism a letter which does no credit to I
, try acumen, intelligence or refinement
the gentleman who wrote 1t. 1t neltl
uses olhe keen cimeter OF Saiadin,
arish tho heavy battle.axe of Richard 20
'egro DeLeop, but rather the dull cleave'
each a bull-headed butcher"
nina The entire document Is intended
mlslead by garbled extracts and fs
conclusions.
e."'e They first say they are accused
's''"" their determination "to use inlm
some ton and force to control the colo
Eel a. vote of Ouachita parish in tho Int
OF the Democratic State ticket" N
.,.. ing of this character was sugges
ether But only, that pretending to work
!, ,ho the State ticket, they would intimt
=, WA the negro to vote for the ring thai
faction of the Democratic party W
attempt TO mass the negro vote agt
torney another.
are so The next bold assertion they
acuting Is that the pretended executive CON
putable tee which has refused to hear an.
t a.no- peals from the white voters OF VI
nv not ita had never been questioned
I NOV authority "by even you until
rumor present candidacy" when II Is
that we tablished fact that in the couve
ich citi- which named this executive conn
oy Jury in 1884 there was but one de
from the flee wards west Of the
and he refused to take part In tn
'hoei " ceeding.
Sc equal The white people were not org,
n. But in 1884, but their grievances we
o is en- forth in articles published in the
TO coz tin which no ring man found
ot In the venient to answer.
entitled The last point worthy OF ans
ction but efuuny," to say the least of 1t.
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