San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21
The Daily Eight.
Office No. 4 East Commerce Street.
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
The Election Farce Over--As Usual
the Negroes Vote the Demo-
cratic Ticket.
NEW ORLEANS, April 10, 1888.

NEW ORLEANS, April 10, 1888.
Editor Light:
The farce styled the election is over
in this state and the result ia just what
intimidation, fraud and ballot box stuff
ting have PANIED out in all the southern
states for the past decade. And to var
papers insist that the negroes have got
to voting the democratic ticket.
The election in this city passed off
with tolerable quiet, though there was
good deal Of shooting at several pre-
cinots. The Young Mems Democratic
association had squads armed with Win
chester rifles ready to move at mo-
ments notice, and they did march some
Of them to the polling precincts. This
sort OF thing is the legitimate fruit of
democratic frauds on the ballot box.
As a matter of course, Yarmouth was
defeated for governor. He occupied
something Of a trimmers position, and
met the fate that usually befalls trim
mers. In county elections, he advised
the republicans to fix up compromise
with tho democrats, and in this parish,
he told the republican parish cenven-
ton, that unless 1t endorsed the Boilers
ticket, ne would withdraw from the
race for governor, and it suocumbed I'M
der this threat. 1t is generally supposed
that Yarmouth had an Interior object In
view-to acquire prestige enough to
float him into the vice presidential nom
iDation. Be this, as it may, the reput.
lieans will not be such arraDt idiots as
to shoulder dead weight like Yarmouth,
when they have abundance Of strong
men, whose records are unimpeachable.
En- PEASANT, my idea Is, that inasmuoh
as the republicans cannot carry the cleo
toral vote of a single southern state in
November; southern delegates to the
republican national convention should
leave the northern delegates to
say what republican can carry
the largest number of electoral
votes in the northern states; they should
not, by their votes, saddle on the party
q candidate, who was devoid OF strength
in the doubtful states in the north.
In the municipal election, the boilers
defeated the regular democratic ticket,
but Ii was not q democratic victory.
The republicans, white and cOlOred,
voted the boilers ticket, which the re-
publican parish convention had previ-
ously endorsed; and, as there are ii 900
colored voters registered, and fully $500
white republic ans in the city, II is clear
tudS buO UOltCle tiChCt Wdo Wy
the votes Of republicans, and that the
regular democratic ticket was knocked
out" The seed Of disorganiZstion and
factiOnal war hsye been sown thickly in
the democracy of this city. and they will
spring up and bear fruit in coming cleo
tiODs.
The election will result in the retire.
ment of General Randall Gibson from
the United States senate. The McEnery
faction will have control of the legisla-
ture. They outgenersled the Nichols
faction. Governor McEAery and Eustis
will probably be elected United States
senators.
So far as the republican, were con-
cerned the state election was the broad
est and cOmpletest farce ever performed,
as it is notorious that twO-thirds Of the
fifty-eight parishes are republican by
large majorities. But 1.-THE negroes all
voted the democratic ticket" Is the ex-
PLANTATION offered by the bourbons. The
explanation ia thinner than boarding
house soupe or the virtue of drab.
PETER PRYMLEY.