The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-12
zee LOUISIANA ELECTION.
What a Kansas Republican Congress
man Saw.

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From the Nety York Evening Post.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Representative
Peters Of Kansas, one of the thres republi-
can cong -essmen who went TO Louisiana 10
witness the campaign in the Third district,
has returned to Washington in order to
consult with the President respecting fed
eral appointments at home. He speaks
/ with Enthusiasm Of the way ne was recei ed
in the south by all classes.
ct ere are twelve parishes in the Third
! district" said he, land was in only two
of taem, but in those | met with nothing
but courtesy. / attended the democratic
meetings. and sat, by invitation, on the
| platform with Mr.. Price and the other
| speakers and prominent citizens. The next
night | would address a republican meeting
from the same spot
"Were there any hostile demonstrations
at your meetings" your correspondent
asked.
Nothing of the sort. So far as outside
Appearances we're concerned, the meetings
were just like northern republican meet
ings, except, of course, that the larger part
Of the audience was composed of colored
people. AT one point | suppose | had
1000 voters in attendance. At another,
where there had been lately some race
troubles, the number was about 500. But
had just as & Cd places in which to make
my speeches as the democrats did, and just
as & god order was pres ,rved.n
''Were you made to feel in any way that
your presence was ObHoxiousP
ION the contrary, / dined at Mr. Prices
THE democratic cand dates own table
From the time [ entered the district till
left it, | was treated not only with hospi-
talty, but with cordiaityn
did you stay through election day, so as
to witness the methods Of votingm
II came away at noon, but my observa-
tions during the morniI x were interesting"
''Was the negro vote, as far as you could
ascertain, as solid for Price as has been
represented by some of the news2apers?'
'Of that | could not judge OF course,
seeing SO little of the district as | did But
Mr. Price himself told me that in his pre-
cinct, where there were eighty-five voters,
all but five. white and black, voted for
him. This state of things may have had a
political origin, or the vote may have been
cast so solidly as a compliment to the per-
sonal popularity of the candidate-I can
not say"
"Was the election fairly conductedn
"On the outside it was Just like north
ern elections"
"You speak of Outside appearances. Did
you hear or see anything that led you to
suspect that these externals were decep.
tiveW
" That is something / should rather not
speak about. In case there ould be a CON
test, | want to be free TO vote. upon the evil
dence presented, unembarrassed by any
tang that might look like prejudgment.n
"Do you think it probable that there will
be any conte,tw
II have no idea; soeak merely of pos
sibility, which always exists. SO far as |
have been able to learn no determination
has yet been reached, and hence could not
even guess ct the grounds on which a CON
test would be based, if one were made.
wish on would say, by the way, that |
found something in Louisiana more inter
esting than politics-namely, the sugar in
dustry. 1t Is simply immense! | saw
enough TO convince Inc that Louisiana has
merely to cultivate this native resource.
with such help as Kansas can offer with h ar
sorghum crops, to supply the home markets
so richly that there viii be no call for the
Importation of sugar from abroad. | give
the thing five years to expand, and then we
shall hear no more of the surplus in the
treasury from sugar duties, for there will
be no imports on which to levy taxi