The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-26
THE PASSING THRONG.
A New Orleans Nan on South.
ern Politics.
The ANT,-lorTERY CAMPAIGN.
Kacs Question WIN Settle Itself-Gov
erner knapp. Of Alaska. Here
Dissingaished Visitors.

Among the guests of the Rainier are
Judge A. 9. Brice. of New Orleans. and his
relatives, Mrs. L Bidweli and her son The
party are making their annual visit to the
Coast Nj. Brice having left his vile at
san Francisco, intending to return
there in week or two. Judge
brlce is one of the leading
lawyers Of New Orleans and is brother
in-iaw OF Mr.. Coleman, the only Republican
congressman from Louisiana Being asked
BY Pcsr-INrELLTGENcER reporter ii he
could add anything to the infog nation re-
ceived by telegraph in regard to the Italian
assassinatlons, he said:
You know that half OF the population
OF New Orleans is of the Latin race, and
large proportion of these are Italians
irom the Mediterranean sea. These
Italians monopolixe the fruit and fish busi-
ness OF the city, and have two powerful
organisations, which try to drive ont any
body who begins business in opposition
% them They begin by underselIing
him and Il they fail to drive him out by
those means. they take him into the organ
nations, for those who are not Italians are
French or Spanish creoies. If man re-
fuses to join them and they cannot drive
him out he incurs their deadly enmity
and runs the risk OF assassination.
Hitherto they have carried on the ven
delta only among their own race and their
murders have not been investigated. But
Chief OF Police Hennessy determined to
sop this system of murder and made .
thorough investigation of two recent muir
ders. He secured sufficient evidence to
convict number OF the leaders in their
societies and 10 prove that Joseph Macheca
was the chief of the conspiracy
Then they turned on Hennessy and
murdered him to save themselves. Mr..
Hsnnessy was an extremely able and
popular man and pubic indignation
was so great that Mayor Shakespeare
feared a resort to lynch Law. He declared
his intention OF hunting down the ssssains,
and called on the citixens to aid him in en-
forcing the Law. He is known to be a
fearless and determined man, and
the citizens rallied around him and
organized . vigilance committee of fifty to
aid him In finding the assassins. The
Italians sent warning to him that, If be
did not stop his pursuit of the murderers,
he would be killed also, bat he has ignored
their threats and refuses to take precau-
ti<ns. / believe the result of the whole
affair viii be the breaking up of these muir
derous societies."
Are the anti-lottery people keeping up
their campaign 2"
Yes. but they are only small faction.
The majority of the people don't care about
the lottery. They know that if Louisiana
had no lottery. the business would 60 to
the Mexican or Havana lotteries In fact,
you can buy tickets for either of these
lotteries in New Orleans now: they are
sold in stores and peddled on the streets.
Lotteries exist among all Latin nations
Mexico. Cuba, Spain. France, Italy-and
also in Germany. Then the business is
done more outside the state than in Louis
lana itself"
what about the relations of the races ?''
THAT question will settle itself The
negroes might vote if they did not know
that the whites do not wish them to vote.
but they know that there is q feeling
among the whites against their voting. and
therefore do not attempt to vote. Mean
while the races are living peacefully to-
gether. The negroes are contented and
prosperous. are becoming educated, going
into business and acquiring property.
We would not answer for the consequences
of q force bill. The negroes would
be promised protection if they went to the
polls, but when they went TO vote protec-
ton would not be there, for the whole
United States army is not large enough to
man every voting place, and there is no
knowing what might happen. It would be
a cruel deception to the negroes"
Do you mean that the whites would
keep them from voting?"
well, the whites will never submit to
negro rule. They know that either the
white or the black race must rule, and no
matter if the negroes outnumbered them
Eve to one, they are determined that the
white race must rule. There may be
little unfairness about it. and probably ac-
cording to the actual vote polied
the South has more than its
fair share of representation in
congress But whose fault is it? The
enfranchisement of the negroes was forced
upon Us in spite of our solemn protests and
the warnings of many of the best men in
the North. and now many of the Republic
can leaders admit that they made mistake.
They have forced upon us the alternative
OF white or negro rule, and they
must leave Us to settle il.
As long as the threat OF
a force bill is held over the South, there
viii be practically only one party. We
should like to have two real parties divided
On the questions of the day which interest
the whole country. Many OF Us believe in
protection and would like to support it,
but as long as this black cloud hangs over
us we are forced to stand together. Demo
crat or Republican Ny brother-in-law,
Mr. Coleman. is Republican, bat he
voted against the force bill"
"Do you think that, as they progress in
education and civilization, the negroes can
be trusted with the ballo,?''
"They are q race of such entirely differ
enf traits and characteristics from the
whites that doubt il. They must pro-
gress greatly in stability and NOR slity first
We cannot imagine white people go
ing out into the woods and swamps-men
and women together-and holding such
terrible orgies as the negroes do under the
name of religion. The whites fall very low
sometimes, but not in the same way as the
negroes. They need to be lifted up
morally. The Methodists and Baptists are
doing q great work among them. and have
produced . marked improvement ia that