Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-11-21

/ >'''s O~nSSStNs OhC siutC IuS
editor Of that paper, and address
ed to Capt.sT.sS. Adams asking
him to withdraw from the guber-
Material race. The letter was sent
out by telegraph to the New Or
leans papers and given AS wide
publicity as possible with the evil
dent intent Of either frightening
Capt. Adams from the race or
weakening his canvassto the point
of compelling HIM to withdraw.
The writer Of this letter took tho
ground that. Capt. Adams by his
Alliance principles and backing
was creating n split in tho Demo-
cratic party, and it called upon
him To withdraw for the sake of
unity in the party. AS much space
and stress as possible was given to
the writer's views upon the duty
tho Alliance leader owed the Dem
ocratic party and bancful influence
his canvass would have on tho
party. The whole tenor of
the letter was!.caiculated as much
as possible to weaken Capt. Adj
ans candidacy and that the letter
was written for that purpose is
evident from the fact that it WAS
not sent to the Captain through
the ordinary channel. but was
heralded to the public through
the newspapers before Capt. Adj
ans had seen it.
Col. Jones is u prominent mcn,-
Der of the Anti faction and IL
member of Gov. Nichols militia
ry staff. He stands in with the
Anti ring or ut least would seem
to by reason Of his relations to
Gov. Nichols and his affiliation
with the rest of the Anti clique.
Now. it is not probable that II man
in Col Jones position would take
the step he has without knowing
what he was doing and without
consulting his most intimate
friends, and while he assumes all
responsibility sfor his attempt to
force Capt. Adams off the track,
the suspicion is strong that Mich
oils and his set had an linking of |
what was going on and connived
ut this patent breach of the Lafay-
cite Combine.
Col. Jonesssis,,sccrtainly a--rcpre-
sentative Anti in position to
have considerable following of |
his faith. ga violation of the La
fayettc Compact by him must be
considered us IL breach of faith of
Il considerable portion of the Anti
faction, and all signs point to the
fact that those who do not join
with him in this overt act sympa-
thisc with it. 1t cannot be denied
that the Ants have broken their
bond with the TURNER'S Union, |
and it Is evident that they would
throw il off altogether if they
could get half Il chance. There
has all along been feeling of dis
satisfaction among the Ants be-
cause they did not get all the good
officcs1out of the Lafayette trade,
and also among them who had
scruples about entering into any
political combination outside of
the Democratic party, and the
Jones incident will not be the end
Of their boiling. Coils. Parker
and Wickliffe still insist that they
are still sticking to the Lafayette
but Col. Jones says be
is not, and he has as much right
to be considered as any of the
Of the Governors staff.
The farmers would do we'll to
heed this warning and forestaIl
heir treacherous allies by them
selves rcnouncing the agreement
md take initiative in getting back
IL Inc with Democracy. They
nave been betrayed by set of
politicians who had no authority
o bind any party. The agree
nent has been broken by the An
Is, and the farmers are absolved
rom their bond which was worth
ess from the start.