The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-23
1,ou,s,spa,s Divided Politics.

Louisiana's Divided Politics.
Both political parties in Louisiana are
divided. In the campaign for the control
OF the state government there will be four
| tickets-two democratic and two republic
can.
The Democratic party split at Baton
Rouge last week and each faction named a
ticket. The NcEnery faction. which is the
regular democracy, favors the lottery COM
! pany, and the Nichols faction. which COM
prises the boilers, IS against the lottery COM
pany.
The state central committee OF the Re-
publican party met in New Orleans last
week and split into two factions. Ex-Gov.
Wsrmoth leads one faction, and il win
have convention in February to
nominate a state ticket. Ex-senator
Kellogg leads the other faction
and 1t has called convention to meet in
January 70 nominate a state ticket. The
Warmoth faction isagaiust the lottery COM
pauy. and the Kellogg faction is supposed
to be in favor Of it.
The lottery question Is about the only one
that will be discussed by either faction Of
either party. Whether or not the charter
of the lottery company shall be extended
for twenty-five years is the only issue that
interests the people of the state at present.
The republicans have not much at stake,
and it is a matter Of very little consequence
whether they are divided or not. They
are not organized and have no chance
in their present condition of carrying the
state. Aud only few of them are inter
ested In the lottery issue. The most Of them
are blacks, and as they are not taxpayers
very few Of them care whether the lottery
company's charter is extended or not If
the truth were known it would appear prob
ably that most of them favor the lottery
company. There is no bitterness between
the two factions of their party. They quar-
rel one day and forget their differences the
next. The campaign which their two fac
tons will make between the meeting of
| their conventions and the election in April
will arouse their black voters all over the
state, and they will be in excellent condl-
ton for the national election Ia November.
Therefore there is danger that the repub-
licans may carry the state at the presi-
Dental election. The democratic factions
are bitterly hostile to each other. Which
ever faction wins the other is sure 20 sulk,
and 1t will be a difficult matter to bring out
full democratic vote at the presidential
election. The shrewdest of the democratic
leaders understand the danger of the stu
alton, and they did their utmost to prevent
split at Baton Rouge. In
fact. great many anti-lottery men
remained with the McEnery faction-the
faction which favors the lottery company
at the Baton Rouge convention simply be-
cause they wanted to prevent q split which
they believed would be attended by dis
astrous consequences TO the party.
There was no good reason why the party
should have split. The people must vote on
the lottery question and they could have
done 50 to their entire satisfaction without
division IN the party. And the party
would have remained united In all proba-
bility had there not been bitter feeling of
several years standing between the sd-
herents Of MoEnery and those of Nichols.
By yielding 70 this feeling and making the
lottery question an excuse for splitting they
have endangered the success Of their party
In Louisiana In 1892