The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-10-28
WHAT THE MEETING OF THE
COMMITTEE EXPOSED.

is an important question. The NcW
Delta, the Anti organ, alleges that 1t
exposed va t-ap between tue lottery
and the city hnsses. "a, every vote"
says that paper, "the City i.ossrs
we're found ON the side uf the lottery"
and thrrrnpon ii lifts its v"ire in sol
erun warning to the business men of
New Orleans to lrfual any snch deal.
Now. at matter Of fact, the Cn,n-
mi,,ce did not ''lrarn" the people that
there hsd l,ern any such deal az that
charged, between the lottery and "tle
uity bosses" Nor was there ANYTHING
in the proceedings of The Committee
to jns'ify the charge that "'he city
bosses voted in hoay for The lottery"
The Committee, did, however, tsach
the people of Louisiana several im
pUTtaut things. One Of iut&t thiHgS
is, that ttIrre Yere twn paI.ies In the
Committee fast I he extreue Ants
~hd had and lave no "ti'", purpose in
view tl,aa the defeat of Ihe rrvcnnc or
lottery auetdmthi; who are. 80 lar
from being Democrats hat they are
willing aut: ready TO sacrifice the De
uinura'ic parry aud white s"rrenary,
and tn align themselves with .he
Farmers A!lian,r, the Radicals "f
the Nar,nnth rtrip. a'i'l the negroes,
To accon pIish their end. and " ho are
resolved t" traml'lr ur"" aud destroy
every man in the State who antago.
nizes them. Secondly: There was the
straight Democratic party, composed
# Democrats " hn favor the adoption
If the amendment, and The Demo
rrats who, though opposed I" the
amendment, hold the unity Of the par
~ and wlito supremacy Of par m'nnt
Importance 10 either the rejection "r
atiticutinn uf that measure Tie lat
ter party, the Democratic party, de
sired to exclude the question Of the
amendment from the ralnpaiyh by sub
n.it,ing the settlement of it to " bite
Democratic primaries.
| The first party, the Ants, would
cons Mt 70 snrh settlement and pre-.
frred to remain free t" make comb.
nali"ns with the Alliance, the Radi.
Gals aud the negroes, to defeat the
amendment and secure political con
troll of the State, even at the cost n
destroying white supremacy in Lou
li>iaha.
The chief end the Democrats, who
constituted the majori,y of the Com
mitter, had III view was, not the rati
ticatinn "r rejection of the lotter,
amsnhment; some of them, most o
them, favored that amendment as q
source of public revenue and relief t,
the Taxpayers /; several of them, on th'
other hand, were opposed to th'
amendment on grounds satisfactory tt
themselves; hn, both elements fought
aud fought only, fol the harmony o
the Democracy and the maintruanr,
of white supremacy.
The extreme Ants were to u mar
fnriously opposed I" the amendment
and they had u" ,her politics. Hence
the lily h"ssss," being Democrats
voted s"lilly and on every roll call
not az is alleged ty the Uclta, for tn
lottery, bnt for the integrity aud tri
nmph of Democracy Aud, ~ u br
iieAcr III d. Morralic principles, as "n
tof those recognizing that the suprema
cy of the whites is necessary to til,
niain,ainance of our christian civilizu
tinn and the promotion "f our prosper
ity, We prefer, hy all odds, t., stan'
with these "ciiy boss.s," to being il
accord with a party led hv "IianniLa
He'll fire" Stuhls, the ftroc,ons Gun
uiughaui, the windy aud furious Pier
son, the cantankerous Price, the learn
led and eloquent crank Farrar, wh,
would rather be II pimp in Il honse o
prostitution than a bUldtr uf lutter,
stock the learned and .loqnpn. saw
age Gunhy, Who would dash out ,h
brains of his children on the curl
stones, with his own bands, thaa hav,
them taught in schools supported b,
lottery money, and the whole gang u
malignants who are for Winrheste
rifles, bloody war, "hell fire" mig
gers" Radicals and Federal usurpa
ton for the purpose of acLievin!
their end
We are not talking at random