The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-03-19
A MONSTER MEETING.
THE DEMOCRATS OF Ia
FOURCHE EN1H USIASTIC
FOR McENERY.
FL ur Thousand People Manifest
Their Allegiance to the Leree
LOckpOrt the Scene
of the Ln,gest P0IiticAk Meet
ing ecef Held IN the Parish.

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GoceTnO1-- LOckpOrt the Scene
of the Ln,gest P"Iittcak Meet
ing ecer Held In the Parish.
LoCKPORT, La, MARCH 13.-"Mc-
Emery for Governor" is the cry ! To-
day 1000 throats shouted themselves
hcalse for the next Governor of the
State. The greatest and grandest
meeting ever known in the annals of
the district was held in this little town.
The morning dawned bright and arm.
At an early hour men, wcmen ana
children were astir. The roads for
forty miles around sOOn became alive
with vehicles of all descriptions. nc-
cupied by staunch Democrats, who
wore McEnery badges on their breasts.
As early as IL o'clock the town was
filed with people. Three steamboats,
had been chartered and caliied TIL.
largest crowds ever known on tie
bayou. The E. d. White rame from.
the lower coast, loaded with an i'm
meDse freight OF men and women. The
LafOurche, n magnificent boat, came
from up the river. 1t presented a
eight which simply beggars descrip-
ton. The three decks were iammaa
with people. The band had to take
refuge un the pilot deck. Ladies were
plentiful, beautiful and bright in the
varied colors of their holiday garb.
Enthusiastic men with McEnery badges
and McEuery and Wickliffe pictures
on their coats ard in tlir hats were
there in mighty INa#bers. Every
second person waved a flag or hand
kerchief rs the boat slowly glided
down the stream. 1t was a maguif-
cent sighttO see this immense steamer.
loaded down to the guards with over
a thousand souls, all wild with enthu-
siasm for straight Democracy and Nc
Emery. The boat, after reaching Race
land, made few landings, as it could
not possibly take on more passengers.
The steamer Louisiana, therefore, fol-
lowed and took the enormous overflow.
The orators of the day arrived from
New Orleans ON the morning train, and
after being entertained at luncheon in
Raceland, drove in carriages to Lock
port. They arrived here just as the
boats were unloading their hosts Of
passengers. 1t took nearly forty
minutes to land tine people who crowd
ed the LafOnrche. The town at l D.
m. presented a most magnificent G
tacle.
For days preparations had been
made. The houses We're bright with
banners and foliage. The people
were 6ecked in holiday attire. Car
riages. buggies, carts. wagons and
troops of mules were to be seen on all
sides. When the boats arrived the
town looked as it had never looked in
the days gone by. In the streets we've
massed thousands of people. The can
non on the levee doomed forth a ROYAL
salute. With flying banners, pictures
of McEnery% and Wickliffe raised aloft,
and amid the crashing strains of divers
brass bands the people assembled.
From al the corners of the parish they
came from the north and east, the
west and south. The parish of La
fourche INDUCED in a grand holiday.
The plantations on all sides
POURED OUT THEIR HUNDREDS.
Old and young men ; veterans who
had scarcel- see the town of Lockport
in twenty-five years residence, were
shoulder to shoulder with the younger
generation, who are about to cast their
first vote for Democracy and McEnery:
white-haired women basked in the sun
shine of the magnificent tribute to
Louisiana's Democratic leader ;
bright-eyed young women. a%nxions to
hear the doctrines on the politics of
husband and brothers, were present in
large numbers. The youth of the
country, represented by young mai
dens verging into glorious womanhood,
and young men who in few years will
cast their ballots for the men their
fathers honor, were to be seer on all
sides. The hearts of the orators and
leaders of the day
swELLED WITH HONEST PRIDE
as they witnessed this grand and mag
nificent ~Outpouring. 1t represented
the sentiment of Lafourche in its gath
ering strength and might.
The train from New Orleans bore a
large oratorial delegation for McEnery.
aid the little reception committee of
the Fosterites was gloomy. The two
boats bearing the thousands to the
McEnery demonstration passed the
Foster place of meeting. The hundred
or so people assembled there looked
with frightened eyes at the spectacle
steaming down the river. They shut
their EARS tightly against the thunder
ing cheers for McEnery. that were