The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-21
The Louisiana ELECTION.


The state election in Louisiana. an &C
count of which appeared in our dispatches
yesterday, passed or quietly, notwithstand-
ing the predictions that there would be
trouble in some of the parishes. There was
reason, however, to expect there would be
disturbances OF a more or less serious char
acter. Owing TO the differences between
the factions the people were wrought up to
a high state of excitement, and 10 would
have required very little in many parts Of
the state to have brought about a collision
between them.
There were five state tickets in the field.
The democrats had two, the republicans
two, and the Peoples party one. The feel
Ing of bitterness between the factions Of the
Democratic party was greater than that
between the democrats and republicans.
| The democratic factions tried to adjust
their differences before the election, and for
that purpose held primary election to de-
| termine which of the tickets of the two
factions should be regarded as the regular
democratic ticket, but the result reached
was not satisfactory, and each faction sup
ported its own ticket.
1t turned out that the ticket that led In
the primary was the successful one, and Mr..
Foster, the head of that ticket, will be the
next governor of the state
The republicans were as greatly divided
as the democrats. Had they united in the
support Of one tioket-the Leonard ticket
for instance-they would, in all probability,
have carried the state. Kellogg and War
moth, the two ex-republican governors,
couldn't agree, however, upon division of
spoils in the event of republican success, and
so two tickets were nominated, and sup-
ported by their respective factions. Both,
Of course. were badly beaten.
A curious feature of the election, 80 far
as New Orleans is considered, was the cleo
tion Of John Fitzpatrick TO the position Of
mayor Of that city. Fitzpatrick was one of
the supporters Of the defeated faction Of
the Democratic party, and his opponent
was Joseph Shakespeare, the present mayor.
New Orleans has never had better mayor
than Mr.: Shakespeare, and it seems some
what remarkable that he should have been
defeated, particularly as the faction to
which he belongs carried the
city. Either Mr.. Fitzpatrick and
his friends did some remarkable work in
electioneering, or else Mayor Shakespeare
has sud lenly become unpopular. If he has
become unpopular it is because he has en-
forced the laws much more vigorously than
any one of his predecessors did. The proba-
bilities are that FitzpatrIck's success is due
to the fact that he has the good will Of all
the poorer classes of the city. and besides,
he has q strong hold upon the rough ele-
ment. He has been a ward leader in poll
tics for many years, and a very successful
one, but if anybody in New Orleans had
suggested, before the present complications
in state politics arose, that he would succeed
| Mr.. Shakespeare in the mayors office he
| would have been laughed at.
1t has been predicted that the differences
| between the two factions OF the Democratic
party of the state will not be adjusted in
many years. There is no doubt that the
| present leaders of the two factions will
nurse their grievances for a long time, but
other leaders will be chosen and faction
lines will disappear. There will be no Nc
| Eneryites and no Fosterites. The party
will be harmonious and as strong and earn
est as ever it was
The Peoples party does not appear to
have been much of factor in the contest.
The people were too deeply interested in
their faction fights to give much attention
| to that party.