St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-12
DEAD ISSUES.

people without single issue. One
by one theif prorF have been knock
ed from under them, and they
have scarcely new issue when it
has been thoroughly disposed Of
and they have been compelled to
lay it aside The lottery question
served them to good purpose for
awhile, and they discussed it from
every conceivable point Of view.
Even wher: Mr.. Morris withdrawal
took that question out Of the cam
paign they had so pinned their faith
on it that they were unwilling to
give it up and continue to talk lot
ter, as though the amendment was
still before tho people. They have
discovered of late however, that
they cannot fool the people in this
way are hot talking lottery now as
much rs they did before.
They dropped back accordingly
on the high morality and virtue Of
their candidates. Was not their
leader, Murphy J. Foster, one Of
the saints. a man of the greatest
mora lily, who sacrificed himself to
protect the virtue Of the State! 1t
is true th:it the ballot box stufliing
affair in .St. Mary had made a
great m any people very doubtful
about thia claim to sanctity, but
Foster still had some believers.
Alas! to completely annihilate his
claim CAME the dicker with the So
called .'vard' bosses" when Mr..
Foster so authorized the giving Of
certain Offices and promises in re-
turn for voters rs to bring himself
and his agents very close to the law
against bribery, 1t was not possible
after that. little development to play
the part Of saint much longer. and
Mr.. Fosters most devoted wor-
Slippers OF old have refused since
then to acknowledge his beatifca-
ton, and have repudicated him al
together. The. morality ''rachet"
will not work
A little diversion was then tried
by the Anti orators in the matter of
finances, and Gov. McEnery was
assailed because Of the bond de-
falcation.. and accused of favoring
higher taxation. Auditor Steele's
speech has thoroughly disposed of
these arguments. 1t was not the
business of the Governor to know
the insids workings Of the treasury,
but of a committee of the Legisla-
ture appointed especially for this
sand what is more, Gov.
McEnery. had no power to make
the necessary investigation into
the treasure. And as for higher
Mr.. Steele conclusively
demonstrates that the increase has
been under Nichols, not under
McEnery.
Thus. one by one, the issues and
of the Fosterites have
been disposed Of. They cannot
talk lottery, because the lottery
question is dead; they cannot pirate
Of the virtues Of Murphy Foster,
because the ba;tot box stufling epi-
'ode and the decker with the "ward
bosses" show that he is anything
but a political saint; aud they can
rot use 1.-THE bond defalcation or
higher taxation pleas, because Nc
Emery ls.d nothing to do with eth
T. whereas, tue present State
House ring represents higher and
more bu;densome taxation for the
people and thus they are left in
he deplSrable condition of being
merely a;set Of hungry ollice-seek-
rs with nothing to make their
or save q lot Of is
ues as dead a. Hector. And the |
ubsidizad organs of the Foster
ing are teduced to the most abb
urd, ille' gical. inconsequcntial and
articles endeavoring to
rove thSt Foster has some claim
n his former followers and not
e abandoned by them. The truth
that the party should have been
issolved the moment it ceased to
ave an issue, for a party has no
ght TO exist when it repres ents
;ibut, Fosterites seeing the
Ilices I'M sight, were unwilling to
o this aad have remained in the
ED. They have no right, however,
} be surprised or angry because
many of their former followers,
no do not ws.nt the offices, can
e no reason why they should long
oppose the regular Democracy,
I'd have deserted q faction with ,
1t platform. issues or principles. I