St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-30
FOSTER AND THE REPUBLI.
CANS.

MI. murphy j. Foster and htG
Republican associates present IN
interesting spectacle during the
present status Of affairs in this
State. Mr.. Foster has always
welded 8 singular influence over
| the Republican vote in 81. Mary
parish. attributed by his friends 70
his popularity among the masses"
A close observer will easily see
through this thin veil. The 'fra-
ternal feeling" was amusingly mani
fest at the recent Republican State
Convention held in New Orleans.
The committee on platform and
resolutions had submitted . report,
and the first preamble aud resolu-
items contained this reference to
Mr.. Foster:
Hon. Murphy J. Foster, assisted
by Don Caffrey and others, who are
charged with having led mob that
shot down unarmed and defenceless
colcred men in the parish Of St.
Mary, in the fall Of 1857, during
the labor troubles.
Wash. b. Smith, one Of the dele.
gates-an ex-Representative who
was in the General Assembly from
st. Mary number Of years ago,
who was postmaster ut Franklin |
under Arthur's administration, and
failed to get the Office again when
Harrison went in, despite the in
dorsement he received from the
Murphy Foster faction in st. Mary,
made objection to this clause, and
to have it eliminated from
the resolutions, saying that MUIR
ply Foster had never led any such
mob which shot down defenceless
negroes. 1t was quite natural that
Smith should correct such . serious
statement about his friend, though
the negro, as rule, is seldom
guilty of gratitude. Smith, It
seems. is an exception. Naval
officer John +. Patty, who was in
he House Of Representatives for
our years, while Mr.. Foster was
n the Senate, and who was retain
d in his seat, which was seriously
by Douglass Burrell.
trough the influence Of Mr.. Fos-
er, is another Of his good friends,
nd their association IL made
laringly apparent by the interview ]
18th Patty, which the New Orleans l
lew Delta published on Jan. II, I
herein the latter arraigns the lot 7
.ry in unmistakable Fostelite Ian t
aage. though the subject Of the .
rticle is Ostensibly the situation In {
epublicax ranks in st. Mary. .
Although Mr.. Foster went to the G
tate Senate in 1884, it was not I'M q
1888 that 81. Mary had two white o
emocrats in the lower House. p
ow was it that he could easily pro- '
ire his own election, against IN P
'erwhelming Republican major u
y! That year Mr.. Foster received Il
Ia votes. His Democratic COL p
ague, Mr.. Hampton. polled only p
IA votes, while the latter's oppo- p
mt, Mr.. Harrington, the Rcpub- r
an, got left with 1888 voters. Mr.. II
'ster was evidently very popular
til the negroes. He gathered in o
e votes for himself, but did he til
ert his influence in behalf Of the q
candidate for Governor m
ell. hardly. At least the figures ~
mt show it. OF 276l votes cast, u
". McEnery received 326, and Ok
Republican candidate, John A. n
.phenson, rolled up 2435 votes Po
m St. Mary, showing that NJ. We
ster received all but A Of the On
al vote cast. Tn
1t this same election John F. mi
tty and w. S. Posey, both mel
es, were elected to the lower An
use. I'm
1r. Foster was content to repre- on
his district in the State Senate pc
h the aid Of Republican votes. TEL
uld he be content to step into . De
re honorable position, that of pol
vernon of Louisiana, with their wi
: Would he hesitate to make . nel
to land himself and the other h
on his hybrid ticket?
J the deal not already been de'
le: law
--e>- fail
ANTI PROPHECY.