St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-09
Mexicanizing the State,
Baton ROUGE Advocate.

such an outside view of the situation IL
this State, for the first step has certain
ly bocn taken III that direction, and un'
less progress is arrested we shall Icacl
a Geplorable condition III the course ol
| time.
The beginning OF the era Of the Mex,
caulZatlOn is the refusal OF the minority
to recognize the rights OF the majority
Our government, being republican,, Is
bhscd Oh the rule of ajorltlcs,, within
the limits of law and the constitution
| ton and leads toward chaos.
In the late primary elections the Nc
| Emery wing of the democracy came up
from the parishes with a clear majority
of about hundred votes. Chairman
Lanier conceded victory to McEncry IN
conversation with several gentlemen
the very day before he organized the
FOster-Adams convention. The New
Delta admitted a few days later that
McEnery chad secured a majority of
the uncontested delegations to the con-
,vention,' and cxAttorney-Gen
Cunningham, in his speech at the Foster
ratification meeting, said the same thing.
| AS it is a matter of record that more
| McEnery parishes were contested than
Adams parishes, it follows that McEn-
| y
and victory ought therefore to have
been conceded to him under the Ameri-
can system of recognizing the right Of
majorities to rule.
| The people in the exercise OF their
sovereignty had also instructed Il ma
jority of the delegations to submit the
| lottery issue to white primaries, as their
| choice for governor had been.
| 1t must be borne in mind i'll this con-
nection that white primaries have been
instituted in Louisiana as the real al
bitter in all political disputes, and the
verdict therein rendered has been ac-
cepted as final i'll every contest since
the State was Wrested from the sway OF
ignorance and venality in 1876, until
the present time.
But now the bulWark of white supre-
macy has been broken and the sway OF
Caucasian civilization threatened by
the refusal OF the minority to recognlze
the rights of the majority. 1t is II ilrst
step toward the MeXlCaniZation OF the
State-what is to come hereafter re-
mains to be seen, but the direst results
must necessarily follow unless the pco-
pie rise I'D and reOukc the revolution
ary programme that unucrmlnCS the
very foundation OF white supremacy III
the State.
1t is idle to argue about ttcchDlcalltlcs,
or lntcrpOse What each voter may think
involves high principles OF public policy
or morality. 1t may be assumed that
the convictions of the minority aud the
majority were equally honest and stu
ccrc. This is generally the fact, wieth-
Cr VIC support men or measures, or Work
to promote our own ambition o! that OF
friends and fellow partisans.
The glst of the present situation does
not turn on personal preferences OF the
political issues Of the late campaign.
These are virtually settled, as far as the
Both factions of the democracy appeal
ed jointly to The recognized tribunal OF
white primaries, and we've III honor
bound to accept the verdict. This Is
the solemn compact made by the white
people OF Louisiana as the means OF
preserving the supremacy OF their race
in the State. The first departure from
that rule is a crime against our common
civilization, for it makes a breach which
time can only widen unless it is closed
at once. The ambitious leaders, in
their desperation to perpetuate their
power, have opened the way for the
Discrimination Of Louisiana politics,
and nothing can avert it except the pa
trotism Of the people, who, seeing the
danger, ought to rally as one man to
the support of the ticket nominated by
those who fairly won the victory. The
lapse into chaos and confusion.
We publish below the telegram sent
by Hon. G.. j. Boatner from the halls of
Congress during the sitting of the DEM
Ocratic Convention last week Never
was the position of any party so plainly
and truthfully stated in a few words
than has the distinguished representa-
tive done in the following:
Washington, Dec. ia. w. Gram
dali, Baton Rouge; Telegrams show you
have offered enough for harmony
Further proposals would Indicate weak
ness. | suggest strong resolutions de-
claring that the lottery question is used
as mere blind to conceal the designs Of
the opposition leaders to establish an
oIigarchy and pefpetuate their power.
Denounce threats of violence and
fraudulent use of the Governors power
over returning officers; de ARE the
question at issue the presei Eation of
personal liberty in Louisiana pat the
white primaries on the opposition, and
leave the result to the manhood Of
Louisiana, who can neither be frighten-
ed nor cheated out of their rights.
C.J. BoATNER.
Let the truth be told. 1t is already
known to every man with Il grain OF
sense, in spite of pretenses to the con-
trary, that Capt. Adams received the
nomination for governor with the posi-
tive previous pledge that he would then
aud there decline it. 1t was a breakissr
ui ir.ivn all around the board. First7
the boilers broke faith with the McEn-
cry democracy by refusing to abide by
the result of tue primary elections,
which they had contested on equal
terms but with rwhelmlng defeat !;
Gecond, the anti politicians violated the
emu compact W ith the alliance made at
Aayette by forcing tue alliance to ac-
- rus TO surrender third, Capt.
BETRAYED those who had entrust-
~ their confidence by retiring
Membership without their
r. &onsent previously OBJ
~ the boilers held the
kempt. by.refusins to
let rendered at the
>. lnaries by a decisive
= H.. uge Advocate,
5.-The first fifty
coin-half dollars,
coined out OF the
Aa uncurrent coins
received yesterday
he Mint. A set was
and the remain
of to friends as
THAT no rivers and
assed at the pres
Il ~ Is should cause no
n dollar congress