St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-04-09
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The disruption Of the Committee
OF Seven, and the purported decis-
ion OF the four Fosterites, who, in
keeping with the fraudulent meth
DDS Of Sabine. aud the minor infa-
my Of St. James and St. Mary,
have disfranchised 5000 odd voters
OF six precincts in the city Of New ,
Orleans, upon the flimsy charge of
constructive fraud,'' violating the
rules which had been established
throughout the count in the country
parishes. treacherously denying the
necessity of proving up the vote,
all 70 make out flimsy majority Of
$40 for the sanity Foster. Read
what John S. Young, on whose fair
fame is = bar sinister which no lapse
Of time can ever efface, says in ex-
tenuation Of the vote against right,
justice and common decency:
81 am satisfied. gentlemen" he
said, ''that the nomination of Judge
McEnery would result in the abso-
lutte ruin VI the Democratic party
in this State. It is well-nigh ruin
ed, any how, whatever may be the
decision Of this committee, and
am satisfied the Foster party will
not abide by the decision We render
here, in case it means the nomina-
tion Of McEnery. I am certain
that il McEnery is nominated it
will result in the ruin Of the party,
for those reasons"
What right had Foster to repre-
sentation upon the committee, If
his side would not submit IL the de-
cision was against them? What
right has he now to consideration,
who with brazen eifrontery tells
the Democracy Of Louisiana, "If
you decide in my favor I will cub
init. II not, I'll bolt
What weakness of character
does this man Young disclose by
yielding to the clamor OF the gang
of political malcontents, who are
to-day responsible for the peril Of
Democracy! Such political infa-
my has no simile in American poll
taos, for in the fraud of 1876 it was
Republican against Democrat, while
now it is supposedly Democrat
against Democrat, but really hotter |
against Democrat. II you approved
the action Of the Wells-Anderson
Returning Board, Of 1876, we have
nothing to say, for this rank de-
cision will not nauseate you. Bat
il you resented that infamy, you
should resent this one with ten
fold force, for il the decision Of
these four politicians, who by
jugglery Of figures, and shameless
Acknowledgement of Democrats, and
as shameless stuffing Of boxes in
favor of Foster. is approved BY the
people Of Louisiana on April 10,
no true Democrat can live in the
State, for the disgrace upon her
fair name will make it . by-w0rd
upon the whole face Of the earth.
The Democratic State Executive
Committee have adopted the fol-
lowing resolution:
'sWhereas, the canvass Of the
vote cast at the late primary cleo
ton, showing beyond question that
Samual d. McEnery and his asso-
ciates on the State ticket Of which
he is the head, have . majority of
the said votes, and that under the
resolutions adopted by the joint
committees under ,late Of goth Of
February, the said State ticket is
Endorsed by the said vote as the
regular nominees of the Democratic
party; therefore,
'sBe it resolved, That the nomi-
nation of the said State ticket hav-
ing been confirmed by the majority
vote of the party, shall not be with
drawn but will stand for election
and Is entitled to the support Of
every true loyal Democrat
Gov. McEnery carried the State
by 1870 majority, computed BY the
rules laid down by the committee
in the beginning and followed
throughout in counting the country
parishes. This is the decision Of
ruE PEOPLE. All the subterfuges Of
the Fosterites cannot overcome this
stubborn fact.
And here is another fact to take
into consideration. Tbs disfran-
ch,sement OF tho McEnery voters
in the six precincts In the city OF
New Orleans has raised such .
protest Of indignation, that McEn-
cry will surely get q majority Of 2O,-
600 in that city, while Foster can
not increase his vote in the country /
: hundred votes, II indeed he can
hold what he had on March 22d,
for the fraud by which he secured
the decision Of the disrupted COM
mittee. il looked upon with disfa-
vor BY all true Democrats.
Winner at the State convention
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