The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-04-27
FOSTER CARRIES THE DAY.
AN ANTI-LoTTERY DEMOCRAT WINE
IN The LOUISIANA ELECTION.
Lottery Men Garry New Orleans Five
Tickets in the FisId-Oregon for Cleves
Iand-New York Delegate. for Blaine
miscellaneous Political News.

New ORLEANS, April 19.-The election
today in Louisiana was one Of the most
i'm portant ever held here The people
today voted tor governor and other state
officers for full legislature, senate and
house for four years, and for district,
parish and local officers and those OF New
Orleans voted in addition for all their
municipal officers from mayor and cOun-
cilmen down.
Three amendments to the constitution
were also submitted to the popular vote:
Il authorizing the city of New Orleans
to fluid its bonds at a lower rate of inter
est; % an amendment authorizing the
police juries to levy an additional tax for
school purposes If authorized by the votes
of the parish, and (3) the famous revenue
amendment extending the charter OF the
Louisiana lottery company.
There were five distinct and complete
state tickets in the field
]. The regular democratic ticket, with S.
d. McEnery for governor and Robert G.
Wicklife for lieutenant-governor A
majority of the delegates elected to the
state convention favored McEnery, and
tie ticket headed by him at the recent
primary election received majority of
the votes cast.
,. The anti-lottery faction, headed by
Murphy j. Foster, ex-state senator
from st. Mary's parish, with Charles
Parlange, ext 5. district attorney. for
lieutenant governor, and Thomas Scott
Adams of the farmers alliance for secre-
try OF state. This ticket, by the recent
decision of Col. John 5. Young of the
second Louisiana returning board, was
declared the regularly nominated demo
cratic ticket.
3. The regular republican ticket headed
by A. II. Leonard of Shreveport, who was
formerly L. S. district attorney, and II.
Dudley Coleman, ex-congressman from the
Second Louisiana district. Both these
gentlemen are ex-confederates and quite
| popular men. Ex-Governor kellogg has
made vigorous canvass in favor of the
f. The republican ticket headed by
John L. Breaux OF Pointe Joupee parish
tor governor and James G. Weaks OF
| Ouachita for lieutenant governor. Thif
| ticket WAS supported by Ex-Governor
| Mammoth and nearly all the federal off
| Gals in the state.
3. The peoples party ticket For gov
ernor, K. l.. Tannehill of VIM parish; fol
| lieutenant governor, l. J. Mills of Cal
casieu. The regular democratic nominee
/ for mayor in this city was John Fitzpat
rick, who favored the election of the Nc.
! Emery state ticket. His opponent was
Joseph A. Shakespeare, the present in.
| cumbent, who favored the success OF the
! Foster ticket But few of the present in.
| cumbents were renominsted, either foI
municipal or parochial Offices, or tor mem
bers of the legislature.
Advices so far received indicate thai
! Foster has carried the state by about 10,
| 600 plurality. The republicans have car.
ried about six parishes, claiming Concor.
dia among them, but McEnery, the rival
democratic candidate. will be second in
point of votes. The McEnery majority in
the city has been reduced, but John Fitz-
| patrick, the McEnery nominee for mayor,
is elected by from 1000 to 5000 ma
jority. The election was quiet, consider
ing, and the scratching in the city was IN
] precedented.