The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-03-19
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elal government to destroy a State IN
stiruii"n !; they. formed an nnholy
cnfnpac, with Il secret, oathhonnd or
canigatioi. they even went SD far as
IL threaten hy their undtmocratic Sc
rr.~inn 10 turn ovcr the State to the
Republicans.
Tiink Of it! They were willing to
abandon Caucasian civilization and
White supremacy, to restore the ior-
q l If ralrct-bag government ana
nr.t" domination. to conSISn You 70
IT,. cHacr mcIcies OF black school
boards. black iEdaes. justices OF the
peace an | p0"ce inr II. and t" re-es-
tab!iSh tne reign OF crime, h!oodshcd.
corruption an1 race war of reconStruc-
ton days (AppIause.)
+ Can yua. rs Democrats, indorse such
"a ln'icN (? Let us now view
The Other side of the picture:
Tie regular Democrats have from
the beginning OF this c~ontroversy con
tended that. in the determination "f
every public measure, the voice of tie
people was the supreme law. When
net WIN the objection that the mass
q. t.. ntgIo-s were too Ignorant ana
corrupt ia be ttHsted they at once il
good taitil ,ficled Z elnniua,e that
element and have the issue settled
I through white primaries.
Put the other side, with claracteris-
tic bad faith and insincerlty, declined
this proposition and every otiirr at
tempt at ii fair and respectable com
promise.
We have consistently held through
out that the measure. was II ne seIi>e Il
y iltical o. aul tt.at 10 mans Demo
cracy should he tested by lis views on
the revenue amendment. and that
t&c.V Democrat siiruld be allowed to
vote on it as he de med proper. Nay.
mo e. we have practictd what we
preached. and the regular convention,
OF NltIch ,4o-iouer men constituted Il
majority, nominated Ann Lottery men
for FIVE ont Of the seven places on its
ticket. (Ctpels)
The speaker then discussed the in
CONSISTENCY of the present attitude of
the Fo>tcIite> IN continuing their fight,
although the lottery MAS no longer an
issue. showed that the hcEuery ticket
WIS the regular Democratic one and
appealed to al Democrats in the name
of party we.tale and party discipline to
supl"lt 1t.
Mr.. DuIoal's epeech 4 frequently
interrupted Us storms of applause.
He was followed by tx Lieutenant
Governor Clay knooloch, who deliver
CT an eloquent address, also i'll French.
The Governor covered himself with
glory and cOnyuised the audience with
laughter. and his speech was heartily
appreciated.
DIR. John Gazzo followed the Cover
ror aud was thciESr todeliver a speech
in English. He touched on the same
lines Us the previou, speakers, and
wien he concluded BY urging the vo-
tiers of Lafoureile to. go to the polls OF
the 22d and vote for McEnery and
straight Democracy he received III
ovation.
Hon. Thomas J. Btfleaux concluded
the inside meeting with Il glorious tri
butte in French to tine worth Of thu
Democratic candidates headed by Gov
McEnety.
The meeting he'd on the outside 0
the school house W. IS commenced i
the same time as the others. 1t wa
called to order by Hon. |. ID. Moore o
ThlhodauX, who invited Hon. Sheldol
Guthrie 10 preside aid MI. Wan. {
LauraInt to act "a secre art.
The aniiouA cemrnt Of the name a
the presldIn. officer vas received with
hearty applause.
The first speaker introduced was
Senator E. A. O'Sullivan.
When the gallant Senator rose j,
was given IL tremend"u, reception
The band struck up''DIxie." the crow,
threw up their hats and yelled, an,
Mr.. O'Sullivan was forced trwalt seve
raj minutes for the laundering appIau,,
to subslde. He spoke in French an
said
''In this campaign there IL { bee
none but hard terms used by ne op
position factions from the very tim
when the majority OF the people o
Louisiana were III favor Of the Letter
amendment. The minority, who OPP
posed it, had no arguments to Us
against 1t other than thaS OF yitupera
tlon. From the highest to the lowest
all were attacked by calumny an
f~alsehood. In this campaign, to Il Gel
tain extent, the same line was uset
Aud what il contrast to the positio
taken by the supporters of Gov. Nc
EUery, for not one unkInd word lii
been uttered /; not Il word that woul
= bring Il blush OF shame to the cheek
of any one. (Chcers.) And the reaso
is obvious. For our candidates la
such Il glorious record that we conl