Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21
AN ANTI-L0I7ERY VICTORY
FIVE FULL TICKETS IN THE FIELD
The Lottery Candidate Car
ries New Orleans.
But, Despite tho Division, tho Anti
Lottery Democratic Ticket Is Successful
In the state by About 10000 Plurality
ga Quiet Election. with Much Scratch
ing.

New ORLEANS, April 19.--The election
to-day i'll Louisiana was ono of the most
important ever held here. The people
voted for governor and other state officers,
for full Legislature, senate and house for
four wears and for district, parish and
local officers, and those of New Orleans
voted in addition for all their municipal
officers from mayor and councilmen down.
Three amendments to the constitution
were also submitted to the popular vote.
First, authorizing the city of New Orleans
to fund its bonds at q lower rate OF interest,
second. an amendment authorizing the
police iuries to levy an additional tax for
school purposes if authorized by the votes
of the people of the parish. and third, the
famous revenue amendment extending
the charter of the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany.
The amendments to the constitution
voted for have been lost sight of in the
existing fight over the state offices, but the
first Is of great importance to New Orleans
and will save the city some 100000 n year
in interest. This amendment authorizes
tho funding 81 the city debt, and will
allow the issue of her new bonds at per
cent to take up those now falling due at .,
& and per cent.
The second amendment is for the benefit
of the country parishes, authorizing them
to levy higher taxes for school purposes If
the people so vote. The third, or revenue
amendment is dead, the proposition con-
tanned in it having been Withdrawn and
| all the tickets printed against it,
There were five district state tickets in
| the iieldiirst, the regular Democratic
ticket, with Judge s. u. Mcl.nery for gov
eernor;, second, the ,anti-lottery ticket,
| headed by Murphy j. Foster; third, the
Regular Republican ticket. headed by A..
| H. Leonard Of Shreveport; fourth, the
Republican ticket, headed by John
| EbreauX, for governor, fifth the Peoples
/ party ticket; for governor, H. Il. fannehill.
The regular Democratic nominee for
| mayor was John Fitzpatrick, who favored
| the election of the Mchnery state ticket.
| His opponent was Joseph Shakespeare,
the present incumbent, who favored the
success of the Foster ticket.
/ On March 22d last the Democratic fac
tons, headed by $. y. McEnery and
Murphy j Foster submitted their re-
| speetive claims TO white Democratic
| primaries, the agreement being that the
| one receiving the highest vote should be
| the nominee Of the party. in this election
McEnery received a majority Of Loo votes
on the face Of the returns. This vote was
| sanyasscd by a board consisting of three
McEneryites and four Fosterites. In The
parish of Orleans about 5000 votes were
thrown out by n strict fractional decision
for alleged frauds, thus giving the nomi
| nation to Foster by 4 majority of 5i9. This
the Nc merry people refused TO accept anc
declined to abide by the decision.
Adylces SO far received indicate that
Foster has secured the state by about TO-
GOO plurality. The Republicans have car
ried about six parishes. claiming Concordit
among them. but Mclinery, the riya
| Democratic candidate Will be second ii
point Of votes The Mcl,nery majority il
The city has been reduced, but John Fitz
patiek, the McEnery nominee for mayor