San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-06
REVOLT
OF the Louisiana Planters.
DEMOCRATIC FREE TRADE SENDS
THEN In A BODY OVER
TO THE REPUBU-
CAN PARTY.
Old Party Associations Snapped As
Sund6T.
THE FLOWER OF LOUISIANA DE-
M0CRAOY DECLARE THEIR
INDEPENDENCE.
LET THE SHEEP AND STOCK
MEN OF TEXAS FOLLOW
THEIR EXAMPLE.
Let the Land Owners and Merchants of
the 18th District Study Their
Situation in the Same Light
Let the Land Owners and Merchants of
the 18th District Study Their
Situation in the Same Light,
THERE IS BUT ONE REMEDY
LEFT-voTE FOR THE PAR
TY OF PROTECTION.
Judge Geo. d. Noonan Fills the
Bill.

On the 9th of September there assem-
bled at the Hotel Royal, in the city of
New Orleans, some 300 sugar planters to
consider their situation. 1t was a not
able aSsemblage OF leading Democrats, =
men prominent in Louisiana for their
wealth and enterprise. The "Pcayune,"
the oldest Democratic paper in New Or
leans, sketches the proceedings. The
questions at issue finally, says the Plea
yune, resolved into the question OF
whether or not the sugar planters should
come out for the Republican party, or for
independent Democrats, who would sup
port protection principles.
''The meeting was in an undecided state
for some time. and the planters did not
seem to know what to do or say. They
hesitated for while, but finally the
speeches began to warm up for protection
for Louisiana industries, and the action
of Democracy in the session Of Congress
Just adjourned, when one by one the
leaders shouted the shbboleth Of protec-
tion and came out boldly for the Repub-
lican party. The meeting then seemed to
turn. itself over aud like an avalanche
closed in a hurrah, with the conviction
resting fast that the only hope of Louisi-
ana was IN a flop from the Democratic
party"
The utterances OF the leading spirits at
..hlis meeting are worth consideration by
our people who, while they have made
no great demonstration, have suffered
more severe blow at the hands of Dem
ocratic congress than the Louisiana su-
oar planters, Sugar is still retained on
the protected list Louisiana is threaten
ed with calamity-Texas has 1t in fn!.l
bIast-destroying her focks, impover-
ishins her fock masters, bankruptlng her
merchants-and desolating her grazing
lands:
MR.. KERNOCHAN FLOPs.
Mr.. Kernochan wanted 10 get down to
business, and said that too much time
was being wasted "A short time ago." he
said, "a sentiment spread over the COun-
try advocating free breakfast. This re-
suited in a bounty on sugar because the
Republican party wanted TO give the
ty, to which | formerly belonged, is a
tariff for-votes party. applause II we
had a delegation of SO congressman, like
New York, we would have been all right.
What those fellows demand they get, gen
orally, because, as | said, the Democra tic
party is a tariff for-votes party. The
Dem ocratic party will give us free sugar
but the Republican party compensates
the planter with bounty. If we don't
come out square they will say in the fu-
ture that they will give the infant beet
sugar industry bounty, but the 100
year old Louisiana kid will have to put
up with free sugar. The Democratic par.
~ Of this union is dog. and we are a
small part of the tail. (Appiause) The
tail don't manage the dog, either
Uaughter)
RICHARD MCCALL.
Richard McCall,wh responded. after
my remarks made in DonaldsonVille" be
said, 81 hardly think 1t necessary for me
to say anything here in addition. / die
not want to say anything indiscreet a.
Donaldsonville, and so | wrote out my
remarks there. / am free to give express
sion to the belief, gentlemen, that in tn,
Democratic party there is no hope TO
sugar. As the Democratic party is a
present constitute, d we can expect moth
ing. | had hoped they would give u
bounty on this years crop. aud reason
able duty. What little protection wa
dished out to us was done at the pOin
OF the bayonet, as the Democrats SAT-
themselves in Congress. The hnanc
committee was looking for votes. BefOr
the hill became a law the house pu
sugar and other items on the free lisr
Sugar would have been made free in th
senate had IL not been for the thirty eigh
Republicans, the populists and the tw
Iouisiana senators who stood agains
free sugar. We are not to argue wha
the Republican party is to do for us 1