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The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16

Natchitoches, a heretofore Democrati c
stronghold, leads in the Populist column.
Just what influences have exerted such
a surprising revolution il Is difficult to
determine. The heretofore invincible
the fight or stayed at home. The only
wards that polled majority for Ogden
were Natchitoches, by IS majority, Sew
en-, 80 majority, and Nine, 50. Mayhap
the result will be regretted by Democrats
who failed to do their whole duty
Shreveport Times.
We have never seen q more con-
tented looking set of people than
the Democrats of NatchitOches.
They have nothing to regret. No
perjured consciences; no stolen
majorities to try to account for; no
miserable subterfuges like NEGRO
Democrats" etc.; no outraged fell
low-citizcns seeking revenge; no
dire forebodings that ''those who
live by the sword shall die by the
sword"
Truly, the Natchitoches Demo
crat must be a happy mortal COM
pared to some of his so-caned
brethren.
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16

Now that the election is over and
the machine has got in its usual
work with the full connivance and
approval of the esteemed States,
Tines Democrat and Picayune, we
shall confidently expect them to re-
sumo the discussion of the burning
issue of ''honest ballot reform
which they 80 ably and ardently
conducted up to the time the late
campaign opened in real earnest.
-Donaldsonville Chief.
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16

with great delight. 1t is a fact
well known to the correspondent
that the negro in Natchitoehes par
ish did not vote to any extent, it
being estimated by many Demo
Gratis that not more than one hun
dred voted and many of them vot-
ed the Democratic ticket. We
suppose our friend can seek fur
ther consolation in the fact that
Bossier parish, that has ten negro
votes to one white vote, came to
the relief of the Democrats in
maintaining white supremacy with
$500 majority negro votes. How
is this z
All the hill parishes where the
white people are in the majority,
the Populists polled big majorities,
but in the river parishes where the
negroes were in the majority the
Democrats succeeded in maintain
ing white supremacy (O with the
negro votes. This was done in all
parishes except Natchitoches, and
in this parish We had fair cleo
ton. The parish of Lincoln,
which is white parish, went Pop
ulist, but the Democrats of the
Fifth district congratulate them
selves on the fact that Tensas and
Ouachita with their big negro ma
jorities came to their aid IN main
tanning white supremacy (D. Now
don't you know that the negro is
an indispensable attachment to
Murphy's election machinery, and
when the machinery is used it
never grinds out anything but
Democratic votes (D and it does
this whether the negro goes to the
polls or not, or whether he is dead
or alive with the machine at work
he is ever faithful in his efforts to
maintain white supremacy ~.
The negro with slight exceptions
did not 60 to the polls in this par
ish, and the machine lowing to the
honesty of the election officers) was
not permitted to run on that day,
and they of course could not be
counted as usual for white suprem-
acy. This is the only solution of
the question why Natchitoches went
Populist.
1t also solves the question of big
majorlties for Ogden in the negro
parishes. But we thank God
that we can at least hope that the
time is near when it will be con-
sidered treason for the chief execu-
tive Of a great State to stand upon
the rostrum and announce to the
public that his efforts will be used
to perpetnate system of fraud
and ballot box stufing to defraud
the people of this great nation in
the interest of rings and robbery.
Every honest man in the land
ought to say amen to this.
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16

In this parish the grossest frauds
were perpetrated, the Peoples par
ty commissioners were debarred
from serving. Intimidation of ne
groes who were marched up to the
polls and voted for the Democrats
under threats and by intimidation;
poll books tampered with; we have
evidence from responsible men to
this fact and in just investigation
it will be no trouble to establish
them.
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16
Texas Gone Populist.
Special to che Times-Democrat.

Special to che Times Democrat
ABILENE, Nov. S.-Texas, too,
was caught in the landslide, but by
POpulists instead of Republicans.
The time-worn plurality of 10000
for Democracy is thing OF the
past. TO-day's returns very mate.
rally change the situation from
that of yesterday. Yesterday the
Democrats were confident Of a
plurality of $4,000, while tonight
they will be satisfied if barely
elected. Every return throughout
the State received to-day shows
phenomenal POpulist gains, and
may possibly indicate the election
of Nugent, the POpulist nominee
for Governor. The State is to-
night claimed by both parties.
The Populists claim a plurality of
$4,000 for Nugent, while the Demo
Gratis only claim the State for Cul-
bersOn by 10000. The Democratic
strOngholds have been heard from,
while the POpulists are yet to re-
ceive returns from the country
precincts.
Texas may possibly lose eleven
out Of thirteen Congressman, as
the following will show: Iu the
second district Cooper (Dem.) only
leads Calhoun (POp.) 1927 votes,
with the largest POpulist vote to
come in. In the third district YOa-
kum (Dem.) has 12,56S and Par.
due (Pop.) 1O,479, with heaviest
Populist vote to come in. In tire
fourth district CulbersOn (Dem.)
leads Dorcas (Pop.) by small ma
jOrity, and heaviest POpulist vote
yet to be heard from. In the sixth
district the election of Kearby
(POp.) over Abbott (Deln.) is con-
ceded. In the seventh district
PendletOn (Dem.) is only ahead of
Barber (Pep.) All votes, with hea-
w vote for Barber yet to come in.
In the eighth district the election
of Jenkins Pop.) over Bell .(Dem)
is conceded. In the ninth district
Sayers (Dem.) only leads Hutche-
son (Pop.) by 169 votes, with hea-
Wy Populist vote to be heard from.
Welden (Pop.-Ind.) has defeated
Grain (Oem.) in the eleventh dis
trict, Houston Oem.) is defeated
by NoOnan (Rep.). In the thir-
teenth district Gilliland (Pop.) has
defeated COckrell and Dean (Dem.)
by large plurality.
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16

The Alabama refOrmers have
finally become ashamed of the JEFF
fersonian Democratic part Of their
cognomen, and discarded it, join
ing the national Peoples party in
. body on the 18th inst. South
Carolina reformers should make a
note of this and do likewise, since
the Democratic party has been
wiped of the face Of the earth.
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16

1t is indeed a strange coincidence
to say the least, that an English
man-of-war should leave her moor
ings and move up and station her
self in front of the scene of an in
surrection in New Orleans. Of
course the plutocratic press says
there is no significance in the fact,
but to say the least of it, it is
worthy of note.
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16
AN ABSURDITY.

The correspondent of the Times
Democrat from Natchitoches says:
"The large majority of the Popu-
list candidate is due to the negro
vote polled by them" We are not
surprised at our friend endeavoring
to hunt some consoling feature to
sooth his disappointed feelings
flowing from the result of the cleo
ton in this parish, but if he had
put himself to a little trouble and
consulted wiser counsel in his own
ranks he could have had the great
er consolation of being consistent
at least.
We will direct our friend to the
result of the election in the North
west and East, which reversed an
almost solid Democratic vote in
1892 to an almost solid Republican
vote in 1894. He win find that
when the Populist were strongest
the Democrats were advised to and
did vote the Republican ticket and
rice rersa. This establishes the
fact that we have been contending
for, and also the Picayune, a Demo
cratic paper, has admitted that the
old parties were contending for the
supremacy Of the classes and that
the Populists were contending for
the rights of the masses, which
means that the old parties have on
ly one and both of them the same
object in view. 1t further shows
that the money power has no
choice as to which of them succeeds,
the result is the same, hence this
united fight against the Populists,
the party that represents the mas
ses. Thousands of Democrats who
were justly disgusted with the
Democratic party, were induced to
vote the Republican ticket in order
to defeat the Populiste. 1t is only
a change of ''fiies" that will con-
tinue to suck the laborer's blood.
Just a change of those who suck
at the public teat. The same old
sucking will continue, only with
more avidity. This is the general
situation my friend.
Now let us come nearer home
and see about Natchitoches parish.
One cause of the great Populist
majority in this parish can be at
tributed to the fact that for the
first time since the war Natchi-
toches parish had fair election,
and the votes were counted as they
were put into the ballot box II
you are q Democrat you must be
consistent with the claims ef your
party, and it claims that the neg
roes voted the Democratic ticket
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16

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The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16

If Benoit carried a single parish
in the district, we have not yet
heard of it.-Morehouse Clarion.
Have you hoard of Benoit's ma
jorities in the great white parishes
of Union, Lincoln and jackson,
and that the grand old parish of
Claiborne comes within 119 votes
of repudiating Boatner 2 Did
Boatner carry single white par
ish, and by how much
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16

On Monday evening the Texas
& Pacific wharf just opposite New
Orleans, containing over twenty
five thousand bales of cotton was
entirely consumed by fire; sup
posed to be of incendiary origin,
and several suspects have been ar
rested.
This has nothing to do with the
price of the f1eecy staple, prices
continue to 60 down daily. Just
here let us mildly ask why the
New Orreans papers continue to
quote middling at &C., when COM
mission merchants aud cotton bro
kers unite that it is selling under
the quotations. Are they afraid to
tell US the actual price, or is it
simply an oversight
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16

Let the new tariff law talk for a
while, and our Democratic friends
will save themselves q lot of useless
talk to the poor deluded Populites.
-COlfax Chronicle.
Well, yes. Seems to have
spoken on the 9Th. Populists may
be ''deluded'' but that's little worse
than deluged.
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16

The poor democrats, dazed and
dumbfounded, tried to get comfort
out of the election returns by
claiming that the populists had
also met a Waterloo. But even
this crumb of comfort is denied
them, as the later returns show
substantial gains for the populists.
Hat.
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16
The Election.

Hon. B. w. Bailey has been
elected by an overwhelming ma
jOrity when the frauds are sifted
out and the true vote ascertained.
The vote in Red River parish:
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16

Hon. B. w. Bailey carried every
white parish in the Fourth Con-
gressional District, but the "des-
pissed" negro as usual voted to
maintain white supremacy. 1t is
the same way all over the South,
whether the negroes are dead or
alive, he votes the Democratic
ticket solidly. Can you tell us
why9.
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16
Madam Rumor Says {:

That some of Her friends think
Size wasted ammunition last week
as it is difficult to flavor al Old
swill tub.
That ballot box frauds will he
stopped whenever the sO-called
honest people want it to, and no
sooner.
That it is certainly great ccm-
mendatiOn on the intelligent peO-
pie of Louisiana, that so little res
pect and consideration is paid to
the sancity of the ballot.
That the sugarcrat Republicans
refused to go into a white primary
with the Democrats for the same
reason that the Fourth district
Democrats declined the POpufists'
proposition; they wanted to use
the negro.
That white supremacy perpetua-
ted by fraudulently casting negro
votes, is the way we do things in
Louisiana.
That if the people want Her to
stop talking out in meetings, let
them put an end to those election
frauds.
That She propounds this query
to the ministers Of Louisiana :
Which is worse, going to circuses
and theaters or stuffing the ballot
boxes
That one lone and lonesome cOin-
missioner was holding down the
Market street box at one time du-
ring the day, Tuesday.
That any man who is very deci-
ded in his views of right and
wrong, and favors honesty in elec.
tiOns, is dubbed crank by the
political bosses and the collar wear
ers yelp out "quank."
That if our ministers would say
something about their members
stufing ballot boxes and indOrsiug
this crime by others, instead of
confining all their denunciatiOns
against those who attend thea
tiers, balls, progressive euchre par
ties and the like, they would be
much more consistent.
That She hopes pot-hOuse poll
tics has been strangled in Shreve.
port, though it figured quite ex-
tensively in the two last Congress
sional campaigns.
That She has never made war on
the saloon keeper for conducting
his business because he pays IL
cense to do so, but She does make
vigorous war On his attempt to
control politics, to subvert our
laws.-ShrevepOrt Progress.
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16

awe knew you would KICK" is
the cry some of our goOd-natured
democratic friends give US. That's
right. Let's kick and kick high
high enough to reach Mr.. Ogden
and unseat him. Let US sOliloquize
like certain grey mule did when
he broke his drivers neck. "N0
use in kicking unless you kick
hard enough and at the right
time" Deducs your own moral
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16

B. w. Bailey; where IL he, up a
pine tree a-Shreveport Caucasian.
Yes, and some things happened
on election day, Tor night rather)
that look queer ''to a man up q
tree"
The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-16
The Election in the Fourth.

The returns show the election of
Mr.. Ogden by big majority; but
if the honest people of the district
can stand such outrageous carry.
ing on, surely Mr.. Bailey can.
We shall give the vote by par.
ishes next week and have some
thing further to say on the SUBJ
ject.-Shreveport Progress.
The advocate., 1894-06-20
A MARES NEST DISCOVERED.

"a great anarchist conspiracy" TO
blow up the capitol and the United
States treasury has been discovered
by the Washington police. A half
column Of headlines IN the Kansas
City Times Of June 18 call attention
to the startling discovery. OF course,
the Commonwealers are in it. al
though not even the vigilance Of the
police has been able to discover any
one Of them in attendance at the
secret meetings (D where the dire
plot was planned, or TO be in any
other way connected with ii. Great
discovers! Great fake! The story
itself is q glVe-swsy in the following
declarations:
With the police working steady on the
case for weeks past, not enough infoEmA-
tion has been obtained upon which GER
tainty Of connection could b0 assured. and
for this reason tho arrests have been post
pOnsd day after day.
And yet che information CD said
To haze been Qbiaiped was secured
The advocate., 1894-06-20
COURAGE OF THE REDEENERg.

The Topeka Capital Of june H5
boastingly declares that the PopuIiat
convention did not dare TO declare
itself in favor Of any moral issue Ca
which democrats are opposed. What
kind of an issue is woman sufragsg
We have q faint recollection that she
late republican convention waa
frightened out Of its little remaining
wit upon this question by the Ger.
man league which was in session here
at the time. Talk about courage!
Wasn't that republican convention q
courageous bOdy2 And oh, how siCk
the republican politicians are now!
The advocate., 1894-06-20
THIS is HOW THEY DO IT.

Mr.. Havemeyer, president of the
great sugar trust, when called TO tes.
tify before the senate investigating
committee was asked concerning con.
tributlons to campaign funds:
"AFe the contributions Of the trust given
20 both parties In the same slater"
''Oh, no."
"How do you arrange it1"
''Well, New York 10 @ democratic state.
We give 10 the democrats In New York, ana
70 the republicans In Massachusetts,. We
never give 10 the minority"
Mr.. Havemeyer proposes to be on
the winning Mde always, and Che con-
gresSmen elected from the different
states, whether democrats or repub-
licanS, are Hsvemeyer men all the
same. The corporations and whisky
trust are governed by the same busi-
ness principles.
The advocate., 1894-06-20

shippers 70 the extent Of over 40 million
dollars or nearly million dollars a year
for the imitation Of Che capital OF these
companies, and FOR Che vicious practices
chat orepa into their management.
The Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific
(aided pOrtion) roads could have been built
for an original ouSlAy BY stockholders Of
$17,021, ,488 in addition 10 che government
loan, all debts could have been paid, in
Oluding the government debt, principal and
interest 10 December 81, 1885, and from Che
profits Of operating the roads and from land
sales asgrsgatins $17S, ,294, 1883, the stock
could have paid regular dividends % Che
rate Of 6 per cent. per annum; And by An
original outlay Of $l7,O9l, ,GSS, which the
law required, but which was noO made, tho
company would to-day own railroad worth
at least 70 million dollars and unsold lands
worth $l4,OO4, ,24O, eQualing an appreciation
Of A47 per cent. in eighteen years, while
shippers would have been haRaAhad and
Developments Of tributary territory On.
OOuraged BY reduction Of $50, ,1SO. .846.49 In
charges for transportation.
In the Central Pacific, for 3l6, 900, ,9OS.7S
Of stock subscription, which should have
been paid in conformity with Nhe RCb Of
congress, all debts could have been wiped
out, including the government debt, pEin-
Cipal and interest; the stock would have paid
regular dividends Rt the rate Of 9 peP cent.
per annum; and for the outlay Of SIC, ,GO9,-
NS.76, the company would to-day own .
railroad worth at least 40 million dollars
and unsOld lands worth 121S million dollars,
eQuRling an appreciation Of over 200 per
cent. in eighteen years, while shippers
would have been benefited By q reduction
Of over "a million dollars in tho cost Of
transportation.
Instead Of such a condition Of
affairs, Notwithstanding colossal for
tunes have been plundered by few
individuals from the government and
the people, the roads to-day are in
the hands Of receivers under the pre-
tense that the companies are unable
to meet their obligations.
1t will be remembered that after
all the grants had been made 10 the
Union Pacific Railroad company, suf-
ficient in themselves to more than
build and equip the road, the gov
ernment permitted the company TO
make other loans for which a FIRST
mortgage was given upon all the
property, the government consenting
TO surrender it's first mortgage and
take a second mortgage as security
for its claim. The government must
own the railroads or the railroads
will own the government and the
Deonle
The advocate., 1894-06-20

through q man named De Masts
an ex.EplsOOpalian minister who a
tended Che meetings and is Che ID.
iormant" This man joined the
gang, became one Of the anarOhiai.
attended the secres meetings Wa v
participant in the proceedings, hoard
the plans and discussions, and ygs ll
had not sufficient information 10 in
sure conviction, even in a Washin
ingtOn court; and the startling tala
closes in these words:
Tonight u is believed ell the anarchists
have fed.
Nothing is left Of this ''helliah
plot bat q column Of newspaper rus
and the smell Of q deadly poisonous
vapor."
The advocate., 1894-06-20
WOMAN SUFFRAGE AND THE REPUB.
LICAN PLATFORM.

OF all che fool sayings we have
seen for many a day, the reason as
signed by the demsgogues who made
up the late Kansas republican con-
vention for not incorporating an
equal suffrage plank in the platform,
is the most foolish. ConciSely stated,
it is thus: That a political COnven-
tiOn has no Legal right to declaxe
itself for or against any change IN
the organic law Of the state. The
Capital says that the legal luminary
who made this discovery is w. H.
Smith, Of Marshall county; and that
he presented the subject 10 ], Ellen
Foster, who is q lawyer, and J. Ellen,
Q8glnMg o. aNa "a
The advocate., 1894-06-20
sOUTH paKOTA r0LEOWp gUTP.
vapor.'' y

The POpUlist convention OF South
Dakota put an equal suffrage plank
in the party platform last week. Thi1
is a winning card this year, and alAs
Peoples party seems to be datag.
mined to play il in every state.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20

throng that crowded tho stores that
night. But dainty Mrs. Catherwood
found actual pleasure in mingling for
once with this good-natured strug-
Cling mass of unknown Christmas
shoppers.
1t was late before she reached her
home and she was hastily opening her
various packages, and beginning to fill
the little stOcking-the first child's
stocking she had ever filled-when her
companion summoned her in alarm. The
child had been croupy all the evening,
she said, and was now rapidly grow
ing worse.
The labored breathing and little
flushed face frightened Mrs. Gather
wood, and, late as it was, she sent at
once for her physician. Almost i'm
mediately word was brought back to
her that the old doctor had gone away
to spend Christmas, and that DR.. Har-
mon was to fill his place in case of
need. But as DR.. Harmon lived quite
at the other end of the town, the mes
senger had returned to know if she
wished him summoned that night.
One look at the suffering child and
Mrs. Catherwood's sharp struggle with
herself was ended with the quick an
swer: Yes; ask him to come at once"
! And now at midnight she was anx-
iously awaiting the arrival Of the man
she most dreaded and disliked
The young physician who stood SO
high in his profession, was the one
who had been too honest and sincere
i ever to fatter her. He had resolutely
kept aloof from her, even though she
! had once stopped so far as to try to
! win attention from him.
But she had never forgotten the
! quiet scorn of the condemnation he
| had once uttered in her hearing of the
/ frivolous lives of society women and
( their ill-considered charities which so
! often did more harm than good.
She had chosen to give personal
! application to his words, and to ignore
him after that whenever they CHANGED
1 to meet; but nevertheless his words
! had rankled in her, and had sown the
/ seeds of discontentat her own unsatis-
! flying life.
At last he was at her side His quick
glance had instantly taken in all the
details of theroom; the suffering child,
the beautiful, anxious woman, the lit
tie cast-off garments, the new ones
still unfolded on a chair the tiny half
/ filled stocking, and scattered toys, and
! it was not hard for his practised eye
to read the sweet and pathetic story
that they told.
Together they bent above the little
sufferer, and together they worked
over her, fighting for her life. 1t was
a sharp hand-to-hand struggle with