The weekly messenger., 1894-11-03
Letters From The People.
EDITOR MESSENGER

UODdIOSOuVlIt, NHc iViO""h
ments (they are not arguDents) were
made
Mr.. E. B. Kruttsnett said Mr.. Andrew
Price WAS elected by ll!OoO majority.
He should have said returned. not TO
misstate by calling it elected. Then to
his query what is the reason there Is
such strong attempt on the part OF MS
(Price) supporters to 60 into a party
which is associated with all the DARK
hav- Of Ralical rule? Reply. For the
/ iiai,t .- d, iu.y IEtelllgsn. as Mr. kru-
ttsnet., nnow that % per cent Oi the De-
mocratic leaders are hostile to sugar as
a raw revenue duty. To name them
President Cleveland replied to Gen. Me-
yer 3 letter asking for his position on
Sugar. -, +,
o 900 o 90 o o !!
Vice President Stevenson. said IN a
speech iu Illinois. that the Wilson bill
did not go far enough and he was ready
at any time to give the casting vote in
tie in favor Of the Wilson bill as 1t pass
ed the House of Representatives. This
bill as is we'll known put all sugar on
the Free list and abolished the Bounty.
Southern Democratic Senators George OF
Mississippi, Pugh of Alabama and Coke
of Texas, broke a solemn caucus agree
ment to give bounty for this year. Mr..
Price himself says he was pOwerless to
stem the tide of Democratic detarmina-
tion for free sugar. and while be voted
for che continuance Of bounty. he had
by his own acts lost all moral influence
by his inconsistency. With MIR. Price
the tariff is "a local issue. With other
good reasons as will appear later on In
) this letter. As to asiociating with "Ra-
deals, it is base calumny and false
issue, only to be excused by the suppOs.
ed ignorance Of his audience. The Ma
tional Republican party Of Louisiana is
composed of gentlemen. whose interests
are at stake. of 0verseers. mechanics,
clerks and laborers who earn their liv'
lug by producing wealth. and are not
the paid Attorney Of a gigantic and m-r'
ciless corporation as Mr.. Kruttsn lit is
Which corporation Is now being sued
for violation of Antitrust laws for max
ing combination in restraint Of trad
: in other words Rail Road Trust.
Mr.. Kruttsnitt says 1t is fair" to at
3 3 tack the Democratic party. in the real
: when they are fighting in the North
j This is silly talk. supposed to be adopted
!. to his audience, and allusi0n to "fight-
7 ing" in the North" would arouse Sec
t tional prejudice. That Democrats ART
? better friends to sugar than Republicans
!. is animbecile statement. dlsproved By
4 Congressional Record. No use to quote
!. "before the war" and Walker tariff, fol
the war Is over. conditions changed ant
your testimony of benefits Of said Tariff
is only hearsay. Mr.. Kruttsnitt cal
hardly have personal experience from
= lS46 to 1857, say from 48 to 81 years ago
In discussing the demand OF the sugs
. planters for the bounty for the presen
J crop, Mr.. Kruttsnitt said there was n'
doubt OF the equity Of the demand. ant
= that the only reason that the provisi' n
of bill relative to the sugar schedule ha'
gone into effect when 1t did. was be
cause. the Republicans had carried INC
ton to that effect with the aid OF
few Democrats who knew not what the
were doing, (!!!D scared into 1t by tha
ogre (l!l) the sugar trust. The fe'
Democrats included the Southern Sena
tors Pugh. George and Coke, who viola
ted caucus pledge by voting that wa!
:. and u "they were scared, and "kne'
not what they were doing" the only in
ference is that they are very timid. q
nile old men, or that they were drum
- and saw the "ogre" coming to them. G
these Senators Jas. L. Pugh, James
George and Richard Coke all served l
the Confederate army, have a greater n
putation for bravery and ability tina
Mr.. Kruttsnitt. and are accounted s0bt
men. Then Mr.. Kruttsnitt was eithe
counting on the credulitv Of his audi
ence or mistaken about the "scare
Their own statements do not bear OF
Mr.. Kruttsnitt. Statement that "tf
Democrats are the only hope of the plaI
ters for bounty in the ninety davs b.
o;np;ng In Docamhor~ ia very DOOr al