San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-30
POLITICS IN LOUISIANA.
LILY WHITE AND BLACK AND TAN
FLAG OF TRUCE.
Republicans and POpulists To Join Hands
To Capture congressman and the
State For VIM. Mckinley.

picked up on the streets ii seems to be
pretty well understood that there is a
modus vivendi established between
the regulars of the Republican party
and the "Lily Whites" To this end it
is said that the national republican
party as represented by the committee
who recently secured the nomination
of Mckinley have been using every
energy and that this body went so.
far as to tell the sugar planters party
that while the Republican party
was glad to know that they were
swinging in line with the party, yet
there was only one way to get recog-
milton and that was by entering by
the front door.
The above rumor is to great ex-
tent borne out by the attitude assum-
ed by the white leaders of the regular
party, and such men as Judge Leon
ard and Morris Marks, Mr.. Pugh, of
Ascension parish, and others, who
heretofore have been at outs as to
the management of past campaigns,
are now understood to be in perfect
accord and DESTROYS to act in concert,
and overtures are now said to be on
foot to secure the adhesion of the
state Populists, so that perfect COM
bine may be effected next November.
The combine are apparently deter
mined to put up the forthcoming
presidential and congressional cleo
tons and already ''slates" are being
composed. This is something like
what is on the tapis just now. In the
First, Second and Third districts, the
Reps" will put up sacrifices. The
Fourth and Fifth will be handed over
to the Pops and at this time it doesn't
appear to be very clear what the ac-
ton of the Fusionists will amount to.
RumOr has had it for a good while
that State Senator Roman, who was
sent TO the legislature on the Citizens
League ticket, will be. the Offering"
in the First district, and Judge Beat
tie, if he wants to, can have the nomi-
nation in the Third. In the Second a
''sop to Cerebus' will be thrown at the
sugar planters and Lily Whites will
be allowed to nominate one of their
own kind. 1t is understood, however,
that none of the old party hacks are
TO be put up, but new blood brought
to the front : This is about as far as
the paper nominations have gone.
From all accounts Henry Clay War
moth as usual, is found to be in the
opposition to the agreement that is
said to have been effected between
the rival factions of Louisiana Repub-
leans. TO great extent the Master
of Magnolia is politically neither fish,
flesh or fowl. He worked and CO.
operated with the regulars, or rather
the negro element of the regular par
ty that bOlted from the Cage end of
the affair. and yet was more or less
identified with the sugar planters.
Now that the state fight is over, nei-
ther element appear TO have any use
for the ex-governor, who may probab>
~ be looked for to set up a Repub-
lican party of his own as the time
progresses to set the wheel in motion.
In way the Leonard-Cage dele
gates at st. Louis worked together,
and as proof of the arrangement that
is rumored to have been brought
around, it may be cited that Judge
Leonard and Captain Kimberley are
now political allies. Nay, more than
this. it was Leonard that put up Au
gustus Il. for national committeeman,
and now nothing is too nice for the
Judge from the mouth of the astute
MiSSisSippian who seeks to lead Lou
isiana Republican politics. Leonard
and Cage had five votes at st. Louis
and Wimberly managed to get four
and that is how the combination was
made to euchre Warmoth out of the
coveted honor. 1t is said that War
moth was furious when he found that
he was to be shut out, and threatened
TO get even with those that he claimed
had tricked him.
Not all the sugar planters are in
clined to fall into the happy family
arrangement. The Messrs. Mccall are
thought to not look kindly on the
movement On the other hand Mr..
Pugh and Judge Leonard so rumor
says. have had a perfect understand
ing and that Mr.. Pugh realizes the
importance, III any tnlHS is W ne az
complished in November, of closing
up ranks and has agreed that he will
call his friends together without loss
of time and see what can be effected.
General Behan is the chairman of the
national Republican party of Lou
isiana and naturally is disinclined to
shut up shop and disband his com
mittee.
He would have to do this, for that