The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-10-24
For CONGREss. THIRD CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT.
ROBERT BROTSSARD
OF New Iberia.
SNAP SHOTS.

In the State now; the Lily White
party has passed IN its checks.
Mark Hanna cracked his whip
and the Lily Whites and Regulars.
other"iro known is the .'black and
tans,' came together. The Lily
Whites pulled down their electoral
ticket aud swallowed the electoral
ticket of the regulars, B!andin inclu-
ded.
Rlandin, you know. is a negro, and
the White s~upreluacists among the lily
whites must swallow him. 1t is a
bitter pill, bnt Mars Hanna has
passed the word and the faithful dare
not disobey.
The fastidious lily white tries to
s0Othe his conscience and his racial
prejndices by the thought that lie will
not be voting for Blandin but for
Mckinley. But that is a sorry sham
for in reality he will vote directly for
Blandin, the negro, and depute him to
cast his vote for Mckinley in the
electoral college. Turn. twist, and
squirm as he will, he will be voting for
q negro when he votes for Blandin
and be making him his agent to rep
resent him in the electoral college.
"Blandin is just as good as any cleo
tor on the Democratic ticket" il Young
lily white was heard to remark, when
the fusion was announced. That may
be or may not be, but still he is of the
African race, and if lie suits some OF
the lily whites as well as one of the
Cancaslon race, we can only say,
"every one according to his TASTE" as
the old woman said when she kissed
her COW.
The proud Republican sugar planter
swore long and loud that he would not
to Cuffy ; that he would have nought
to d. with Cage, Demas, Herwig ct id
OnaMe genus and wonld shnn all affilia-
ton with them as he would a loatll-
some and contagious disease; but big
Mark Hanna cracked his whip and
uttered his command and the poor su-
gar planter subsidized. o Temporal, o
1eOreS.
The honest and sincere white SUI
premacists among the lily whites must
0 show their manhood and prove
their honesty Of purpose. They have
said all the time that they were Re-
publicans but white men and that
they would never vote for a negro:
o that their party wants them to
vote for a negro they should abandon
1t and return to their first love, the
Democratic partv
They a do so without stultifying
themselves, for they have goue over
to the Republican party for protection
to sugar; that party has declared for
reciprocity. and Mckinley has said
that reciprocity means, practically
free sugar. There is no hope for
sugar from the Republican party, and
the reason which actuated them III
joining it has ceased to exist.
Or the other hand, the Democratic
party which declares for a revenue
with incidental protection, equitably
distributed among American indus
tries, offers some encouragement to
the sugar industry. sugar being a
recognized revenue producing article.
IT the free and unlimited coinage Of
silver will double up the prices Of
products and property, as some gold
standard people admit, it will nu
donbtedly raise the prices of sugar.
rice, Irish potatoes, onions, corn aud
Of every product cultivated BY our
planters aud farmers. Who will oh
ject to thatf Certainly not the
planters and farmers, for their great
est complaint has been for years low
prices.
Whatever else free silver may do.
1t must necessarily raise the price of
sugar ; for we have to import sugar,
and the imported sugar Is bought
principally in gold standard countries.