The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-28
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Springfield - Cullom I'm the Race to
stay-sherman Talks for Mckinley.

PITTSBURG April H--The New Orleans
correspondent of the Dispatch says: The sit
uation In Louisiana Is becoming more seri-
Gus. The combine people continue to claim
the election, notwithstanding the returns
show majority Of 5000 for Governor Fos-
ter. They are preparing to call mass
meeting in order to take steps to seat their
candidate for Governor. To-day they issued
the following call:
within the next twenty-four hours public
announcement will be made OF a call, signed
sionai T and iaboring % mem. asking asking ali white White
men In this city to assemble and demand an
honest count Of last Tuesdays vote. A ma
been swindled at the ballot box. They can
undo the monstrous wrong II they will. A
place of meeting has been selected and one
time. Wait for. the call, and then let the
people speak SO that all the thieves may
hear and heed"
While the combine carried all the Popu-
list parishes. they received most Of their
votes from the negroes. and IL they succeed
the straight-out Democrats claim 1t will be
the triumph Of the negro in Louisiana again.
The Democrats got their big majorities,
however, from the negro parishes Of north
Louisiana, where the blacks have no white
leaders, as they have in the southern part
fore. argue that the ballot boxes in thec 2
parishes were stuffed, and want to thrp "
them out.
Conservative people fear that the dispute
will end in a deadlock and rival State govern
ments, and ultimately an appeal to force.
If the fusionists carry out their threat to
seat their gubernatorial candidate, it is diff
ficult to see how this state of affairs and
possibly civil war, can be avoided. The whole
matter will be submitted to the Legislature,
and it is impossible to tell how that body
stands One thing is certain. The balance
of power is in the hands. of the members
elected by the Citizens League, of New Or
leans. The league is composed principally
of reform Democrats, although it had no
platform, and invited all people wanting city
reform to support it, irrespective Of party.
1t got the entire negro and Republican vote,
and thus swamped the city ring. or regular
Democracy. In return, it is claimed, the
league promised the combine to see that 1t
got an honest count
The league movement, which was not con-
sidered as serious by the old political man.
ayers, claim that is was snubbed by Gov
ernor Foster. AS result, men who have al
ways voted for the Democracy knitted the
ticket, and the Governor lost the city deega-
ton and only got a majority of the votes for
the State ticket by a scratch. The outlook
for the Democracy Is gloomy. There is a
possibility that the Legislature may count
Governor Foster out, or that two govern
ments may be established, as happened in re-
construction times. The condition of the
Democracy is largely attributed to Governor
Fosters straddle Of the silver question. He
is gold bug" but on getting the nomina-
ton had a resolution passed by the conven-
tion to keep the financial question out of the
State campaign. This was done because the
majority of the Democrats are free silver
men.
The combine people, seeing the weak posi-
ton, got Pharr their candidate, who is a
Republican, TO declare himself in favor of
the free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to
/. The result was that the free-silver Demo-
Gratis voted for him in large numbers. This
election will result in a free-silver delega-
ton being sent 10 the national Democratic
convention. Had the result been otherwise
the delegation would probably have been
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