The Louisiana populist., 1896-02-21
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Below we give an extract from
the speech of ex-Gov. Kellogg,
as reported by the Times-Demo-
crat, made by him to a meeting of
5000 colored men in East Baton
Rouge last Saturday. ''Tom"
Cage Joined Kellogg in addressing
this meeting, and child can see
that these Radical leaders, who not
only disgraccd Louisiana in re-
construction days, but ruined the
Republican party as well, are sup
porting Foster as we have charged,
and are supporting him for two
reasons; first, because they get
more recognition as a colored race
from the Foster ticket than from
the Pharr ticket, and second be-
cause they regard the Foster ticket
as standing for ''sound money!" or
the GOLD STANDARD.
Will the North Louisiana DEM
ocratic papers read this and the
charges clipped from the Daily
Item in this issue, and then con-
tinue to howl "negro domination Z"
Foster and his ticket is the move
ment that is attempting to re-es-
tablish the negro in Louisiana poll
tics. Deny it, and have the chill
dren even to laugh at your SIM
plicity.
The premises, therefore, being
that the suffrage amendment and
sound money were the leading is
sues in the campaign, and that the
defeat of the former and success
of the latter was the desidcratum
to be attained by Republicans, the
important question that presented
itself was the best means of &C
complishing actual results. On
the question of finance, the Popu-
lists in this State, as elsewhere,
where committed to the heresy of
free silver, while the bulk of the
Democratic party here and else
where are supposed to lean to
"sound money" Therefore, on
this issue, the regular Democrats
of Louisiana were nearer in line
with the Republicans than were
the Populists proper. On the race
question, too, the Democrats were
at least more tolerant here in East
Baton Rouge toward the colored
man in the present campaign than
the planters have shown themselves
to be, judging from recent events
in their committee meetings in New
Orleans, and otherwise, in respect
to proposed political affiliation with
the colored men. The Democrats
'of this parish, be said, were willing
to support colored men for legisla-
tive Offices, or at any rate give them
q fair ballot and honest return
thereof, which was tantamount to
an election, as was shown by the
conditions now existing. On one
Democratic ticket in this parish
were the names of two Republi-
lican nominees for the Legislature.
On the other Democratic ticket
was one Populist and one Republi-
can. The wing of the Democrat
ic party that controlled the elec-
ton machinery promised, in con-
sideration of the support of the
colored vote for their local ticket,
to permit an honest expression of
opinion and fair vote in the par
ish. The other faction, even if op-
posed to the suffrage.amendment,
had not the power to give guar
antee of a fair and full count of
the votes. The question then pre-
sented was as to the best means of
getting results. On the one hand
was the power to deliver tangible
results by the election of Repub-
hcan members of the Legislature
and the return of at least the en-
tire Republican vote against the
suffrage amendment. while ut the
same time in the nomination of
two members of the Legislature
there is an unqualified recognition
of tho colored race. On the other
side there might be disposition to
do the same thing, but there was
not the power. As the suffrage
amendment, even should it be
adopted, is subject to the subse-
quent action of the Legislature, it
will be observed, he said, that it is