Evening star., 1896-10-20
The Election Machinery in the Con-
troll Of the Democrats.
REPUBLICAN, FRACTIONAL TROUBLES
The Democratic Campaign Gets
Under Headway Tardi|y.
F U TILE DIPLOM ACY
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW ORLEANS La, October II, 1896.
There have been several abortive at
tempts at fusion between the warning re-
publican factions here during the past week
CIR two, but they have all ended like the
first. Positive instructions were received
from Mark Hanna to effect some kind Of
combine, and Capt. Donnally and P. F.
Herwig. the chairmen of the respective ex-
ecutfve committees. got together and haIch-
ed up scheme by which the new republi-
cans were to have five men on the electoral
ticket and the regulars three, the arrange
ment being that the regulars were to put
their three men on the new republican tick
et An arbitrator. Henry Lehman, author
lied by Mr.. Hanna, assisted In the arrange
nent; but when it came to a show down.
Herwig was not authorized by his COM
mittee to sign, and his committee would
not agree. Then Capt. Wimberly, the ma
tlcnal committeeman, who Is affiliated with
the regulars. went to Chicago and to Can
ton to see Major Mckinley, and Mr. Hanna
wired DOWN Instructions to Capt Donnally
TO the effect that he instruct the regulars
TO put five of the new republican electors
On their ticket. This was a practical throw
down for the planters. for the reason that
1t enabled the regulars to keep their negro
on the ticket, and it would have been suici-
dial for the new republicans to have sur
rendered to any such proposition And
there 1t rests and is likely to until election
cay 1t is too late anyhow to effect any
klEd of fusion. because the names for the
official ballot have all been promulgated
and cannot be withdrawn under the law
Election Machinery.
The new republicans have received two
very black eyes from :he democratic cleo
ton boards. both in the city and the state
1t has been intimated in this correspon-
dence before that when 1t came 10 recog-
nizing the factions, the regulars would be
given the preference, first. because they
are not SO numerous. and then because
there are a number Of men in that faction
who can be worked by the democrats. The
parish beard of election supervisors COM
posed of the registrar Of voters. the civil
sheriff, and another democrat, who hap
pens to be in this case the active command
er of the state Elilitia-Gen. John Glynn
Ir.-positively denied to the new repubil-
cans any representation at the polls what
ever There are supposed to be six COM
missioners in each box and two clerks, and
the new law says these should be appcr-
toned equally among the various political
parties or nominating bodies. far as
practicable The new, republicans would
have been content with only one commits
sioner, but the board did not even give
them a chance to be heard on the subject
rendering their decision to the effect that
the six commissioners should be divided be-
tween the regular republicans and the reg
ular democrats; also taking for the latter
the two clerks. Thus both the new repub-
licans and the sound money democrats were
shut out of representation a. the polls 1t
is true that the law provides that a watch
er is to be appointed for each party or
nominating body" that has ticket ON the
official ballot: but thiss'watcher must re-
main on the outside of the box. and cannot
interfere with any crooked work. OF
when this yyaS
it called forth vigorous protest from the
new republicans. for they saw vanishing in
the distance all hopes of fair election
eSsn eS II the civ. ", The; supervisors claimed
the law. and that settled it as far as they
were concerned. :, ~"
Legal Action.
The Howell state committee then held
meeting, and decided to take the matter
into court, and today long petition was
filed in the civil court. The case will be
pt shed. and no matter which way it is de-
c:ded, it will be taken to the supreme
court. Apropos Of this, 1t might be men
toned that Senator-elect s. d. McEnery
still holds his seat on the supreme bench.
but for the past two weeks he has been
making campaign speeches for the silver
democrats all over the city. and the tenor
of his remarks Is not such as make him a
fit man to sit in judgment in the case.
the stump. but it seems to have no effect
Oh him. and brings forth the reply from
democratic speakers that the republicans
are attacking the integrity of the judiciary.
The next knock-down which the new re-
publicans got was at the hands of the state
board of election supervisors. composed Of
the secretary of state, auditor and treas
ITer. who decided against their application
to go on the official ballot as republicans"
The new republicans sent in a protest
against the recognition of the regulars, for
the reason that at the last election the lat
ter did not have any ticket before the peo-
pie. and therefore under the strict con-
struction Of the law they were not "po-
Htcal party" having simply indorsed the
state ticket put out by the sugar planters
and the popLlists This protest was over
ruled by the board, on the ground that the
national republican committee at the meet
ing in ST. Louis recognized the regulars,
and that settled that matter The board,
however. was not so exclusive as the Or
leans board. They decided to put the new
republican electors on the official ballot,
with the simple designation of Mckinley
and Hobart electors" while the regulars
will have their electors under the title of
republican electors
In the Country.
Not only in the city, but in the country
parishes ss well, the democrats have ex-
Guided the republicans from representa-
ton. or given a commissioner here and
submissive negro will be appointed
In north Louisiana the populists were
treated in the same way. They are rum
ming two candidates for Congress, and
when they effected their fusion with the
democrats on the electoral ticket they had
1t specially stipulated in the agreement
that there was to be a fair election, but
when ii came to fixing up the lists of cleo
ton commissioners the unfortunate hay
seeds were left out in the cold, cold world
in most of the parishes. The populists have
ertered protests against this, and in one or
two instances the wrong has been righted,
but it has nevertheless left. the pops in a
sore frame of mind, and many of them are
even eve now sorry that they fused with their
There are four electoral tickets in the
field. The democratic -populist fusion tick
ct, the new republican and the old repubi-
can tickets ard the sound money ticket.
The sound money people did not put out
the new republican cahdidates wberovar