The Opelousas courier., 1896-03-14

MI sJ,y AAal l " the CIV
anu pushes to the checks Of n1,r =
note,' Women Progress and prosucri.
"ou.a cease, and the capitalist wo,,
~, ~ uli"lse 70 leave his capital here
b bo ;po,4ated, and the immigrant won:
ne linprudent who would consien h
tdhln'ly to such degrading condition
ia would follow The supremacy {
ine negro. He will be supreme in ~
uvNa! matters if he elects white me
, ~ HiS Ncte TO Whom he can uirta1
> ans p"l'cy OF the State and make the,
In Inc any ,ole ne suggests to them.
in me very hope of success we So
nii :; inperiously exerted. an
~ put an indication of what may b
aiS.tet>lL ne is victorious in the can,
pa,sh. Pugh. an abe lawyer and
&c ca u rory character, was selecte
wbita IDanulaatc tor governor by tn
v.ates mad declared hat while the,
were Republicans they were white mo;
any 9 white supremacy.
1l,s dlsDleased the negro element
dol,'iing the strength of the Republi
Booth pasr rn me populists put W
tleket at the bidding of the negro Re
puollcan organization. Having force,
me requirement of Pugh and dictate
tie selection Of Pharr by the whit.
nepuollcans and having forced the dis
p 81 or Inc populist candidate
~ ~ lllC1t tlF Stltc!iCn ni
fharr, the negro Republicans met il
New Orleans and indorsed Pharr. who
III ieally, was their candidate.
L saw the outside Of this negro Re,
puol!can meeting. 1t was called a con.
nentlon, u in reality it was a vast
part of the State.
h controlled this conyentiono who
compelled the taking down of Booth
ana n retirement of Pugh? VIII is
chairman OF the Republican COMMITTEES
Iild managing the campaign of the
republican party? Tom Cage, the
prominent negro politician Of Terre-
pohne It may be denied, but it is his
SADIE politician whose brain, nerve and
energy nave organized the present op-
posltlon to the Democratic party. If
the comblne succeeds, what is to be-
come or Gage, and the other prominent
negro politicians? They will be cared
aoi, II IL VIII commence with them
anu end eventually in complete negro
doinlnatlon in State and municipal at
lalrs. Ihls is the history of every peo-
PIE Nhen government is divided in
It's administration between distinct and
separate races. The. race which fur
nisEes the voters has the power of
numbers and will eventually, when Civ
en- the Opportunity. succeed in getting
control. With all the courage ana
ability Of Warmcth, in spite Of his
most strenuous efforts. he was unable
70 control the negro element in politics
duling his administration. and YOU
heard him in 1872 declare tina he failed
TO stem the tide Of corruption. How
ever good may be the intentions Of
capt. Pharr; however respected and in
te-llsent he may be, surrounded as
ne would be by a hungry horde of
blacks n depraved whites who would
defer to the negro to gain personal
ne would be utterly unable to re-
slst bad influence and inaugurate good
government. AS a politician the negro
be no longer an available and
reliable field hand. Work would be
abandoned, as in the days of recon
struction. for any meetings called by
the local Republican leaders. Past ex-
shows that these We're as fire.
1uent the year round as Saturday
night came. State securities, levee
bonds and all interests would Shrink In
value, the levee system would be ne
s-ected, the schools would degenerate
% the lowest standard of intellectual
md moral darkness. There is no pres
mt value that would not disastrously
eel the effects, n the progressive
spirit of the cities, towns and villages
be deadened. Industrial, agri-
and manufacturing interests
would decline. A moral pestilence
would brood over the State p~arlyzing
energy n destroying all ambi-
ion.
And I will ask my Populist friends of
,orth Louisiana if they are willing to
urn this state over to Republican rule?
they willing to go back on all the
;ood work they did in their efforts to
rid of negro domination, and to
epudiate their conduct in those years
f fearful misrule and corruption, and
onfess that they were guilty Of the
rhine charged against Them ~ tle Re
lJh1jnanG2 r. yIro1l11 hn colt Il n 10
lon, Infamous in the confession and de-
rading in the manhood of those who {
7ould make it. Indications are hat
he pcpulists are not willing to accept
ne dictation Of a candidate made by
age and Kellogg. There are express $
'ooth. This may be ~commendable as :;
violence affirming their convictions. !
is it wise and polite? In voting :
3r Booth o give a half vote to the =
nominee. You aid and as =
st in doing; the very thing o repu- !
late. No one, not even Booth himself, c
II g moment can entertain the serious n
ess Of his candidacy. Your choice f
lust be made between the Democratic i
arty and the Republican party. l i'm O
ore you, If you have the welfare OF a
le state at heart, to make q wise V
loice, and vote solidly the Democratic Y
cket, and not only vote it. u work y
i III Ia 1uft ScoA q tAAAA !
ion, your wives and daughters from II
'cial degradation All the fancied a
and the impracticable schemes q
the Ocala platform have been aban- =
med. I do not know of any griev- g
ice you have, any amelioration OF the i
'vernmental policy which you now D
which cannot be accom- v
ished within the lines of the Demo- Y
party. 1t is a friend OF the Il
ople. It is a peoples party. 1t II
no classes. 1t has made no great 81
.istrocracy, like the Republican party, Il
legislation. Its platform Is broad g
ough for all to stand en-. and it's W
inciples are such that they can be p
piled to the correction OF every eX- p
ing evil. Why not at once come back 81
to the party, and give it the benefit ~
your counsels, of your experience, :,
d appeal to its principles to enforce a
ut policy which is practical, and ~
lich will afford o all the relief you ~
At your bidding, if you are ~
Sc in selecting candidates for legis- oof
e positions, it will strike down mono "
lies, break up all trusts, restrict the O,
vileges Of corporations to within hi
)per limits, reduce taxation, arrange to
for revenue only with incidental co
open up markets for your Of
so far as 1t a be done tn
Ultimately and consistent with good N
vernment and the avoidance OF n Sc e
hing the few at the expense OF the tn
nv. You have been isolated and ca
without the strength of numbers pa
accomplish any needed reform. You
We assumed a party organization, ex- G.
ting Democrats to come to you. 1t Ill
!, not had the strength Or the vigor uI
accomplish any good results. But ISL
kept you away from the only or W y,
lization that can help you. There ~
Democrats, like myself, who would les
: to forward many Of your good W.
and to realize your inten- ne
rs for reforms IN the conduct OF the tn,
,ernnent, in framing laws for a good inc
Lncial system, and in the matters vi
icated, but we are not willing to ste
our faith in the Democratic as
ty, forsake its great principles, and WI
Its organization for the purpose st.
going elsewhere for reforms that to
be accomplished by it and through ST.
tai
here sis no reason why you should ~ IL
ALT TAII u