Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-12

~, the matter. When, however. they
Killed 'tn .Nmerican, the chief IL 'police.
HennessN, eleven were Eucbed II
should be SAID hE the way. That Tie ex-
cusc given BY the Italians for the Hen
Messy $sinalion was that he inter
fercd in IN Italian quarrel. the prnven
zanos and Aiatransas had qtIarreiied and
declared = Nenhetta against each other.
Hennessy. VINO was a friend of the Prov
enzanos. interfered. bringing himself so
the Italian assassins said, under tho i.aI.
ian vendetta code. IL was the same in
st. John the Baptist, where the killing Of
d creole by an Italian Resulted in mo
lynching OF all the Italians In rbe norish
jail: while in Madison the mere assaiIit
on DIR; Hodge Was considered good ground
uation there was never better exempliiie1
than In the interviews with leading citi.
Gems of Madison. who declared that the
essary in the interest of white si,,rem
acy." although just where whit en-
premacy," the battlecry of the north
Louisiana Anglo ,Saxons, was involved IN
men, it is difficult to explain.
In the matter Of law and order there
has been marked Improvement among
the Italians; u me Malta ever existed. it
is thoroughly dead now. I, was believed
in by the Italians themselves, and man
of the better class paid b.ackmail 10
those who used the name of Malta 10
walls among the newly arrived immi
grants, but they soon drop il ana ca ia
law To settle their disputes. Fnrmfrlv II
was considered dishonorable ana coward.
~ for Sicilian 10 testify In rnurt
against an oppressOr: bur nav ali dn "a
The amount of crime .arnnn., tha,n i.
small and is decreasing Th.& wnret
weakness IS the hereditary tendency IL
take immediate vengeance for n wrong
with the knife. the pistol or The sbntp,in
In the second generation lie itaii,n
American is an American industrious.
progressive and public spirited
Such is the race which now consr,I,,ae
the latest foreign element In the nonuia
lion of Louisiana. and offers the state
the best assHrnnes that i viii not be
country of South Carolina IT hoe heen
aiiiieul5 to get white immigrants to SET.
Other foreigners will not come Othrrs
Tear the heat and the malarln Tn. n,an
from the North and West who h,v. Iata.
~ come into Louisiana have. withoui ex.
ception: settled in the .pinelands or prai.
ries. The white immigration into "a.
rich alluvial lands Of the Iafnnrche
Teche. Atchafaiava and Mississippi. The
delta OF the great river. has been nearly
and increased. and IL Is rapidiy substitut
ing white for negro labor. ana accom-
plishins results thar would have heen i'm
possible IN any other way. In ante M
me PrtJudicts thai exist. the mob OUT
breaks aud the lynchngs the Italian l.
rapidly solving the negro problem I'm
Louisiana II the immigration from, itaiv
Keeps Mp. the Italian element will in
iine. De prep"nderaiing in many parts
or Louisiana. Outrages like thar n Mad
ison prove only temporary check 10 this
population movement. There are many
VINO 40 not like the change from the 81 /
inns ana object {" these modern Latins.
but considering the rapidly with which
ne prejudice against them has weakened
In the last few years, IL IL probable that
u VIII nave completely disappeared in
another decade.