The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-03-10

said the enemies of the party in thu
State had inaugurated their cam
pa;gn at Rayville, then they had
gone to New Orleans where they
had dragged into the mire the hon
ored name of Andrew Jackson. The
cry of ''one man power" was an old
one. 1t was heard in the early days
in reference to Washington and the
other great presidents who sue
ceeded him. 1t was the same thing
with the cry about rings. Monroe
was said to be a ringster and Jack
son was accused of being controlled
by "kitchen cabinet" No one
had been oppressed in this State by
the so-called one. man power. 1t
was an admitted fact that Gov.
Fosters management of the party
had resulted in the present excellent
condition of the Democratic organ
ization. Instead of denouncing the
governor for that Democrats ought
to be glad. Many men were abus-
ing Gov. Foster because they were
not appointed to Office by him. The
senator said that the statement that
Pharr was elected in 1896 was a
SANDER. Foster was overwhelm-
ingly elected by the white people
of the State and he was satisfied
with that He did not care how
the negroes had voted. The sen
ator was rather facetious in his re-
ferences to "that little fellow
Sholars." He paid handsome
tribute to Mr.. Heard and brought
his speech to an end amid loud and
continued applause.
Congressman Broussard was the
third and last speaker. Mr.. Brous-
sard is very popular in this parish
and he was greeted with much
cheering. He made a good speech.
He spoke principally of the action
of the sugar planters and of the un-
friendliness of the Republican party
to the sugar indu stry.
Congressman Broussard said that
Senator McEnery had dealt in his
vigorous way Win lhS hAoS pam VI
the platform adopted at Alexandria
SO fully that he should not touch
upon it except to say that it con-
tanned a SANDER upon an honest
man and an homes, party. 1t was a
declaration that for the last % years
every legislature and every conven-
ton was corrupt and the delegates
to the constitutional convention of
1870 and 1898 were weak and un-
scrupulous men controlled by one
man. The tiny craftsmanship that
formulated this jelly-fsh platform
and the tiny statesman who Sian
dered Democracy would be forgot
ten while the party and its leader
would appear in the history of
Louisiana in brilliant recognition
of the records of both.
The sugar planters Republican
party had endorsed McKInley's ad-
ministration for its accomplish
ments in peace and war and then
had hied itself three days afterward
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resolutions appealing to Democratic
members of the House and Sena te
to protect it from the self-same adj
ministration and to save it from the
reciprocity treaties Of Great Britain
and Argentina. He said that the
policy of expansion would destroy
the sugar industry in the United
States and that the reciprocity
treaties would SO reduce the price
of sugar as to make its cultivation
in this country unprofita BILE. TIC
say the least, he concluded, the
sugar planters portion of the CAT
fiery fusion were insincere and un
worthy of being entrusted with the
reins of State government. That i
successful they were pledged to Nc
Kinley by their platform to assist II
the destruction IF the sugar indus
try Of the State. He contrasted the
cost Of production of sugar in thu
Philippines and Cuba and read the
presidents message showing it wa
the policy Of the Mckinley admin
istration to take in Cub which hat
produced as late as 1903 over on