Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-04-17
The POLITICAL FIELD
A State and Local Elections Are
Being Held In Louisiana
Today.
FUSION In NORTH CAROLINA
Three Different Tickets In the Field In
Louisiana First General Election Under
the New Constitution Which Dis
franchises Many Voters.

Raleigh, N. c., April 17.-Cyru
Thompson, the Populist state chairman
said to-day that the Populists and Re
publicans would nominate separat
state tickets from end to end. and ther
had never been any agreement as t,
fusion, despite newspaper reports t,
that effect. The reason for no fusion Il
thought that this way the Populists cal
hold their votars together better ant
prevent them from voting with tn,
Democrats, and thus aid the Republic
ans.
THE LOUISIANA ELECTION.
New Orleans, La, April 17-At the
Louisiana state election to-day a full
state ticket will be elected. as we'll as 6
full legislature, which will choose two
United States senators to succeed Sena
tors Caffery and McEnery, parochia
and county officers in all the parishes o.
the state save the New Orleans district
judges and district attorneys save ir
New Orleans, justices Of the peace ant
local and ward officers and municipa
officers in most towns but New Orleans
The entire state also votes on a consti-
tutional amendment authorizing the
City of New Orleans to issue $14, ,OOO, ,OOC
of bonds based on a special tax, the
money to be used in draining and sew
ering the city. The election Is the first
general one held under the new consti-
tuition and the new suffrage law, which
contains educational or property quail
ifications, which shuts out nearly all
negroes and about three-fourths of the
foreigners, whether naturalized or not
Three tickets are in the field: The Dem
ocratic, headed by w. w. Heard; the
Republican fusion ticket, which has the
Endorsement of the national Republican
party, and which embraces four-flfths
of the white Republicans and a consid-
cradle section of the Republican colored
vote; the Populists and Independent
the present state administration, and
whose ticket is headed by Don Caffery
Jr., the son Of United States Senator
Caffery, and an independent Democrat
of the Palmer-Buckner type. The tick
ct Is composed of two Independents,
three Republicans and two Populists.
The regular Republican ticket is head
ed by Eugene Reems, and is composed
mainly of federal Office holders and old
time Republicans, 1t is generally
thought that the Democrats will carry
the state by comparatively large ma
jority on a greatly reduced vote, and
will control both branches of the legis-
lature by light majority. The Repub-
lican fusion ticket has local candidates
in only three Of the fifty-nine parishes,
and the regular Republicans in only
four.
ROOSEVELT TO BE RENOMINATED
New York, April 17.-Delegates to the
Republican state convention throng
Fifth Avenue hotel to-day. A careful
census of district leaders taken by Con-
gresham Lucius Littauer Is said to
have shown large majority in favor of
the denomination Of Governor Roose-
welt. This statement of Mr.. Littauer is
practically indorsed in a speech pre-
pared by Temporary Chairman Elsberg
and which passed under the eyes of
both Senator Platt and Chairman Odell,
evidently meeting their approval. 1t
was pointed out by the friends of the
governor that it was clear indorse-
ment of the organizations attitude to-
ward him.
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