The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-04
CASE OF SENATOR CAFFERY.
NOT A LEGISLATOR WHO WILL
VOTE FOR HIS RETURN.

Democrats Who Deserted the Party
in 1896 Have Been Weeded Out of
ConEress-RepubIica AgreeabIy
Surprised in "Tim" Woodruff.
Much Interest in Sioux Falls Con-
vention-Hoyy the situation Stands
in North Carolina.
Washington, May 3.-Of all the men
who have recently sustained defeat be-
cause of their desertion of the party or
ganization, the case of Senator Caffrey
of Louisiana is the worst. There has
been elected to the Louisiana Legislature
not a single man who will vote for CAT
fery's return to the Senate.
Ever since the Louisiana Senator pre-
sided over the gold standard meeting at
Indianapolis, the Democrats of Louisiana
have had It in for him. In the campaign
which has just closed. and which resulted
in an overwhelming victory for the reg
ular ticket, Senator Caffery's son headed
the boiling ticket, and the Senator HIM
self went through the, state saying all the
hard things he knew how about the reg
lrlar Democrats. The result was, how
ever. an overwhelming defeat forsthe CAT
ferry family.
One by one the Democrats who left the
party organization in 1896 have been weed
ed out of Congress. Lindsay and Caffery
are the last and the successor to each
has been named.
AGreeably Disappointed.
Republicans who have during the past
two or three days been introduced to
Lieut.. Gov. Tim Woodruff for the first
time, have generally acknowledged that
the meeting was to them a disappointment,
but an agreeable one. Because OF the adj
vance notices which have made Tim
spring fashion advertisement, public men
have expected to see youth of 'soubret-
tish" misunderstanding on the James
Hamilton Lewis order without the pink,
whiskers They have fund instead SUBJ
stantial, though young-looldng man of the
world. who impressed them a S being a man
of sense and capacity. And ID is undenia-
bly, true that Woodruff's frankness In say
ing that he would like to be Vice Presi-
dent has served as an attraction rather
than otherwise.
OF course the fact that he is being chap
eroned about the Senate wing of the Capt.
tol by Senator Plat adds to his importance
in the eyes of Republicans, who recognize
the poWer of the New York boss. What
Vice President it is certain that Lieut..
GOV Woodruff has not at all hurt himself
by coming to Washington and mingling
with the leading Republicans from all
parts of the country.
The Sioux Falls Convention.
Populist senators and representatives
and those Democrats who hold their Of
fees by virtue of fusion in the West are
doing a good deal Of specializing these
DAYS as to the outcome of the National
Convention soon to be held at Sioux
Falls There is general expects that
the Republican managers will have ennis
saries on hand to shape things, If posi-
bic, so as to create friction between the
Populists and the Democrats. Even the
Populist leaders are at sea as to the
makeup of that convention, because they
are uncertain as to what proportion of
their forces may have been led off to Join
the middle -the-road crowd which holds
a convention at Cincinnati on the same
day that the regular Populst meet out
in South Dakota. Most of them profess
10 believe that the middle-of- the -roaders
have only taken away such elements as
the party is better without-at least they
talk that way They laugh at the claims
of Barker and his followers who say
they will have three-fourths Of the Popu-
lists supporting an independent ticket to
be headed by Barker or Debs or Dewey.
The fusion Populists claim that the only
people they have lost are the Populist
voters I'm states where their votes did not
count at all. They refer particularly to
the South, where the Populists are ar
rayed against the Democrats and where
they voted for Bryan In 1895 under pro-
test In their hearts, however, these flu
sion leaders look with concern upon the
tosa 10 Deha and his followers who reDre-