The Lafayette gazette., 1900-04-07

Co0ery.
New Orleans Pcayune.
ssThe course of Senator Donelson Cafery
in Louisiana politics is incomprehensible to
us folks up in New England, where we had
held hin, IN the highest esteem," said Hon.
John Quinn, Jr., of Boston. Mass, in his
room at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. where he
rested from journey to Cuba. "We can
not understand how he can go square back
on the Legislature that elected him and the
people who had sent him to the United
States Senate, a position which we look upon
as about the highest of any IN the gift of the
people. New England-and speak ad-
xisedly, for Senator Caffery of louisiana,
was known all over the States of that dis
districts surprised beyond expression.
1--WE all supposed that there was some
secret to this flop that we could not appre
ciate, but l have searched in vain for one.
If it is because his son is running for gov
ernor on Republican fusion ticket, why,
we do not recognize that as a RATIONAL ex-
cuse. for politics divide households in Bos-
ton. The father and the son are often in
different parties. Owing to his views on the
money question and other sound doctrines
on national issues, Senator Cadery, of Louis
lana, was held by as a great Southern
statesman. And I must confess that our
ideas have been shattered"
The tall, sinoothly-shaven, keen-eyed gen
tleman, who gave voice to the above express
sion on Louisiana politics, needs no intro
duction in the New England States. Down
here a paragraph to refresh the memory
would not be out of place.
Hon. John Quinn, Jr., of Boston, comes
the Massachusetts State Senate for three
years. He introduced the original subsidy
bill in the Massachusetts Legislature in 1893
that led to the building of that wonderful
given Boston rapid transit. He was the
author of the Quinn legislation that led to
the clearing out of the opium joints OF the
Hub.
who represented the Seventh ward in the
State Legislature for years, Senator Quinn
made a trip to Cuba and thence came &c
this city. They will go from here to Little
Rock and HS. lot Springs suaa't MI ds,r;e9 r1na was
81 wish could remain in New Orlean:
long enough to get out with your campaign
party and make one good, hot Democratic
speech,'' the Bostonian continued "And
would like better still to attend one of the
Caffery meetings and tell Senator CaferJ
why he should stay with the. people who in
trusted their interests in his hands.
'.Havana,'' added Senator Quinn. ring
ing for his baggage, why, that city il
delphia, and excuse me for saying it. but yo'
have more dirt and filth in one of you
streets than they have in all of Havana
Without exception, Havana is the cleanes
city I ever was in 1 don't know wher'
they get them, but the Havana police arr
models. I never saw any set OF men SO 20, at
tentive and obliging. They would walk
block to point out your way.
s.We came back by Florida and the coas
route. I find the general southern senti
ment strong for Bryan, with bjs 10 to sill
ver doctrine eliminated. The people ar
willing to take him if you leave off that L
to !.
ssLet me give you a new point on this ex
pansion question. The administration ad
vocates say we took Florida and we too
Texas, and we took louisiana, and we di
this and we did that; SO we did, but whe
we took those territories they were covere
with primeval forests, and the people In
{. habting them Indians or a class c
savages that were killing as fast as W
could. The added possessions were new
uncultivated, uninhabited--they were goo
for future immigration.
'sThe Cubas and the Philippines are a
ready thickly settled. They are possesse
by races of people who are older than OF
own, and who have dominated them eve
longer than our own. The comparison
not synonymous at all. The new posses
sions of the Mckinley administration al
not fit for American emigrants.