The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-10-08
NEW ORLEANS POLITICS.
Ex-Gov. Warmot1ass Timely Retrospect
Attitude of Republicans in Past
and Present city Contests.

Attitude of Republicans in Past
and Present city Contests.
A report of an interesting interview
vita Ex-Gov. Fl. G. W armoth appear
in the New Orleans Picayune Of Tues
day last, and we reproduce the bull
of the article because of its particulal
appositeness at this time, when the pc
litieal situation Id the chief city Of Til.
state is attracting such widespreat
and earnest public attention, not onl,
throughout Louisiana, but in othel
parts OF the country as well:
THE BIanchard fasco and all It'll
attendan incidents developed during
my ABSENCE said Governor War
moth. "The republicans had no intent
| of putting out municipal ticket. Wher
opposition to the regular democratic
ticket developed the republicans Of.
fered 20 the opposing democrats the
use of their party organization. This
was declined. There was nothing LETT
for the republicans to do but put out
a ticket of their own. This they have
done. IF this had not been necessary
| would give nay full sympathy to the
| independent movement: as it is, [ give
my full support to the republican
| ticket. It is the best and the cleanest
of all the tickets put out SO far, and it
deserves the support of every good
citizen whether he be republican or
democrat.
II have been in every reform move
meat in this city since 1872. 1t was
under republican leadership that
Shakespeare was elected on the Young
Mems Democratic Association ticket.
At that time Mr.. Parkerson and I
made an agreement to support the city
ticket together and the Young Men s
Democratic Association was to give US
full support on the state ticket. I was
then running for governor. Mr.. Park
erson and his friends carried out their
agreement faithfully.
"But it was different with the Citi-
zen's League ticket. We had rock
ribbed agreement with Chaples anvier,
Denegre, McCloskey and Parkerson,
representing the Citizens League, lat
they would stand by US for an honest
count OF votes in the city OF New Or
leans, and that their candidates for
the le .islature would stand by as for
an honest count in the legislature.
They had no representation at the
polls and could get none.
''The only way they could get rep
resentation was by a combination
with US on the Pharr ticket. They
furnished as with a list Of election
commissioners at every poll in New
Orleans, and we put them il as repub-
lican commissioners. At 2 clock in
the afternoon OF election day the ring
threw up the sponge and admitted de-
feat, and asked the Citizens League to
save Foster. The two forces combined
together and stole 1000 votes from
Pharr, and gave New Orleans To
Foster that evening. Every single
member of the legislature from this
city except seven betrayed US and
voted against going behind the re-
turns, thereby 5000 negro votes in New
Orleans, of which not one was ever
counted, were counted by the legisla-
ture electing Foster.
And this betrayal by the Citizens
League members Of the legislature was
without the slightest protest or effort to
prevent it by the Citizens League
leaders.
lit appears by Mr.. Walter De-
negre' S letter to Governor Blaneha ard
th at he and other members Of the Citi-
zens' League forced Foster to sign the
bill for the constitutional convention,
which was designed to disfranchise ali
the negro voters in the state. notWith- |
standing that the. solid negro vote of
the city of New Orleans, together with |
the white republican vote, secured the
election of the Citizens League city /
ticket, as we'll as the Citizens League
legislative ticket from the city Of New |
Orleans, without whose support not a |
son of the Citizens League
candidates could have been elected.
II am sorry to see th at the independ- /
ents have openly declared their deter
mination to have nothing to do with T
he republican party organization. but
aave gone and made up a ticket COM
posed exclusively of democratic poll +
licians. This would seem to make it
necessary for the republicans, in or I
Ter to maintain their organization as
veil as their se1f-respect, to put out
strong republican ticket. This they
lid today While at any other time [
would give my sympathy to move
nent to break up the democratic party
wen though we have been i'll treated
~ independent democratic organiza-
ions in the past, now stand for the
icket put out BY the republican party,
II am not q tax payer or a
foter in Orleans parish the republican
ity ticket has my full sympathy, as it
hould have Of all other republicans. y