The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-06-25
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Black and Tans Warmed
the Rescue.

The National RepuDllcaH IoH>
vention which was held in the
great Windy City has convened
and adjourned. The warning
facti - of the Pelican State fur
nished not a little of the "hot air
during the session, the particl-
pants in which were the staunch
Senegambian adherents of the u
O. p, led by the irrepressible
Cohen, and the dominant Lily
Whites, npon whom the State
Federal patronage was very large
lv conferred some time ago by
His Strenuosity, Teddy Roosevelt.
So complete and ignominions was
the rout of these Lily Whites IN
the recent State election that their
further recognition by the Ma
tional Republican body was
percmptorily refused in favor OF
the ''Black and Tans' led by
Cohen. In fact, despite vigorous
campaign throughout the State.
aided by the cohesive power OF
Federal patronage. the Lily
Whites made a most disastrous
failure of it for the party of their
adoption-a great deal worse than
has ever befallen the "black
cohorts" in recent years. This,
too, after making the most ex-
traordinary boast that they would
carry a number of congressional
districts in the fall elections.
How they are going to do this after
such a complete tizzle in the late
State election is now a little more
than a matter of conjecture. The
present outlook for the Republic
can ship in this State can be briefly
summed up that the "ebony and
alabaster" contingents will now
come together and we will as
suredly hear nothing more OF the
"white supremacy" platform OF
the Lily Whites, SO conspicuous
in the late State campaign. That
declaration will very likely be
held in profound oblivion until
such time as political cxpediency
will again make it serviceable.
After the throw-down admins
tered to the Lily Whites, ex-gov-
ernor Henry Clay Warmoth, threw
himself headlong into the breach,
and, by his well known as
tuteness and sagacity, succeeded
in saving them from complete
humiliation. The contending del
egations we're both given a half
vote and seated in the convention.
The Republican party could ILL
afford to have done anything else.
There is vast and significant
colored vote in some of the strong
est Western and Middle States,
and to have disregarded the
"cullud brother" from Louisiana
would have caused the alienation
of that vote and made the coming
result in those states more doubt
full. The sacrifice of a staunch
Democratic Southern State like
Louisiana in preference to taking
even the remotest chances in usu-
ally Republican States, will prove
a surprise to no one ordinarily
posted on things political. But, in
the event of Republican success in
November this ostensib patching
up of differences in Louisiana be-
tween the Republican "white
supremacists" and the black and
tans will be worthy of some atten-
ton. A queer phase of this recon-
ciliati"n IS that it was engineered
and brought about by ex-Gov-
ernor Warmoth now affiliated with
the Lily Whites, but whose term
as Governor of this State in the
sixties was characterized with
most affectionate embrace of the
colored brother. For his invalu-
able services he has been rewarded
by a position on the National
campaign committee. The Nom
inees of the G. 0. P, is the present
presidential incumbent and for
second place Senator Faibanks,
of Indiana. The Republican, plat
form declares for high protection
to American industries, as now is
the case under the Dingley law,
and in favor of the old Blaine re-
ciprocity scheme with adjoining
countries.
This latter-day Republican
tactic of blowing hot and cold air
with the same breath ought not to
longer find favor With any class of
the American people and disin-
terested producers and manufac.