The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-25
LEAFLET FROM POLITICAL RE-
CORD OF LOUISIANA.
SANDERS CAMPAIGNING
Contrasts Not Creditable to the Gentle.
man From St Mary and the Would
Be Governor of This State-Some
Facts Indisputable.

The article following is an editorial of
the Plaquemine Protector. 1t is based
on the record which is interchangeable.
1t was suggested in refutation of the
contemplate attempts to discredit Mr.
Wilkinson and his Democracy. 1t may
be said that no Republicans are training
with Mr. Wilkinson, who stands for
we'll defined principles-a man who has
always been true and loyal to the people
and to. his party. Here follows the ed
itorial:
As this is Democratic primary, we
had hoped that the negro nightmare
would have been allowed to rest in this
canvass But We suppose campaigning
for years with the negro spook as the
chief stock in trade, has gotten the poll
| ticians in the habit of it. The one day
visit of Theodore S. Wilkinson to Sun
set and Opelousas in St. Landry parish
has made two weeks canvass of that
parish necessary by Mr.. Sanders and
his large campaign party, during which
time he has been very busy trying to
convince the voters that Wilkinson is
not white supremacy Democrat, that
he kept negro clerks in when he was
collector of the port of New Orleans,
and that the parish of Plaquemines was
one of the last to have negro officers
and to be carried by the Democrats.
Mr.. Sanders makes the negro his is
sue.
He will:probably regret it.
No Democrat ever made. a stronger
white partisan Democratic record than
Theodore S. Wilkinson In the first
thirty days after he got into Office, he
turned out sixty Republicans, mostly ne
groes, and replaced them with white
Democrats. Only one colored Republi-
can was retained, a most experienced
and competent man named ]. NJ. Hol-
land, corresponding clerk. Holland,
three-quarters white, was appointed in
1871, was for meritorious service made
| a member of the local civil service board
by the Washington civil service board in
1883, was retained by that good Demo
crat, Senator Jonas, for four years, from
1885 to 1885, who could not remove him
without violating the civil service law,
and for the same reason remained under
the Wilkinson incumbency from July
1858 to July 1893. There was greater
reason than this for his retention Viii
kinson, by his wholesale removals, had
incurred the displeasure of the civil
|service board; his chief, President
cleveland, was the father of the civil
|service law and largely extended its op-
lerations, and for Wilkinson to have re-
i moved an officer, the member of the
i local civil service board appointed by the
civil service commission of Washington
without cause, would have. created Z
lclash that would have been injurious tc
himself and his large number of Demo
lcratic appointees. To show how anxiou:
collector Wilkinson was to have white
democrats retained in the Federal serv-
ice, he transferred as many Of his white
democratic appointees to the classified
service as possible before he went out
and Collector Mccall can not now re
move them any more than Wilkinson
Icould legally have removed Holland
Among these men appointed by Wilkin.
son who are there in the custom house
in Office today are Daniel c. Towles
brother-in-law of Hon. NJ. ]. Foster, as
sistant cashier, salary $500 a year
Calhoun Fluker of East Feliciana, dep
luty collector, salary $1,000 year; Harr,
1C. Wildesen of Orleans, clerk, salary
$1,000 year; Louis F. Auth Of Con
cordia, clerk in auditors Office, salar,
| $1,000; Nathaniel L. Marks Of Orleans
deputy collector, salary $I5oo year
Charles Forman of Orleans, salar,
! $1,000 year; Nathaniel G. Skipwith o.
Monroe, salary $1,000 year; J. D. Bar
ley of Orleans, salary $1,000 year
| Frederick L Meme of Orleans, salar,
I$r4oo year James T. Harris of Lin
coln, salary $1,000 year; Andrew D
Benjamin, cousin of the late E. B
Kruttschnitt, salary $IIoo year; Rob
|ert l. Huey of Orleans, salary $Izoo ;
lyear; Thomas ]. Kilmed of Orleans
weigher, salary $Iaoo year; Angus
| B. Harris, Dan Q.-Campbell, Geo. Cade
Bingham Cushman, John w. Anderson
Peter II. Adam, Robert E. Gary, Thos
81. Wallace. all inspectors, at $3.50
Iday; Paul Miles, George Appolonic ane
Leonard Arroyo, all night inspectors, a
l$2.75 a night; Richard A. Taylor, Geo
Nicolas and Frank ]. Demoruelle, mes
Isengers, at salary of $72o per annum
Mrs. Sarah Baker, widow Of JOSEPH
Baker, inspectress, at $3.50 per anniirn
4 T., y;au of th;s sn1end;d record Mr.