The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08

l ne communication following IS IOlI
a friend of the Caucasian who was in
attendance at the gathering of the Cen
eral Assembly Monday night and has
been sent for publication by request:
Baton Rouge, Dec 6.-The people of
the State, especially those dubbed by
their opponents as insurgents" made
history last night and yesterday, and
they made the powers that be tremble
on their throne, so to speak.
Early in the day and all during the
day delegations arrived from the par
ishes, coming as committees, as citizens,
as Democrats to demand of their repre-
sentatives and senator's that they vote
the views of their ;eonstituents-that
they vote against the rape of the State
at the behest of an Executive who had
gone wild, all Executive who was bent
on forcing down the throats of the Leg
islature the election of a senator.
But they plead in vain or they came
too late Already and for days
THE GOVERNOR AND HIS
.. ALLIES
hadhad on the ground the Ward Bosses
of New Orleans, the registrars of vot-
ers from nearby parishes, the members
of the Game Commission and their at
torney,. members of other boards owing
their existence and their life to the ap
.pointive power of the Governor, school
teachers from the Louisiana State Uni
versity and other friends having rela
tives in Office or who wanted to get an
office, and they had succeeded in boss
ing or forcing into a promise to stand
by him these supposed representatives
of the sovereign people of the State,
When the citizens from the various
parishes arrived, some two thousand
strong, their appeal to their representa-
tives and senators fell on deaf ears, and
their pleadings were ,unheard and un-
needed. s-. @ss-ae
Last night the State House was filled
and overhowing-hlled with the adher-
ents of the Governor on the one hand
and the committees of the parishes on
the other, and if the vote could have
been left to the audience, it is safe to
say that the candidate of the Governor
would not have been elected. s
An effort was made to leave the cleo
ton to the people and failed, but that is
matter of history. The record was
made, and from this record the people
of the State will find the names of those
who were willing to trust them, who
wanted to represent them and not the
Governor of the State. s.. E. ..s.f
The meeting itself beggars descrip-
ton. .'
Never since the days of the lottery
has such determined set of men been
seen at the capital of the State Men
from all walks of life, the farmer, the
doctor and lawyer were there demand
ing that the Legislature register their
choice, but in vain.
The speaking followed, and while!you
will find in the daily press fair synopsis
of the addresses delivered, yet the ac-
compartments are not given nor is the
effect outlined, nor can it well be.
North Louisiana was well represented
by Thomas and Wilkinson, both of
whom did themselves proud in the adj
dresses given, addresses that appealed to
the crowd and touched responsive
chord in every breast, No two speeches
of equal eloquence, of equal patriotism,
of equal force were ever before deliv-
cred in the capitol of the State. Both
were full of. fire, full of daring, full of
hope, full of Democratic doctrines, and
it was admitted on all sides when the
meeting was over that they had by far
ec1ipsed all others in the talk-fest of the
evening. Men from the opposition, men
who were tied up to the machine, came
to them to. shake their hands and de-
clare to them that while they were beat
en- in the contest, yet that they and the
meeting had
SOUNDED THE DEATH KNELL
OF BOSSISM
and while Sanders would win in the
contest then on, it would be the costliest
victory he had ever won.
It+was conceded that the meeting was
success to the insurgents that they
had started az fight which would win
when made before the people of The
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