St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-10


before Hall was selected as the can
didate. The other side claimed that,
it too, stood for that as the ark OF
the covenant. They forgot that only
the high priests were allowd to enter
the holy of holes.
The trouble was that their cove
nant was a covenant with hell. They
wanted to permit not only the high
priests but every thug and thief to
enter and show every man how he
might vote The previous speaker
had explained why the people de-
sired free and fair ballot, but now
the Governor comes and says he will
take charge of the district attorneys
office. The Governor of Louisiana
has only exercised this right once,
and then it was in the Ford trial,
when Gov. McEnery appointed Mil
ton ]. Cunningham in 1885. He
didn't supplant the district attorney,
but the Attorney-general aided the
district attorney.
To-day the Governor says he will
supplant the district attorney, who,
If history speaks right, he proposed
himself, and who was elected by the
ring, but, unlike ]. Y. Sanders, keeps
his ante-election promises.
II have seen that the district at
torney was good enough to subscribe
to the Sanders campaign fund, but
suppose the usual thing is to throw
the men down who subscribe" said
Mr.. Wilkinson. He said that the
courts should be trusted; the judges
are honest, and if they are unfair the
Supreme Court is there, and if there
are equities the Board of Pardons 10
there, but Sanders wants to be Gov
ernor district attorney, judges of the
lower courts, Supreme Court, and all.
Mr.. Wilkinson went on to say that
he did not want to see any man con-
victed who is innocent, or about
whose guilt there is any doubt. This
meeting was not to decide on the
guilt or innocence, or to touch the
subject. 1t would not be appro-
pirate with the cases before the
courts. If there was any doubt he
hoped the men would go free, but
the object was to protest against and
denounce the attempt on the part of
the executive to interfere with the
orderly progress of government in the
city. The people came to say that
they will stand back of those who
seek to enforce the law to the last
gasp.
DONELSON CAFFERY.
Mr.. Caffery was cheered to the
echo when he arose to speak, and it
was several seconds at least before
he could attempt to speak.
eff We were dealing with J. Y.
Sanders, the individual" said Mr..
Caffery, II would say he is down and
OUT let him alone, but we are deal
ing with Governor made all power
full by the prostitution of the power
of his office, and by his leading a
audacious and criminal ma
chine"
He declared the Governor was
prompted to do what he did by a
desire to go to the United States Sem
ate. He declared that what the Gov
ernOr did was not so much in itself,
but that he was concentrating con-
spiracy of at least sixteen other con-
spirators in New Orleans.
In a serio-comic vein Mr.. Caffery
referred to the examples of hero
sm." He named Jules Roux and
Charles Fuqua of Baton Rouge, as
among those who walked out to the
st. Clair Adams or Walter Guion
slaughter.
He declared that the proclamation
II the Governor was an invitation
. the people of Louisiana who were
the ring to commit per-
ury to satisfy the ambition of Gov. |
sanders.
''It was an attempt to debauch |
he public morality of Louisiana"
aid Mr.. Caffery. ''Well, it is the |
people of Louisiana responded in
ime to the battle cry of Luther E. |
Hall and Henri l.. Gueydan. If they,
eferring to the ring) were so au-
lacious in defeat, what would not |
AVE been done to Louisiana hab |
hey been successful.
Mr.. Caffery declared that never in
he history of Louisiana had there |
'een anything like it. He declared |
hat citizens had been invited to
make lawbrakers of themselves.
He declared that the right of the |
Governor to displace St.. Clair Ad-
ms is not material question. He
aid conspiracy had been set on
cot whereby the judiciary itself was
o have been degraded and made a
DOL of.
You did stop right on the bridge
Insofar as your judiciary is con-
erned," said Mr.. Caffery. Perjury
Tould have been at a premium"
Mr.. Caffery stated that the gov
rnment rests on the principle Of
eeping the executive, legislative and
judicial departments separate, and
hat the Governor had attempted to
ombine all three in one.
WAS there ever before in the his
cry of civilized State an attempt
1ade to make it easy for criminals
lstead of hard?" asked Mr.. Gallery
lie said, however, there were prece-
ents and named the Bailey-Lambre-
,ont case. In this connection he
aid the chief executive did not make
very hard for ballot box suffers
l that case.
Mr.. Caffery declared that under
ne law a man may ask assistance
l making out his ballot, if he is
lind, paralyzed or really physically
He held that under the
re proclamation the disability must
fleet the conscience. He ridiculed
lie idea by saying that appeared as
the conscience must have both
,gs gone or be otherwise disfigured.
Mr.. Caffery said that it was better
lat every one he was addressing
aould sink into never ending night
nd death than that the public con-
.ience of Louisiana should be so
cared. He said that it would be
atter for the proud city of New Or
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