The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-04-08
TRYING TO SPIKE THE BROUs
SARD BOMB.

II SAID @BDMB-
The sensational speech delivered il
the national senate last week by Sen
! ator Broussard, wherein Senate
Ransdell was severely criticised. To-
! alleged fuIsome and erroneous pralst
/ Of National Committeeman Ewing TO
/ the part the latter played in securing
a three-year respite for sugar Whef
+ the tariff bill was framed three year!
ago, and Col. Ewing himself was ex
| coriated for trying to expand iron
/ political boss of the tenth ward into
! political boss Of the state, has elicit
/ ed spirited responses from Senator
Ransdell, Col. Ewing and Ex-senator
Murphy j. Foster
Senator Ransdell's reply is in the
/ shape Of an open letter addressed te
| his colleague, disavoWing any inten,
| ton to belittle the services of Mr.
Broussard and the other members OF
the Louisiana delegation in the sugar
fight, but adhering to the statement
that to Col. Ewing more than any
other one man the retention OF the
sugar duty for three years was due.
Senator Ransdell maintained the cor
rectness@ Of the statements ne had
made on the stump in the third Lou
isiana district, and accused his col
league of violating the properties OF
the senate by delivering long speech
on personal and local matters with
the deliberate intention OF ln1urlng
the cause Of the Democratic party IN
Louisiana and promoting that OF an
opposition ticket In the midst OF an
exciting campaign. The letter closes
with summons to Senator Brous-
sard to come out in the open and let
the people know whether he is sup
porting or opposing the Democratic
state ticket headed by Col. Pleasant
as candidate for governor.
Col. Ewing's retort is nearly as
long and quite as caustic and severe
as Senator Bfoussard's speech, II not
a little more so. The colonel not on
ly backs up with his own recollec-
tons the representations made by
Senator Ransdell as to the cifeum-
stances attending the sugar hight
which gave rise TO the pending con-
troversy, but cites documentary EVIL
dence and the confrmatory state
ments of Postmaster General Burle-
son to bear out the estimate Mr..
Ransdel1 placed upon the value Of the.
services rendered by Col. Ewing IN
behalf of the domestic sugar M
terests. Emphatically5 contradlctlng
Senator Broussard's version OF what
transpired in the Democratic state
convention at Baton Rouge four years
ago, when the contest between the
rival Clark and Wilson forces was on,
and denying that he seeks to control
federal patronage or to become a
dominating element III state politics,
Col. Ewing bitterly denounces the al
legged political apostasy Of Senator
Broussard and says that the latter
ought in honor and good conscience
resign the seat in the senate which
he obtained from the Democratic
party.
Ex-senator Foster, who presided
at a Pleasant meeting at Franklin and
was quoted as indorsing and concur
ring in Senator Ransdell's representa-
tions at that meeting as to the great
debt Of gratitude the sugar producers
Of Louisiana owed To Col. Ewing for
his efforts in their behalf, clearly ex-
planned his attitude and statements in
brief and dignifed interview with
a representative IF the press, con-
tending that he had not Travelled OUT
side the record nor said anything that
could fairly be. regarded as misrepre-
sentation or adverse criticism of Sen u
ator Breussard or All tone else.
These attempts to spike the bomb
which Senator Broussard dropped in
to the camp Of the so-cal1ed regulars
will doubtless elicit d further state
ment from the senator, which will be
awaited with absorbing interest in
Louisiana political circles. The party
split which the controversy portends
is likely to prove a serious one, as it
is not to be presumed that man Of
Mr.. Broussard's great personal pop
ularity and political strength is going
to submit tanely to being read out of
his party or laid on the shelf by any
of rivals and opponents.