The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-12-11
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est cltleS IN Cne WOriu.
Third, | charge that from Febru-
airy 10Th, 1889, up to December Bra,
1894, Honorables John M. Parker,
ST., and John M. Parker Jr., were
Police Commissioners on the Police
Board of New Orleans with hundreds
of officers under them and with alb
solute power to suppress all these
evils, and that they did practically
! nothing in that direction.
Fourth, l charge that though his
term of Office was only to have end
ed on February 10th, 1897, Mr.:
John NJ. Parker, Jr., with his usual Al
instability, resigned and QUIT COLD
on December 3rd, 1894, leaving those
terrible conditions in existence which
were then so bad that private citi-
zens had during his incumbancy to
abate some Of them by private suit
; in the Courts.
What l say here 1 dare Mr. Par
ker or any of his orators to deny.
In the Fall of 1887, Nichols ane
| McEnery we're opposing candidates
, for Governor. E. A. Burke, ther
an embezzler of $793,OOO.OO OF tn
States Bonds, was sporting McEn
cry, hoping to use the popularity o
McEnery to. land again as Stat
Treasurer, and thus to cover up nj
thefts.
Fitzpatrick, Duffy, Mealey an
Davey, Democratic leaders Of tn
First, Second, Third and Fourt
: Wards in New Orleans insisted o
Il supporting Nichols for Governor
! This caused a row with Burke an
10 Houston.
y, The "Big Four" as they were cal
II ed,in spite of Pat Mealey's assassin'
y ton on New Years Day, were VII
lie torious, electing sixty-fve of the Ne
IN Orleans delegates to the State DEM
:, cratic Convention Of February lot
IL 1888, while Burke and Houston OF
ly electedl thirty-nine delegates.
Not only was Nichols nominate
at that State Convention but d. n
Pipes of East Feliciana was nom
4 mated for Treasurer in place
q Burke.
Is Seeing exposure staring him in tt
a face, Burke returned from Bate
IN Rouge. Back with Burke, came il
e, Houston, his lieutenant. then polit
cal representative Of the Louisial
er Lottery with its unlimited funds.
rs Though this victorious rB
D. Four" had supported and aided
lis nominating one of the noblest P
triots fer Governor that Louisia
ed has ever Produced, Mr.. John
lie Parker Jr., with a campaign col
ew mittee, of his friends, had in t
lel meantime organized an opposite
TO- which they called the young Me-
of Democratic Association"
he This Association was at that til
ify about as weak as decimal five be
nat but Burke and Houston seized t
his opportunity on thir return to g
yr. it strength. They rallied to its
their forces, then strongest in abe
sry one-third Of the City wards.
no With this backing the new as
the citation refuse to go into prims
no with the regular Democratic orga
by zation. The Regular Democrat
held a Parish convention on MAJ
of Oath, 1888, in which Davey v
in nominated as the head of the tic
ker for Mayor, Parker's organizat
lrel later adopted in globo, a ticket he
Of ed by Shakespeare which ticket !
the been prepared at secret sessions
}. their committee lasting over a weel
this ]. V. Guillotte at that time '
lbli- mayor Of the City and a follower
ker, j. D. Houston, The following p
sed- LEGATION shows that thorough agl