Evening star., 1933-08-13
HUEYL0NG BATTLE
TO GET NEW START
New Orleans Courts Will Be
Scene of Election Case
Next Week.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, August 12.-Renewal
of open warfare between the Huey
Long and anti-Long political forces
over last November's election will be
started next week in New Orleans
courts
Since the exciting maneuvers of last
week. when troops were called out and
martial law declared by the Long forces,
each side has rested on its arms, but
in noWise under a flag of truce.
Under the surface ferment has ragged
but next week the battles will be fought
in the open with law books as weapons
instead of bayonetS and guns.
The issue has been drawn down to
criminal action against election COM
missioners by the political camp op-
posed to Longs politics and to con-
tempt proceedings against New Or
leans publisher and a grand juror
brought by the Long faction.
Ballot Count to Continue.
Counting of ballots on various State
constitutional amendments will be con-
tinued in open court next Tuesday by
a citizens committee and plans will
be made for the prosecution of elec-
ton commissioners charged with max
ing false election returns.
But regardless sof the outcome OF
either the ballot count or the COM
missiorers' prosecution, spokesmen for
each side agree the results OF the No
yember election viii not be changed.
The election has been certified. the
time limit for protests has expired and
in some cases State and municipal
bond issues authorized by the amend
ments have been sold.
The action is for prosecution of
fraud and the purification Of the polls
and the election results will not be
affected" said a leader of the anti
Long camp.
One constitutional amendment au-
thorized the issuance of S5000,000 in
bonds to pay debts contracted by the
State Board of Liquidation and Loulsl-
ana State University. The full issue
was sold to banks in the State, mostly
banks of New Orleans. OF the total
issue, approximately 100000 vent to
the State university with the balance
used to pay debts for which banks had
advanced funds to the State Board OF
Liquidation for what the board said
were emergency expenditures Whlch
anti-Long leaders denied.
Another bond authorization was for
an issue of $750000 for the city Of
New Orleans to acquire the ferry syS-
TENS on the Mississippi River within
the city. This issue has not been made
and A. Miles Pratt, commissioner Of
finance OF New Orleans, said there are
no plans for issuing the bonds.
Bond Issue Called Legal
Bond experts have told State officials
that regardless of protests and the count
of ballots the bond issues were legal and
could not be affected
The first attack of the Long group
in the renewal of hostilities will be eff
forts to have Leonard K. Nicholson,
president of the New Orleans Times
Picayune Publishing Co.. and James
M. Colomb. a member of the last grand
jury, convicted of contempt of court
for publishing a statement by Mr..
Colomb exposing operations of the
grand jury, which he charged sought
to return mo true bill' in the cleo
tion fraud charges without investigat-
ing the contents of the contested boxes.
His charge started the general in
quiry which resulted in the Long fac
tion calling out troops, declaring
the grand jury. Their attack col
lapsed when the grand jury was dis
charged by Criminal Court judge and
the ballots were ordered counted by
another Criminal Court judge.
The last thrust of the Long group
was made against the publisher and
the grand juror on the grounds that
grand jury proceedings were secret
under the law. Mr.. Nicholson and Mr..
Colomb have been ordered to appear
in court on Thursday for hearing on
the charges.
The New Orleans States and the
New Orleans Item also printed the
Colomb statement but these publishers
were not cited to the court.