Evening star., 1934-08-17
'Kingfish' Takes 'Kmgpin' Role
In Lording Self Ouer Louisiana
Senator Long Dictates to Governor and
Legislature in attempt to Hold
Political Control of State.

This is merely finger print bureau
at the moment but the new law, when
the Senate approves it, will permit
Huey, through his Governor, to in
crease the force to the proportions
of an army. No limit is fixed on the
salaries to be paid the Louisiana Porra
or G. P. U.
Huey sneers at the suggestion of
armed revolt against the dictatorship.
He says it is no dictatorship but just
batch of reform legislation to abol-
ish lotteries, gambling houses and
houses of prostitution which undoubt-
edly do abound in New Orleans, where
the city administration licked him.
Such phenomena are present also in
equal abundance, in the parishes of
st. Bernard and Jefferson, contiguous
to New Orleans. but within Hueys
political domain. Huey has not mo-
Tested st. Bernard and Jefferson but
he moved troops into New Orleans to
suppress vice and, incidentally, seize
and edit the election rolls. How
closely they were edited remains to be
learned but it does not matter now.
He can hire the entire underworld
and all the unemployed to vote for
him at SIS each. as special deputies
sworn to protect the purity of the
ballot.
Battles Against Press.
The press coop is a row Of seats
behind long desk on the floor be-
meath the speakers stand. There is
a wild row on the floor in the argu-
ment on the brown shirt or secret
police bill. One member wishes to
rule the reporters out of the press
coop on the ground that the rule
against the presence of unauthorized
persons, invoked against Huey, him.
self. applies to the journalists, too.
The dictator has been denouncing
the lying press" to the citizens for a
long time and there is some prejudice
against the fourth estate. Huey has
propaganda paper himself called
the Progress, which is printed at Meri-
dian, Miss. Papers printed within the
state must pay per cent tax
on their advertising revenue.
His tax on the advertising revenues
OF the papers is the first move toward
censorship of the press. The papers
are paying the usual taxes incidental
to the newspaper industry, but Huey
resented their hostility and stabbed
them in the bank roll.
The move to run the reporters out
of the press coop came when George
Lester OF West Feliciana complained
against Huey's lobbying over the rail
of the chamber.
Gangs All Here.
Huey has leaned over the rail to
holler, "Al our men are here now;
move the question"
Mr.. Lester demands that Huey and
his henchmen be put all the way out
OF the hall.
Up jumps Mr.. Jim Horton at this
point, waving his fists He played
foot ball at Centenary College under
Bo Mcmillan. Weight about 210 now.
Il amt no damn henchman," he
yells, threatening to punch Mr.. Lester.
The sergeant at arms moves in with
his loaded walking stick. His name
is Tommy Thomas. He is fat and ris-
ing so, but he, too, played foot ball
in his day. He was imported from
Scranton, Pa, to play on Louisiana
State in 1908 and remained in Baton
Rouge as a political job holder. He
was captain in his final year at school
and in the big game of the year his
team licked the Tulane team, whose
captain was T. SemmeS Walmsley, the
present r1aVOr of New Orleans Mr.