The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-11-30
Huey Long Peers Over Louisiana
Border To Conquer More Worlds
Senator And Dictator En-
cages In Various Ac-
tivities Along Political
Lines
By RALPH wHEATLEY
(Chief Of Bureau, The Associated
press New OrIeansl

Press, New Orleans)
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 3d.
Miles of copy have been written
about Huey Long, Louisiana's sem
ator and dictator.
He has been called buffoon, a
coward, an ignoramus, a fool and
even a Iunatie.
But Long is none of these
things. He cannot be described in
n word or a phrase. To describe
him IL is necessary to dig deeply
into the bag of descriptive Ian
guage, for rarely in the history of
this country has thTe appeared on
the political stage a man like
him.
i@.-
The word amazing" may fit
Long as well as any single word.
He always is amazing. He IS full
of surprises and a finger never
can be put on him.
He has a nimble mind and keen
insight into the moods of the
masses He excels as an organ
izer, at breaking down opposition,
at brOwbeating his enamies.
In a flash he can be- either
terrifying tyrant or a beaming,
jovial. good companion. He viii
"dish out" the act that he thinks
the occasion requires.
His Main WeaPon-Nioney
In his march from a pig farm to
the dictatorship of Louisiana and
a possible candidacy for the presi-
dency. Huey Long, known as the
''kingfish," has carried one main
weapOn-mOney.
II takes three things to make a
war, he will tell you. Money!
Money! Money! He not only gives
money direct to his leaders to
carry an election, but he spends it
lavishly in public works. He prob
ably can point to more material
things he has created than any
other state politician. 1t has
reached the point where it is said
almost every resident of Louisiana
has benefited in some manner by
Longs dictatorship.
In the last six years he has
spent more than S350,0OO,0O0 in
the state. These funds went for
a network Of paved roads, a sky
scraper capitol, a new governors
mansion, bridges, airports, vari-
Gus public works, free school
books and other things. His op-
pOnents claim that several millions
of these funds found their way
into political channels, bat Long
denies it.
Looks BEYOND Border
This expenditure has given
Huey a wealth of material to
shout about from the hastings I'M
I'll he has convinced a majority
Of voters in the state that he is
their benefactOr and a Moses
leading them out of the wilder
ness. With skill and cunning. Long
has pressed this advantage until
today he has reached the stage, in
Louisiana. of Alexander the Great
there are no more worlds to con-
quer there.
Instead of weeping, the "king-
fish" is looking beyond the hori-
zon Of Louisiana into the other AZ
states and has ordered an imme-
date drive for organization of
"share-the-wealth societies" in
other commonwealth. From this
rucelus he hopes to build poilt-
ieal machine that some day will
land him in the White House.
For several years Long has con-
trOlled the executive and lsgisla-
tive branches of the state govern
ment. Control to Long means COM
plete dominance. the rule of a
monarch with a mailed fist.
Controls Courts, Too
Until recently his opponents
managed to check his progress by
going to the courts for writs and
injunetions. But now his cohorts
form a majority in the state SUI
preme court and the recent ses-
sion Of the legislature made all
courts impotent against him.