, 1935-09-10
HUEY LONG
The body was sent to q funeral
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the senator would lie In state In the
five million dollar capitol which was
erected when he was governor and
in which he was shot. Other ar
engagements awaited a conference In
the office Of Governor Allen.
"A the bedside besides Mrs. Long
: and the children. Governor Allen
and Christenberry, we're the SEN
ators sisters, Mrs. w. M. Knott and
Mrs. Stewart Hunt, and their hus-
bands; his brothers, DR.. @. s. Long.
julius and Earl and the latter's
wife: his father, DR.. Roy Long, and
several cousins.
hTe fifth blood TRANSMISSION which
the physicians attempted to ad-
minister to Senator Long never was
completed. At 3 a. m. DR.. Sander
son announced there no longer was
any hope.
He Is dying" he said.
The end was only little more than
an hour away then and the physi-
clans had abandoned their battle
against death.
I'VE have done everything In the
world we could for him." d.. Sand
erSon said.
Governor Allen made the official
death announcement. His voice was
husky and barely audible.
This marks with the death OF
Huey p. Long the passing Of the
greatest builder Of economics In
the history OF LOUISIANA in 225
years" he said. 1T also marks with
the death Of Huey p. Long the
passing Of the greatest hro for the
common right Of all the people OF
America"
While Long and his physicians
fought for his life, the roads around
the hospital were barred by troops
and police who swarmed owe al
Baton Rouge, q multiplication OF
the guard which failed TO save him
In the statehouse.
Bills Are Passed
The legislature met Monday and
ground out the senator's bills. One
Of them gerrymandered the poll
teal bailiwtck Of District Judge B
II. Pavy, the assassin Weiss father
in-law. Guards searched all fol
weapons. The senate briefly Mon
day night and sent the bills TO its
finance after q minister implored Q
deity to wise TO err" I 0 save the
senator.
The parish coroner started ar
inquest into the death OF DR.. Weiss
but postponed 1t because only two
witnesses testified He said h
might have TO close the inquest be-
cause he was powerless 70 make the
senator's guards, slayers Of the
assassin, appear.
Just before Senator Long came
into his range, Weiss said:
1T won't be long now"
As an auto bore Senator Ions
70 the hospital he said:
Il wonder why he shot me-.
There was much speculation or
the possible effect OF Senator Long,
death on the political empire which
was built largely about his owl
dynamic personality. Some politica
leaders. including the veteran Sen
ator Ellison d. Smith. DISC. be.
lieved the whole Long movement
In the state and IN the nation, woulc
collapse.
During the night. after hope 70
his life had been abandoned. thu
senator's political l'\tenants heIc
conferences on the future OF his vas
political organization.
The confe-ees included Governor
Allen, Seymour Weiss. Abe Shus'
han. director Of the levee board.
Lieutenant Governor James A. Noe
Speaker Allen Vellender Of TIT
house OF representatives and Georgl
Wallace. Longs legislative aid.
At the tip In the order OF success
sion Is Governar Allen.
But 20. K" has never cared mucl
for politics. He "trucked" alonI
with Long because Long wanted hin
to; they'd been friends since boy
hood. The sum substance Of Allen
regime as governor approximate,
this: Long had 70 have a tltular hea'
Of the state government SO he mad
Allen governor. Allen Monday nigh
said re would retire after the cur
rent term.
There were two courses open Il
the Long leaders:
IA political oligarchy, with tn
lieutenants of the senator carryiI.I
On his policies;
2.-The designation OF one OF thes
~lieutenants as leader OF the oranl
zation.
Wreckage Predicted
Political observers and politician
pondered this primary question: ]
there anyone In the oranization cap
able 20 fill the place OF the chief
tain?
IN addition, there vas the pcssi
bility OF jealousy cropping Up amonl
the lieutenants, Of internal strifl
in the organization. Such strife Il
the past has broken many politica
machines.
The New Orleans situation offer
ed. also, q serious threat. Recently
Long-in his fight against his arch
foe. Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley-
had won over, because OF his contrc
OF finances and patronage, many o
the district leaders In the old-linI
democratic oraniZation.
Now with Lon one. Walmsley Is II
q stron position 70 rebuild his New
Orleans oTaniZaticn.
II the Lon lieutenants were In |
qu2ndary about the future, thos'
who have battled Longs rise to pow'
er held a new hope OF victory.
A few weeks ago. a group Of Louis
lana congressman who withstood tn
onslaught OF the senator's forces
formed an opposition bloc. They In,
tended this as the nucleus Of @ for
midable army OF foes.
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But there was more to puzzle TIT
political world than Louisiana. wha'
will become Of the hundred OF "thI
share-th-wealth" units built by tn
senator and his organization? The,
spread across the nation. Monday
While Long was fighting for his life