Evening star., 1935-09-12
TA[MADGE SEEN
LONGS HEIR IN Sc
Thousands Pass Slain Sem
ator's Bier as Move for
Inquiry Grows.

tCopyright, 1885. by the Associated Press }
BATON ROUGE, La, Neptember ~
Thousands paid silent tribute today
to Senator Huey P. Long, slain ruler
of his Louisiana empire, as one source
indicated Gov. Eugene Talmadge OF
Georgia might be invited by Long S
Share the Wealth" Clubs TO run for
President in 1886.
The Griffin. Ga. Daily News. in a
special dispatch from Cecil Hurst. as
sociate editor of the paper, in LOUISIANA
on a vacation. said:
Talking to certain Share the
Wealth Club leaders. l was told. now
that Senator Long. the greatest cham
pion of the people is dead. Gov. Eu-
gene Talmadge of Georgia probably
will be invited by our organization tC
run for President in 1885,
Gov. Talmadge was en- route from
Atlanta to Chattanooga to deliver an
address and could not be reached i'm
mediately.
Plot Charged In Death.
Following the expressed conviction
Of Earl ChriStenberry, the late Sena-
tors secretary, that DR.. Carl Weiss
jr., who shot the Senator Sunday night
had been chosen by lot for the assas-
Sination. the district attorney prom
ised q thorough investigation.
Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, nationa
organizer for the 'Share-theW
Club" chosen to deliver the funera
Grafton at services beginning this
afternoon at 4 pm. Central standard
timeD. called for a congressional in
veStigation.
Mr.. Smith said last night he be-
the assassination would shake the
Nation"
The great influx Of outsiders for the
funeral of the Senator created a traffC
jam in the city's business district. Tht
State House Park, where the Senator
will be buried, is the north boundary
Flags of State Offices hung at hall
staff. The city appeared TO be begin
ming to comprehend that which hac
been so difficult for it to realize-that
the man whose seven-year power re-
gime it had witnessed in history max
ing turbulence really was dead.
Thousands Pass Bier.
Longs friends, in Baton Rouge and
the parish. both of which were po-
litically opposed to him to the last
eulogized him. Foes said they were
sorry he was killed because they felt
the proper way to eliminate him from
State politics was at the polls.
Notables of the State and Nation
as well as humble citizens. awaited
the funeral At o'clock the great
crowd passing the bier of Senator
Long extended single file a quarter OF
a mile in length and steadily was
growing.
Although Gov. o. K. Allen. titular
head of Longs powerful machine, is
pledged to carry on the doctrines OF
the dictator. the man who is running
things for the State administration is
Seymour Weiss. one of the Senator S
closest aides and companions.
However. there was uncertainty
whether his present leadership would
extend to domination of the machine S
political policies. There appeared to
be no doubt that others would dispute
any attempt he may make to do so.
Battle Lines Drawn.
Every State Office in Louisiana was
closed as the hour for the funeral ap-
preached, but all was far from quiet
on Louisiana's political front.
While two grave diggers spaded into
the moist soil of Sunken garden ad-
joining the skyscraper capitol that
Long built, while thousands filed past
his bier in the rotunda of that capitol
and more thousands swarmed into
(See LONG, Page s.