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t y ,l to ll of " a a in in — — ?" his V* the le " . " ." " a, RACING MADE A POLITICAL ISSUE. New Orleans. La.. November 9. — New OrieaaW ra-ing has been injected into the present Louisiana state campaign as a live issue, by the Protectant Ministers Association. Addressing a query in Ihe three gubernatorial candidates. It. C. Ileasan!. T. C. Barret and John M. Parker, demanding that they answer, whether, if elected governor they will insist upon a rigid enforcement of the Locke law for the suppression of race track betting, and whether, if it proves insufficient under new devices. they will advocate an extension of uiis law by new legislative enactment, which will suppress such de- vices. Lieutenant tiovcrnor T. C. Barret, of Shreveport. wired his answer: •Yes. to all qnes- tions." He is running for governor on a prohibi- tion platfrom. John M. Parker, progressive candi- date, takes just the opi osite view, and in his letter tonight declares that he favored letting the race* run. if conducted within the law and are cU-an. lie declared f r a general jMilicy of ■"uon-iiiterfer- —*"
