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Governor Foster as a Satirist and Ballot Controversy
The piece portrays Governor Foster of Louisiana as a deft yet biting satirist in defense of ballot reform. It attacks alleged election manipulation, recounting his interviews with four papers and his public messages on suffrage and free ballot integrity, while denouncing opponents and warning of hidden manipulation. The essay casts Foster as both a flawed hero and a feared force in state politics.
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Foster
Louisiana
Picayune
Times-Democrat
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Baton Rouge
Judge McEnery
McEnery
Keely
South
Caddo
Vance
Bossier
Pierson
Red River
Natchitoches
Hunter
Rapides
Cunningham
Brousard
Lafayette
Parker
Farrar
Kruttschutz
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