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Earl faced heavy opposition-notably from DeLesseps ("Chep") Morrison, reform mayor of New Orleans, and Francis Grevemberg, the racket-busting state police superintendent. But Earl's opponents decided to campaign mostly by TV, and this gave Earl an opening. Although he had suffered a heart attack in 1950, Earl did not spare himself. Month after month he ranged the state, six to eight speeches a day, spit and scratch, handing out free hams and groceries, bringing on the hillbilly boys, whooping it up in the backwoods to break the monotony of rural life. There are 64 parishes (counties...
...Upstate, Chep Morrison, a Catholic, failed to make headway against an old tradition that a Catholic cannot be elected governor of Louisiana. In New Orleans, which Morrison expected to sweep, he barely skimmed through on top; analysis of the vote showed that a lot of the Negroes unexpectedly chose Long as "the poor man's friend...
...lost none of his bounce. His was still the challenger's zeal as he confronted the voters of the State of Louisiana and announced that he in tended to run for governor. "The people have told me from one end of Louisiana to the other," said Mayor deLesseps ("Chep"). Morrison of New Orleans, "that they want a new face, that they seek capable, energetic leadership...
...Chep Morrison, reform mayor, was getting into what looked like a tight and noisy fight. Earl K. Long, brother to the late Huey and governor of the state from 1948 to 1952, had prepared for the 1956 Democratic primary by having all his teeth out. Other candidates (announced or probable) included Colonel Francis Grevemberg, Louisiana's able and respected police superintendent, and Jimmie H. Davis, a former governor who delights the crowds on the hustings by caroling his own compositions, You Are My Sunshine and It Makes No Difference...
Handsome lawyer and World War II colonel, Chep Morrison has a formidable big-city record. He first beat the Long organization in the 1946 New Orleans mayoralty election. In 1950 he was re-elected by the biggest majority in the city's history, getting 121,000 votes. In 1954 Morrison won a third four-year term, taking 60% of the popular vote against eight other candidates. But Chep Morrison has political liabilities: he is both a New Orleanian and a Catholic, facts that count against him in rural and heavily Protestant north Louisiana. Last week Chep Morrison...