The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-04

that the editor of the OUAtIIITA TEL
EGRAPII is an aspirant for gubanatorial
honOrs says:
We would support him in preference to
any one yet spoken Of in connection with
the office. Capt. McCranic is Il practical
mana worker, not Il party dronc.
These assertions are made by the
Banner coupled with the belief of the
fact that Capt. McCranie would not
have the honor Of 4 nomination con-
ferred upon him by his constituents for
the very reason that he has been ga
'ro''Ae1, and not a party drone," and in
the same article this journal winds up
the following remark :
Political poppycocE is now the order of
the day.
There is no doubt great necessity
that the claims Of every one for as high
an office as that of Governor should be
deliberately canvassed, provided there
was any show of success. But what
difference would it make as to who
is the nominee of the Democratic par
ty: In order to crafty the aspirations
of those seeking the honor of the Office
there would be just as much safety
of success in nominating IL dozen or
two candidates. There are many who
feel as if they would like to fill the
position, and also feel like they de-
serve it as true representative mem
and as having suffered long MARTYR
dom to the good cause of political per-
Versity. Hence VIC see nearly every
journal in tho country hosting the
name of some one for the purpose of
announcing that cit would support
him in preference to any one yet spo-
ken of for tho office.''
l.. l.;
and Pll tickle you" style about all this
thing that convinces us of the cNis-
tence of Il sort OF 1tpoliticsl poppycock
which is the order of the day. very
different from that construed by the
Banner, and which this journal, with
many Others, either Intentionally or
unwittingly indulges in.
We find the above article in the
Morehouse Conservative, and to that
paper we are indebted for the intelli-
gence that our esteemed friend of the
Bossier Banner entertains of us an
opinion so t1attering, the number of the
Banner containing the extract quoted
by the Conservative never having
reached us. To the Banner we make
our profound obcisancc, protesting,
however, that no one is authorized to
say that we are an aspirant for 'sguba-
natorial' honors.
Our young brother Of the Conscrva-
tive leaves us in doubt as to what re-
turn we should make him. We really
can't decide whether he is Il DEM
ocrat, or not; whether he means that
the BOssier Banner and this paper arc
scheming to accomplish Il particular
result ornot or whether we shall salute
him as Il friend, or as Il foe. His
language is general in terms, and withal
obscure. If the Conservative intended
to make point against us, we are so
wanting in perception-at least so char
itable-as not to see it. If that n,per
will drop generalitieS, and tell It's,
specifically, when and where we have
incurred its displeasurc-if VIC ever
haVe-and what, precisely, we are cx-
pected to reply to, we will he happy to
meet, if we can, the points it may
make. Meanwhile, we assure our
Morehouse friend, that, if his aspira-
tons for Office are no greater than ours,
neither the people of the State, nor of
his parish, are likely to be divided in
November i'll opinion as to our rcSpcc-
tive claims to their support.