The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-12-11
THE COURIER ON POLITICAL TREA.
CHERRY.

CHERRY.
What the Courier knows on this sub.
ject, will appear from it's conduct to-
wards DR.. w. H. Kirkman, who was
twice nominated by the Democratic
party in Calcasieu during this year, as
a candidate for the State Senate from
this District. The Courier Of May I'd,
1874, says:
Speaking of the announcement of DR..
W. A. Robertson, of this parish, as d
candidate for the State Senate, the Lake
Charles C~alcasieu) Echo, of the 25th ult.,
addresses the following gentle admOn-
ltlOn " to the people of St. Landry (the
Conservative potion, we preSHme):
b satisfied witl one Senator, four Repre-.
sentatives i'll the Lower House, The District
Judge and District Attorney. Let Lafayette,
Or Cameron, or Calcasieu have a voice in he
Stale Senate, and let our st. Landry i1iends
not forget that by attempting 10 grasp every
thing in the gilt of the people OF tails District,
they may lose that support and aid which they,
III future, may ask iOr, and which they will
most certainly need"
We would right here call the attention
OF our cOMfrere to the fact thatitis neither
the Democrats nor Conservatives of St.
Landry who propose to force upon their
friends in this District a candidate for
the Senate from this parish. On the
contrary, the Democrats and COnserva-
tlves OF this parish are ready and will
ing to cOncede to the parish Of Calcasitu
the choice OF a candidate OF their pOliti-
cal faith foe this office and we think We
may safely affirm that they are only
waiting for this candidate to present
himself to give him their strongest sup
port. We will add, further, that we
have excellent reasons for believing that
our friends in Lafayette will not be be-
hind ST. Landry iu this matter.
The Courier of May 10Th, 1874, says:
We are pleased to announce to-day
DR.. VIM. II. kirkman, OF Calcasieu, as
IL candidate for the State Senate.
1t is at the solicitation of a large num-
Der OF influential citizens OF the parish
rs OF Calcasieu and St. Landry that DR..
klrkman has consented to allow his
name to be brought forward as a can
dlOate Tor that Object list of his fell
lOW-cltlZens OF Calcasieu requesting bin
to do so will be found in another col
umn. This list comprises a majority of
the most influential citizens of that par
isIl.
The Conservative voters Of this par
ISh will readily recognize the Justice OF
allowing Calcasieu, (for the first time
within Il recollection the choice of a
Conservative candidate for the State
Senate and it will not be denied that
her choice is Il most judiciOus one, tor
DR.. kirkman is probably the most pOpu-
lar man ilr his parish, and it is conf
IDENTIFY predicted that he will get four
fftils OF the vote of both Calcasieu and
Cameron.
The Doctor represented Calcasieu in
the Lower House Of the last Legislature.
Its notice of him, in French, of the
same date, is even stronger:
Les vOtAns cOnServateurS de nOtre pa
rOisSe ~cUmplendrOnt sans dOute que cp
nest que justice a rendie d nos vUiSins
dc Calcasieu, de leur donnel, pour la
premiere lois, la nomination DUN cap
dldat pour la place de Senateut, ct nous
dev0nS avOuer quilS nj etc habiles ct
lIenlrux dams leur cilnix.
lie d.. kirkmhn est peut-Gtre fhOm-
me lie plus p0pulaire ct Ie plus genera
lenent estime de cette ParOiSse, ct nous
~ lieu d'eSperer quill Ohtiendla les
llnit-diXiemes DIES voix de CaIcasieu ct
Cameron.
NJ. Kirkman rerr6sentait sa paroisse
dams In derniere Legislature, ct sa con-
duite hOnn6tt, ferme ct COZ servatlice
est ~pIelnement apprOuvee par ses com
mettants, ct Il encore aVigment6, 81 celia
etait possible, sa grande pdpularit6.
All this, when DR.. Kirkman, elected
as a Democrat, went into the kellogg
Legislature at the outset, aud remain
ed tllere-the very same thing it pre-
tends to ablor in some Others.
1t quit talking in favor of Kirkman,
now, and after awhile, out comes the
following:
We extract the following paragraph
from a lengthy communication OF Geo.
H. Wells, Esq, to the Lake Charles
Echo, in which he has fully redeemed
the pledge contained in his card pub
llShed fOtsOme time in II columns. Six
OF the eight members OF the Democratic
OF Calcasieu certify that they
took no pare in calling the Convention
held in Lake Charles gu the 25th OF June
last, and That they knew nothing of it
until the call was published. This, it
TO lis, is sufficient OF ITSELF to show
that iile acts OF the Convention are not
AIIAIAs$ WI ilC GtltP HCH w OGtkCitSlGus |
1t was never pretended thatit was bind
ing on the Democracy OF the district,
and the District Convention to he held
tile LIST OF OcGOhel, at VermiliOnvilie,
Will not he apt to consider it binding in
any sense Of the word.
So, here was a betrayal of Kirkman,
and a transfer of that virtuous sheets
to Wells. This was on the 18th
of September. Now, on the Sd of Octo-
Der, what do weS behold? Why, the
name Of John I. Gardiner, of this parish,
without comment or notice Of any kind,
is slipped in the regular. ticket OF can
lidates supported by the Courier; and
Wells, Kirkman, and Calcasieu, all three
betrayed and left out in the cold, ban
isled from the Courier's affections. She
,oquetted with them all, and after get
ting all they would give, bestowed her
.virtuous favOrs on another.
1879 AND 1S74.-The Courier of last
Saturday publishes an extract from this
paper of November, 1879, to show that
t did not support Mr.. Estilette then.
In the item quoted appears no personal
Twill to Mr.. Estilette nor to anyone
Use. Now in the Courier OF July 18th,
STA, appears an editorial notice Of a
speech made by Mr.. EStilette, as follows:
Mr.. EstileGte, we thought, made a Re-
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