The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-05-18
Moncure and McEnery.

ed aDem0Cratic- Conservative j0prrl-
Al az tho Clarion should fail to urge
Governor McEnery's claims Tor the
nomination for Governor by the
coming State Conventions. McEn.
ery's conduct since his election four
years ago, we are free to admit, has
challenged our profoundest admira-
ton throughout, and no man in
Louisiana holds him in higher es.
TEEN than we do. But We do not
concede that the nomination is due
him ipsO facto rs u matter of right
to any other pure patriot Of Louisia-
ma who has fought Radlcalism with
an pncOmpr0mising teDacity upon
pure principle. The Hon. r. 81.
MARI has done as much 40 any one
man. MoDcure has done a. much
and been as true. The friends Of
either Of these gentlemen could urge
their claims with as much reason as
can McEnery's friends his. McEnery
has done nothing but his duty, but
that he has done well, and none are
more ready than we to concede him
all honor. Yet we do not believe he
should receive the nomination for
Governor because there are men in
the State who can command more
strength and arouse more enthu-
siasm, and we need all the strength
that even the strongest man can
command. That man, whoever he
may be, should be nominated. pro
vided he has the two essential re
quisites-capacity and integrity.
After noticing carefully the con
duct Of the most prominent mem
bers of the Democratic Conservative
party, and studying their strength,
we believed that Mr.. Moncure was
decidedly the strongest man in the
State, and he being a man of most
spotless record, Of unquestionable
capacity and tried integrity, we
without hesitation put his name ur
as our choice for Governor. IF he
should be the nominee of the part
we believe he would receive thOus
ands of votes that McEnery could
not get, and those votes may turn
the scales either way.
But we do not desire to be misun
derstoed by our exchanges or the
people, and we state that while VIZ
shall continue to urge Mr.. Moncure',
claims until the convention has pu,
out its nominee, none will more cor
daily support the nominees thar
we. We shall do all in our power
to secure their election. Persona
preferences will sink into insignia
canoe as soon as those preference.
conflict with the States interest
We stand ready and pledged t,
champion the action of the comm,
Democratic Conservative Conven
ton, and to work hard and earnest
| ~ for the success of its ticket. A
the same time we do not believe tn,
nomination is due to any man as /,
matter Of right, but it is due to tn
man who can combine the mos
strength with capacity and integri
ty.-( Morehouse Clarion. -.
! We agree with the Clarion
| that the nomination is not du,
to any man s'as a matter o
right" We regret that Cover
nor McEnery's friends are press
ing his claims for the nomina
ton Of Governor Of this State By
the Democratic party. His nom
ination, in our opinion, will in
sure the defeat Of the Democra
cy Of Louisiana. Yet, we pre-
fer McEnery to Wilt first, las
and forever. McEnery is a true
man, and no mistake. We, fol
one, can never forgive x-Mayol
Wiltz for his conduct in 1873
However, let both gentlemen
''step down and out" as aspi
rants, for the present, and let the
Baton Rouge convention give us
Mari and Moncure, or Moncure
and Jonas, as our standard.
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bearers, and, with thorough or.
ganization, we believe victory
will be ours.