Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-10-22
konIaatioas.


ing been rrereapt to our duty as party .
journal il il proper that We answer that
question. !
W. admit that it is the usual and th" |
proper course Ia make party nominations
and to ensure the succrss uf those n"nlina- 1
,ions to u.r the party whip freely. Were .
not this course pursued the 'lisintegratioh I
Of any party that hal II strong opposition
would certainly follow. division is
of .bSoint. nrcrs-ity tn pre-rfTe an e9"'- /
Iibrium IN political affairs. Only one par
~ is an nnomaly-an anomaly too that
can exist bnt a little while. The fact that
there is only one party, or n very STRONG
ia, ton and very weak one. brings about
u state If things that il nnnainrnl. The
individual ,lrsir, for office becomes great
cr than the desire for party success, amd
men canno, h" held to their allegiance.
In Claihnrne parish there is but -hnd-
ow Of an opposition to the Democracy,
All Democrats feel confident If a victory
ni the polls 10y an overwhelming majority.
There /. nobody Ia fight, some men claim
Why then put in motion the usunl-iar'y
machinery Its effect wnnld br iarreate an
opposition when none Of any consequence
now exists. DEFEATED aspirants aud their
friends would regard nominations M hut
n means of personal Inconvenience To
thrm-lvc- aud nomination ar no noIHlna-
tion the result would bc the sanr-all
The wisdom is all with the people. They,
or a majority Of them. must bc satisfied ~
3" the prQpririy "f party movement h"'
fore they will endorse it. They cann"i u"
made to believe that there IL any need Of
the usual steps III a campaign. Personal
interests are to-day greater than the pub
lie veal. Therefore Personal ends must
ac rrntfird, aud n hnriir rnrr in the IT,
snlt.
| Now, ont of all this. good reasons are to
hc found for n nominations, because in
spite Of the general deposition I" fly from
/ the traces. it might we'll he commended that
now is the most important time I" pre-.
serve a party nucleus around which here
after all the disahrctch may rally III The
common cause of opposition (" the Radi-
cal party. But Their" arr "tll things that
| We have considered.
For ten years the Democracy Of tlai-
horne parish have defeated the enemy
until the Radicals have been worn down
tn mere handful. with each successive
victory the people have become assured 81
their invnciblity. They have Srcn Radi
callsm die, aud now they claim to hav,
the opportunity they have ~ long sought
to let ever. candldat" run through an'
test his strength before the people. Every
plan oi nomination has been ttrd and al
have proved unsatisfactory; not because
there was ANYTHING wrong in the plai
itself. hut hccan~r We had not been h-l,
together entirely 10y the instinct of self
preservation ~ has hrrn the case IN YER
iug men claim that the hurdle race j. ih
plan tn give sat ~tactlnu and that IT ma,
hr safely trird. As VT rn"w thar expert
rncr IN politics il the oulN feather Who's
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