St. Landry democrat., 1883-10-20
The Canvas for Governor.
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MaFkSVllle review NlCHollo VIII uo
the next Governor. The office will
seek him.
Baton Rouge Truth eff there is a
man loved in Louisiana, it is Gen.
Francis /. Nichols"
Farmerville Gazette "The McEnery
organs throughout our State are giving
plenty OF political thunder, but they
give no light"
The Lake Charles Commercial says j:
From every section ct the parish, that
we have heard from, the expression OF
the people favor Gen. r. L. Nichols for
Governor"
Colfax Chronicle Zone of the strong
est features in favor OF Nichols as OPP
posed to McEnery is that Nichols has
been tried and the people want him
again; McEnery has been tried and
they want a change"
The Meridional Of Vermillion parish.
speaking of Gen. Nichols says:
Of course that is not the kind Of gov
ernor the politicians want, but he GER
tainly is just the man the people do
want, and what is more, he is the kind
they are going to have next time.
Meridional : "Wonders never cease"
and as the luminaries OF the country
and city press slowly cast their etful-
gence upon the clouds which have SO
long obscured the varied talents of Gov.
Sam. D. McEnery from the anxious
gaze OF an enquiring constituency, and
dispensing them reveal the dazzling
brilliancy and magnitude OF his newly
discovered greatness, we are almost
struck dumb with awe and admiration.
With blanched and quivering lips we
needs must query, why it is that we
have so long been kept in ignorance OF
the profound wisdom, sagacious states
manship, and peerless eloquence, which
as we are now told for the first time,
belong to our chief magistrate h It was
silly to have expected his gigantic
mind to condescend to graphing with
such trivial matters as Brother Johns
State Land Grab" Evidently the gu
bernatoriaI field is entirely too limited
in scope to bring into full play the ver-
satile powers OF this greatest of modern
statesmen, jurists and orators. We
shall indeed be deserving of the bitter
reproaches of all people if we do not
promptly send him to represent us i'll
the highest council of the nation. To
permit such grand intellect to moulder
away in the unfriendly obscurity and
idleness of the governorship will be the
blacklist ingratitude. Although his adj
ministration has been about the poorest
the State ever saw it is indeed consoling
to know that the office is now seeking
him
The Donaldsonville Chief says the
press Of Louisiana stands as follows
For Nichols 26; McEnery, IS; Ogden,
A; Jeffries, 8; Bush, | Rost, / Pier
son Non committal, 30.
North Louisiana wants an honest
man as the candidate of the Democratic
party for Governor. Francis L.
Nichols fills the bill. Some other cam
didates possess the above requisites,
but Gen. Nichols has been tried and
proved to be true. Like refined gold
he has gone through the fre.-Farmer-
merville Gazette.
During last week we made canvass,
as far as possible, among our citizens to
ascertain what following If any Gov.
McEnery had in our parish. His sup
p0rters do not form corporal's guard,
while his opponents are like the leaves of
the forest-they are everywhere i'll
Union parish. We heard one gentle
man, living near Shiloh, who said he
would not support Nichols but he al
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Emery if he were the nominee Union
Parish Gazette.
"Modocn Of the Morehouse Clarion
deals the MeEnery administration some
heavy blows. In fact he is after the
scalp.-Union Parish Gazette. Y
The Times-Democrat has been happy
in its opposition to candidates. 1t OPP
posed E.. John Ellis, he was elected.
tits now opposing Nichols, he will be
elected.-Union Parish Gazette.
A country contemporary has enumer-
ated the papers supporting tile differ
candidates for Governor, and listed the