St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-08-25
TIE GOVERNOR.
Alexandria State Central Express. ]

den for Governor, and the malicious
spirit manifested by that paper to-
ward the Director General of the
Centennial Cotton Exposition and
the vast interests involved in It's
success, renders its support of any
candidate less desirablethap its OPP
position. The ring that has taken
up Gen. Ogden, and upon whose
combinations he must Iely, has
alienated many of those who were
his admirers in the canvass three
yeats ago.
Terrebonhe Times.1
Without detracting from the high
worth OF any of the candidates
named, We do not hesitate to prefer
and espouse the cause of the pres
ent incumbent, Gov. S. D. Mem
cry. whose ability and character
make him the peer of any man in
the State, and who is a true and
exalted representative of the high
est type OF Louisiana g chivalry, and
we feel confident that if the people
of Louisiana entrust their interests
to Gov. McEnery for the next four
years they will never have cause to
regret 1t.
CapitoIian. Advocate.
Ne lad intended to postpone till
the very last moment the express
sion oi cur preferences. But, now
that the two great morning daiIies
of New Orleans, and other ;nfuen-
tial contemporaries, have announced
their candidates, we cannot with
propriety maintain toward our read
ers what might be construed as a
peurile Micawber-hke neutrality.
Hence we this day place at the
head Of our columns the name of
our gallant Governor, Samuel D.
MeEnery, the peer of the noblest
and worthiest in Louisiana.
\ true son of Ouachita, Samuel
d. M"Enery has never failed to re-
spond to the call of his State, III the
tented field as well as in the politi-
cal arena, in which, with Spartan
courage, he directed the movements
in the campaign of 1876. which
made his section one of the stout
est pillars upon which was erected
the Nichols government.
In 1880, elected as the lieutenant
of the lamentea Louis A. Witt, at
whose side he promptly came when
ever called, ana whose death ago
MES he soothed by his generous and
uuselish service. Samuel ID. McEn-
cry received from the hands of tie
dying Creole Governor the reins of
government still staggering under
the load of difficulties with which
il had been encountered under the
rule of Radicalism. And in the
short space of two years he presents
Louisiana to the world, a proud
State, once more on the higbroad
to wealth, power aud renown!
1t has been our good fortune to
be near Governor McEnery since
the day he re- established the seat
of government at Baton Rouge, and
we must say that we have seen him
constantly absorbed in tue prompt,
etficien: and conscientious exercise
OF his onerous duties. Unminaful
OF criticism, he has gone on, labor
ing necessarily for the welfare Of
the people of the State, and he has
achieved results that will place his
name among those of the most hon
ored Governors OF Louisiana.
Plain, unassuming in bis manners,
approachable to all; a Democrat in
every sense of the term, he is truly
the Peoples Governor.
Quickly identifying himself with
the people of Baton Rouge, lie has
become their friend; and, in return,
he can feel ASSURED that among
them he is as much at home as in
his native parish of Ouachita.
Unjustly assailed, IL remains for
the good people of Louisiana to
vindicate his name, and to manifest
their appreciation of his great pub
lie services by electing him to the
position he has SO worthily filled by
the unexpected death of the noble
Witt.
To serve Louisiana, he has made
sacrifices that generous people, |
we are sure, will not forget, when
his name is brought before them in
the nominating convention. that will |
ere long be assembled.
ANOTHER VICTORY FOE M'ENERY. !
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