The Colfax chronicle., 1890-10-25
Democratic Nominee
FOR cONGREss---4rH DrsrRICr.
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD.
OF cADDo.


: within the past two weeks is inter
estiDg and amusing in the 81
treme. First he writes that he vii
5 not be a candidate; that 1--WE mus
! keep within the lines drawn" The1
he says that he believes he will be
: come a martyr(?) in accordanc,
with the wishes of union farmers
Then he authorizes couple O,
gentlemen to contradict all reports
about his running. About the same
time (Oct. 11th) he writes to the
Winn Parish Comrade, that he will
head the ticket, and tells the editor
OF that paper to announce to the
"boys" that he offers himself as .
sacrificed p on the altar of his
country. On the 18th of October,
In Alexandra, in an interview with
newspaper reporters and others.
Mr.. Guice again asserts that he will
not be candidate under any cir
cumstances. So we are altogether
at loss to know whether he will
Tor he won't.
Let Mr.. Guice be a man or a
mouse, and quit this weak and vas
Skating monkey business. It is
disgusting to serious thinking peo-
pie, and brings him into deserved
contempt Those who have watched
the course and analyzed the utter
ances of Mr. Guice since his Of
bcial career as State lecturer could
not but be impressed with the idea |
that ne was deliberately training
for the Congressional race. All |
his speeches have abeunded with
high sounding bnncombe about ma
tionai polity and Congressional
mal-construction of laws; and in
most cases, their very utterance
carried contradiction, or else they
we're so unsound in logical deduc-
5Ion as to fall fiat on the ear of any
'ne even partially informed as to
;he true condition of State and no
lonal affairs. Six months ago. a .
prominent citizen of the State. in I
answer to the question as to what
le thought of Guice, replied that
ne State lecturer was afflicted with l
diarrh@a of words and consti- 8
'ation of ideas" This is a rather :
ulgar simiIitude, but it SO correct q
diagnosis the case in point that :
e trust our readers will pardon
$ introduction. With the as
lmption and assurance character
tic OF the demagogue, Mr.. Guice p
as sloshed around loose, depend =
g mainly on the ignorance of his u u
carers and his own cheek to carry Il,
m safely through. His reliance le
Don the "boys' in wool hats, and va
s Willingness to be sacrificed ez
r principle" are sublimely ridicu- y y
us spectacles of coarse trucking -,
and obsequious pander- ha
9 to ignorance and prejudice. tel
1t upon such duplicity! where a g.
IN is willing to be anything for @ Oe'
, sake OF gaining notoriety or Of att
.. There is no principle to be brs
and no one knows this hol
ter than the crafty broken down ant
itician who utters the stale and me me
lpld remark. His own lack of CON Nom
thing like political principle is clio,
'wn in his erratic capers and un- sho
iued posltlon In politics. c'"
While Mr.. Guice has been play- ':' sui'
fast and loose, he is backed by ofs
or three wire pullers in several Am
lshes. Here in Grant we have tati'
parson 'sstill heading for the furl
ate" with Col. Sam Houston. an com 90
political hack, for a striker, and will
maps one or two more who are A b,
ing for political lightning to vide
re- their way. Over in Winn vate
y son is failing" for all he spp' sps
KS is in it Doubtless their com,
'terparts can be found in the trans
T parishes. Taking. their cue rates