St. Landry democrat., 1892-02-06
Boatner was the Regular.

of the adherents of the sanity Foste
like the Gatling gun arguments of Hon
c.. j. BOatner at the great Democrat,
gathering in New Orleans last month
and as the volley of his scathipg denun
Citations swept up and down the ranks o
the boiling office-seekers the politica
corpses we're heaped on every side.
The strongest workers, as a result
have been detailed to refute if possible
this speech, and utterly failing in that
they are straining every nerve to break
the force OF his sledge hammer blows
upon their structure of meDdacity ana
hypocrisy and lust for office.
| One of their charges is that once upon
time Mr.. Boatner was himself a bolter
and the fact that lie was defeated at the
polls gives faint color to the charge
| but the facts in the case are that he was
| the regular nominee in the contest and
| that his successful opponent in the cam
paign, Gen. Floyd King, was the boter.
This is probably known to the sanity
crowd, but despite their claims TO virtue
they have no use for truth, for the facts
are all against them.
The Teiegraph-Bulletin of Monroe,
published right on the ground of the
alleged bolt, speaks authoritatively up
on the subject and conclusively shows
the real facts and thus tells the story.
When the 5th District Congressional
Convention met in 1884, two candidates
had their adheIents among the dele
gates, Mr.. G. j. Boatner and Gen. King.
The Boatner men secured control of
the temporary organization and Hon. j.
NJ. Kennedy, of East Carroll, was made
temporary chairman. The convention
then nominated Chas j. Boatner.
The bolt occurred when the King del
egates found that they could not secure
control of the convention, set up a con-
vention of their own and nominated
Gen. King.
The bolt was of course by the minor
ity, for had Gen. Kings friends been in
the majority there would have been no
cause for their setting up a separate
convention. There were no cOntesting
delegations, no report OF committee on
credentials or anything of that sort to
cause any bolt, but tie very opposite
from that charged by the State House
ring occurred, as the friends of Gen. X.
went into the regular convention, and
after it was organized separated from
the regular Democracy"
Mr.. Boatner's delegates were in the
majority and had no cause to separate
from it.
The Telegraph Bulletin also gives the
lie to another charge made by the ants,
that Mr.. Boatner in some way sought
and secured the nomination for Congress
in the Fifth District while he was resi-
dent OF Shreveport, by saying 1T is
untrue that he was can
didate for that nomination."
The fact that the Democracy of the
Fifth District afterwards unanimously
rendered the nomination to Mr.. Boatner
is well known to all in Louisiana pos
sessed of ordinary political information.
Mr.. BOatner accepted the nomination, as
he had perfect right to do, legally and
otherwise, and was elected and has made
q faithful and intelligent member of
Congress ever since, thus showing tile
good sense of the Fifth District in call
ing him back from Shreveport to repre-
sent it.
The New Delta" says the Telegraph
Bulletin in conclusion, should post it.
self in North Louisiana political history
and cease its exhibitions of ignorance,
or, If it is already posted, cease its
representations" We sug-
gest to the Telegraph Bulletin that it is
hard to put polish on putty or put brains
INTO a wooden lndian, SO it need not ex-
pect either OF its suggestions to the |
rings chief organ to be accepted.
Another point which has quite an i'm
oortant bearing upon tho question of the |
King -Boatner contest is the fact that Mr.. |
Boatner offered to refer the matter of |
Who was the best entitled to the nomina-
ion to the State Central Committee, the |
highest tribunal Of the party, but Gen. |
Kings adherents, fearing the outcome |
,f such an arbitration, declined to sub
nit the case.