St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-10-01
OUR NOMINEE.


OUR NOMINEE.
baton Rouge Truth:
The people Of the Sixth Congress-
ional District are to he co0gratula-
ted upon the nomination Of Col. 8.
n. ROberts0n, our present active
yoang representative, to succeed
in the halls Of Congress.
Without intending the least dispar.
agement TO other candidates, We
believe the nominee to be the hest
selection they could possibly have
made. Young, intelligent, with .
thorough understanding Of the wants
Of his constituents, aud with .
splendid record n . Congressman,
Col. Robertson Is emlnently we'll
qualified to represent this district.
That he win be useful TO his coustit-
uents In the future - be has In the
past goes without saying. II We
could feel that the other districts
would be - well represented as the
sixth, We would point to the Louis
lana delegation as the peers in state
manship Of the foremost in the
Cuion. We write - Il our nomi.
nee was already elected. knowing
full well that . Democratic n0mina-
tIon h equivalent 70 IN election,
and that the old Sixth Il surely and
solidly Democratic. There will
scarcely be IN opponent in the field,
and even should there be the vote
east for him will amount to but lit.
tie.
Pointe Coupee Democrat:
Col. Robtertson Was nominated
by acclamation by the Congressi0n-
ii Convention held At Baton Rouge
last Wednesday, 4lst Inst This ID
. guarantee that the free coinage Of
Silver and Options Bills win both be
strengthened in Congress this win
ter. and every measure that closely
interests the planters and the Il,
boring class, within the limits OF the
Constitution, viii be supported by
Col. Robertson.
There Vas really bat one competi.
tor for Congregational hon0rs besides
Col. R0bterson, and that was Judge
Coco Of Avoyellcs. There were
other candidates, but they had no
following whatever. Mr.. Dupre,
Of st. Landry, belongs to On hoaor.
ed Creole family, and Il himself
worthy Of iss lineage, but under the
circumstances the people could moi
dispense with the services Of Col.
Robertson.
St. Helena Echo:
Col. s. n. Robertson, Of Baton
Rouge, was nominated for C0ngless
by reclamation Ut the Congressi0n-
IL Convention which met in Baton
Rouge on Wednesday last. Col.
Sam was our choice first, last and
Ill the time, and OF course We are
gratilied ut the result.
POinte Coupee Banner:
At the Democratic Congressi0n-
IL Covention which was held In
Baton Rouge on the 3lst inst.
Col. 5. N. Robertson was nomina-
ted by reclamation ~ our candi-
date for congress-.
Although IN the recent campaign
We favored the candidscy Of anoth-
er gentleman, yet, ~ We intimated
In our last issue, We did 80, ''not
that We love Caesar less. but that
We loved Rome more and
DOW that Col. Robertson h the
nominee Of the party. the Banner
extends to him most hearty con.
CALCULATIONS, and pledges itself to
use all honorable means In its pow.
er to insure bis reelection to con-
gress.
Col. Robertson b . gentleman
whose name speaks for itself. He
needs no vindication Ut our hands ;
for tie able services which be has
rendered to our people In the past
are we'll known to every intelligent
man among his constituents. He
has labored faithfully and we'll for
the interests Of his district and
State and we feel warranted in
saying that the record which be
has made in congress Is ~ bril-
liant ~ that Of any representative
that the 9Th congressional district
has ever had
We are confident that no man
In our district who claims to be .
Democrat win now hesitate to give
the nominee Of the party bis most
enthusiastic support.
Louisiana Review:
The Democratic Congressional
Convention Of the 9Th District, In
session 1t Baton Rouge, last We'd
nesday, nominated Hon. Samuel N.
Robertson, by acclamatiou. There
were two delegations from 1t. Lam.
dry and the convention seated them
each on . half vote. Colonel Rob
ertson, the nominee, has made .
very efficient congressman, and he
will doubtless serve his constituents
in the district with no less success