The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1894-10-06
Generals In The Coming
Political Battle.

Political Battle. |
In to-day's issue of The ITEM is pub
ished list of the members of the State
Central Committee of the National Re- |
publican party. A peFusal of this list
will show how enormous Is the change |
wrought in the personnel Of such COM
mittees by the infusion Of new blood in
to the Republican party.
What can be said against such man as
D. S. Ferris, B. A. Oxnard. James A.
Ware, James Legendre. Daniel Edwards.
Henry Mccall. GINS. A. Breaux. W. j. Be-
han, Chas. Godchaux and others which
appear in this roster. Are these not re-
preventative menp Are they not inter.
ested In the material welfare Of L0uisi-
anal Do they not stand as high as any
men in the Slater Can they not be trus-
ted2 Are they not preferable to the bos-
ses. professional papsuckers and ring
sters who have controlled politics In
New Orleans for Sd many years. and who
now cry out treason" because men who
have hitherto voted thu Democratic tick
ct from principle. despite its disreputa-
BILE leadership. now through principle
refuse longer to do 50. and ally them
selves with party from which they can
expect fair treatment. These men found
national Democratic leaders no better
than local ones, and while in local mat
tiers they were still willing to vote as
they have always voted. in the hope OF
eventually effecting reforms. they found
that the time had come for breaking
from the national Democracy aud they
proceeded to do 90 without any unneces.
sary delay. ttt
Now they are before the people; their
candidates in the two Congressional Dis
tricts have been named. and they are
found to be the men for whom every CT
tizen can vote, feeling that they cast
their ballots for worthy representatives
Of worthy cause. Soon the nominee in
the Second Congressional District will
be proclaimed. and he will be found as
worthy as the others Of the suffrage Of
the people. t-.'
Personal character. ability. devotion
to the interests of Louisiana are found
in these candidates for Congress. and
the only argument that can be used
against them is that they do not run up
on the ticket controlled and dictated BY
the machine. II for no other reason, the
fact that these men do not owe their no
mination to the machine should BIZ a
strong recommendation to popular 70.
vor. and 1t cannot fail to prove 80. This
thing of one or two individuals saying
that the people shall vote for this or that
. man for Congress because I or We "a cou.
pie of clods). have put up his name has
become wearisome, we should say. 0bno.
xious to the people and they cannot but
, be gratiHed at the opportunity offered
them of breaking loose from the shac.
t kles Of bossism under which they have
. groailed for 80 many years.
.. This deliverance from bossism Is q
) feature Of the sugar planters movement
: which cannot but be fully appreciated
and when Is added to that the great be.
,, nefit to the State promised by the move
Q ment, 1t is difficult to understand how
8 the people can fail to see that the ONLY
thing to do is to vote for Judge Taylo
Beattie, Hon. H. P. Kernochan. and tn,
nominee Of the sugar planters and Re
publicans in the Second Congressiona
o District.
0 The campaign is virtually on. AM
! soon 1t will be raging. The people viii
have to take sides; they will have I
y choose between bossism, ringism, tn
Z lowest form of politics on the one hand
% and patriotism. the advancement Q
their State. its protection from ruin o.
> the other. OF the result TIE ITEM ha
no fear. Right will triumph. and Loui
l. siana be saved from the danger no'
threatening her.-City Item.
a Got our nrices on lob works.