The Progress., 1894-03-03
MR.. BLANCHARD'S FRIENDS.

virtue or following THIS vocation, Dut
with the same bent and trend pug.
sue the same course as they would in
personal life, commencing where it
pays to, denouncing when opposition
is made to their faith and plan. Ia
no case now within recall has this
proposition been more fully exem-
ptihed, than in Mr.. Blanchard's can
didacy for the Senate. In the months
oack when lie made his gallant fight
on the anti-option and silver bills,
certain newspapers in middle and
South Louisiana were absolutely 81
lent on the question of his ability,
the claim of his friends to Stateman-
ship for bin, Or whether his course
on these bills ANS the proper one
They did not hesitate however, tu
elOquently, lolndly and soundly ap
plaud his colleagues and members of
the Senate FROM his State, because
they spoke and voted in direct opposi,
ton to him. Then too, when the tariff
bill came up and he voted with the
Democratic party, though it placed
sugar on the free list, some Of these
same journals still seemed Enabled
to discover in him any of the eIe-
ments of greatness or the possession
of manly equinimity on public que,-
tons, but as assiduously praised the
four members of the House who
voted contrarily, and gravely told the
North Louisiana papers, which were
defending him from the rabid as
saults of ultra sugar journals, that
every true son of Louisiana must or
should uphold the sugar interests
and on that subject the question IF
sectionalism should be entirely re-
pudiated.
In all this time, during which q
herce war was beng waged between
the South and North Louisiana Jour
nails; the former assailing and ma
ligning Mr.. Blanchard for voting
with his party, the latter defending
and lauding him for doing 80, and
during this contest certain papers,
while perhaps not openly fighting
him, were constant in their praise of
those who favored duty on sugar
without regard to allegiance to the
Democratic party, still falling to rec
ognize or discover any elements Of
the Statesman in him.
Conspicuous in the rank of the lat
ter class Is a certain newspaper pub
lished not so very far away from the
capital city, and which is very close
to the governor, who is great "su-
gar man" The PROGRESS has the
honor of an exchange with the jour
nal cited and generally reads it at
every appearance; and if it has ever
had anything to say favorable to Mr..
course, cause or candl-
dacy, from the moment the vote on
the repeal bill was taken till the time
chat gentleman sent his now famous
sugar telegram, we surely failed to
note it; which is very questionable as,
beiug one of Mr.. Blanchard's stuldi-
est supporters, The PRoGREss would
scarcely have failed to see and re-
produce friendly, not to say com
Dlimentary comment, on it's favorite,
by paper SO close to the executive
and Cousin Don, and such dear,
lear friend of sugar. But since that
telegram, oh my! what a great man
Mr.. Blanchard is. Why we Speak
ing for the paper under commenN
long ago discovered what elements of
greatness he possessed and what an
he would be to the upper
House of Congress. Since 1t has
discovered how much sugar it now
seems necessary to appease Mr.
Blanchard's appetite, it almost
him when a boy, who
then showed the distinguishing
marks Of Craftsmanship. 1t is now
so much. and so strongly for Blan-
chard it soundly reprimands his old
whose tastes differ from
that gentleman, ii that they de
sire more Democracy and less sugar.
1t accuses them of DESERVING him
right when success seems certain,
when they are needed most; forget
ting that the proposition is ridicu-
lous, as even the most arrant coward
will not desert his leader when he