The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-04-28
NE IRON C. BLANCHARD.

NE WZON C. BkANCHARD.
When Newton c. Blanchard was
! appointed United States Senator by
Governor Foster, his appointment
\ met with the general appreciation of
IN Democrats and his election for
the balance IF the term of the Hon.
Z. D. White was considered certain,
but as the tire for the election of
the two United States Senator's, by
the General Assembly approached,
ike spring shower on seeds shat
have been laying in the ground
during drouth, it has caused the
seed of ambition to terminate and
sprout in the bosom of many
politicians.
The Bible says that sanger resteth
in the bosom of FOOLS" Perhaps
had there been politicians when the
good book was gotten up, it would
Z have said stambition resteth in the
bosom of politicians" Now, we do
not wish to be understood as finding
fault with those who ambition distinc-
ton, by attaining Office at the hands
ct their fellow citizens. Ambition
is inherent in human nature; the
farmer, the mechanic, the merchant,
the professional man, the student,
each has his ambition, and it is right
that it should be SO, because ambi-
ton is the impeller of progress, in
agriculture, in commerce, in the
mechanical ants, in science and in
one word, in every thing that embel-
fishes this world and contributes to
the comfort of the great human
family; but what is reprehensible
and what we deprecate is that some
people to crafty their ambition often
forget the precept: ''Devise not
lie against thy brother, neither do
the same to thy FRIEND" New ton
G. blanchard has been in Congress
eight consecutive years; during all
this time, no one found aught to
say against his acts or votes; he has
bes.sfh>e to his party and he has
proven hin4seif a Jealous, able and
faithfu1. adj locate and defender of
tile interest IF his state; it is only
lately, when THE infamous Mckinley
bounty bill &xas dragged to the
slaughter houseS to be decapitated
and replacsab yAa Democratic tariff
bin To TIE 4s cessary revenues
lxesssisient Mf.-Blanchard has
been denounced by the benefciaries
of the sugar bounty. They have
denounced him as being I'M
friendly to this great industry of
our State, because he has voted for
the tariff bill known as the Wilson |
bill. We say that this accusation
against Mr.. Blanchard is unfair and
not founded on truth. 1t is we'll |
known that when this bill came up
before the House of Representatives,
Mr.. Blanchard voted for an amend
ment to put sugar on the dutiable
list of imported products and that
he advocated a duty Of one cent
and half on foreign sugar as being
the best and easiest way of raising
the necessary revenues needed to
cover the deficiency in the treasury
and defray the expenditures. of the
Government, and at the same time
protect incidentally that industry.
That vote, no one can deny, was
strictly in conformity with the long
established principles and methods
of the Democratic party to raise
revenues and at the same time pro-
tect such products, industries and
manufactured goods, of the country
which come in competition with
foreign imported products and
manufactured goods. 4
A duty of one cent and half on
foreign sugars would advance the
price of home made sugars, in. pro-
portion and would put in the United
States treasury forty five million
dollars and would protect the sugar
growers and manufacturers bro-
sanfo. Any man, who wants, more
protection than that, or wants
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