The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-09-21
ASTC UlVDING DISCOVER

vertiser, has awakened from it's
slu,nbers and has grown SO pro-
foundry aggressive that at times it
forgets the dignity Of age and be-
comes amusingly sensational. Our
esteemed neighbor has made some
astounding discov of late. He
has made the discovery that these
many years the Democrats of Lafa-
yette parish, with perhaps the ex-
ception Of himself and a few intense
ly independent and thoroughly dis
| interested patriots, have been led
by three or four political dictators;
that they have allowed themselves
to be used as subserviant tools by a
handful of bosses, who have gotten
to be SO powerful and arrogant
| that cremation has been devised as
the safest and speediest means to
do away with them. Our good
friend has also revealed the exis-
tence in this parish of band Of
reformers into whose hands alone
the affairs Of this parish would be
these reformers made their debut as
such, at the Falk's hall meeting.
They are no doubt very worthy
gentlemen and good fellows, but
for heavens sake, Van, don't try to
pass them off as reformers. Any
thing else except that. Some Of
them m ght turn out to be bowling
successes in almost any line Ct
business, but as reformers never.
The people have tried them. They
had excellent chances to reform the
parish and municipal administra-
tons and everybody knows what
brilliant reformers they have been.
That kind of reform will hardly
bear repetition.
The Advertiser seems not to
know that there is in this parish a
regularly organized Democratic
party and it is simply conversing
through it's hat when it says that
nominations have been made by
few educators" and not by the
IN iority of the Democrats. That
kind Of political claptrar will
deceive no one acquainted with
the people of thus parish, who are
too intelligent and too honorable to
be "diCtated to-" and we are really
surprised that The Advertiser
should make such remarkable
assertion. Who ever heard Of the
white men Of Lafayette being led
by bosses. That kind of thing
might do with the negroes, but no
self-respecting white man will be
bulldozed or led in any way. If
there live such person in this
parish we would like to sec him;
lac would indeed be a curiosity. 1t
white voters are as rule men of
intelligence and honesty, who can
be depended upon in all emergcn-
cies. They have always been first
party and when it was necessary
they asserted their supremacy over
a band of vicious: whit:s and their
black allies. They were never
known TO shirk a duty and they are
not Of the stuff o. which
political slaves are made. We
appreciate the fact that GER
tain gentlemen, who have Sc
renely bobbed up as reformers,
may have a grievance AGAINST the
white people Of this parish for
having voted them out Of office, but
that is natural feeling.
In it's last editorial on the politi-
clan S tuation The Advertiser
speaks of professional politicians.
etc. Against these much abused
persons The Gazette has nothing to
say; but it ill-beConlcs our friend
to warn the people against the
politicians, for some Of the leading
members Of the faction represented
by his paper arc nothing if not
politicians. Should the people fol-
low his advice to be shy of the
politicians, the s'covzife caecHf!j &c :
la ftrt.on anu -aQnviuis<,-at:G,c" had ,
better withdraw from the contest at
the very utSct.