The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-11-30
FIERCE BUT IMPoTENT SPIRIT
OF FACTION.
[Daily Stat es.]

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All serious and energetic OPPOSE
ton to the nomination of Gov. Fos-
ter for reelection appears to have
! died out In every section of the State
except the parish of Ouachita. There
it is much to be regretted that dur
ing the past few weeks furious and
bitter war upon the Governor has
been inaugurated by Mr.. D. nj.
Sholars through the columns of the
Monroe Evening News. The tone
and temper of Mr.. Sholars' numer-
GUS articles are bitter, not to say ma
liclous, and they seek to paint Gov.
Foster as a mephiseopheles without
single virtue. This is lamentable.
The articles referred to seem to have
some popular backing in Ouachlta
and how are the men who thus ma
lign and abuse the Governor OF the
State and the almost certain Demo
cratic nominee for reelection to that
high Office gong to reconcile the
casting of an honest vote for the
man of whom they thus speak? Is
| it the purpose of Mr.. Sholars and
his followers to desert the Demo-
cratic party and seek to surrender
Louisiana to the combine of Nation
al Republicans, Populists and ne
groes in case the Democracy of the
State determine to nominate Gov.
| Foster for second term? Can it be
that such reasonable scheme is
being Matched in the very citadel of
Democracy. Will Ouachita, where
| in the battle of White Supremacy
first began, now in this day of need
cast her vote against Democratic
nominee for Governor?
We shall not enumerate all the
grave and insulting charges Mr..
Sholars has launched in bitter and
vindlctive language at the Demo
cratic Governor of Louisiana, not
one of which is based on fact. As a
sample of the gentleman's prolific
pen, as a sample selection from his
rhodomntade of blllingsgate we Gull
the following extract:
/ detcst and abominate the sanity.
scheming, dickering politician who
would barter away the right and liber-
ties Of the people to crafty selfish
and ignoble ambition for power.
Therefore, / am opposed to the
nomination aud reelection to the gov
ernorship of Louisiana of Murphy j.
Foster. Before the bar of public opin-
ion, | indict him as sycophantic
schemer, dickering demogogue, the
bulwark of boodlers and the benefac-
tor of bosses.
/ Awaiting himself against the Louis
lana lottery, four years ago, he pushed
his candidacy for governor upon the
good people of Louisiana, and only
secured the nomination after be had
solemnly pledged his fealty and devo-
ton to the farmers alliance, whose
members he baseIy and ungratefully
betrayed, and then drove from the
Democratic party by a proceptive
policy of administration, and dis
graceful combination with their ene-
mics.
He was scarcely the nominee of the
reform element of the Democracy OF
Louisiana before he brought shame
and reproach upon their cause by a
bargain with Fitzpatrick, the CHIEF
embodiment in Louisiana politics Of
everything the antI-lottery adherents
were pledged to destroy.
Fairly beaten in the election by Sam
McEnery, he suffered himself to be.
come the beneficiary of q gigantic
steal and damning fraud, paralelled
only by the blacklist crimes of Repub.
lican misrule.
Now, we do not believe there is 9
level-headed Democrat in Louisiana
who honestly believes that Gov.
Foster is such man as he is here
represented to be. That there were
frauds perpetrated in the last cleo
ton IS unquestionably true; but
they were perpetrated by both sides,
and probably the Foster or anti-lot
terry faction got the best of the
game. But that was faction fight
bitter, vindictive and remorseless
such fight as was never before wit
messed in Louisiana and such as VIZ
earnestly trust we shall never be
called upon to participate In again
and finally it was just such a figh
as the course of Mr.. Sholars and thu
anti Foster faction of Ouachita seen
determined to preciptate upon vi
now. Men divided into parties fol
the triumph of great principles ant
the furtherance of public policies
they divide into factions in the mis-
cradle scramble for the spoils o.
Office and other selfish ends, and thu
spirit of faction is immeasurably
fercer and more INSCRIPTIONS thar
the spirit of party. The latter il
born in the minds of wise and pa
triotic men; the former is hell-borl
and possessed of the fury and otter
the villainy of the devil. Such wal
the figh. in the last campaign. Sucl
will be the coming campaign if in
temperate men like Mr.. Sholars sue