St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-03-07
STATE PRESS.

STATE PRESS.
The record OF Governor Foster
stands unexcelled. The State
needs another term Of Fosterism,
and the democrats will give 1t tu
her.-Dem0crat-JOurnal.
Foster, Pharr and Booth are al
running just as fast as they can for
the Office Of governor. But Foster
is the only candidate who is in ear
nest. The other two fellows are
running, or trying to run, for fan.
-Clarion-Appeal.
The national republicans, in thy
ing to carry water on both shoulders
on the negro question, have natu-
rally come to grief. They were
brought face to face with this ques-
ton st the very beginning Of their
campaign. -ThibOdeaux Sentinel.
Other issues may be lost but it is
the State government winch comes
home to the people, which collects
their taxes aud has to deal with
their persons and which must he
saved from the sugar-tcat-negro
populist combine and again placed
in the hands Of honest men,
Webster Signal.
The white people Of the State are
indeed hard to please il they are
not satisfied with the administration
Of Gov. Foster. 1t has been clean,
and best of all the taxes collected
from the people have not been
squsndered ON favorites, but hon.
estly expended, and some Of the
old indebtedness paid.-Alexandria
Town Talk.
The republicans and populists for
their own selfish Interests are seek
ing to defeat the suffrage amend
ment. There are those Of US now
who know something Of the meth
DDS Ct the republicans when they
held this State by the throat. They
kept in power through election
frauds. There is Warmoth, Kellogg
and . host of other familiar names,
who came here poor and fattened
by reason Of their corrupt handling
Of the ballot box and in the hand
ling Of the purchasable vote, which
is largely the very class OF voters
that the suffrage amendment pro-
poses to rid the Stste Ut. Look ut
them now! Where do they stand ?
Back Of Capt. Pharr, crying out for
. free ballot and q fair count. Was
there ever such audacity displayed
before?-RustOn Leader.
When man tells you that he will
vote for Pharr because Gov. F0s-
ter's administration has been q cor.
rupt one, just ask him to state one
instance whereia it has been dis.
honest. You will clinch him every
time. He will be unable to produce
scint,lla of proof to show that he
knows what he is talking about, be
cause it is an unden,able fact that
the present administration has been
remarkably clean and absolutely
free from any public scandal. II
is easy enough for an irrascible
windjammer like jim Wilkinson 4
denounce the democratic party at .
Niger meeting and for . hoary ole
chestnut like Capt. Pharr, the be
whiskered chief OF the fusionists, I.
pirate about the angelic purity o
the republicans, but the peopl' Ar
not such fools - not to know that
these two worthy gentlemen arr
simply Offering their lung powe
through the crown Of their hats
The people know that it is a fac
that Gov. Fosters administration
has been one Of the best in the his
tory Of the State; that no one Cal
gainsay. It seems to be the dis
position Of some to charge the pre-
sent administration with beng cor
rupt, when it is = we'll known fac
shat no corruption has been dis
closed. Lafayette Gazette.
The Clarion Appeal says ''no'
that the democrats Of LOuisian
have learned what sort Of an enem
they have to meet at the polls mex
April, it Is time for them 10 get Ia
gether, close up their ranks an
march solidly toward victory. Th
rad-pop-sugarcrat niger combin'
ton must be met and captured-O
routed, run out Of the way.
Is the easiest thing in the worl
done when the democrats put o
their war spurs and wade in to win.