The Progress., 1896-10-24


as I see them; ard while / appre.
ciated the fact that the trio had nc
real majority there, still it appeared
so, and it did look as if the members
would carry the day. Then I look,
into the face of the youthful man
who was contendiDg against such un-
fair odds and said to myself-men.
tally-"Blanchard I believe you to
be one Of the biggest men in the
State, but to-day you have made q
enemy of man who will haunt your
trail like nemesis and will hang on
with the tireless energy Of a sleuth
hound" And as l saw him walk out
with the air of a conqueror I felt like
saying to him, Friend, deceive not
yourself that boy is right and he
will make the people see it in the
end.
Then | began to notice The Pro-
gress more closely and many a time
have | smiled as I noted the various
little cuts and the different manners
of attack. Bnt when the State Com
vention met and I saw that Mr..
Blanchard did succeed in having en-
grated his special plank-that the
silver qL estion was NOT State issue,
l thought that policy for once at
least had bested principle, and that
he was doubly triumphant. But
when the campaign opened and I
noted the lack of interest shown by
the people generally, I was convinced
that your work had indeed told, and
that the Democratic party by virtue
of its cowardly compromise on the
silver question, was in a disintegrated,
facilitating condition; made 80 by
it's surrender to the policy of design
Jug politicians.
But l will pass over the other IN
cidents, pausing to remark that The
Progress assisted most materially in
defeating Mr.. Blanchard for re-elec-
ton to the Senate, and was the first
paper IL the state to bring forward
the name of Governor McEnery
And when the Caddo delegation re-
fused to indorse the Senator last week
l realized fully and and completely
that your position had been man,
tanned and that he had received a se-
we're and well-merited rebuke at the
hands of the Democracy of Caddo
parish. 1t certainly looks to me like
you have turned down j. M. Foster
N. G. Blanchard and P. J. Trezevant.
all at once.
And now I will discuss something
else-the bowling of what you call
the Jimmles. As rule vote with
them when they are Democrats and
not members of the Blanchard party,
bat | have no patience with squealers
or womanish men who are ready to
cry everytime something goes wrong
with them. read with q great deal
OF amusement the article signed
disgust" in the Times of Sunday
morning and I will now say It was
written not over 20 feet from Sena-
Tor Blanchard's office or home, and I
believe, though I will not say SO, that
'ne OF those whom you call bud-in-
law, wrote it.
And Mr.. Editor there is less Of ar
gument in that article than sny ef-
tort | have seen in q long time. It
reminds me of the whipped boy who
Dlubbers out Il lent You my taw and
now you are imposing on me-" There
IS not man in this parish who has
lived here any length Of time and
nas any knowledge Of political affairs.
out what knows that Capt. Sospe has
has done thrice as much for Mr.
Blanchard as the latter has done for
,im. And as to his being indebted
o the Senator for the position Of
Assessor, we all know that that il
noonshine. By virtue Of his crest |
ervices to MI. Foster "a oarv. !
AZ the parish f,r him, CAPT. Sososs
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