The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-18

sary in this race that We feel confident
the other man won't be in it.
/, Mr.. Jno. A. Williams, our candidate
for representative, is native of this Sec
ton and comes from family we'll known
and respected for its many sterling men,
bers. Aside from his family connections
Mr.. Williams possesses personal merit
| that readily accords him distinction
among his fellows. AS superintendent
OF public education he has within the
past year or so become extensively ac-
quainted with the people, and this noto-
riety coupled with his fine attainments
has led to his selection as our nominee.
He is yet on the vigorous side of man.
hood. and in every way qualified to make
US more active and acceptable represen-
tatiye than his opponent would.
Our candidate for clerk is Mr.. w. B..
Garrett, young man of family ready
writer and rapid, smooth penman, in
telligent, quick witted moral man, in
every way qualified for the position for
which his friends have urged his candi-
dacy. He is opposed to the present in
cumbent, who seems to be in the field
from sort Of right of inheritance which
he imagines he has to the Office, having
been connected with it for nearly the
entire period Of his life. The people, re-
cognizing no heirs to Office, and believing
in rotation of public favors, now desire
a change, and believe it will be of gen.
eral public benefit. Vote for Garrett,
and thus carry out the plain intention of
our laws to check lifetime Office holding.
G.. D. Kemp, candidate for sheriff, is
inst finishing his first term of office at
the hands of the people. When first
elected he was probably the youngest
sheriff in the State, and his record for
the past four years compares favorably
with the best sheriffs of the common
wealth. His act in stepping in and as
Stunning and paying nearly four thousand
dollars to the State and parish for his
dead brother, at the very outset of his
term, has given him splendid reputa-
ton for uprightness and responsibility,
and firmly established him in the hearts
OF the people as a man in every way
worthy of confidence and trust.
The Democratic candidate for coroner
is DIR. 8. L. White, native Louisianian,
who has made his home in Grant parish
for the past three years. Like most of
our ticket, he yet has the meridian of life
before him. He is a graduate in medi-
cine, and most successful practitioner.
He comes from good old Methodist stock,
and bids fair to reflect honor on his wor-
thy sire. The position to which he as
pires is purely an honorary one, SO much
SO that he has regarded it as somewhat
of an injustice to himself and patients to
leave them and go among the people for
The sake Of acquaintance. All the same,
we can vouch for him as in all respects
worthy Of the suffrage of the people.
Thus We have briefly presented the
personnel of the Democratic ticket to our
readers, and claim that it stands for
good government in Louisiana, and rep
resents the interests of all the best people |
In the State, without regard to caste or
condition. Our opponents are in the
unfortunate position of being monde
script party without platform or prin
ciples. They propose to do nothing in |
the world but land themselves in Office, |
and that is the sum and substance of |
their entire political song. But, though |
they propose to do nothing. still they are
doing something, and that is the making
OF strife and the stirring up of all the
base elements of the people; and for this
the Populite- Republican ticket deserves
ignomy and defeat.
Let all good people stand united in the |
face of this conspiracy to usurp power,
and let the freebooters who are leading
it be relegated to private life on the 21st
Of April by the election of the entire
Democratic ticket to rule our destinies
for another four years.