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

This being the last Issue of the paper
which will reach our readers before they
are called upon to exercise their right of
suffrage in choosing the men who are to
conduct our State and parish affairs for
the next four years, it is we'll to discuss
the merits Of the various candidates now
before the people, and the principles and
motives which they represent and by
which they are actuated. In such re-
view we viii, of course, have to be brief
and leave much to be supplied by our
readers, who are all more or less informed
as to the men and issues before us.
Standing at the head of our Demo
cratic ticket is the name OF Murphy j.
Foster, one of the most brilliant and sue
cessful governors that has ever directed
the affairs Of this great commonwealth.
His administration has been clean and
honest, and not one breath of suspicion
or scandal has been uttered against it
by even his bitterest enemies. This is
all the more remarkable because of the
vituperation and abuse that has been
heaped upon him by his opposers, who
are keen to break his hold upon the con-
fidence of the people. Foster stands
without peer for able and clean admin
istration, and the worst his enemies can
say is that he has been vigorous against
them and that he has favored those
friendly to his own party.
All the men on the State ticket with
Foster have been selected for their ability
and fitness for the positions for which
they are named. Without going into
particulars at this time, we would say
that the opposing ticket headed by Capt.
Pharr is SO inferior in its personel, so
lacking in fitness and ability, end so de-
void of the elements that go to make up
the well-defined political principles for
which every intelligent citizen must con-
tend, we fail to see how any lover of his
State can for one moment think OF Civ
ing this mongrel combination serious
consideration. to say nothing OF accord
ing it support.
Leaving the State ticket we cone to
the senatorial and judicial nominees for
these districts, who are fully up to the
standard of ability and integrity of any
gentlemen who have heretofore repre-
sented the people in this capacity. Mr..
j. I. Wallace, the candidate for Senator,
is citizen of Winn parish, minister of
the Baptist church, and has an all-round
fund of information and experience that
will make him most useful representa-
tive of the people. He is a self made
man, and has come up from the pillow
handles by hard study until he has fair
knowledge of the law and general techni-
cal information.
Judge Geo. Wear and Mr.. Henry
Bernstein constitute our judicial team,
and are by whole head and shoulders
fa- above their opponents in everything
that goes to make useful public servants.
Judge Wear, our present incumbent. is
perhaps the most even-tempered and
fair minded man in the district, and his
judgments are most remarkable for free
dom from bias and personal regard. As
a presiding officer his presence is fine
and his integrity unquestioned. Mr.
Henry Bernstein, his assistant on behalf
of the State, is one of the best qualified
lawyers in the district, and to his learn
ing and acumen is added an eloquence
that makes HIM par excellence the beau
ideal for prosecuting criminals. Fear
less, outspoken and vigorous as an attor-
'ney, he stands SO far ahead of his adver-