The Progress., 1896-05-21

oe;r promise to support him for the Z
United States Senate-dld he theh t
- TO his post of duty? Not much 1
rba State convention would soon be /
leld. As delegates thereto were lOyai 1
jnDby. Sholars, Marsden, Blackmah
and others who had refused TO Do
1ypn9tized by him, and still believed
.ne silver question State issue
THESE men would do their best to IN
a
SILVER PLANK IN THE PLATFORM,
and this wonld annihilste the traps
he had set. And. further, when the
delegates arrived, The PROGRESS has
it again. that his beautiful residence
IN Shreveport was made the place OF
caucus, where handful OF leaders
Gov. Foster. J. Nj. Foster, n. y.
Blanchard. John Fitzpatrick, John
Brewster, and others, perhaps, made
M the slate Of the State ticket. Aud
this slate meant the defeat Of fellow
citizen Of Caddo, H. n. HargroVe,
who would have
DONE MORE FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
than any man in the State. And
though the choice of those best posted
in the work. he must be sacrificed In
Blauchard's interest. Did Mr.. Blanch-
ard see any harm in this? he did
not. He has been 50 accustomed to
having politics manipulated in his IN
terests that he takes it rs matter OF
course, and doet not hesitate to ask
that it be done. And he Is thrice
aroused to the occasion when
! DADDY JIM SMILES APPROVAL
and tells him to push forward, he Is
right.
Congress is still IN session, but
where is Blanchard? At his post OF
duty? Not so. He has scarcely been
there during the present session, but
during the greater pant OF the t''Ae
he las been absent, striving to
strengthen his position as candidate
{ for re election, while ostenslDly rem
. derlng service to his party IN great
: peril, placed there by himself, for
r selfish purpose.
: Recently the vote came up IN th'
e Upper House to inquire into the las
$ bond issue. but WIS Blanchard ther'
|. to take part? Not much. Where wa
r, he? IL Baton Rouge, looking ate
r his candidacy, as he has teeD nearl
Q ever since Congress convened las
;, December. If it was not right
" make this investigation he shout
At have been present to throw his lhfic
g ence against it; if it WAS right, the
y be should nave been there to
SUPPORT AND VOTE FOR THE BILL
is His excuse for absence is he is palre
pt This seems to US tacit sdnlsslc
as that he has no influence other The
S. his own vote. aud this much al
10 ignoramus in the State can furnls
ne Now, Louisiana has ADLER men wi
LIE can win higher place than a sing
)e- vote, and it is the dutv of the Leg
ct. la,ure to select such a man fro
en- among the many. By his own actio
lot Senator Blanchard must take t
ate position that he considers his person
ere interests paramount to that OF
duty to hi, State and Nation, or
CTS will be forced to take the other-ti
his usefulness goes no further til
his own vote. IN either event, he
~ not the man whom Louisiana sho'
have in the United States Sen'
H. ';.h especially when our proud State
IT, draft on such men as
w SAMUEL D. M'ENERY,
''e who can and will take post
'ose higher than ones individual sela.
IN 1What has the Legislature IT,
4 to Has HE PRoaREss made out It's
tho that N. G. Blanchard
,ear SHOULD NOT REPRESENT LoUls1AN
so,- in the Senate of the United State
eler GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS
tiers.
~ A Subject hich Inter ests AL