The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-11-13
4 state Convention.

Baton Rouge Advocate.
AS the meeting of the State Cen
trail Committee has been called t.
convene at Alexandria on Tuesday
considerable speculation is being
INDUCED in regarding the measures
that that committee will adopt tc
secure the election of delegates tc
the constitutional convention which
will assemble in New Orleans in
January. But for the appearance
of yellow fever this campaign
would have been on in full blast
long before this date and many of
the local nominations would already
! have been made. AS things hap
| pened matters have been In abey-
ance and but little talk has been
INDUCED in on the subject, as it
was not entirely certain that in
some parts of the State enough per-
sons would be spared to furnish
representatives in that body. With
the fixing of the date for the meet
ing of the State Committee, inter
est in the subject has revived and
the next ten days will doubtless
witness considerable activity in
political circles all over the State.
We regret however to notice that
several of our North Louisiana ex-
changes have manifested consider
able opposition to the calling of a
State convention for the nomina-
ton of the thirty-six delegates at
large. Various reasons have been
assigned for this opposition, but
the one which appears to have most
was furnished by our
esteemed friend of the Bastrop APP
peal, to-wit: that in the conven-
ton an effort will possibly be made
to push through resolution en-
dorsing the course of either Sena-
tors Caffery or McEnery, and that
the adoption of a resolution endors-
ing either of these gentlemen would
produce a bad effect upon the De-
mocracy of the State and might
cost the party many votes. We
are in perfect accord with the views
IF the able editor of the Appeal in
20 far as it relates to the wisdom of
adopting resolutions upon partisan
questions in the convention, and
he Advocate is emphatically OPP
posed to the Juggling of outside
measures into a convention called
or the nomination of delegates to
| constitutional convention.
We are firmly of the opinion tn al
he convention should select only
Democrats of integrity and ability
o assume the responsible work of
constitution for a
,reat State like Louisiana, but we
'elieve that when this has been
all that convention
ould be reasonably expected to do
Jill have been accomplished. A
convention called for the purpose
t selecting men to sit in a conven-
ion charged with the solemn duty
f framing an organic instrument
Or the State is not the proper body
which to exploit factional or
artisan theories, nor should it be
allied upon to ssvindicate" any
ody's personal or political record.
are not made for the
enedt of individuals or political
arties, but for the people Of the
attire State, and for this reason
democrats should rise superior to
re petty differences that have here
fore held them apart and come to-
ether on common plane in the
terests of their beloved State. I
esides, it would be suicidal to -
vide our forces on imaginary II
sues when we need all the strength
the party to enable US 10 win the OF
'ht. There is plenty of ground
)On which all Democrats NAV