The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-10-21
ANOTHER LETTER FROM
MIR. GR4RD.

Dear Sir--I beg the privilege of few lines
to tell you of the political sin with which
we charge you. We charge you with sup
porting the ring and combine against the
people, of lending the powerful influence of
the press to effort to sthe the voice of
the people, and being wholly undemocratic
in advocating the return of an officer for the
fourth consecutive term of Office. And be-
lieving this Thought that You ought no,
to participate in private councils
cuSeS.
We should have been glad to have the
I'D. reporter, but thought we had to draw
the line the editor of The Gazette.
l am reported having said chat the
committee has II" right t" place any restric-
ton qualification upon voters" That is
only partially correct, and conveys very
different meaning from what said. l said
that the committee had no right to place such
restriction and qualifications upon
would disfranchise white voters and tax
payers of the parish. Tha, all white men
who demanded admission t" the Democratic
nominees have the right to participate in the
primary election.
There is law in Louisiana governing
ton of candidates and the attempt of the
powers that be to shelter themselves he ind
a ridiculous AMI Senseless article of the con-
stitu,ion is perfectly plain.
believe Mr.. Editor for once you
wrong. believe that rotation in Office is
good Democratic doctrine. believe in the
government: of the people, for the people, by
the people and will oppose the government
,f III, for th. ri Inv hnSS
feel perfectly confident of the good in
tention of the executive committee, but |
know that strong efforts being made to
induce them into error.
by the way, Mr.. Editor, may ask under
what law by what authority the registra-
ton Office has been opened
Thanking you for the use of your valuable
space, | beg remain
Very respectfully,
CROW GIRARD.
We think it comes with bad
grace of Mr.. Girard to charge
us with being ringster. Was he
not himself allied to the old DULL
ring and did he not stick to it to
to the last? In speech the other
day he sang The virtues of that ring
showing by his words, that though
dead for years, his sympathies are
still with it. At this very time he
is moving heaven and earth to or
ganize 4 ring Of his own, and we
submit that he is not the proper per
son TO dennu:;:r rings. 1t he is Il
candidate for district attorney, as
tie is said to be, it is hardly prob
able that he will run 10y himself.
He will have t" make combines just
like other people who are in politics.
We cont think tins is a great crime,
but he should not find SO reprehen
sibIe il. others what i've himself is
guilt. of
Mr.. Girarh says one of t. e rea
sons why representative Of this pa
per was denied admission into what
he calls his ''private caucus" is that
we are supporting parish officer
for a fourth term. The meeting of
which he speaks was not s'private
caucus a number of persons no
toriously antagonistic to the move
lneut were there and there was pres
ent the representative Of news
paper which is not in symLa-
thy with the purpose of the meeting.
There was nothing private about it.
the was no desire on our part to
'participate" in anything. We
wanted to be there as reporter and
did not think that there would be
any objection on the part of men
who proclaim such profound faith
in the people and pretend to detest
bossiSm.
1t strikes us that if Mr.. Girard
wanted to exclude everybody who
was no, in favor IF rotation in oftic
he should not have been there. Did
he not supper, Gov McEnery for a
third term in 1888 and again in
1902? The office Of governor
yields great influence and by reason
of its vast appoin,ive power may
control the destines Of a State, but
! if there is any danger to the lber-
ties of the people in allowing a man
70 hold a petty parochial office three
or four terms it must certainly re-
! ,,nira rho, vision Of an eXtraOr0 in nv