The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-03-11
STRAIGHT TALK
by senator Don Caffery Before
the Massachusetts, Reform
Club Last Thursday.

SNNSl at the TSguls
: monthly banquet tonight Donald
= son Gallery, senator from Louisiana
The meeting was we'll ATTENDED
Many portions of Senator Cafferv
, speech were loudly applauded.
Senator Caffery spoke to tn
toast, "The Duty of the Publ,
Man-fo Himself, to His Distric
or State, and to His Country" Ir
part he said:
"Duty and truth are synonymous
IN the sense that Shakespeare uses
them Every man erects an idea
standard to be his guide in the affairs
OF the world. When he is tr,,e +o
that standard he is true to himself
II ne IS true to himself, true to the
standard of duty, be cannot be false
10 private trust or to a public ob1i-
CATION. Our simp le-minded ,nc.s
tors left the shores Of the old world
with the set purpose of living in a |
new world of freedom. Thew
Dullded in the course of time y gov.
I'll HSI-StOne rests
lpon ''fhe consent Of the gov
'rned. " They have in every state
government erected beneath the
ODDS OF their starry banner incor-
'orated this living principle of self 5
oVernment. They have widened
lelr borders SO as to embrace , t
asst extent OF practically co-termi l.
Gus territories and erected II into 7
'Vefelsn states where this self=gov- o
nment principle is recogni zed and a.
forced. ID
mot until the fires of liberty
ase to burn; not until our race
rgets Its inheritance of freedom; al
until that eternal vigilance ~
ilch is its price sleeps on it's post. &c
nrugged with imperialism and ~
oans1on and all the parasites and III
wiling things Of tyranny and en-
Will this energizing, essential VII
IL principle leave our breasts and thi
Sc to be governing principle of
republic.
when that time comes. Mr. kill
'lrman, let the destiny that over the
IS the degenerate, the power san
ng: the worshipers of Mammon. der
followers of MoIoch, overtake acc
as surely it will overtake rs eve
principle of self-governmenti is tho
coliseum; while it stands our and
bic shall stand--when it falls car,
ty shall perish from the earth. the
It Is left, sir; in the closing r.,
s OF the ninteenth century TO
lie tyranny and criminal agrees
IN cast-off clothes of Asiatic |ii-->
Egyptian fatalism. Are we to A
for the guide of our national Cou
he enlightened factor of liu The
human conscience, or the dark BE
sci of a dead fatalism? Shall been
e and free will both be bound of a
chain of Fdestiny?' All, sir. store
ar of empire has lured con- stole
s'es 10 ruin. charg
IS not too late to repair the in jai
OF the treaty of Paris. The Drs
sense of the American people. look
e promoters, the jobbers, the but tt
Use hunters, the placement, close
archers after glory, may come The q
rescue of our imperiled insti- with l
). God grant they may come fcult
profile
e duty of the legislator to his Fire
md to his country consists. smoke
'4 I'd ing every act and vote day.
- ns 'itutioh which ne is greatly
to support; second, in per- were
every act and giving every the fire
all, constitutional legislation, er. r
ne sanction and approval of but the
eoiiVlcllon OF right. illness
fattery, nor threats, nor ton ca
must sway him from the
His party may condem,
ions and meetings may cen
ends and enemies alike may -, ,. ..
ersuade, but conscience and -
# must rnle ship. n
and Mr.
eou"lfy IS prietor
'wardlce In its representa- =
A sign of evil portent ON Score
he constituencies, ruled by Gil has
5 and bosses, is a disDosi- of the