The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-04-14
STAMP THE ROOSTER.

| W are now ItoIt VII thS wv y
| the election and W desire 70 W.Gi!
| Democratic voters against ANY e'ec-
ton tricks. The opposition Will do
ali in their power TO get Democrats
to ..scratch' their ticket on election
day. We wish to warn Democrats
against this. 1t is not 50 much the
desire Of the opposition TO have you
vote split ticket and succeed III
having your vote counted. as it is
desire to have You to attempt the
thing and then fail at it. Do you
not see that every Democrat who
goes to the polls and votes for one
Of the opposition runs the risk OF
losing his whole vote? That vote
lis a Democratic vote lost and means
one less necessary for the opposition
to win. The only chance which the
deposition have to elect TIER Parish
ticket is hy getting Democrats to
vote scratch ticket and by this
means disfranch;se Democrats For
if you fail, remember that your vote
can not and will rot be counted.
| Why does a candidate on the OPP
posing ticket ask you to support
him in the general election? Why
does he not write letters to his
friends over the parish and ask them
10 vote for the whole Republican,
| Fusion ticket? The reason is plain
Ienough for any one who will take the
| trouble to look at the matter. He
expects to elect himself and the men
on the ticket with him by your fail
ures to have your votes counted.
| Let us see how this could happen?
Say there are fifty votes at a precinct
and the Rep-Fusion ticket can poll
only twenty full votes. But say
that they can get fifteen of the thirty
| Democratic voters to promise to
vote a scratch ticket and eleven Of
the nj fail to have their votes counted.
1 4 |, e.,
for the Rep Fusion ticket and nine
teen for the Democratic ticket and
the Rep-Fusion ticket will carry the
precinct. Do you not see that by
such means rs this that having
minority Of the yut, in the parish,
they can yet elect their ticket, If
they can induce a sufficient number
of Democrats to vote a split ticket?
They are trying to fool you, that's
all. Are you, Democrats Of ST.
Mary, going to let them do il? That
is tie question. Do you intend to
ALLOW some one whom you wish to
befriend TO disfranchise YOU by
gaining your good will? That is
the risk you run when you 90 to the
polls on election day and vote for
some one On the Rep-Fusion ticket,
or on any other ticket. The only
thing to Go now is to decide un
equivocally and steadfastly to which
party you bclong. What you ought
to do is to decide whether You be
lieve in the principles of the Democ-
racy or in tie principles of some
! other party. II you are against the
principles Of the Democratic party,
then it is your duty as Il good and
honest citizen of this State TO 90 to
the polls on election day and vote
for The Rep-Fusion ticket. If on the
other hand, you believe as we be-
ieye, that The present Constitution
of Louisiana, which eliminated the
negro voter and gave to the white
men Of Louisiana the right and the
complete power to control the great
destinles of our fair State, is a good
Constitution and should live to bless
us with long life, then 60 TO the
polls on April 18th. and vote the
STRAIGHT Democratic ticket.
stamp the rooster. If you believe
that the election law of the State of |
Mas sachusetts, which has been tried |
and found good and worthy, that is
good enough for the people of Lou
isiana also, then 60 to the polls and
stamp the rooster. If you wish to
see our good Governor Who has Civ
en- to our fair State IN honest and