The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-08-16
New Iberia Enterprise Speaks.

que StiOn of primaries, but what a
speech it is! AS a specimen of the
English language it can not be
questioned; as a piece of logic it is
ctually-well the editor of that
paper does not believe in it him
self; as rebut to the arguments
Offered for democratic doctrines it
is edually as good in one sense, as
poor in another, as those sung 10y
the Daily States ct ais. But, the
fact nevertheless remains that the
Enterprise has at last taken a
stand on a subject that has been
agltating the minds of the poll
ticians and the editors of the en-
tire state press for six or eight
| weeks.
Now listen: sPrimarlaS for the
local parocmal offices conventions
for the State and National Offices"
Well, that does not sound so bad.
And again, ''The voice of the
people in conventions assembled
is just as potent, as discriminate
ing, and as honest as by any other
met hOd.' Brother Fisher does
not really believe the thought con
tanned in that sentence, and we
would not comment on it if he did
not have a good many readers
whose democratic ideas might
suffer in consequence of the state
ment.
Now really and seriously and
honestly is the present incumbent
in the gubernatorial chair the
choice of the Democrats of Louis
|, lana? 1t seems to us that among
the list of popular candidates for
the nomination Gov. Heard's name
was not to be found. Had it been
left to the vote of the people two
, years ago Robert It. Broussard.
Robert II. Snyder or Judge Nc
, LawrasOn would have been nom
mated. Those were the three
most popular candidates in the
sense that each was wanted by the
D people in his section of the state
W. w. Heard was not such a
+ candidate. His nomination was
4 the result of the votes of a packed
convention. And who in two
short years has forgotten how
each candidate was railroaded in
f to. the several state offices9 W.
: remember that the man who now
: occupies the Office Of State Treas
O urer was candidate for the of1ic,
f of State Superintendent Of Educa
). ton and made his fight for it, bu
t by process Enterprise, pleas
explain the peoples potent"
discriminating and "honest'
q voice. of manipulation he foun,
x himself nomi mated for his presen
Office. 1t was done by the "hul
u rah' tactics, and through menta
! telepathy the delegates to TIL
convention learnt (s) the wishe
of those at home and made
re choice that shows clearly tina
!? "the voice of the people in CONVEX
tons assembled is just as potent
as discriminating, and as homes
:, as by any other method" TIL
case cited is only one Of the many
al The Enterprise speaks of e,
pense, excitement and hard WORT
We have profound respect for on
good neighbor. but we must II
# peat that the Enterprise is not a
"a all serious 1t is only necessar
le to state here that the Democrat
n states Of the United States ar
J adopting, one after the other, tn
a primary method of nominatin
d candidates, and also that til
b. fourth, fifth, sixth and sevent
II congressional districts of our ow
- state have done the same.
,e Now, Brother Fisher, we kno
e. you were joking last week, bu
q an innocent joke will sometime
= work serious damage. Take on
= advice, and tell your reader
re it was a little innocent joke e
ID course, it was a huge one), an
"a that you meant it only to proyok
. discussion, which you have done
J. Hair mho H;ro,ror