The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-08-29
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NJ. Ehitor-There seems to be
.ot interest manifested on the
ao,t Of the politicians and some OF
,be people of this State in the next
Gubernatorial election. Several
candidates have been brought out
IL their friends and many prom
rent men have been spoken Of.
60 il seems the voters of the State
will have plenty of candidates
from which to make their selec
,jon. Another question of great
importance VIII III is also atti a ting |
much attention is the manner and |
mode of making nominations. The
method Of doing so has formally |
been by State conventions, but
ovipg to the mode of conducting
these conventions by politicians,
wire pullers and bosses few men
have been able to control and
nominate whOmever they pleased
for the Offices of State and | will
add the parishes also. To such an
extent has this been practiced in
the past that the most intelll
gent voters and ablest papers In
the State are now demanding nom
nations by primary elections,
giving to the Democratic voters
the right Of choosing their own
candidates. Two of the candl-
dates already in the field, Jastrem
ski and Blanchard, have come out
for primaries and have given their
views on same. The third, Mr.
Price, has also endorsed primaries,
but not for the voters to select
their own candidates, but to send
delegates to a convention to m IKE
nominations. This is 10 better
than the old plan for the reason
that it will be impossible to arouse
sufficient interest in the election
and many of the most intelligent
and Independent voters will not
be candidates or take any interest
in the election. The result Will
be that the politicians, tricksters
and bosses will select the men and
control the convention and nomi
nate whom they please.
The primary election by which
all the candidates are compelled to
90 before the people, and they sell
oct their own candidates, is the
most democratic and the best. The
candidates will be compelled 20 go
before the people and advocate
their claims for their votes. They
will have the chance to see them,
bear them and advocate thier
claims for their votes and will be
able to make their selection much
mole intelligently than by the
Convention plan where men are
often selected as candidates that
we're not known or even heard of
BY one out of every hundred vot-
ers. In addition to this, it will
have an educational advantage in
better qualifying the voters to
make their choice. This method
Of making nominations by the
Democratic party has been adopt
90 by Mississippi, Alabama and
Texas, and has consolidated and
reunited the party in those States
and many others and will do the
same in this State. When a NOM
nation is equivalent to an elec-
non, as is the case in this State
and most Of the Southern States,
The voters should have the right
@ make the nomination
Of the men spoken of the c aims
q the Hon. y. z. Blanchard are
ar superior to those of the other
twO candidates, He is man of
efeat ability and long experience
y gubernatorial affairs, In Con
gess, in the Senate and on the
supreme bench: has ably and in
Nlilgently discharged all the du
YES required of him. He is one of
sae best posted men on the Rivers
snd Harbors in the State, if not in
Ne nation. When chairman ol
le Rivers and Harbors Commit
~ Congress, to qualify himself