The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-02-07
AS TO GOVERNOR.
Who WILL Be THE LUCKY MAN I?
Those Who are Mentioned for
the Place.
Will the Dear People Cut any Fig
ure in 1t?
What Has Been Done in the Past Will be
Repeated. Little Hope that Revolt
will Occur

'JuuRe Btanchard's Candl1acy Is a
strong probability, and he may and
will be one of the strong men before
the convention OF next year, his
strength lying principally IN north
Louisiana, where Blanchard stands
we'll with the maSsea, but in the
death Of J. NJ Foster, the arbiter Of
Caddo politics, he has lost one Of
his strongest managers and one to
whom he owes much of his political
success and on whom he could al
ways depend to keep the Shreve-
port politicians III line. But there
are others, aud Blanchard, who Is
no mean organizer himself, can be
depended upon 10 keep his own
hOuse-ln Caddo-in order. HIS
chief opposition IS expcc'e from
South Louisiana, where he stands
| IN bad favor with the sugar ele-
ment, who may develop sufficient
strength TO accomplish his undolng.
| and if not controlled by some strong
han9 may deter him from entering
the field altogether. With this op.
position removed he Will be for
mIdable candidate IN the next com
ing campaign and unless his usual
good fortune has deserted him, NAV
carry off the prize"
| ls evident to orr mind that Mr
Andrew Price will head the opposl-
ton and will 60 INTO the convention
with a strong following. Mr.. San
ders Is al-o very favorably spoken
of, u there is question az to the
Should he conclude to Iun he will
undoubtedly upset the plans Of the
pine hills and cotton bottom dis
trlcls. No matter how things
shape up he must be considered as
AZ important factor.
Jastrcmskl would be strong
man with the people. Broussard Is
no longer IN it. Harlequin murdered
him IN cold blood.
If Price, Sanders Jastremski
and Brou-sard can get together Mr..
Blanchard will find himself short OF
votes. 1t is very evident to an out
slider that the fight will become
quite bitter and the utmost care
must be taken to avoid split
There are grave doubts In the minds
Of many Of the democrats of the
Safe a. 10 WI e her the party gov
erns itself rr ~ governed, and those
rawboned men Of the upper coun
try are gong INTO the convention
with thelr stout b OILS on POSITIVELY
certain that they are gong TO have
a fair deal. : Rural Topics.
Bah! Far deal be blowed.
What's the matter with yon, Bro.
Gray? Aren't >oa better posted
than that? A man who has been
dabbling IN Louisiana politics as
long as you have ought to know
something about the "ways and
means" employed to work things
and round matters up. Did LawIa
son, one Of the pnrest and most
upright men IN the State, get
square deal last time? Uld Bob
Snyd or Johuny Fitzpatrick? No,
bit Of it. Lawrason and Snyder
made q canvass among the people
and stood well with them. II was
thought the contest would be be
tween them in the convention and
that the strongest man would win,
But when the f'sbOw down" cam,
aud the great magician, who had
declared be was "hands OFF, put
them on and said "presto changer'
Lawra , went one way and Sny de,
the other and new Jack took posi-
nn in the box and simply d
"the people be d-d!" and 1t was
Heard all over the State. Did ths
bruised aud sore "people's candl
lases" kick out Of the traces anc
howl against the injusri e heape
upon them and The smotherlng O
''the voioe of the people?" Not t,
any alarming extent. Bob made
, little kick, but it was drowned il
the great shou, of the office holder
for Heard, who wanted to hol
their jobs. We canno see VIII
there should be s'grave doubts il
the minds of many of the Demo ocrat
J. the state as TO whether the part