The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-02-14
THE OPPOSITION.


goOf. fortune of its promoters TO have
the open ayowal of all the monevcd
men who are really silent Republic
cans here, the paper would fairly
sizzle. -IIarlequin.
True as gospel, my boy. But
right there is where the shoe
pinchcs and the trouble comes in
There are many men who are .'Rc
publicans for revenue only" just
az there are Democrats for the
same purpose. Some of the fell
lows believe III seeing the Repub-
llcan party flourish like "a green
bay tree so long as they are not
called on TO pay the freight.
When it becomes necessary to
back up principle and party sue
cess with a little cold cash, they
generally have business elsewhere,
and will remain away until the
emergency has been tided over
Then they'Il turn up again, wide.
mouthed and as ilippant as ever,
with lots of plans and schemes to
show you how the "organ' must
be run; how you should sail into
this and that; tear the hide off of
this fellow and that fellow; show
up this that and the other; ventil
ate his schemes and prejudiccs
and hatreds; raise sand, make
enemies and no money; have a
parrot and monkey time general
~, and when the editor gets into
trouble and debt, the glib adviser
is the first to ignore him and at.
tempt to throw cold water all over
him by saying he was a fool, no
business man and didn't know how
to run things. Had he only been
ut the head of it results would
have been different. 1t would
have nourishcd like flower in
May and been IN unparalleled sue
cess. The chances are nine out Of
ten that il couldn't have been
Forced on him by any manner of
means, for various reasons, the
principal of which would have
been that he did not have the
nerve or manhood to face the re-
sponsibilities attaching to the
position.
So there is to be a great Rspub,
lican daily established in New
Orleans? We shall watch its adj
vent and course with much in
tercst and shall take careful note
of the men who will be chosen to
run it, and Wen bet anything that
among its number will be some of
the leading lights who tried to
engineer bolt and split in the
new party some time ago IN the
interest of Kountz, Wimberly a.
Co. There is but little room for
doubt that an able daily in New
Orleans would be of great benefit
to the party to certain extent.
But what would it amount to and
what could it accomplish without
assistants in the various parishesg
One swallow does not make a
summer, neither can one paper up.
hold party and win, it's battles
There was II time in the recent
past when some very able papers,
in different parishes, preached Re.
publicanism and upheld the newly
organized party in it's battle for
supremacy. Yet in due time
most of them languished and fell
by the wayside. And whys Simp.
ly because the men and party
they supported would not extend
any support to them, with the
result that today there are only |
about four papers in the State
which stand for Republican prin
ciples. and at best they are not
every great shakes" On the
other hand, there is not a parish
in the State that hasn't strong,
partisan Democratic paper in it,
and some of them have two or
three These papers are backed
by strong political organizations
and, in most instances, by the
power of pap. Some Of
hem live on that principally, and,
rs a rule, it is given in liberal
loses The men who are in pow.
II know and appreciate the value
If the press and they make it
heir business to see that the
papers which support them are I
provided for (,