St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-14

the appoint1ve power, and woul'
appoint to office the man whom til
(people named in primaries. Th
matter Is, controlled by the law
making power. He SAID that tn
ward bosses were not supportin!
observation-disclosures one Of them, an,
he never uttered word agalns
them until they declared that the!
would support Blanchard. II thu
is borne IN mind, Jastremski's at
tack is better understood. He sald
that he plunged the knife into the
New Orleans rooster, but it is still
alive, because it is a good bird,
The bosses made Jastremskl Char
man of the Democratic State Cen
trail Committee and he was then .
good friend of theirs. Now that
they have preferred Blanchard for
Governor, he calls them rascals
and tricksters. Mr.. Ierribery was
surprised TO hear that Senator 10.
mas was denouncing machine poll-
tics. 1t had always been his belief
that the Senator, when in office,
was machine man, for no party
ever amounted to anything, whether
Dem cratic, Republican or reform
unless it had a good organization,
with system, and that means ma
chine.
elf you have any DOUBT said
he, ssabout the ex Senator being a
machine man, read the interview
given out by him to one OF the
papers shortly after Mcclellan
great victory III greater New York.
1t was great; it was famous; 1t
brought cheer to the heart OF every
Democrat. We can expect some
thing now in the presidential cam
paign. Of course he was happy
that the Democrats won. Who
would not be and expect the Demo
Gratis of Louisiana to respect him
Was there ever III the worlds his
tory a greater boss than Murphy
The Senator should be frank, stu
cere, and careful not to be incon-
sistent. You DESTROY thu Demo
cratic and Republican machines.
that is their organizations, and
precious little will you have left of
either party. Jastremski tells you
that when he becomes Governor
the bosses of New Orleans will
pass away like shadows. With
that dire threat over his head,
John Fitzpatrick has already
bought him villa i'll France, his
exile home; Gilmore and Cage and
McMurrav have no doubt skipped
out to Honduras; Brewster and
Dudenhefer have received urgent
invitations TO go to Scotland and
pass the rest of their days at Sklbo
Castle with Croker. IL is rumored
that they are just awaiting the YER
dict on Jan 10. Pnjol and Capdau
and Knoop and Mauberret have al
ready joined the Panama revolu-
tionlsts; Bishop and Gauehe and
Dickson Lave not as yet prepared
their plans of escape. Their silence
in this terrible moment is an index
to their fear. Mcclellan and Treze-
want and MalloY are out in the
swamps somewhere now with four
years. rations. What All exodus!
/ came very near forgetting to say
what would become of my modest
and unassuming friend Martin
Behrman. He will be Auditor OF
the great State OF Louisiana, and
my friend, Jared Y. Sanders,
strong and brave, will be ID the Of
fee of Lieutenant Governor, TO
protect Behrman from the guber-
material wrath.
s'My friends, you know as we'll
as | do what a boss is. You have
him in the country, in the village.
IN the town and in the city. He IS
chosen by the people, who have
confidence In his integrity and hon
esty. We may regret that We have
not his power, but we should say
that IN a fair way to the people,
not to the bosses. The so-called
bosses ask the people for their con-
fidence. The people give it 10
them or to someone else, and there
are always plenty, plenty of men
looking tor it. but very few who
have the courage to submit their
records to the public gaze and be
judged. If the bosses, the leaders
of the people. do not prove to be
the right sort of men; il they are
not true, honest. square and able,
they will not remain in power long,
but it will not be Jastremski or
Jonas who will GUST them. It will
be another man more suitable. and
he will be promptly dubbed boss.
They are not peculiar, these leaders
of the people to New Orleans, they
are all over the nation and State,
and why deny It. Take, for ex-
ample, the distinguished Senator
from Tensas, g, q. Cordlll. He is
a leader OF his district, and has
been SO for fifteen or twenty years.
They had primaries up there re-
Gently to nominate officers. He.
placed his name before the people,