The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-19
LLE BOSSES SLATE. WILL
YOU SWALLOW IT r


aga hals Tie IelioWing STAT,
ey propose With tie help 81
msehine methods e shove down
sHfosa 81 Louisiana Democrats
earefnoF Newton Blanohard.
ng Two years ago.
eJ Il AAeheli
11fe torI4e tlnae JOB.
hon AHditof- AIarlin Behnnan, q New
nz BOSS himself
For A65y. Eeneml-R r. Ried, who
undertakes to carry 3angipahoa Tor the
Having picked ont this crowd they
aa apparently willing to permit the bal
eee Of Che Democrats Of this State to
Ml1s she balance Of the ticket.
The great 81 ANS" essay to anne five,
~3 Il vou count AsweH, for whom Blan-
anFa insists he is special sponsor, six Of
Gesate officers The voters were lett
Eea t9 select two-iust one-fourth Of the
Enie ticket. How do you like that Mr..
wm7 Are SOU Wiling to ooncede to
Ar Fitzpatrick, lF. Brewster, MIR Blan-
aara. Nr Sanders. Harry Smith and q
r other SELF constituted guardians Of
Maaisanals public Offices, the sole and
mqame night q select for you years and
wontbs ms8dvance, the men upon whom
sen ehatE hest0w Your trust and conf
dsnes on election day
LISA Wen khoWn TACT that every man
q the above ticket ispart and parcel Of
&hs boss machine 81 This State. Not q
, ona Of them hes ever held an office ex-
ap y csc bands 81 the machine, and
ao 81 them orc members Of the famous
mgentesn VINO run tile city Of New Or
~
EEerg le one Of them has been en-
dnrsdan Be- vouehed for by the city gang.
Every bos meetms held in the city
las pasasdand published resolutions to
support Tic whole push with The excep-
&on of Reid land nothing 5ept his name
lltol Che resolutions but the tadily de-
@.oped strength 81 Guion for Attorney
General is south Louisiana.
Have yoh noticed that whenever 4
Blanchard country meeting resolntes, if
uFariab for Blanchard and sandersr
same times they stick ia another Name,
these two are never forgotten
anohard aud Sanders are expected to
g the running ia the country while
Behrman and Michel corral the faithful
IS the city, and the whole aggregation is
expected to gather enough as it goes
aiong 70 yank Ried ia BY the nape Of bis
meek
Every one reeoEects that Sanders was
Bllnehara's chosen Lieutenant at the
meeting bf Che Central COMMUNICATED
-. H. Price the choice 81 South LOUISE
ana was still a candidate. The home
man was then 70 be turned down With
neotnpunction ID favor Of Tie Caddo
but now we are expected to shout
- Jared because BE isl neighbor We
hage been long taught chat neighbors are
- nelehhoa O. measured by the wis
dom of this apholism, we can not help
Minking 6hat alter all Barksdale is the
better neighbor OF the two. We are ut
taly unable to discover any reason why
We should approve this part Of the slate
Sad repudiate the other. If the head is
worldly Of defeat, so is the body and tail.
g IS the building 81 a slate and the
politics for which a boss-made slate
sanda q which we object We care
nothingf VS. ne personalities sof the ndi-
Bduale neon Saints though they
mht Be, tie faet That they are the
creatures of9be boss power and owe their
nmfernenb thereto, makes its forererim-
possible log them ever & shake from
am Ives the mapaeles Of their makers,
nn7 renders them powerless for good or
improvement 81 any kind. The man
wIo gees "a "a such 2 ticket is only a
esor inT Gle machine administration
dominated by machine methods that
mfay follows
Tho only sensible way 70 kill q cat is
81 kN1 81 all s~orer--kill every single one
aftsnine Hyes-likeWise, the only Dem
aeIatic way 10 treat a slate is 20 smash
whole thing defeat every single one
~ fs boas-made puppets
M you aea opposed 10 bosses because q
su-and o Blanchard because 81
ia nehardism, and because YOU ehal-
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