The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

clippings frontal Of tbe newspapers 2.
Of the State that are supporting Ger
eral Jastrenski Below however,
will be found a number ofI extracts
from substantial journals II
The gu~bernatoria at fight has narrowed
down to the gallant Gen. JastremsH :
and Blanchard, and the prospect for !
Jastremski 10 wear the executive pl
ermine l~ookEbrighter than ever be- &
fore. Grand Cane Beacon. sgg
The issue then is the rule OF sBlan- R
chard and bosses' Tor the administra- q
ofthe States affairs by Jastremski in q
the interest Of theg people and for the =
people. Every intelligent citizen, not 4
a partisan, should decide on which side 81
he shall align himselG-Busto Leader 3
The support that Judge Blanchard is i
getting in New Orleans is likely to put 3
a bad taste in the mouth OF his reform i
country sppporters.-Monro .Newa
All the political ponies can trot along &
behind the Blanchard band wagon, but e
no braying win be allowed. In Weekly 4 Z
VA ebman, Franklin, La. Y
Don't tear up your Jastremskl p
tickets. The favorite might get struck \
by lightning before he reaches the 4
viva CrowIav !C;o,oy y
What has Blanchard ever done for a
the people Of Louisiana, except to hold
office and draw pay, that they should &
rush to his support with such spontan- !.
eous unanimity, as the uninitiated a
would infer from the vaingIorious boast I
Of one Of contemporaries ALEX s
andria Louisiana Democrat. in
There are now only two candidates !,
in the field, Judge Blanchard and Gen. al
Jastremski. Under the present condi h
tions the people should give their sup lis
port to Gen. Jastremski and destroy ~
the last vestige of power of the Newfi
Orleans bosses.-St. Martinville Mes
sepger. %
The issues ARE sufficiently plain and n
positive to direct the intelligent citi- am
zens opposed to the rule Of the bosses tt
to be aligned NT the side which shouldan
command their fullest sympathy andsla
most loyal support. The issue is mott n
Of men but of principles. Shreveport q
Caucasian.
General J~astremski's platform isia7
clear cut sand responsive to the de- be,
mands of the people and there can be-
no doubt but that he added many :
warm supporters to his standard dur
ing his visit to Minden. If the people hi
Of North Louisiana, who have been a
clamoring for primaries and eprtaH q
ment Of the patronage power lodged in
the hands ofthe chief executive Of this ;
State, they can not consistently fail to g
rally to the standard Of General Jas h
tremski. - W. Signal Minden,
La.
The Minden Democrat says "Gen- loo
eraL Leon Jastremski, the original pri- to
mary advocate, delivered an address,
at the court house, Monday night, ons-
the political issue of the day. Thel t
court room was filledto its fullest seat pr
ing capacity, many ladies being pres :
ent. The general was warmly receivedt g
and was repeatedly ~applauded duringpba
his speech. His visit here made him sa
scores of new admirers and won him a
many Votes"
If the people really desire to put an d
end to the rule of the ring politicians 6
and thereby secure better government, Of
now is their chance. Let them strike er
while the iron is hot, or forever after a
hold their peace. The preliminary r
skirmish has been won-they have Sc I,
cured the right to select their own Off D
Gals, a right which the machine poll "a
.ticians have heretofore claimed as their Il
prer0gatiye. Now, if they do not SSff
arouse themselves thoroughly and inn in
peratively demand a change, they will 4
lose the main battle, and an already
deplorable situation, one in, by and
through which the individual citizen is
made to feel that he is a political
nonentity-a mere. cipher-win rapidly re
become worse. Awake, arise, or be Il
forever fallen l-Opelousas Courtaer.
An Trishman onoepassed an inn and
saw the landlord cut off the head of a
turtle. Several days afterwards he
visited the same inn and the landlord 3
said, 'Pat, there is that same turtle E
walking around. What do you think O
of that % "Wel your honor,5'' said a