The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11

Mt. h6lOggs s WeIl-knOWn Qt1path
to President ROOSEVELT is mani
| testify unnecessary that The Chic
should discuss with its correspondent
the issue of fact he seeks to rase con
corning the charge that he ssfieW tn
coop" in the last campaign. Tha
point he discusses and settles agains
himself, for out Of his own mouth b,
IS convicted Of giving aid and com
| fort to the enemy and foreeasting dis
aster to the Republican ticket as thu
| opposing forces were lining up for the
/ political battle. It is very apparent
| furthermore, that the wish was father
to the thought in his prediction of q
| Democratic landslide and the defeat o,
the Republican leader whose strength
with the people had enabled him to
nominate himself" in spite Of the
opposition of 1.-THE old guard'' OF
anti-Roosevelt politicians who pre-
| ferred a presidential candidate taken
more plastic material than the popular
senator considers himself a more or
guardn aforesaid may be safely as
SauCO3 WlblOub #SlOiSuCG To Ills
proverbial sense OF mOdesty and self
depreciation.
He undeniably "dew the coop,n and
the only debatable proposition is as to
the duration and course of his flight.
According to his own statement he
only futtered about for little while
and then returned to the party roost,
and The Chief is quite willing to con-
cede the claim that he characteristic
ally hedged on his own prediction and
gathered in a few honest shekels by
betting the other way. We thought
him too old bird to have been caught
by Democratic chaff il the first in
stance, but we know him to be too
wis., Il one TO remain caught after he
discovered his predicament and saw a
chance to fly back home again.
We don't propose to consume time
and space in bootless controversy
with our venerable friend and ex-fellow-
citizen concerning the integrity and sim
certify of the present leaders OF the
local Republican party, or the measure
OF responsibility resting upon them
for the conditions that have brought
about the abnormal diminution of the
popular vote Of this state. Suffice it to
say that the causes producing this
effect were wholly beyond their con-
troll, and much farther beyond that of
the faction of the party with which Mr..
Kellogg has been for years in alliance
and sympathy; that while it is true
Republicans have been able to poll
barely ten per cent of the aggreg ate
vote at recentelections under the,opera-
ton Of proscriptive suffrage laws dis
honestly administered for the set pur-
pose OF crushing out all opposition to
the dominant Democratic ring, it is
also true that if the so-called ablack-
and-tan" faction we're in control of
Republican affairs here the party vote
would scarcely exceed one per cent of
the aggregate. To quote the words OF
Foxy Grandpa Kellogg 'sthis is
pretty we'll known here, and we be-
lieve that no one outside the state
knows it any better than he does.
There IS only one shaft in "Foxy
culver that has pierced
The Chiefs pachy cuticle,
and we hasten to confess with contrition
the thoughtlessness tn at exposed us to
the thrust. It is indeed iniuGicious
and lnconsiderate On our part to use
such an inelegant phrase as 'sfeW the
COOP ~ connection with the political |
gyrations Of our unsophisticated and
straight laced friend, Uncle Billy Pitt, |
and 1t is no wonder his sensibilities |
we're shocked and his comprehension
puzzled by the slangy expression.
Dear, innocent old boyI how could he |
oe expected to know anything about |
he sinful vernacular OF the cockpit.
According to common report he 'spiays
he ponies as we'll as the presidential /
aces, and is about as successful in
picking winners among the quadrupeds
IS the bipeds, because he bets on his
Judgment rather than his sympathies
n both cases. He is also accredited
With having 'strotted all the gaits'' IN
lis time, and enjoyed some reputation
among his intimates in bygone DAYS
IS an ''all-'round, dead game SPORT,
,ut having lived for so many years il
be sanctified atmosphere of the ma
ional capital, where all is purity and
'eace and the wiles of the wicked out
lde world are unknown, what more
latural result than that he should be-
ONE mentally and morally trans
nogri6ed and rehabilitated to such a
egree that he marvels what NAV be the
neaning OF FLEW the COOP; Uncle
silly, you sly old rooster, come off
our perch