The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-08-11
HE DIDN'T AND HE DID.

4 mmlttce. ana Dy means OF Ms
power over them, forcing a ma
joritv to elect q chairman of hi.
choice; not satisfied with humil.
ating Governor Heard on account
Of mere partisan pique, the Gov
Blanchard waltzes into the polit.
cal arena Of the Sixth Congress
ional District, takes charge of a
primary contest between demo
Gratis and that Robertson must be
elected, and that Favrot must be
defeated.
To what extent will the would
be gubernatorial autocrat go:
STEPPED in inordinate vanity and
self admiration, drunk with a
selfish ambition and lust for pow
er, it would not be surprising that
the proclamation to the people
will be: Newton is the State"-
obey me or you will be beheaded,
POLITICALLY of course).
We clip the following article
from the Daily States of last
Thursday, which gives clear in
sight to the charao'ef and dispo-
sition or the unique" Governor
of Louisiana:
Governor Blanchard did not in
terfere with the campaign now going on
in the Sixth District. We have his
own word for the truth of that state
ment. Judge Favrot has seen some
letters in the district urging certain
people to oppose him and he foolishly
jumped at the absurd conclusion that
Governor Blanchard was writing these
letters. He slandered the Governor
when he charged that he had been in
terfering in the Sixth District cam
paign. Governor Blanchard didn't
write those letters. Governor Blan-
chard has no interest in that cam
paign and hasn't Injected itself in
the fight.
1T was Mr.. Newton Grain Blan-
chard who wrote letters and urged
friends to oppose Mr.. Favrot-Newton
G. Blanchard. a citizen Of Caddo, in
the Fourth District. Judge Favrot
owes Governor Blanchard an apology
for getting him confused with Citizen
Blanchard of Caddo: for Governor
Blanchard of course. wouldn't think
of so undignitied thing as taking
part in Sixth District politics. Gov
ernor Blanchard is the Governor OF
the whole State and as such holds
strictly above factional poll
tics. hence it is cruelty unjust for
Judge FavrOt to hold him responsible
for the actions of Citizen Blanchard.
Governor Blanchard wrote no let
no IN: l. 80
mouth to a single man in the district |
on the subject of Sixth District poll
tics. He Indignantly repudiates any
suggestion that he did So But Citi-
zen Blanchard is a hard-headed fell !
low, and he resents the attempts Of |
Governor Blanchard to control his |
actions. This Citizen Blanchard
Examples upon the ethics that hedge
about the conduct of the Governor
md speaks out in meeting whenever
he has mind to do so.
when the State Central Committee
net here few days ago Governor
Blanchard came down in pomp and
majesty. We can imagine the heated
Interview he had with Citizen Blan-
hard which resulted in the citizen
laying at home and the Governor
Omlng down to control the committee:
'ut having done that much out of de-
arence to Governor Blanchard, Citi-
en- Blanchard refused longer to be
cid in lash. and in spite of all remon-
frances on the part of the Governor,
set to work writing letters and talk
lg IN the interests of his friend, Rob-
tson.
I'VE are sorry for our old friend.
Oh. Robertson. He had a hard
lough road as it was. and it was
'uelly unkind of Citizen Blanchard
pile up the pathway ahead of him
it'll so many rocks and thorns. There
re many things that can be said in
,vOr of Col. Robertson, and that
light have been said effectually by
e right person. But Citizen Blan-
laEd muddled the situation by his !
lngling defense. For instance, Cit I
en- Blanchard points out very cor n
city that it is a congressman's duty ?
serve his State and his nation, and t
It exclusively his congressional dis $
let. That is true. That is the view i
e elder statesmen like Calhoun,
ebster, Clay and their associates,
ok of the duties of a congressman:
t-pardon us, hand us the smelling
Its -please-we have a faint recol-
'tion that in the not very distant
st a gentleman by the name of Blan-
ard, Newton c. Blanchard, we be-
We, hailing from somewhere in the
urth Congressional District of
uisiana, sent to Governor Murphy
Foster telegram which read about
follows as near as we can recall it:
My vote on that question-it
1 some relation to sugar)-was cast d
the representative in Congress of
Fourth Congressional District.
a Senator, I should represent, not N
y the Fourth District, but the en- Nl
State, and can therefore perfect
sistency vote the other way in the
ate PerhanS that iS not tho oxoo+