St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-01
A Sacrifice on the Altar
of Political Greed
Editor St. Tammany FARmEK.

Editor ST. Tarnmany FARMEK.
And so il has come at last, head
ed by that prince Of good fellows
who according TO his own words
s'cannot understand why he should
have been chosen 10 lead the host
of the ssProgressiVe"(0 Democrats
(Just one mark of his unftness for
the position TO which he asplres.
Now we are willing to admit
that not one word can be said
against D. M. Wadsworth, whose
integrity has never been called into
question. We look upon him as
the highest type of Christian gen
tleman and treasure for him the
beartlest goodwill, while at the
same time we spurn with contempt
the base creatures who are willing |
to sacrifice so good and unsuspect
ing a man on the alter of their
own political greed. Mr. Wads-
worth has not in his simplicity of
nature and lack of knowledge of
depravity of man and of the mach.
nations of political aspirations
| awakened to the fact that these
fellows who are pushing him to
the front are doing so only toshield
themselves from the arrows of
sure defeat. 1t is truly a case of
total depravlty when a man will
calmly and deliberately sit down
and offer up mans business, the
happiness and comfort of his family
and his future for the sake of their
! own selfish greed. Why is it that
, prime leader of this movement,
, Hon. Harvey E. Ellis, has not
lead the host in whose success he
seems to have such unlimited con-
fdence? Simply because he is a
man in public life, and his defeat
r would mean his rum and check of
what prestige he may have.
Because while in office and not
/ willing to devote his valuable
time (?) to the affairs of town with
out remuneration, and an inability
u to carry out plans the Conner
S might put on foot, he would be
compromised and his business Grip,
pied. Why is 1t that Secretary l.
J Domergne, Jr. has not beer
chosen? Is it not true that he il
at the head of a business tina
must not be placed in jeopardy
W and then Hon. Z. S. L. Babing
ID ton, the grand mogul of the Pro
5, gressiye band has interests of hi
* own that must be looked after
8 And SO ON down the l1ne, bat thel
d Brother (?) Wadsworth'' is no
e so circumstaneed. A few year
lie back he had the best business il
ST town. Men came long ways Il
+ trade with Honest Dan .Wadswortl
> but the damnable !" rallroad
he have cut off bis trade, and he hal
rs not push and get up enough to &C
er commodate himself to change IL
: business conditions, and just now
4 he is like stranded log-'eset fr'
le to him, boys, and make an end o.
n the old wreck. " Was there ever
e more pitlable scene? Can we &c
20 the polls on Tuesday and turl
;, the affairs of the town over 20 sucl
le a gang.
II How Progressive? With GOOD
n natured, simple, non-progresslv,
= Dan WadsWorth at the helm.
= man who is trying to run his stor,
d III the s.New aud Greater Gov
ington" just as 1t was run Yealt
ago in the woods of Washington
parish or in the old days In thu
town, and the reason he has Offered
1t for sale bis home here and is talk
e ing of moving away from Covlng
ton and seeking a pew location
, soon become evident. Walk ii
S the store and look around, and al
:, once you are impressed with the
e "ProgressIveness of the party
q he leads. While we admire Oar
Wadsworth as man, citizen anG
Is pure-hearted gentlemen, we fee
b like it is travesty on progressive
ness to place bim at the head of a
= "Progreselve'' ticket.
Did you ever hear such howl
as certain demagogues are making
J. about sanitation, and did you ever
smell such a stencil as arises from