The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-09-21
n Defence Of Congressman Hroug
8ard
VI alii,e,ttitu "A Sent

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" iil,nHon and know WIng how ~
justly ia fh'g particular af,tcl,,
De- 1T you. ~ conttlon Jil{titc. I
alt0 space ~ ON valull,Ir I.,pel
f. fra Hudi ~ ilefenqr ol ia
Congressman The Soufl, ask
"NNhat i ference docs II mak
whom le supports, ate he voter
of Ihe .;ri Distract his priv,t
property, ct'
l." ille tiist question II IA Oh
| Vtpns That 4 does make i erra
dead of difference, OF he Soutl
would not Lash Iiacli INTO such +.
iniy ovr, The iaci, nor would III,
"tl'cF Sanders organs howl 40 Io,l1
DerhnHr 1T the open declaration ol
Mr. I;'oaaaaid for Wilkinson IN
sl"ad Of Sanders.
To the second question clal
lcngr The Editor or he South to
publish any conversation or print
cd utlrrance Of Mr.. I.iousaard IN
which hc claimed to own The voters
ol The h,, District, on boosted
that l,o could deliver them to
whomAoevcr hc pleased.
IT rs perfectly true az stated by
the south, that Mr. Btousaard
wanted to run for Governor. !hat
he canvaseed his district with that
purpose IN view, but this biased
eu!tnr labors N error when he
allirns 'ha. this canvass showed
Nr, Sanders too strong, aud IN
consequence he pulled down III.
|act ~ he people Of HE DrL Drp
" W. WV vi I'ioISS3itn ~ was
heir desire IL have him remain in
5ongrrss, where they knew he
'oilld serve their interests better
han any one else whom they
'ould elect, and that II was in
obedience to thIa wish, alone, that |
'e Withdrew and MOI because 81 u
Of his constituents for
he Lieut. Governor. This the
dlfOr Of the South knew or ought
. have known full we'll Follow
~ the announcement oi his with
ra wal from the race for Governor
|,c press Of the Safe, and thc
andrrs organs in particular, gotf
usy with icers aud gibcs ~ to
HON MIR. sronssard would throw
is strength. They wondered
when he would come out Of the
oOds' whether he would dare to
penIy announce for any one;
,esc and other tneering shols ut
is courage and integrity. forced
I'M, AZ 1t would have forced any
pncst aud upright man, to come
II and show he could meet the
'irs and dcrlslOn of political foes.
llese same papers forced him in
the light az an issne, and he is
Getting 1t IN self defeEce.
we heard Sanders men declare
at II he IN elected Governor II
III mean the retirement of Mr.
ronssard from political life, that
ey will see to it that he liz elm .
afed ~ factor in this State, :
lOnt know that Mr.. Sanders is '
sponsible for this sort Of talk.
In
Il ! believe that Mr.. ErOussard's '
ends are too loyal 10 see q fight I
adesOn him aud not go To his mid :
10 South says he s'ha Ibors u
city jealousy and has a knife :
his sleeve but ii seems TO me
at the jealousy aud a knife up ." "
sleeve Is not on his side, but =,
on the side Of those :,
lose ycngence would carry them ),
far as to want to destroy the ;,
pfulncss Of one of the ablesl T.,
bile men IN Louisiana because, :,
sOOtl, he exercises the privI.- =,
E common TO all men, OF select ),
, his own candidate.
should be glad to know what
,hd have been The position ol :,
, editor Of the South had Mr.. :"
tnssard chosen 10 support Mr. -, -
nders. wager he would b
iting dOnble column editorials =
the wonderful strength Of the ~
District Congressman and how "
clI 1t ment to their candidate
rily, it does make a difference a
hose OK Is goIed.r y q
Respectfully, Il