The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14

history OF the country when politics
leadership counted for as little as il
does to-day.
This il another way OF stating q
profoundly significant Tact, namely.
that never before war this govern
nent SD truly u government of tn
people AMI by the people as it is to
day.
The cry of "the people against th.
bosses" has been familiar one iTs|
this and other States since the war;
hut until recently it has been regardt
I'd land correctly So in most instanz
res) merely as trick on the part Of
the ''outs" to get ''in."
But it has different meaning now.
and the man who does not recognize
the tremendous fact that the people.
having for sufficient or insufficient
reasons, it matters not which, be-
come distrustful of form OF gov
eminent under which they delegated
their powers to representatives, indi-
viduais or parties, have determined
to exercise those powers directly in q
larger degree than ever before. is "a
poor render of the signs Of the times.
Many facts, such as Adoption Of
primaries for the nomination OF can
didates, and the wide extension OF
the principles Of the initiative and
rerendum to municipal and county
governments, and in n few recent in
stances to State affairs, might be-
mentioned to prove the truth OF the
above assertion. But We cannot IL
lustrate it more focibly than by a.
brisI recital of facts connected with
the present contrst between the two
candidates for he gubernatoria.
nomination in this State.
When the Contest opened in thp
early part of the year, one Of the
candidates, Lieut.. Gov. Sanders, pos,
sessed the elements which under the
lold convention system would have
assured an ensy victory.
Himself a finished politician, b.
had striven FOR more than two years,
by the use OF every device known to
the game, to build up an organiza-
ton in every parish of the State
which could be worked in his interest
when the proper time came.
He had behind him, as he boasted
at the time, thirteen out of sixteen
ward bosses in New Orleans lit up
pears that he under stated his
strength in this matter, as he has thu
entire lott, -and all Of the banks dOwT
there.
AS might have been expected, Ger
tain classes of people in the country
section of the State who have beef
iu the habit of taking their cue II
matters political from the lenders II
New Orleans, fell over ench other il
an effort to get into the Sanders col
umn, and as result the politician
OF the towns, the big and little boss
es, and all of that class of people wh'
could be influenced by the liquor in
terests, which had formerly been sucl
a powerful factorin politics, as a rul
FASTENED to declase for the Lieuten
, ant Governor.
II 1t is not our purpose to be unfai
to this gentleman, against whom tn
Enterprise has no sort of persons
: grievance, and we therefore do nc
) intend to shy that his following
{ made up entirely of the CLASSES abos
I mentioned.
Fl He had powerful influences benin
! him, aud pictured inthe column
of the press and on the rostrum as
: brilliant young statesmen,. wlf0'
J, past record had demonstrated n
, splendid ability. He is one OF Il
!. most captivating stnmp-speakers
V in the State, who knows all the i
!. trucacies of the game Of politics. ar
;. liz is but natural that many goo
: men were convinced that he was req
lly the great and good man which
'e had been 80 sloquently Representa-
p to be, and they too became his su
. porters.
y But here comes the strong part