The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-09-14


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G nIage tn [ he y AloN rs we'll 4
- gfTr nlir. ight# ~ the nprt
Il HE Democrat takes uppoltunit'
to say tI,at Nr Erous aud. ~ Nf
I Foster ana Ni tsfopiuai aud Mt
Sims and Nj Hnrker and Ml
Atchison and Nj. Dudley Gnllbeai
and M Lev Garland a4l Other,
has 4 peIfccf right 10 snppol anf
campaign for " hnucVer be Wau;f
for public office, and 10 ameunt ol
abnsc on the part Of any new spa
/ PEI OF lhia State can poison IL.
public mlnd on this subject. Lel
newspapers continue 10 take the
stand taken hy The lberyilc south
on tins question and wa have rea
sons 10 believe that they VIII Ted
sorry when election day comos a
round.
'Ereussat'l ought 40 be busy
earning his 81, 800 rer aunum thai
le draws IS CVnpfessruap
Nr Rfoussard came down from
W asl'ngton some ten days ago,
Nheie he had gone te confer with
The Hon James Wilson. Secretary
of Agriculture. on some phrase Of
he Pus Food Law, il which the
Sngai interest not only Of the Third
bnt also Of the Fliat, aud Second
and SIKH Districts are vitality con
crtned Nj WILSON was absent
from " ashing.un AZ llis writ
ing M' Bronssnid IL on bis way to
ashIngton, having again rs his
mlssloE, the safeguarding Of the
sugar interest o! Louisiana. IL
the South will investigate the re
cords of tong,ess, ii will find that
1T was through the Instrumental
lies Of Congressman Bloussatd
that committee headed by the
distinguished Chairman Burton Of
Rivers and IIaIbors was sent 10
Louisiana to investigate The cob
dItion Of the P!aquemine lorks
Perhaps the South can tell Us ~
whose congressional district are
the flaqucmlne locks In case
the South would know more Of Mr.
Bronssnrd's stewardship, let il in
toIView the people Of the Techp
aud Vefmlirn valley; let it unes
ton those who know something
about the lntercoastal Canal.
When The South charges thai
Congressman l;rouasaid has not
earned his salary, it in Inadvertently
ind innnccniIy charges every mem
Der Of Congress Of the same oilcnse.
We leave the substantiation Of
his statement TO Mr.. BIousSard's = |
colleagues in Congress
If we did not know Brother
scbwing as We do, we would he in
lined to say sIlben In answer to
I'll his charges But knowing him
~ we do, we cannot believe that
le is guilty Of malice iii this mat
ef. so we attribute his bilious M
icle 10 his bitter parlizanship and
ross ignorance of the real characi
n and .vue worth of CONGRESSMAN
A statement of The facts in the
ase follow:
Congressman Hronssard declar
d for Col. Wilkinson. Senator
,ahbe sometime after, happening
o be in New Orleans, called at
he Sanders headquarters and
I'VE ont an interview IN which he
ave it as his opinion that Mr.
coming oi,t for Mr.
Wilkinson would have no effect III !.
lie campaign r
Mr.. BroussarsFs friends took
ssue with Mr.. Liable, and without
MIG Froussard started
u active campaign to show that +.
Brnussa.d has a fol
wing, and that his coming out
Or Mr. Wilkinson has added new
trength and enthusiasm to The
.aqns,nine candidate Accord
Ugly, in the lst ward st. Martin
arish, Bob Broussard Wilkinson
|ub was formed, the membership
{ which constitutes majority Of
le qualified electors Of said ward
The crux Of the whole matter,
owever, ~ that Mr. Sanders ana
|. Sanders adherents, afraid Of
Bronssard's influ
nee. are abusing and nisrepr.
,nting him in order to try to poi
III the minds of his friends on the
lbjecf. Congressman Brous
,rtl's friends who are now SUP
prting Mr.. Sanders will resent
,is abuse ON the character and
,ndnct of a man whose chief am
i;ion is to serve Louisiana and !