The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-07

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hi uppo Itton tu the - ,ic,n ri the hscal
tHrn,y Through winch the state. mooney
J. controlled and tut winch thr State tc
,"trct only two prt cent. while thc
lnui PEI ,,ti to Individuals he hs,al
agency !. I'll powerful and txctta Il
piral influence III polItic% indirectly II
not directly, and no e1nt mao will que
tom tis tiat'tncn mon will any SAM
man reprtl ~, actnnw lrdprilcul un the
part Of the interested III the hsrAi
political rutpn,r%. / lc straw rarely
ial IT, ti'ltt Ate il con- e. IL the Wind
On the all important rtuc. which can
not bc nunin,lrd. Mt Wilkinson sAtI
II IN, uppntrL iu The whole .y,trnp,
both politically and personally | am
opposed 10 the rt.,l banking ln.tItulIour
tI flH .pfii' Wv iHfIf' ~ wv
nishng lhc campaign fund 81 nlyeell az
any other candidate iur the profit II may
be- 10 them let the bankers Of the
State have Their Individual preferences
for Guvclnn, "a all other ttlt<,ns have,
and let them 'SetttSr the ptlviltprs 81
voting ipr that preference, but wlrrn
~ al
c.cs; when they attempt to relieve the
people Of the trouble If selecting ihcif
own officials the people might then III
llg,,anily suRgeal to them IN lI"n'lY
language to mind their own busi'cse-
These beng my views ! now assert
that | have no understanding III any
kind OF character Of any connection
whatsnevcr III 81 Tar rs trlllrs to my
candidacy for the t'ovrrnorShp, either
public 81 private. neither personally nor
by proxy, neither direct nor remote. III
any shape. fashion ur form with any
bank ~ bankers. III this State concern
my The disposition Of the public funds.
Il soletnly pledge that ! have not
only no such understanding OF connec
tiu,i At ptcAent. but that will not have
any such understanding 81 connection
~ the future In 50 far rs my candidacy
70, the Govrtnorship j. concerned, cv~
cry bank in the State busiains a. bank
the same relation To- me None have any
pledges from me. nor have | any pledges
from them. nor will any have any
pledges from me- nor will have any
pledges from them,
IF elected Governor ! shall. As
member Of the Fiscal Board. insist that
the revenues oi the State Of LOUISIANA
be deposited only with the bank which
will pay the highest rate Of interest on
the peoples money. and am in favor Of
the passing II laws making this oblisa~
tory on the board OF course. the banks
must be solvent and give satisfactory Sc
curity.
This is my position OH what con
slider one If the most vital ISSUES III this
campaign, and ! have tried To make It
PLAIN and unequivneal and | now ask
my honorable opponents, General Leon
Dastremski aud lieutenant Governor ].
Y. Sanders. their position OH this mat
ter. Aud also urge that YOU, the peo-
pie Of the State Of Louisiana. III whose
interest this question * submitted. re
peat i, until il shall have been answcfc
in the affirmative, no, only by my two
honorable opponents. but by every can
di,latc for State office. who. when elect
ed, will be member Of the Fiscal
Board. also ask that the press, one
of the most important factors III DIS
scminati1g information To the people,
place this matter before them | ask
the press of this State to take up this
question until it is answered by every
cand,dac that may be a member Of the
Board Of Liquidation
while the people If the State have
lively interest i'll securing for their
State government every dollar that can
be secured for it, they have Il still live
licr interest in preventing the domination
by any great moncyed power Of the pol
tics OF the State While they resent that
domination, il attempted by Democratic
fnancicrs for the purpose Of financial
benefits, they resent il still more If that
domination is attempted to secure such
benefits by prominent hnancicrs Of the
Republican party