St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-09-26

September 26, 1908.
WHY WlcKLlFFE MUST WIN

The following statement is so clear and
convincing that we reproduce it, believing
that anyone reading cannot but see that it
points clearly to the nomination of Mr..
Wickliffe on September 20.
While Mr.. Favrot has not withdrawn from
the race, it will be remembered that at the
time the article was written it was gener-
ally believed that his slim chance of receiv-
ing the nomination would result in his with
draWal, and it was stated that his friends
had advised him to do so.
An especially forcible part of the state
ment is the comparative endorsement of the
candidates in their respective home parishes.
1t will be noticed that the people who sur
round Mr. Wickliffe, who are familiar with
his life, private and public, are practically
unanimous in their endorsement of him.
while Mr.. Favrot, in his home parish re-
ceived scarcely more than majority, a con-
1lmation of Mr.. Wickliffe's prediction on the
eve of election:
The official returns filed with the Secre-
tary of State show that Mr.. Wickliffe has
received a majority over Mr.. Favrot of 1889.
Mr.. Wickliffe proposes to make an issue
of the fact that a mans popularity should
begin at home, and to demonstrate to the
people of the district by the returns in the
recent primary that Mr.. FaVrot's home par
lsh, where he was born and raised did not
endorse him, whereas Mr. Wickliff' S home
people in the Felicians have endorsed him in
the recent primary practically unanimously.
Mr.. Favrot's home parish of East Baton
Rouge cast in the recent primary on Sep
tember l, in round numbers 1000 votes, and
yet he only received out of this number sc
clear majority. On the other hand, in the
Felicianas, whence Mr.. Wickliffe comes, al
though having a smaller vote than East Ba-
ton Rouge, Mr.. Wickliffe received over 300
clear majority on September l. The victory
he has won is uniform throughout the dis
trict. He carried Washington parish, in the
extreme eastern part of the district, by 249
plurality. He carried Point Coupee, in the
eastern part of the district by 131 plurality.
He carried ST. Helena, III the northern part
of the district, and Ascension, the most
southerly parish of the district; in addition
to these, the parishes of East Feliciana,
carried but three parishes out of the twelve
in the district, and even in these three ne
carried but % majority in one, sc in another,
and $50 in the third; whereas Mr.. Wickliffe' S
majority ranges from Sc in Ascension to SOC
in East Feliciana. Mr. Favrot lost both
sides of the river. Mr.. Wlcklltfe received
even west Of the river more votes than Mr..
Favrot, and east of the river in the Florida
parishes he received fully 800 more votes
than Mr.. Favrot. Again adverting to Mr..
Favrot's home parish Of East Baton Rouge,
the returns show that out of ten wards in
the parish he only carried four. In the city
of Baton Rouge, where he was born and
reared, he lost one of the two wards com
prising that city. Out of the IA precincts in
his own parish Mr.. Fayrot carried but seven.
IN the precinct which Mr. Favrot lived Mr..
Wicklife received 118 votes. On the other
hand, in the two Felicianas there was. not g
single precinct, much less ward. that he
did not carry; and in the precinct in West
Feliciana in which Mr.. Wickliffe lives there
were but five votes cast for Mr.. Favrot: He
has the fight won; but let us not go to sleep,
and should Mr.. Favrot continue IN the race,
let us use every effort to bring out the vote. .