St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-22

quite number of ladies being present
| The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. W. P. Russell, former Editor of
the News. Sheriff T. E. Brewster
was master Of ceremonies, and in
troduced as the first speaker, Hon: ..
P. Bland, of Wilson, La, candidate
for railroad commissioner. Mr.
Bland gave short sketch OF his lie
stating that he had always conducted
his business in an upright. honest
manner, and if elected commissioner,
could be counted upon to follow up
the same principles. He made no
pretension Of being speaker and
was not a lawyer. Lawyers were not
needed on the commission, as the
commission was furnished with a
LAWYER in State official, whose duty
, it was to advise the commission
! whenever advice was needed. A
qualified commissioner was one who
was honest and who had business
: education and experience. He was
such a man, and would serve the
people to the best of his ability, II
elected.
Congressman Geo. K. Favrot was
then introduced. He said that it hac
E been charged that all the Congress
men, nearly came from East Bator
Rouge. # SO, then East Bator
Rouge was not to blame that she
, furnished men qualified to represent
: the district in Washington and tina
the people should have elected then
= 70 Congress.
!. AS to the Crumpacker bill, thu
N constitutionality or unconstltutlon
& ality of the Louisiana suffrage Law
- had nothing whatever to do with it
% That any law restricting the right o
~ suffrage in the Southern State
m would have been used for the sam
- purpose of reducing representatlo
"A in the south. He was opposed to tn
~ = section of the Constitution of 1895
because he did not want to rende
doubtful the constitutionality OF tn
~ ~ suffrage law. He had not been alon
~ in his opinion that the act was III
=, constitutional. Other prom1ner
~ men had held the same views. Sens
~ tor S. D. McEnery and Donaldso
=, McCaffery being among them. tt
q reason why he had not spoken upc
10 the question in Congress was thu
!" the measure had been tackled on tn
campaign publicity bill, in order
force Democrats to vote again
that bill, and that debate W;
limited to twenty minutes. II
leaders of the party were the ont
chosen to speak during those twent
)r- minutes. That he was not yet
he leader He had not been in Congre
but six months, and he had not h;
ed, time to work himself up to leade
,e. ship.
1e- He said his friend Bob W1cklif
nd had said he was dreamer; that t
difference between him and Bob wa
ter that he dreampt at night, and Bob
the daytime.
tor He asked that he be given anoth
term. No one could accomplish an
lay thing in his first term. Ii he W
re- then found not deserving, why, XII
him out.
The He said that if he was re-elect
he would promise not only. to try
lott get Government building for &c
lie, ington but Wonld get it.
Irg During his speech he recitated t
much alluded to portion of his spec
Mr. in regard to the Philippine Island.
lille 1t is a very pretty thing, and Wol
giving verbatpm:
me Great was the South's share in
glory of that flag. Why, sir, there
r to not a star upon its blue field that
not been made brighter by Southt
Mrs heroism upon countless fields; there
not red mark upon it that has !
ter, been made deeper, richer and red
ng- by Southern blood; there is not
white line upon it that has not b.
ere made winter, purer and holier
fine Southern honor and Southern integ
ame in high official places.
d But since the overthrow of tn
mer radical governments, the progress,
development, of the South has b,
:. unparelled in history. No longer d