St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-17
NORTH La. PAPER
SCORES sam MCENERY
Shreveport Times says the Old Fellow Has
Gone Smack Info the Republican Party
ON The TARIFF QUESTION
The Times Goes Further, and Intimaias thai
HCEaery Is EOt0nIY ATFaitOr 10 His Party
But a Political Bush Whacker.

The Shreveport Times, published in
Shreveport, Caddo parish-a stones
throw from Senator McEnery's home
takes the Senior Senator Of Louis
lana seriously to task for his Repub.
lican predictions.
Ills indeed a pity that Louisiana
can't send Democratic representatives
to Washington. his a pity that the
people Of Louisiana can not distin-
guish d Republican from a Democrat
tits a pity that the enunciation T
am a Democrat" is sufficient to recon-
mend one to Office.
Why not look into a mans past
record?
Why should Louisiana Democrats
vote for a man who will go to- Wash
ington and vote with the Republicans?
But, coming TO the article Of the
Shreveport Times, which follows, the
Clarion wishes to fully endorse its
sentiments:
s'THE DESERTER.
That Senator McEnery is misrepre-
senting the people Of Louisiana and
the Democratic party at Washington
was clearly proven by his vote on the
Aldrich bill in the Senate Thursday.
He has gone bodily into the Republi-
can party on this vital question Of
the tariff and in doing SO he has be-
trayed the vast body Of his constitu-
ents. He has put it up to the people
Of Louisiana. who have honored him
and trusted him, whether they shall
blindly follow him into the camp Of
the protectionists or shall repudiate
his actions and call upon him for an
accounting. To ignore this last and
most unkindest cut of all' from our
senior Senator is to stultify ourselves
as Democrats who believe in the ever
lasting principle Of equal opportuni-
ties for all and special privileges for
none.
Either Senator MeEnery was right
in casting bis vote for the Aldrich
bill or he was wrong. # he was
right, then Senator Foster. his col
league, and all the other Democratic
Senator's were wrong. # he was
right, then let Louisiana cut loose
from all allegiance to the tarif-for-
r%evenue-only policy. II he is right,
then let Louisiana bid farewell to-
the Democratic party il the State and
in the Nation, for the measure which
he supports violates one Of che most
sacred principles Of the Democratic
party.
This is not the time for Democrats
to tolerate the bushwhacker nor is it
the time TO overlook the fragrant de-
fance of party will and party disci
pine. Now IS the time, II there
ever was, for all good Democrats to
come to the aid Of their party. The
country needs d militant political or
ganization to stand firmly against the
piratical crew which is navigating
the ship Of State-a crew which,
having become bold by reason Of re-
peated successes, has set sail for the
open sea intent solely upon the gold
en- treasures of the peoples labors.
Senator McEnerYs vote on Gne
Aldrich bill is responsive to no senti-
ment il Louisiana which is entitled
to be respected at Washington. He
has openly and repeatedly defed his
Democratic constituents and his use
fitness as . public official entrusted
With grave responsibilities is at an
end. He should be called to the bar
of public opinion and condemned.
The people Of Louisiana are under no
obligations to him. His presence il
she United States Senate bearing a
commission from the Democratic
party Of Louisiana IS a standing re-
Election on our political honesty"