The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-28

Many of the Pros Failed to Respond /
to the Call of the Leaders-Result Is
Satisfactory A Comparison With
the Past.
The primary election held Friday
was TO secure the nomination of a
Democratic candidate for police juror
of Ward Four, in which is included
Jewe1la The vacancy to be filed orig
mated by the resignation of E. E. Har-
key, one of the most enthusiastic of the
ants and who having been indicted by
the Grand Jury for selling intoxicants
in contravention of law, has skipped to
New Mexico. He was a leader of his
faction in Ward Seven, where he ex-
ercised great influence among saloon
men and their allies
The candidate to FIJI the vacancy,
j. F. Fisher, an uncompromising and an
all-wool- -and-yard-wide anti, had an
nounced his candidacy before the Pros
had determined on contest Among
the Pros were those who believed in
the policy of giving the Ants full
scope, but there are others who be-
1ieyed in fight. assuming that if they
failed in a demonstration the Ants.
would 1nisconstrue such conservatism
as an evidence OF weakness. Again
there is involved the principle which
should never be surrendered or yielded
in any compromise which would, prob
ably, prove to be abortive of results, at
least as measured by the opponents of
the saloon and the trafickers in intoxi
cants.
Having been persuaded to become a
candidate, C. S. Beard was announced
formally. He was at some disadvantage
in not being a mixer as the term IS
applied to meil who know and presume
to know everybody as being "a jolly
good fellow well met" Mr.. Beard has
always been business man and has
had little experience in politics or the
ways of the schemes of politicians
/ There was some prejudice aroused
against Mr.. Beard. He was styled as
Ia silk stocking man. an aristocrat
and "the poor man" worn to a frazzle
was revived with considerable effect on
1.-THE voter who is ever bowling for his
| personal liberty" which in some in
stances he would trade readily for a
mug of beer or a drink of red eye.
Although disguised, the issue was
plain It can not be denied that Mr..
Fisher is the candidate of the element
opposed to prohibition. He was backed
| BY the majority of this class, and to
these he is under obligation for his
nomination
The mere announcement of Mr.
Beard that he stood for law and order
was sufficient to arouse the saloons and
| their eallies against him.
| However, the majority cast in oppo-
sition to Mr.. Beard being materially
reduced to 2II from majority OF
about 900 when the prohibition question
was the issue less than two years age
| is significant.
/ When it is considered that the Pros
/ did not rally all their men to the polls
and that the Ants worked zealously
4 and untiringly for days preceding and
during the day Of the primary, there is
afforded the Pros some opportunity oi
graduation in the reduced majority Sc
lcured in the interest of the saloon.
As well be frank and concede thai
! the issue with the Ants is to secure II
possible the return of the saloon as be.
fore the enactment Of and the approval
of the prohibition law in Caddo parish
The Pros being opposed to the system
through which men were debauched
and impoverished, have determined or
/ a resistance to the most bitter end
However. the anticipation of tht
Ants will not soon materialize, as i
will not be possible to have the verdict
lof last year reversed Unwittingly tbs
Ants believe that they viii soon have
control of the Police Jury and there
will then be ordered a new election
So sanguine are some Of these that they
talk iabilantly of what is to happen II
the near future In their zeal some oi
the Ants are sanguine that Mr. Fisher
Il will take his seat at the December ses-
sion Of the Police Jury, when there will
be submitted a petition for new cleo
/ ton. This is absurd for the reason
that the Police Jury will hold its mex
session on Thursday, December 9, ane
Mr.. Fisher must be elected on Monday
December 49, He is simply the nomi-
nee Of the Democratic party 50 consti-
tuted By the majority Of the votes hav.
ing been cast IN his favor At the Friday
November a6. primary f will not b