Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-07-01
CANDIDATE FOR REELECTION.


going to have any serious opposi-
ton. And it il well for the people
of the district, too, that such is the
case, for Mr.. Ransdell has certainly
served his constituency faithfully
and well, and is in better position
now to make this service more eff
fective and successful than ever be-
fore.
No man in the lower branch of
Congress on the Democratic side
has more influence and weight than
he, as he has the confidence of all
his colleagues, and commands the
repect of those on the other side of
the political fence.
Mr.. Ransdell was reared as a
farmer, and consequently is thor
oughly familiar with the needs of
the agriculturists; he is battling in
that body for an appropriation for
the eradication of the boil wcevil
and stamping out the cattle tick,
which Is a source of great trouble
to the planters, and in these laud-
able works he won the assistance of
the majority of Congress. He is an
ardent advocate of good roads, rural
free mail delivery, drainage of every
kind, education, the Panama canal
and the Panama Canal Exposition
in New Orleans, which means more
than one can conceive for the bet
terment not only of our State, but
for the entire Southwest.
He has secured an appropriation
OF $50, 600 for post-oflice building
at Ruston, with increased rural free
delivery routes all through the dis
trict.
In the matter of the levee con-
struction, no man has worked hard
er than he, and he has seen the
fruition of some of his work in this
direction in the large appropriations
for levee construction, which means
the salvation of thousands of low
land planters, whose places are sub
ject to the frequently recurring floods.
Likewise realizing that per-
feet levee system along the river
will permit increased competition
amongst the steamboatmcn and bet
ter enable them to compete with the
railroads, thus cheapening freight
rates, which will rebound to the
interest of residents along the river
front, something devoutly to be
wished by all, who are now subject
to whatever freight tariffs the rail
road lines may impose upon them.
Particularly has he interested
himself in the improvement of the
Tensas, Ouachita, Bayou Boucf,
Bartholomew, D'Arbonne and all
the other navigable streams in his
district, gaining concessions in the
Rivers and Harbors bill that no new
member of Congress could hope to
accomplish, because it requires years
OF experience to know what TO do
and how to do it effectively.
In his vote upon the tariff bill he |
did what he conceived to tie his dut, |
to his constituents and the State
when he voted for the tariff duty |
on lumber, in which he was Joined |
by many other Democratic men,
bers of the House, and had the hap
by knowledge that over in the SEN
ate there were many Senators who
took the same stand he did in the
House.
He has worked in harmony with
the party leaders and against Can
non and Cannonism. He was chos-
en- chairman of the Democratic Ma
tiOnal Campaign Committee, devot-
ing much of his time to the collec-
ton of funds for the purpose, and
now feels encouraged to believe that
the Democracy will not only have
the majority in the next House, but
likewise of the United States Senate.
In an address that Mr.. Ransdell i
has issued to the voters of his con- |
stituents on the subject of his can a
didacy he says in part:
'At all times I have done what /
thought best for the Fifth District and
)ur Beloved Stste. The only safe eri- C.