The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-11-02
The Man From Monroe.

people OF NEW oFiediio III tli0 Atilohoouui
this, Tuesday night Go to hear him. He
is candidate for Governor of Louisiana
against his inclination aud against his in
terest. He has reached the summit of his
ambition on the Supreme Bench Of Louis
lana.
To become your Governor he must lay
aside that ambition, sacrifice its twelve
wears of dignity and its S72, 900 Of salary,
to accept four years Of the bitter burden
Of political and economic destruction and
reconstruction, at 5000 q year, with his
power limited by the end of his term, and
his roads to future prefernent closed by
law and circumstances. He can not sue
coed himself as Governor, for the law for
bids it: and Jared Y. Sanders has found
that the people will enforce this law. He
can not go on 10 the United States Sen
ate, because the people are now electing
men who will fill these Offices for eight and
ten years to come. He makes this sacri-
flee because the free Democrats Of Louis
lana have summoned him to lead them
against the latter day carpet baggery
which is choking their commonwealth. He
is answering call to high public duty at
personal cost.
He has been criticised for this by joy
character with silver crest, voice of the
linking cymbaI and the sounding brass,
and a sublime contempt for facts and ac
count books. This genial soul denounces
the strange new heresy that the Office
should seek the man, and proclaims anew
the grand old doctrine of Louisiana's
bossdom. the-man should seek the office.
Some Of you have heard DIR. AsweIi in
hn t,4n haa p.s
him condemn Mr. Hall for not resigning
an office which he !1as. not yet entered
while running for the Guyernorship. But
you did not bear the Doctor condemn
Jared Y. Sanders for holding and using
this same office to hoist himself into the
United States Senate. You did not hear
the Doctor confess that he himself has
been shamelessly guilty of the offense he
untruly charges to Mr.. Hall. The Doctor
did not tell you that he himself held on to
the Presidency OF the Ruston Institute
! like drowning man to q LIFE preserver
while he made his long campaign for the
State Superntency, that he drew five
been elected Superintendent, and two
weeks salary after he had guaItfeu as
Superintendent.
| 1ou lIdi u INV IIoI1ot tEit tRa tiid' y ooi
should elect him Governor because lie
acunted the office. You saw him writhe
with the intensity Of desire as he told you
that he has ''got' to ''gef' the office be-
cause lie has no other job. We are glad
to credit him with all the assurance this
strange declaration proves. It has re-
NAMED for the Glad Doctor, through all
the dismal history Of our Bossdom, to tell
the people Of Louisiana that they must
| make man their Governor because he
has got to have the place because he has
no other job. The limit Of political degra-
dalton could De carried 10 further, and We
congratulate the Doctor upon his shining
hardihood in reaching this South Pole OF
| Sordidness.
When DIR. Aswell was struggling under
cover to make himself the candidate Of the
Democratic Good Government League he
gave the editor of TIE Item four reasons
4 why Luther E. Hall could never be Gov
ernor. One was that Ir. Hall can moi
make a speech. You have already en-
ljoyed the privilege OF hearing the Doctor
make one. Go to the Athenaeum tonight
and see how near right he is concerning
the Judge.
i Study their records. Observe their
hearings. Sean their faces. Make your
choice.