The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-09-21
THE GUBERNA TORLAL CAMPAIGN.

THE GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN.
The present campaign was too soon
opened. The people are already firing
of politics, and not without good rea-
son. The papers, all of them-from
the big metropolitan daily to the most
obscure weekly in the State-are full of it.
The people are utterly weary of the daily
squabbles and unceasing mud singing,
but the end is not yet. Until the day of the
primary things will be persistently thresh
ed out, and the poor voter will so often be
yanked this way and that and see his
favorite candidate attacked and perhaps
justifably exposed from so many sides
that he will finally have to rack his tired
brain to learn who is his real choice.
The greatest interest centers in the race
for the Govenorship. There are, as the
reading public knows, three candidates.
The Banner believes the race will be
between Judge Hall and Mr.. Michel.
Many of the exchanges that come to this
office voice this sentiment. AS for the
third candidate, We'll not mention his
name. But he isn't in it, and he might AS
well "fold his tent like the Arab and as
silently steal away" so far as his chances
to become governor of this great State are
concerned. His chief supporter is Mr..
Ewing, one of the ward bosses of New
Orleans, and he came to his support after
learning that this candidate had promised
that if elected Governor he would not in any
way interfere with municipal patronage.
He is the self-styled candidate of the peo-
pie, but the people have learned to know
him as an oligarchist, full of flowery
words and many promises. He is fast
losing favor and the press has rightly
branded him the tool of the ward boss who
wants to control everything in sight in the
city of New Orleans.
Mr.. Michel is cited as strong and con-
sentative business man. We do not deny
that he is. 1t is also said that he is max
ind quiet and dignified race for this high
executive office. Much to his credit, if
true, but in this direction has he anything
on that learned and distinguished jurist,
Judge Luther E. Hall of Ouachita? He
has not. Judge Hall is the candidate of
the Good Government League of this State.
Mr.. Michel is not only one of the ward
bosses of New Orleans, but the candidate
of the bosses-the ring candidate-and
will perhaps be supported by them all be-
fore the primary, not excepting the one
who now lends his support to the ''also-
ran candidate.'
So it Sits down to this: If you are for
the the ring and boss rule and corruption
to the very core in politics, you are for Mr..
Michel. The big political machine in
South Louisiana, to which we refer above,
is for him. If you are against the machine,
you are for Judge Hall. In the race for
Governor he has not yet and will not have
any portion of its support. The same can
not be said of either of the other candi-
dates. Ii you would help purify politics
in our State, if you would give man of
the masses chance to help you do this, if
you would foster home rule and deal the
machine thrust, if you would help to rid
our fair and grand old State of the very
distasteful stigma of "rotten politically, :"
then talk, and work, and vote for Judge
Hall. He is the true peoples candidate
and through him only lies your chance to
repudiate the machine. And surely you
do not want the bosses to run our State for
four more years.