The Bossier banner., 1911-05-25
THE STATE PRESS.

Monroe News-Star: Drop the subject
when you cannot agree. There is no need
to be bitter because you know you are right.
st. Francisville True Democrat: When
the politicians invade even "Land Con-
gress,' as at Monroe, it is enough to scare
away prospective settlers.
The perseverance that bad men show in
seeking to evade or transgress the law
might we'll be followed by good men in OBJ
serving and upholding the law.
Lake Charles Times: DIR. Aswell and
Mr.. Bailey are no doubt doing some very
serious thinking about this time. The
voters, however, refused to take serious
view of it.
Martson's Weekly: The Farm Lands
Congress beat the Press Conventionin as
sembling the politicians~ There was not
standing room for single tiller of the soil,
the politicians were SO tick.
Claiborne Guardian journal: The can
did;tes FOR the next Legislature should be
pledged to certain reforms before they are
elected. The people have right to know
how they stand on all public questions.
Monroe independent: If one really
wants to find out how much Gov. Sanders
has lost ground let him take trip through
North Louisiana. Gov. Sanders is very
lame duck if not actually dead duck.
Louisiana Democrat: 1t is reported that
the "Farm Lands Congress" in session at
Monroe last week, was converted into
political machine, by the horde of office
seekers present, or rather, statesmen who
want jobs, not agricultural, but political.
Welsh Journal: Of course the little mite
. that you contribute toward the support of
the game commission will uot break you,
but when you come to think about the
500, 900 collected and spent by this COM
mission annually it looks different. Don't
you think it time, Mr.. Voter, to put stop
to the graft?
Abbevile Meridional: The latelamented
Samuel Douglas McEnery should be stand
ard authority upon Louisiana Democracy
ring and lottery candidate against Murphy
J. Foster in 1892 we never heard Of him
''turning all hollis loose" On his job as one
of the supreme judges.
Lake Charles American-Press: The
price Of peace paid by the Mexican Gov
ernment to the revolutionists is said to be
three cabinet places, fourteen governor
ships and an assistant presidency for
Madero. All this trouble might have been
avoided, perhaps, if Diaz had initiated
Louisiana and created few commissions
and attorneyships.
Lake Charles American-Press: Our
idea of reform that counts is to elect about
fifty nine Sam Atkinsons to the Lower
House of the General Assembly, and if the
people Of Lincoln Parish are devoted ad-
herents of genuine reform they can accom-
4 plish more for it by electing Mr.. Atkinson
than by worrying about senatorial or
gubernatorial candidates.
/ Claiborne Guardian Journal: Prohibi-
ton can be enforced if the right kind of
officers are in charge. twould be as hard
to buy a bottle of whisky in Homer as it
would be for a rich man to enter into the
kingdom of heaven. Though there was
some boot-legging and a few blind tigers
here for. a year Or two after the saloons
wdre closed. We have no interest person
ally in Shreveport's fight, but we reget to
see thriving city like that look backward
after it has won the fight for good morals
and good government.