St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-08-19

yet by his silence, II not by his
active voice, he supported Nc
Emery at that time. He lived in
the 3rd Congressional District
when MI. Broussard voted for
the Dingley bill, why did not his
manly bosom heave then with
the indignation that now fires
him." In answer to this I beg
to remind Mr. Chevis that my
trade is not politics; at that time
| was busily engaged in the n.y.
gienic educational the Masses and
in State Sanitation, with barely
time to vote much less to indulge
in polemics on the tariff. [ took a
hand in State politics only when
great issues were at stake, when
it seemed to me ones civic duty
to do so, as in the Nichols, Anti
Lottery and Jastremski fights,
when I followed measures, not
men; however, in season and out,
when the occasion presented,
during the past quarter of a
century, I have advocated tariff
for revenue only at the risk of
being considered a crank, but
when defeated always fell into
line and supported the nominee;
so my position now is not a new
one for me; but suppose this had
not been the case, suppose I had
remained dormant, quiescent or
ALTERNATING and callous and in
sensible to duty as a Democrat,
does that disbar one from re-
forming? Must Ephraim be for
ever welded to his idols? Is
there no hope for the penitent
sinner? Is a Democrat forever
estopped by his laches in the
past from raising his voice
against the iniquities Of an in
direct system of taxation that
leaves his back bare and his
stomach empty, merely because
in his cry for relief he might jar
the sensitive nerves or tread on
the painful tariff corns of the
Senior Senator Of louisiana?
The mere thought is "grotesque-
ly Inconsistent and supremacy
ridiculous, for while the lamps of
true Democracy burn, the recall
citrant Democrat may e turn.
When Mr.. Chevis says: that
fractional malignity and in
justice" can no further go than
when, DIR. Mayer expressly
condoning the sins of all others
and supporting one Of e m
fercely demands that for the
ofense of violating the Demo
cratic platform on the part of
men, Foster and Ransdell,
Ransdell shall be rewarded and
shall be crucifed, l beg
to refer him to my address,
wherein I play no favorites, not
that I deny my earnest advocacy
Of Mr.. Ransdell, for reasons that
hope at some future day to set
before the electorate, not
n a spirit of fractional malig-
nifty and injustice" as myfriend,
Mr.. Chevis, seems to think, but
because the Senior Senator, on
every important schedule of the
Infamous Aldrich tariff bill, now
'epudiated by it's own party,
7oted with the Republicans or
especially on those sched-
lies imposing increased duties on
ron, wool, blankets, C otton
coal, fresh meats, lemons,
.gricultural implements black
mith's and carpenters tools,
'ngines, sewing machines and
y%prWriters, that are sold to
oreigners cheaper than to home
olks, this together with his
diverse vote to the interest of
he sugar planter, while on non
ssentials like pineapples and
arasols, he voted with the Dem
Gratis, has at last Weaned me c
rom his support. All of our !
ublic men are justly chargeable '
nth Democratic Iaches in not t
h electorate along f
'emocractic lines on the tariff. i