New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-01-20

not one witness do l quote agalns
the Picayune, except the test
mony which it itself published t
the people of Louisiana.
"Would it not be better TO
the governor to make his own de
fense of his record on this all-im
portant question: And would !
not also be better for the peopl
of this state if this defense il
made in a debate in which boil
Governor Sanders and myself cal
participated
"The main weapon of a man oc
cupying a seat in the United
States Senate is his ability t.
present matters of interest to hi
state. Whatever legislation ben
efcial TO Louisiana and of advant
age to her people that may be ex
pected to be enacted would have
TO be won at the end Of a joint
debate. What ever legislation in
imical to Louisiana and disastrous
to her people would have to be
defeated at the end Of a joint de-
bate. And a man aspiring to rep
resent this great commonwealth
in the United States Senate-Lou-
siiana. with its diversified interests
and its wonderful resources, ripe
for development-who confesses
his inability to plead his own
cause before his own neighbor
and before his own people can
scarcely be said to have that con-
fidence in himself which would
permit him to present your case
against strangers and before
strangers" J."
"Broussard has been tried
said Mr.. Burke. "Broussard has
been tested. In season and out of
season he has devoted his splendid
ability and his splendid talents to
preserving and safeguarding. in
promoting and turthering the in
teres4s Of his constituents. His
time has been given to
his congressional labors and du-
ties, with the result that his only,
wealth is the possession of the de-
votion of his constituents.
II do not believe that our De-
mocracy of the Third District is
not as representative of the De-,
Of the state as thai
any other section, and our fl
to the party cannot justly -
questioned. To follow blindly
the pronouncements of party lead
era Of other states, to stifle inde-
pendence Of thought and Of &C.
tion when the interests of a peo-
pie and of a state are at stake,
and simply to follow others in
the council of the party, does not
become the part of a wortl.. and
representatis. of
Lou 'siana. This was not Mem
ery's idea and belief; this is not
Broussard's nor does it appear to
Thornton's.
"Does New Orleans want sen.
ator who will be simply a Demo.
crat as defined by seff-appointed
leaders Of the party from other
states, or senator who, whilst a
Democrat sincerely and truly
cherishing the ideals of the party,
and with the sympathies of that
great party for the masses, yet
will inhesitatingly regard as par
amount to all other c0nsidera-
tions. II we are to permit self
appointed leaders of the Democra-
tic Party from other states to
'rescribe our Democracy, then in
deed an evil day has befallen our
state, and Louisiana Is no longer
to be factor In the affairs Of the
nation. t
I'm Mr.. Broussard' q long pub
lie career occasions may have
arisen when his judgment was at
fault, but these occasions, If any,
involved venial offenses. At no
time or ON any occasion did he
fail to serve his state and his con-
stituents, or rise equal to any
emergency when attacks, covert
otherwise, were directed against
the city of New Orleans or the
people of his district Of the State
Of Louisiana. He has been faith
ful and devoted to his people and
to his state In the past, and does
this not augur the same faithful
ness and devotion in the future -
Ul.A~-