The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-06
DoNALDsoNyI1IE. IA. nn,=15 .
A REPUBLICAN APPEAL.
Declaration That Louisiana's Wei
fare Demands the Preservation of
the Republican Party Franchise
in this State.
In this State.

the Republican Party Franchis
In this State.
Declaring that they realize Their
is no chance for a Republican victor,
in the state election in Louisiana
says the New Orleans Picayune. tht
steering committee, composed of Clar
ence S. Hebert, Major Armand Ro
main and Victor Loisel, has issued ;
statement defining it's fight and say
ing that it is merely to preserve the
Republican organization in this state
4 In order to do this it is necessary
that ten per cent of the vote shall
be for the Republican ticket.
In their statement MIR. Hebert. Ma
/ jor Roman and Mr.. Loisel call at.
tention to the fight for protection
Of sugar and other industries and
call upon the people of Louisiana to
help them preserve the party organi-
zation in view of the good which
/ they say will result Their statement
| is addressed to the voters of Louisi-
ana and is as follows:
At the outset Of this political cam
paign the Republican party selected
the undersigned as steering COM
mittee to take full charge Of and
carry on the fight for the following
state ticket, which the party nomi-
mated:
Governor, H. S. suthon, of Or
| leans; lieutenant governor, L. E..
| Robinson, of Calcasieu; secretary of
state, E. J. Caire, of St. John; treas
| urer, ". I. Insley, of Richmond; au-
ditor, DR.. G. E. Trosclair, of La
tourche; attorney general, Armand
Roman, Of Orleans; superintendent
Of education, A. G. Carpenter, of Or
leans; commissioner of agriculture.
J. B. Churchill, of Pointe Coupee:
register of land office, c. J. Greene,
Of Natchitoches.
Because OF certain conditions pre-
yailing in Louisiana and apparent to
everyone, the Republican party can
have no chance of success at this
election. 1t would, therefore, be an
idle waste Of time and money to
make a general campaign. Accord
ingly it has been decided that it
would be best to eonfine our efforts
g a presentation of the reasons
which, at this time, make it an i'm
pefatlVe duty of the people of the
state to preserve the franchise of
the Republican patty by seeing to- it
That the above tilet polls at least
zfeaz=per cent OF 81 vote at the gem
era1 state election on April Is next.
The national Democratic platform
OF 1903, adopted at the Denver con
YentIon, decreed that lumber must |
go on the free list. Since that time
the Democrats have gotten control |
Of the house of representatives and |
nave. passed the free sugar bill. Rice
will go by the same route, and SO |
will all of our protected industries, |
unless they are saved by a Republi- |
can senate and a Republican presi- |
dent. The Republican party is the
salvation OF our Industries; the Dem |
ocratic party is their destruction.
There can be no successful ap- |
peal to a Republican senate and a
Republican president if the franchise
Of the Republican party in Louisi-
ana is permitted to expire as it will
expire if the party fails to poll at
least ten per cent Of the vote this
month. It is useless to promise |
President Taft and the national Re
publican party leaders support from
at the election in Noyem-
ber unless with that promise the as
surance goes that the Republican
party can and will nominate presi-
Dental electors and candidates for
through whom this support
is to be registered.
''The belief prevails in some quar-
.ers that the nominations of presiden-
ial electors and congressman might
De made by one thousand signatures
3n nomination papers: Such nomina-
ion papers cannot be signed by
Democrats under the law, and there
ire not enough registered Republicans
n the districts to make up nomina-
ion papers for congressman The
inc for changing party affiliations to
)e operative at the November election
las passed. There is but one
means left-it is through the
franchise of the Republican party.
s'Tinid electors are told they are
pound by the fact Of their having
SethGiL kytil III L1AG PIl-
naries; others are warned that
hey will not be permitted to take
)art in future Democratic primaries
lnless they vote the Democratic
icket in April. Both these preposi-
ions are false The right to vote
It a general election is subject to|
10 such restriction, question or quail
fication under the law, while the
light to vote in a party primary is
,ased on registration of political af-
iliation with the party at least six
months before the primary and is
lot dependent upon the action Of
he voter at any previous election.
The Republican party has always
protected sugar, rice and lumber.
But in the November election it
makes no difference who the non1i-
lee Of the Republican party for pres
lent may be, every believer in the
principles OF protection will be ex-
,eeted TO do his duty and by his
onduot and vote give substantial
.vidence OF his faith III the princi-