New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-08-31

dOUMA TOMORROW.
Information has been receive,
at the Courier office that Con
gresham Robt. +. Broussard will
be in the parish the latter par
OF the coming week, August goth
81 and September lst. He will
make trip over the parish in th'
interest of his candidacy TO
election to Congress in the pr
mary to be held on Sept. 3rd
1912. Mr.. BrOussard comes bacl
to his friends in the sugar district
fresh from honors won at the Bal
timOre Convention, where he wa.
recognized as the strongest factol
from the South in defeatins
Champ Clark and getting the
democratic nomination for Wood
row Wilson. 1t was Broussard' !
influence that brought over many
OF the delegations from the mid
die western states from Clark to
Wilson, and he was the closest
man to William Jennings Bryan
on the floor Of the convention. 1t
may be said that the leadership
of these two men, Bryan and
BrOussard, caused the defeat of
Clark and insured the nomina.
ton of the great intellectual
leader of the democratic party,
Gov. Wilson Of New Jersey. But
that is not all. Broussard was
given the privilege of drafting the
sugar plank in the democratic
platform, distinction which
comes only to man who has
made good in the eyes Of the
country, as the sugar tariff is a
subject which the entire country
is interested in-and the fact that
Broussard was selected by Mr..
Bryan and the committee on res.
olutions to write this particular
plank in the party platform, may
be taken as significant of the at
titude, which the democratic par
ty under Woodrow Wilson will
take on this very important ques-
ton. But still this is not all.
The people of the United States
have not forgotten he brilliant
and spectacular fight made by Bob
Broussard to save the sugar in
dustry from destruction at the
hands of Underwood and Clark.
Defeated in the House, not even
given time to discuss the sugar
till, Broussard was called before
the Senate Committee to give his
views as an expert on the sugar
tariff. II was there that Brous-
sard put in his good work. His
discussion Of the sugar tariff be-
fore the senate committee. will be
remembered for years to come by |
those who heard il, and the e.
suit was that the Senate commit
tee gave Mr.. Broussard the priv
ilege of drawing up . resolution,
which was, with slight modifica-
tons, adopted by the committee
and reported favorably to the
~ited States Senate. Thus the
class legislation, which aimed at
the destruction of one industry
while It fostered and protected
other industries, was defeated
and the sugar industry was saved.
Mr.. Broussard's . visit to this
parish to carry on his campaign
for reelection which, by the
way, he is doing at the earnest
petition Of thousands of his con-
,tituents in the sugar district,
will be awaited with great inter-
sst by people here. Mr.. Broes-
,ard's address which he will de-
liver on Sunday, Sept. lst, at the
Red Mems Fair will afford the
people from all over the parish
in opportunity of hearing man
Who has attained great honors at
he hands of the national demo-
cratic party.-Houma Courier,
Aug. %, 1912.
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