St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-03
THE MORGAN MEETING.
1t Was Fairly Well Attended. HI
Made q Fine Speech.

1t Was Fairly Well Attended. He
Made Fine Speech.
[Plaquemine Champion, July 81
Hon. Lewis L. Morgan, candidate
for Congress from this district, has
come and gone, and yet the sound
of his strong and fearless voice will
reverberate through the labrinths of
this devoted town for long time.
He is strong, forceful type of man;
a man with convictions and ideas
and the nerve and ability to express
them, without regard as TO who they
may affect or hurt. In the very
opening of his able address he lam
basted the bosses, who have been
lording it over Louisiana for so long
a time, with all the vigor he could
command, and that was whole lot.
While the crowd which greeted him
is said to have been three times as
large as that which turned out to
hear Mr.. Ponder when he came here
still it would have been much larger,
in all probability, had it not been
for the counter meeting which had
been organized in the second ward.
Whether this was done Intentionally
or not, We are not In a position tC
say, but inasmuch as Mr.. Morgan's
coming had been known for some
thing like two weeks, ignorance of
the fact can not be pleaded by the
organizers of the meeting.
Mr.. Morgan considered it direct
slap at him and did not hesitate to
say SO, and he considered it a strong
piece of incivility, to say the least
Whether it was done Intentionally or
not, it had the effect, owing to free
auto rides, of taking q good many
people away from the third to swell
a meeting in the second ward and
make it appear impressive. Mr..
Morgan discussed the issues of the
campaign in a fair, just and legiti-
mate way, during the course of
which he took shot or two at Judge
Jones and Messrs. Claiborne and
Ponder. He said he was real anx-
ious to conduct the campaign along
legitimate lines and on a high plane.
but he feared that he would not be
permitted to do it, and that, in due
course of time, judging by the signs
now visible, it would degenerate in
to a mud-slinging affair, as most
things do in Louisiana. Mr.. Morgan
is a rapid, forceful and incisive talk
Ter, and covered much ground in {
short time. He impressed his audi
tors most favorably and, unquestion.
ably, made many friends. He favor
ed us with an appreciated call Wed.
nesday morning, accompanied by
Marx Kahn, who is q staunch sup
porter of his, and it afforded us nc
little pleasure to meet him. He is
the type of man we like to meet.
and we wish the State had thous-
ands of citizens like him, in which
event the reign of the bosses and
masters would be extremely short
lived. :.
Rbdger Rivet presided over the
meeting, in highly satisfactory way,
and won the plaudits of his friends
for the able manner in which he
acquitted himself Judge C. C.
Weber, Of Donaldsonville, who is Mr..
Morgan's manager, made the open
ing address. and it was clear, com
|prehensive and forceful. The meet
ing was highly satisfactory one in
every way. We hear that an effort
will be made to have Mr.. Morgan
return here again during the course
|of the next few weeks, and he has
expressed his willingness to come
whenever his friends here see fit tc
call him.