St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-24

was on file in the archives Of the
court for anyone to examine, and
the people were about to make him
district Judge when the sad news Of
Mr.. Wicknffe's death came. Then
came messages by wire and by letter
from all over the country urging
Morgan for the place. saw many
of the kilograms, and l know whereof
l speak.
Applause.
When Mr.. Morgan was a member
of the House of Representatives on
that fateful day when the lamented
DR.. Jones was killed in q railway
accident, Mr.. Morgan was also seri-
ously injured and was taken to the
sanitarium in Baton Rouge. As soon
as he came out he was approached
by q representative of the railroad
company and offered $4,000 dollars
in compensation for his injuries.
Morgan refused it. He was ap-
preached again and offered $1,000.
He told them he was not disabled so
that he could not make Z living
He was young and strong. He did
not want any money from the COM
pany. That is the kind of man we
want to represent US. A man who
will do what he thinks is right. A
man whom money can not buy.
Applause.
H. l.. GARLAND.
Hon. H. L. Garland was next In
troduced. He humorously remark
ed, "Mr. Chairman and fellow citizens
Of Tangipahoa parish, and a few
from st. Tammany," this Is a grand
representative emblage to greet Z
man in whom the people have con-
f1dence. When the men who know
man longest love him most, that
is a judgment of his character that
is an inevitable test of its true worth.
Let those vino have grown up III:
Lewis L. Morgan and know him and
his work speak for him and he will
not want for praise. He sail that
he had not come prepared to make
q speech, but that when the words
came from the heart they became
eloquent from conviction and needed
no preparation. That q man never
had to prepare his speech when he
wanted to tell his girl that he loved
her. All the people loved Lewis
Morgan; that he was entrenched In
their hearts. That the people want
ed him as representative Of the Sixth
District, and whenever the pdop]e
wanted anything they usually got 1t.
The people made a rail splitter pres
ident of the United States. because
thy loved him and admired his ouali-
ties. That Morgan was not q chronic
He had held oface, It
is true, but 1t was more times q case
OF the office seeking the man than
the man the office, and he had never
been defeated for any office that he
sought. That in his acquaintance of
MIN OF seventeen years he had never
neard him say an unkind word of
white or black. We are going to
elect him to Congress.
MR.. MORGAN.
Mr.. Morgan was introduced "A the
most important speaker of the even
ing. He said that such demonstra-
tion as this would melt q heart of
steel, but that his, far from being
q heart OF steel, was tenderly suscep-
tible to the loyalty and friendship
tnat brought such q gathering from
ms nome to greet him in q neighbor-
Ing parish. MY friends, my heart ie
almost too full to talk, but / appre-
ciate the significance Of this immense
gathering. and 1t is needless to say
that l am pleased to see SO many
ladies here tonight. l like to nee
the ladies take an interest in politics
and they have earned the right by
the good work they have accomplish
ed. l can not pay too high a tribute
to the women of Louisiana. They
are the mothers of our heroes: the
molders of the character of our great
men. love more to speak Of their
greatness than Of their beauty. for
they are great as men are great for
what they have accomplished for
their country.
l entered this campaign determin.
ed not to say q work dero9ative Of
my opponents. l wanted to win on
my own merits and not on my on
ponents demerits. II 1 have said any
harsh things, it has been in self-de-
tense. From the time stood 1t my
mothers knee and watched the love
In her eyes, up to the time when man
hood kindles in the breast the spark
that fires ambition, l have had only
love and consideration for my fellow
men. In the midst Of the harsh me- |