The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-17
WHAT CLAIBORNE STANDS FOR,

Claiborne said at Jackson, where he
succeeded in getting a crowded house
where, his opponents, Morgan and
Ponder, failed to get sufficient nun
? Der to speak at all. Mr.. Claiborne
r said in part:
. He favored National control OF
waterways and believed it the
imperative duty of the govern
ment to take charge of the levees.
If elected to Congress he would ia
Vor the use of the implements now
III service at Panama, to be employ
ed in the dredging of the MISSISSIPPI
pi River as the Federal Govern
ment had always reserved the right
OF ownership of waterways. This is
a vital subject to a great majority
of Americans. He cited the enor-
nifty of work done to unite the At
lantic and Pacific oceans and en-
| phasized the minimum amount of
money spent upon the improvement
of the Mississippi waterway.
He stated that he had no advance
agents as did Mr.. Morgan and Mr..
Ponder, to precede him after the
manner of Ringland Brothers Show
to get people to come out to his
meetings where nothing was given
them in return for their vote.
He would anwer the two charges
made against him. To the first made
by Colonel Jones, that he was too
young to aspire to Congress, he bag
ged leave to state that he was but
eight months the junior of his la
mented friend, Robt. Wickliffe. In
reply he would say that he consider
ed Col. JOnes-he could not say his
handsome friend Jones-too old.
To the second charge, made by
Mr.. Ponder, that he was too much
of a fighter, he declared that he
would ever fight for the right and
whenever the steam roller passed
over him as it had done in the Leg
| islature, he would be no dead one,
but with clear conscience, he would
be up and at it again, The young
men of the South were coming into
their own, and now they should have
opportunity to fight in its behalf Mr..
Ponder, of Sabine, with only fifteen
months residence in the district
could not know the wants of the
people.
Mr.. Claiborne stated that since his
start in politics, he, has fought every
srmblanCe of a ring" He introduce
ed printing bill in the Legislature,
thereby saving thousands of dollars,
b. slight Investigation, to the state.
He has always opposed the office
of game wardenS, and originated
and suggested the idea of the aboli-
ton of registrar of voters, and Tor
these reasons the game wardens and
ex-office holders do not like him.
Would the people permit these men
to sacrifice him to their hatred, or
would they help him to fight for
what is right?
He stated that he had received
Tot one dollar from any man toward
the expense Of his canvass, but had
gone so far as to sacrifice his prop
erty to this end He stands upon
the Democratic platform in the mat
ter of tariff for revenue, but in his
opinion, Mr.. Ponder carries the prop
osition too far. If elected to Con.
gress, he will use his efforts for the
principles of the Monroe Doctrine,
and the election of U. S. Senators
by the direct vote of the people.
Above all, he stands for the econom-
zeal administration of the govern
ment, as all the people are taxed to
bear the burden of governments
whether they be national, state or
parochial. The government, he stat
ed, should be run on half the amount
now deemed necessary, and the mon
ey collected for taxes should be spent
at home. For instance, in Louisiana,
the tax money should be spent for
benefit of such institutions as the In
sane Asylums and other institutions
for the alienation of suffering and
sorrow, that are crying out for help
ing hands. He offered congratulations
to Rev. j. D, Norris and the member
ship of the Baptist church whose eff
forts had re-opened the doors of Cen.
tenary College, under the new name
of Jackson College.
He closed with a plea for the IN
terest of the ladies in the success
of his campaign, and promised, if
elected, to do nothing that would
shame their assistance.