The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-08-09
LOYAL SENATORS lAiJDEO.
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Their pledges and promises to the
electors OF this state were unequlVo-
cal, open and above board. In their
public addresses they declared they
would never vote for q tariff Dill
ruinous to the industries of the state.
This was their platform. They
were elected upon that platform, and
that platform was not hostile or an
tagonistic to the Democratic plat
form at Baltimore: and, as honest
men, there is no. other course for
them to pursue than to stand to
and be guided by the pledges they
made to the electors Of this state.
1t is unfair and unjust to them, not
only as honorable men, but as SEN
ators, to ask or. expect them to pur-
sue any other course than that which
they promised the people to follow
when they were soliciting their votes.
THE great mass of the citizens OF
this state denounce as unfair, unjust,
and not in accord with the facts, the
charge from any quarter that their
action is not endorsed by the great
majority of their constituents. They
believe them to be faithful servants
Of their state, and they commend
them for having the courage to
stand by their plighted faith to the
people who elected them; and the
great body of honorable men Of this
state and everywhere in the Amerl-
can union will approve and endorse
the course of the senators and rep
resentatiVes who are simply doing in
the senate what they promised the
people they would do if entrusted
with their mandate.
BE it therefore resolved: That
we condemn the methods being pur-
sued at Washington through which
the press and the public are excIud-
ed from knowledge Of things transp1r-
ing in the caucus of both the senate
and the house Of representatives,
"That we resent this method of leg
islation that excludes the sovereigns
of the country from knowledge of the
facts which impel our senators in
their public course and conduct.
THAT We approve the course OF
our senators, as we have done with
regard to the course Of some of our
representatives in their effort to
stem the tide of destruction to the
main industries Of our state-sugar
and rice-by their refusal to be
bound by secret understanding which
has heretofore and does now con-
troll the house of representatives,
troll the senate of the United States.
THAT we declare our allegiance to
the doctrine upon which our govern
ment is founded, that the people are
sovereign, and their representatives,
whether in Che senate or in the
house, are but the servants of their
king, the people.
THAT we particularly applaud the
courageous, manly and American
Thornton and Ransdell, and of Mess.
rs. Broussard, Dupre. Lazaro and
| Morgan, our representatives, in stand.
ing honestly by their pledges. In
all of this controversy their course
has been sans peur ct sans reproche.
They are indeed worthy sons of a
great and worthy state. We justify
their actions, approve heartily their
course and stand shoulder to- shoulder
| with them in the patriotic and man
| ~ position they have occupied.
| Let the country take cognizance O
our attitude in this matter. We are
| making this declaration in no politi
| cal sense, but as our firm determl
| nation to stand by them as men who
are true to their word, steadfast in
their loyalty to the people whom they
represent, and the disciples Of g
Democracy which would receive the
approval Of Jefferson, the founder Of
our party.
'sBe it further resolved, that a copy
of these resolutions be transmitted tc
Senators Thornton and Ransdel1 anC
Representative Broussard, Dupre
Lazaro and Morgan, and to the press
of the state and the country