Lower coast gazette., 1914-10-31
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 81 1914.
An Appeal to the sVoters of Plaque
mines Parish.

On next Tuesday, November 8, the national
election for congressman will be held and with
it an election will be held in various wards, par
ishes and districts for such state Offices IS are
nor vacant or become vacant by expiration OF
term.
In our parish We are particularly interested
in the election of congressman and while there
is no opposition of moment to Governor Estop-
inal, yet every elector in our parish should do
all that he can to It bring out a full vote in order
to do honor to this distinguished gentleman,
whose valuable services are always at the COM
mand of our citizens. Many Of our voters are
apt to think that their single votes are of but
little Importance when no serious contest is on
hand, and yet there is no other way of measur-
ing the strength of the party excepting by u.s.
ing every effort at every election and to bring
out the full strength of the party and thus to
bring out the full strength of the party and thus
to ascertain the weak points in our political or
ganization, if there be any, and to remedy them
il possible. The political leaders Of each ward.
familiar with the people of their wards, should
do all they can in order to bring out the votes.
TODD this it is frequently necessary to make
some sacrifice and to lose sonne time in bringing
in distant voters or those who can only get to
the polls with some aid. Many an election has
been lost by very few votes and most Of our
readers will remember that when Grover Cleve-
land was elected president of the United States
in 1854 it was only by a majority OF a little over
a thousand votes in the state of New York that
he carried that election. another notable event
that scarcely anyone now living in Plaquemines
can remember, is the election of James K. Polk
in 1874. At that time it was found that the
election of Polk depended upon the vote of the
state of Louisiana and that the vote Of the state
Of Louisiana depended upon Piaouemines Par
Bh ard, under the skillful management Of Loha
SGdell. who brought out an immense vote in
Plaquemines Parish, James K. Polk was made
the president of the United States. This
brought out The Mexican war, the annexation
OF Texas and the acquisition of California, all
because the men Of Plaquemines did their duty
in 1871.
Now, in 1914, let our parish leaders be Wig
liant and bring out every possible vote and while
we may not have the resources and facilities
that John Slidell had seventy years ago, we GER
tainiy can make a showing that win he salts
factory to all concerned.
Perhaps the most serious feature in the COM
ing election will be the seventeen constitutional
amendments now pending, all Of which will be
submitted to the people. It is often difficult
for a voter to determine the merits OF a con-
stitational amendment, but if the voter will re-
member that everyone of these amendments
has been carefully considered in the Louisiana
State Legislature and that the House of Repre-
sentatives, and the State Senate have each cast
two-thirds or greater vote for each Of these
amendments, they will at once see that each
and every one of them has been very carefully
considered and it is fair to assume that they are
all worthy OF approval by the voters of Plaque
Parish. Many Of the amendments ex-
cite general commentator ~throughoutthe press
OF the whole state. Some of these are for the
relief OF the banks that had been taxed on their
which had a tendency to drive the de-
posts out of the state. Other similar. amend
rnents have been enacted, all to promote the.
common good Of the people. !
4.L I FELETM R&L &A
There is one amendment in particular, which
lsNo. 8 on the ballots that will be cast, and that
amendment is to amend article 21O of the state
to permit women to serve on educa-
charitable and correctional boards Of the
1t is very pleasant 70 note the fact that
this amendment is meeting with general ap-
oroyal all over the state and we earnestly hone
that the voters Of Plaquemines Parish will give
7 particular consideration and stamp their con-
tent.
Whereas to stamp the rooster will vote the
Y hole Democratic ticket, to vote on these con.
'titutional amendments each amendment must
'e stamped separately and should be stamped |
n the white space opposite the word ''Zes" at
ne end Of the description of the amendment.
Let no engagements interfere with voting on
lext Tuesday and in seeing that your neighbors
lote also. ''sS
Progress on the Lower Coast.
The shell road is doing its work in building
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