The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1914-09-19
DEMOCRATS ORGANIZE

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announced its candidates for the
coming elecCl on and is organized
, Tor an aggressive campaign, the
Democrats thought that it be
hooved them TO get busy by organ
i1ing to face the issues of tIi,'
campaign inat opening. Last Sun
day forenoon q meeting was held
tt the Cnut1 House. whom move
nent was pat afo0t for the thor
ough organization Of This, the
Sixth Ward of this parish, with a
view # learning just what detiec
tons there may have been from
the rauka OF the old party IN con
sequence Of The organization of
the Bull Moose party.
Tho meeting was called TO order
by Capt. A N Muller, who, in u
brief address, stated the ,,nrposeN
Of the gathering. He called al
trntlou 10 lie fact that TIE sue.
cess Of the Bull MOoRera in the
Third District could 10y no per
chance Influence in Washington
do more than demonstrate re-
veDgefnl spirit on the part of the
people Of the District. The send
lipg OF 4 Progressive Congressman
from this District could not, by
any p0Bsjble means, alter the fixed
policies Of the Demoer admi.
nistrati0n, which was fixed in OF
| lce for the coming two years or
more. And that no Bull Moose
cOngi egtman could hope TO modi.
fl any of the existing sugar legls.
lation lie indicated that most of
the PrOgressives of the District
were those who are more or less
interested IN the Influence OF re.
cent tariff legislation ~ 1t affect.
"a cane growing and the manufac.
tire of sugar, but that no possi-
bic anti Democratic representative
could change the result.
A call was then made upon
those present to express their
views upon the ISSUES of The day.
Some three or four expressed
views One Of these expressed
the idea that the real trouble with
this country was it's credit system
Of long stan0iDg. About year
ago, the police jury of this parish
undertook to issue bonds TO raise
the funds necessary for .oadw0rk
and other public improvements.
These bonds were finally negotlat.
ed in Toledo, Ohio The infOrma-
tion accompanying the transactios
Indicated that the money coming
here came from the farming class
IN that district of the State of
Ohio. The question naturally
presents itself Why is 1t that the
Louisiana farmers, living ~ q sec
tion blessed with he richest soil
in America aud with the most pro
pitious seasons, must be borrowers
from Ohio farmers who have not
equal natural advantages? The
answer must be, "The credit sys
tenn" The farmers of this sec
tivn, for the past many years,
have been slaves of this credl,
system. They have been living
upon ilo1icious prosperity which
has bat little foundation other
than interest bearing paper. The
natural consequence is that their
obligations have grown more rap
idly than their ability to dis
charge them. Free sugar may
now be a hardship to many. but IL
promises 10 break up the credit
system; it promises to open the
eyes of the farmer to the necessi
~ and the advantages of diversi
fication Of crops; it promises to
force the farmor to learn how to
live on The farm by the fruits of
the farm; it is a factor 10 urging
the farmer to become independent
of the money lender and the "ad
vance merchants" and the more
sagacious and frugal will, In time.
have money to lend.
The meeting then proceeded to
permanent organization by elect
ing officers as follows. Ii. 5. Sea-
ley, President; a. Daigre, Vice
President; and Isidore GsjaD, Sec
retary.
A resolution was then present
ed, embodying the following
pledge, designed to head all en-
rolling lists:
We the undersigned hereby en-
roll ourselves as members of the
SIXTH WARD DEMOCRATIC
CLUB, promising and pledgiDe
ourselves to promote the interest
of the Democratic Party to the
best of our ability, feeling and be-
lieving that the Democratic poll.
cies are for the best interest OF
our people and country.
Those present signed. The Sec
retary was instructed to prepare
other lists and circulate them
with the view of enrolling all vot