The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-10-14
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES.

Alexandria Town Talk: Let all of US
remember that villcation never won a vote
for any cause. It more often makes enemies
for the cause that it was intend to benefit.
Bunke Record: Louisiana might need
two white parties and think the State has
them in the Democratic ranks who settle
their differences in the primaries. This is
good enough for US.
Monroe News-Star: Mr.. Parker will
never be Governor of Louisiana. The
Democrats will support the nominee, re-
gardless of any issue that may be injected
in the present campaign.
Shreveport Journal: Colonel Pleasant
stands squarely against extension of the
prohibition area Mr.. Barrel stands square
ly for its extension to the widest possible
limit. The issue must be fought out on that
basis, and the people must decide whether
they wish to stand still or progress so far
as prohibition is concerned.
Madison Journal: John M. Parker. the
hope Of the Bull Moosers, who has been
endorsed for Governor by one or more SUI
fraget organizations of these ''Trouble
some Old Maids" in New Orleans has an
appraising eye on North Louisiana and is
evidently preparing for vigorous canvass
of the hills, but not in quest of suffragets
by any manner of means. John M. will
be after votes of all kinds and quality and
| will offer political pasture where off color
and renegade Democrats may trick in.
Bunkie Record: The candidacy of Par
ker is an Insult to Democracy. The only
way we can possibly figure his hope for
being elected to the governorship is for the
majority Of the Democrats to display a
niggardly turncoat principle and fail to
stand by the Democratic nominee after hav-
ing participated in the primary election.
We do not believe such thing will happen,
as we do not think there are many unprin-
ciped Democrats in the State. We might
| fight among ourselves regarding who shall
be our nominee, but when he is named we
are willing to wager that We'll join hands
and rally to his support. No man of John
NJ. Parker's Topping propensities is going
to gain anything by the little primary quar-
rel in the Democratic family.
Shreveport Journal: The Journal be-
Iieves that Thomas c.. Barrett measures UP
to the highest office within the gift of the
people of this State. He has had splendid
executive training; he is a man of impec-
cable character, and his public record, is
! without flaw. So far as his fitness to carry
the banner of prohibition is concerned, we
can only point to the fact that he has been
identified with some of the greatest legis-
lative reforms in the recent political history
Of the State. His motto in public and pri-
vate life has always been upward and
Onward" He came into active public SER
vice at time when the lottery issue was
seething in this State, and unhesitatingly
he placed himself Oh the side of the people
and against the lottery evil. It was Tom
Barret's speech that won notable victory
for good morals in the State Senate when,
with not.a single vote to spare the Locke
Bill was passed by that body in 1903 and
went to the Governor for his signature. He
has always been on the good side of every
morafquestion and no amount of sophisti-
cal argument or partisan criticism car
change the enduring record. t