The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-19
Suits His Case.

Some one signing himself " Democrat
has replied to my letter published last
Sunday, invite him to sign his name
to bis next communication. He says
that have at certain times sought re-
dress outside of the party but these
movements were failures. | deny both
assertions. | have never voted any
thing but the Democratic ticket. The
Y. Nj. ID. A. and the Citizens League
were both independent Democratic
movements, so announced. They were
both successful.
He .inferS that l am for the regular
organization now. | am not. They
have endorsed Pleasant: am for Bar.
rett, and that Is one of the reasons.
l invite the attention of Young
Democrats" to the political record OF
MIR. Parker. Here it is.
Born a Democrat, and voted that
ticket until he was past forty.
While still calling himself a Democrat
voted for Roosevelt, and subsequently
for Taft.
After successfully urging Judge Hall
to become the Democratic candidate for
governor, and himself being a leading
member of the Executive Committee of
the Good Government League, quit IN
the middle Of the campaign and became
a Progressive at the beheSt of RooSe-
welt.
Suddenly discovered that the Re-
publican doctrine Of protection, the
grab game, is the great thing, the
Democrat doctrine of d tariff for re
venue only not being good enough.
Makes a strong bid for the support
of the liquor and race track interests,
the most evil influence in politics.
Query: If Mr.. Parker is elected, with
"a Democratic Legislature solidly
against him, how can he put upon the
statute books the great reforms for
which he stands? Is he going to flop
back into the Democratic party2
My personal friendship for Mr. Park
er is unchanged, but l cannot follow
political leader ship.
The above from Mr.. Railey expresses
our position to the letter in regard to
Mr.. Parker's standing.
We may be called a Standpat or any
other kind OF Democrat you may
choose to call US. But we see no just
cause for Mr.. Parker making so many
changes and just for that fact We Car
not see how any good true democrat
can endorse MIR. Parker's course, and
besides all this, what has Mr.. Parker
offered to do for the people more than
Mr.. Barrett or Mr.. Pleasant has done
for them. How can Mr.. Parker expect
true democrat to disregard his party
obligation to vote for him. Mr.. Barrel
ana Mr.. Pleasant are both very able
men and have at all times been found
TO be men OF very sound judgement
and working for their parties advance
ment and we see no just cause for any
democrat to eSpouse the cause of a mar
like Mr.. Parker who has found it neceS
Sary to change his political affront
from time to suit his own feeling in the
matter rather for the good he did fol
his fellow c0untrymen. Mr.. Parker:
sudden changes reminds US of Col
ROOSeVelt's attitude toward Mr.. Taft
In 1908 Mr.. Taft, according to Col
RooSeYelt's idea, was the greatest mai
in the United States; yet in 1912 tine
Col. had found out that Pres. Taft W.
the most incompetent of all men, an
found it necessary to organize a rev
party in order to save the country
from obstruction and now we find Mr.
Parker following in the COTS footsteps
So we do not consider Mr.. Parker 8
safe man to follow at this time.