Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03
INTERVIEW WITH COL. ]. I. MCCLELLAN.
Madison Parish Citizen Sanguine that
Pleasant viii be Nominated,

Mcclellan OF Madison parish printed il
the Vicksburg Herald Of Sunday will b
Of general interest as showing the politi
cal sentiment of the river section q
Northeast louisiana:
In discussing the race for governor il
Louisiana yesterday, Hon. ]. T. McClel
Ian of Madison parish, gave out the fol
lowing interview. Mr.. Mcclellan is sup
porting Attorney General Pleasant but i
very conservative in what he says regard
ing the campaign. A number of gentle
men from Louisiana were in Vicksbur;
the past week and while they are persona
friends OF John NJ. Parker, not one 0
them said they would vote for him ovel
the regular democratic nominee, which
will be either Pleasant or Barret:
1.-The gubernatorial contest now on il
Louisiana" said Col. Mcclellan, sis be
ing fought out OIL conservative lines anC
that so tar as can see there is less feel
ing than is usually experienced in fight
where prohibition seems to be the princi.
pal issue, and it is remarkable that vot.
ers and leaders are discussing this issue
ithout feeling-and this with the cam
paign well advanced there remaining
but two months before the democratic
primary. For once it appears that rea-
son prevails ovsr fanatical partizanship.
This conservative and dispassionate con-
sideration OF the issue is due, 10 doubt,
to the realization on the part of the
voters that the democratic nominee,
whether it be Pleasant or Barrel, will
have opposition in the general election,
by Hon. John NJ. Parker, republican
progressive. The voters are therefore
pursuing a course that will make it easy
for them to throw their full support to the
democratic nominee against the common
enemy.
"In North Louisiana, Mr.. Parker's
vote will he small, and while this fact
may color the sentiment in that section
no chance will be taken by democrats
who fear conditions in South Louisiana
particularly in the Third district, and who
will see that any vote there is overcome
in North Louisiana. Thus the claims Of
Mr.. Parker that he has strong follow
ing in the sugar parishes will be discussed
by the qualification OF democracy in the
northern part of the state. The regular
organization i'm New Orleans can be
counted on to increase the democratic
majority. -,
madison parish is strongly favorable
to the candidacy of Mr.. Pleasant, though
Mr.. Barrel has some loyal followers in
that parish. I understand that in Ten
sas, East Carol, Concordia and Richland,
the Pleasant sentiment is even more pro-
nounced then it lie in Madison.
reports from the western portion of
the state are to the effect that Mr.. Pleas
ant has strong support there though it
would naturally he expected to favor
Barrett on account of the fact that this
section is for the most part prohibition
territory. But the prohibitionists 30 far
have been unable to force line up for
Barret, which inspires confidence in the
Pleasant men that their favorite will he
the nominee.
1.-THE superstition held by some at the
beginning of the campaign that Mr.. Bar
ret would secure the solid prohibition
vote, seems to have been unfounded.
Though the campaign is well advanced,
with prohibition as the paramount issue,
there seems to Ike no line up as there are
ne many prohibitionists in the Pleasant
ranks as there are in the Barrel column.
ITO sum up, / would say that the
voters have decided to push their person.
Il preference for governor. but that the
will he kept within conservative
and that party loyalty will be |
above the liquor issue. This
will rebound to the interest of !
Mr.. Pleasant.
"The prohibition Issue is having but
title effect in the river parishes where the
trong personality of Mr.. Pleasant, coup
ed with his acceptable political affilia-
lone, will turn the scales largely in his |
avor.
"Mr. Barrel, through long service in |
tate politics, is personally popular in |
he river parishes, but his platform and |
lis political associations in the present |
do not appeal to the voters of
he alluvial section.
Mr.. Pleasant furnishes an example of
he self-made man OF high political
1eals-one who has, by hard work, risen
bove the ranks; this appeals to the peo-
lie, a. will be shown in the final out
ONE.
my familiarity with the political con-
itions in North Louisiana inspires be-
ef that Mr.. Pleasant will secure hand
ome majority IN North Louisiana, which
dded to his vote in the Florida parishes
nd New Orleans will make him an ''easy
inner" II
DEATH Of mR. ]. LUTHER ELLIS.
News OF the death OF Mr.. ]. Luther
Ills, which occurred at sanitarium at
Ieridian, Miss, on Sunday night last,
az learned here with greatest regret.
lr. Ellis had visited here a number of :
mes and was well known to our people I
nd had many warm friends in st. Jo-
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