St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-04-01
SHALL STATE BE
RULEDBYDEM-
OCRATSOR RE-
PUBLICANS /?
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CUmpIIUeuCS.
Hon. Harry X. Wilson.
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leans. He also showed that the
charge that the sheriff Of Tangipahoa
parish is getting $4,000 to $4,000
a year was without foundation. The
law specially prohibited sheriffs from
receiving more than $4,000 as tax
collector, and he was confident that
the sheriff and clerk of court OF st
Tammany parish would be willing te
accept q salary Of $500. That fees
that were paid to these officers DID
not come out Of the state treasury
but were paid by the people. That
il he got married he would have to
pay for his license: II he bought g
piece OF property he would have to
pay for the transfer and the recordar
ton.
Mr.. Wilson gave a particularly
ludicrous description of the pink
ticket fraud charge Of Ferd. Claib-
orne. He said that 1t was nothing
more nor less than sample ticket,
snowing how to vote. and coald not
be voted itself. That Mr.. Claiborne
was himself on the pink :icket AID
that he was the greatest lover OF the
Regulars of them all until he fa4led
to get the votes.
He charged Parker with deserving
Hall after he had picked aim up. and
with making the statement that he
did not wish the vote of any man VIII
voted In the Democratic primary
That Parker only wanted the vote
If the men that were loyal TO tho
Progressive Party. Mr.. Wilson show.
I'd that with the powers Parker wa:
making plans to surround himself lt'
would be in complete control to d.
whatever he wished. That he caGlt
hold the whip over the head OF ;il'
attorney general and command OF
prevent prosecutions.
Col. T. Sambola Joaes.
Col. Jones carried the attention Of
the audience throughout long en6
interesting speech. He spoke OF tbs
proba bility of Harvey E. Ellis be
ing the next congressman from this
district, complimenting him nighly
and speaking Of him as the son OF
one of the greatest orators the State
ever produced. the "silver 2ongled
orator of the South. .
He said that Parker was no Demo
crat. Not q Democrat by principle.
That he was an aristocrat. Says ne
is a Progressive; in fact is Republi-
can, Is the candidate Of handful
of men in the sugar district. That
the Progressive Party was dying ol
infantile paralysis and John Parker
was called in as an expert. THAI the
party will be swallowed up, as soon
az the convention meets in Chicago.
by Republicans. That it took twen-
ty-five years to reach the position
where we would be able to name our
State officers. II Parker could be
elected, never would We have the
privilege Of saying who our attorney
general would be. or who should
occupy any other State office. The
short ballot means that We may elect
the governor and then go home and
let him do the rest.
Parker's proposition for the con-
stitutional convention was to elect
twenty-five delegates, two from each
district and nine az large, which
would mean twelve parishes unrepre-
sented in the convention. Don't
think St. Tammany parish would be
among the represented. for it would
not.
As for the establishment of rural
banks by Parker. that was all non
sense. 1t would require millions Of
dollars to do this. and it was a mat
ter for the United States government
and was being considered and would
be put in force.
As for the pink ticket, Parker was
the first man to send out pink tick
cts, which he did to secure votes
for Hall. That Parker was the big
gest boss ever. He had been trying
to name mayors for New Orleans
since he was q boy. That he turn
ed both Foster and Hall down be-
cause he could not dictate to them
Mr.. Jones said that the effect OF
the Parker plans. II put into execu-
ton. would inevitably result in
bringing the negro back into poll
tics. That 1t would give the balance
Of power to the negro. It was q
dangerous proposition and should be
summed.
Mr.. Jones concluded with a plea
Tor Democratic loyalty. II there
we're wrongs, they could not be cor
rected by going outside the party
They should be corrected within the
party. All that Louisiana possesses
,ame from the Democratic party.
We need expect nothing from the Re-
,ublicans. The Democratic party
had given this parish one congress
man, and 1t may give another one
referring to Mr.. Ellis).
Hon. Geo. X. Fayrot.
Mr.. Favrot said that this campaign
was contest between parties, not
That it was an attempt
~ Parker to overthrow the Democ-
'acy Of Louisiana. He referred tf
he rule of the Republicans durin;
he days of reconstruction and the
Of the white men of Louisi-
ina to rescue the State He sale
hat the present battle should rail-
o the standard of the Democrat
Party every white man in the State
rom Arkansas to the Gulf.
He said that Jno. NJ. Parker was
delegate to the last Prog essi -
ional Convention and assisted y =
firth OF that party. which was net
lg more than q disgruntled f-ct'c,
1 the old negro-loving Black Re
Party.
That the short ballot advocated
'arker meant nothing but that tn
eople would elect the governor anr
lieutenant governor. and that the
0vernor would then appoint all the
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