The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-04-15
OPPORTUNITIES
IN 1912 AND 1916
COMPARED

speeches. Jas. Wilkinson made some
tine points, In comparing Mr. Parkers
opportunities In 1912 and 1915
| MIR. Wilkinson said In part
mo fair man will sit Ia political
game and when one OF the players
wins the stakes try to snatch up the
chips and pass them to third party
not In the game
There In an old adage that the true
test of gentleman Is TO lose hts money
with smile. and this applies TO a
political race as we'll as TO any ether
kind of race, No one bat a wefeher
will take the chance for his candidate
to win and then refuse TO deliver the
goods because hlseandidaie did not win.
THE man that claims that Pleasant
did not win In the recent primary either
IL flbbing or Ia oyerripe for the foolish
farm at jackson,
"Oae of Mr.. Parker's supporters
volunteered the statement to me, last
week. that be did not consider the
primary Law binding on any man as II
was an Unconstitutional attempt TO
eoerce the voters against their will
Fellow citizens, Mr. John NJ Parker
Is one of the godfathers of the primary
Law and he has been speaking for II
aud by II and acting under Il for To-
these many years,
No man Ia forced TO vote In the
Urinary at all. and MIR Parker asked
bis supporters publicly aBd privately
Ia stay out of the recent Democratic
primary and many OF them did so, as
10 these latter no man questions their
right to support the candidate of their
choice
Mr. Parker was the city chairman
" the late Hall campaign In 1911 and
1912. Then the campaign cry was
Down With the bosses'' rs pafkefs
cry nov IL. Down with the BOSSES
Gov Hall won on that Issue Flushed
with victory. with q State admlnistra
ton behind us, and With an approach
ing city election that fall, al which
alone could the AWKWARD boss fight be
lhreshed out. we forced the commits
sion form Of government for New
Orleans, and the men who led the Hall
tlght we're confident that the Seven
teeath ward leaders would NOT agree
upon the selection OF their candidates
for the fveeiiy commissions 10 be tlled
Mr.. Joseph Generally, one Of their
strongest men, came out as an ind's
pendent candidate for district attorney.
Our side then put out full ticket, In
Guiding the Hon. Don Caffery, enc of
the best end ablest men that the State
has produced. for district attorney
Here was the one chance for Mr..
John NJ Parker 20 fight the ward
bosses TO a finish. as he then had the
new state administration behind him.
issenslon In ring ranks and strong
men. who were bis political friends,
nominated against the ward boss can
dldateg.
"Oi where was John Parker then?
"'one blast OF hts bugle horn was
worth ten thousand men
THAT sumner Republican eonyen.
ton was held In the North and the Re,
publican candidate from Oyster Bay
got into the oyster soup and bottled the
GOP And when the Teddy bear
candidate bottled the q q p. his es.
ample was so contagious that our
leader. Mr.. Parker, forgot all about the
ward. boss fight and deserted his Dem
ocratic party Mr. caffery and the rest
of our ticket In November, 1912. the
National League umpire called three
strikes on Roosevelt and now Mr.
Parker Ii back again. appealing for
support from Democrats on the same
old Issue that he dneked In the fall of
1912.
when the ward boss fight actually
vas on. Mr.. Parker, 60 use the slang.
few the coop or laid down on us,
"He knows that nov not single
ward boss Is candidate at this elee.
ton: he knows that while he Ia from
New Orleans every candidate on the
Democratic State ticket. except Mr..
capdevlelle Is from the country: he
knows that the city election. IN which
the ward bosses are SO much interest
ed comes Of next fall. and yet he now
is making the welkin ring Sith his
denunciatory wrath against the bosses,
though be knows that ell this talk
while Il mas help his candidacy. VIII
have no more effect upon the ward
bosses than a crop Of water would
have on y ducks back Mr. Parker's
crusade Is like Don Qulxete charging q
l,,tndntil mr. "a windmill charging ItpH