The true Democrat., 1916-01-22

morning at III oelock Col. Pleasant
is Ia Rapides pariah for the flyst Of
the week
The week ending Saturday night iaat
was fruitful OF political sensations.
The first was the tumbling Of the
Times Picayune from lta perch Of
neutrality, maintained since the cam.
paign began That newspapers asso.
eiaie editor, Norman Walker after
visiting five Of the larger cities Of the
state, came back and wrats for hls
newspaper thraecglumn article pre-.
dieting the nomination of Pleasant.
The article served te enihuRe the
Pleasant adherents until II was shown
by the Barret forces that Mr. Walker
has an unDroken string Of bum pFedlo.
tions 10 hia credit extending back to
the memorable lottery fight of 1891.
In that election he predicted the over
wheiming defeat of Foster by MeEnery
but the people amoie him with ma.
iorisy OF s2.5si for Foster against Mc.
Emery, the lottery candidate. The
Flmes-picayune was then interested In
keeping the infamous lottery In Loaisi.
ana; today IL In just aa deeply In.
toressed In keeping the infamous Wills
by traffic. Since hia farat article ap.
paared, however, Mr.. Walker has at
tempted 10 put the aoftpedal by ex,
planning THAI Barrat In much the better
equipped man for governor. Dir.
Walker also charges that Col. Pleasant
has flagraatly and openly violated and
defied the corrupt practices act by
spending money lavlshiy In the prose-
eation OF hla campaign, Mr.. Walker
admits that the liarrat forces have
kept within the $4,000 limit and have
steadfastly refuaed 10 niaks any
promises 20 office seekerae--thls, tbs
paper asserts, ID responsible for fsaa.
Fets failure 10 secure such an osgani.
sation AZ was secured by Pleasant.
MIR Barrets eommen. is simply that
be- will not accept the office IL he has
10 violate the Law In order TO attain II.
Another sensation of the past week
came with the furnishing of absolute
proof that the Pleasant foross In North
Louisiana are giving the New Orleans
ring selsetioEs the donbleersse. The
flrst evidence came In the shape OF q
slate" prepared by Col Fred w. prlca
Of Rnston, a Pleasant spokesman. shla
ticket scratched every man on tbs
Pleasant.rihg ticket who happened 10
be affiliated With iha Catholic church.
Catholics throughout the stats are
voieing their just resentment. Tha
second incident of like character came
when Lee Emmett Thomas of shrsve
port, the North Louisiana chief lieu.
tenant Of Col. Pleasant, sent oul letters
urging the nomination OF Ed Everett
for secretary OF state, notwithstanding
The rings selection OF Jim Bailey for
the Job Bailey was endorsed by the
ring because IL waa supposed he had
q strong personal following which
would be turned over 10 the head of
sha sicket Pleasant For lieutenant
governor, Mouton of Lafayette vas
chosen, and for the same reasons: tia
Price ticket puts Burke down for the
job This sort OF double dealing aaa.
very naturally. made the srienae of
Bailey and Monton sore. 10 say nothing
OF the friends of Ferd Claiborne II is
o fair sample Of the old,tsme Political
game known as hush, whaekery
20 one eympathizea with the New
Orleans ring when Ii gets caught at isa
own political game.
at Jena. Lasalie paFish, e. r. Robin
son. prominent citizen, got up In the
Basrat meeting and announced he was
q cousin Of Col Pleasant. but that ha
held principles Of more value than
klnfoiks, and that when Pleasant de-
elared he would veto statewide prohi-
hltlon submtssion and refused 10 sane
.ion The elimination Of saloons around
the state university al Baton Rouge
and the industrial Institute at Lafay.
cite, he could flot follow Pleasant any
farther. The announcement created
great enthusiasm among the s0tars
present I.asalle parish 10 safely In
the Barrett column. az are fortyoae
others outside The firat. second and
third diasrtcts or those parishes IL In
practically certain that Barret will
carry several OF them. and tbs indica,
tions for tho last week of the contest
are that Col Pleasant will run far
| behind other ring candidates In ths