Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-03-17
MR.. PARKER'S POLITICS.

that they feel I'm supporting Mr.. ParKer,
they are supporting Democrat. Iwant to
tear the mask off this false statement and
let them see the truth if.they will. l know
some one has said,-
Convince a man against his will
And he's Of the same opinion STILL
! But at any rate / shall state some plain
facts that cannot be denied. | shall not
deal in ancient history in this connec-
ton. Mr.. Parker's plea against ward
bossism will fall on deaf ears when we
remember that in 1904 Governor Blanch-
ard, over the wishes of the people Of New
Orleans, forced the nomination of Mr..
Parker's brother tor district attorney
against the Hon. Chandler Nuremberg,
whom the masses wanted and the regu-
lar organization itself desired Was not
Mr.. Jno. NJ. Parker an interested spec
tator at that city convention and did he
not applaud the action that led to the
home rule fight and was he not arrayed
against the home rulers? 1t makes diff
ference "whose OK is gored." Now, as
to his Democracy. He did not vote in
1904 because he was 'squaw man."
that Is he manifested so little interest.
In public affairs that he did not even
pay his poll tax so as to exercise the
right of citizenship. Was that patri-
otto? ! doubt not he would have voted
for his ''hero, 4" Colonel Roosevelt, had
he been able to vote. We know that in
1908 he openly voted for President
Taft, q dyed-in-the-wo Republican.
That In 1912 he openly became . Pro.
gressive and voted for Theodore
Roosevelt and will do so again in 1916
II the Rough Rider can force the Re-
publicans to nominate him for the
place. II that Is Democracy, then God
save the mark. 1t is true he supported
Governor Hall in 1912, but before he had
been in Office two months he OOlted the
party and became Progressive and is
still registered as SUCH The Item in an
editorial entitled 'Peter Pan" some time
ago demonstrates Mr.. Parker's cha
melion-like proclivities, and how he was
like one of Jacobs sons, unstable as
water and, could not excel" Why he
would not be i'm the governors chair
! three months before he would have us in
the Republican party, because the Bull
Moose party has almost gone to pieces
and has already call its convention to
meet in Chicago at the same time as the
Republican convention so as to get back
into the q. o. F., and whatever Teddy
does is infallible to Mr.. Parker. Every
body knows that.
MR.. PARkER'S PLATFORM.
l wish to call your attention TO some
matters advocated by Mr.. Parker that
do not believe the people will approve.
In the first place he says he will
abolish the primary election system
of nominating candidates for office. l
believe the people want this method of
selecting their nominees preserved, as
they made insistent demands for it some
years ago, when their wishes were ac-
coded to by the Democratic party. Do
you want to retrograde? Next Mr.. Parker
says he wants US just to elect the Gov
ernor and let him appoint all the other
officers. Such concentration Of power
would create an invineible machine to
my way of thinking. and / believe you
will agree with me. The diffusion Of
power among the masses is sound DEM
ocratic doctrine. We do not want the
short ballot that will deprive the voters
of electing their officials. He next says
he wants . Constitutional Convention
composed Of only twenty-five menu
bers. The parishes would not get very
much representation in that kind Of an
assembly. Mr.. Parker championed the
last Convention and the people showed it
under. He is out OF touch with the wishes
of the masses but wants a concentration
| of power i'm the hands of the few, with
no elections by the people and restora-
ton of the appointive power by the Gov
ernor. His own nomination was made
by Q convention that did not have q
single representative from one half Of
the State, while Colonel Pleasant was
nominated by the people themselves
throughout the entire State. What q
contrast.
THE BULL MOOSE PARTY.
What is the Bull Moose party anyhow?
Why, everybody knows it is nothing but
the disgruntled Republicans who got beat
at Chicago in 1912, because Taft used the
negro representatives Of the South to re-
nominate himself and Roosevelt kicked,
when he had used those same Office hold
ers four years before to put Taft over
against other aspiring Republicans for the
presidential nomination. The difference
between it and the regular Republican
party is about the same as between
tweedledum and twecdledee They are
one.and the same. 1t Is purely zone
man party and that one man Is Theo-
dore Roosevelt. He is the political sun
to which all its votaries like the sun.
flower or ''nigger heads as we call
| them in the country, turn their heads.
Who is Roosevelt and what does the
South owe him?
ROOSEVELT AMI. THE SOUTH.