The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-01-29
1.-THE NOMINEE
or The PARTY. F"

subscriber, an active. earnest anC
lifelong emocrat, the following
questions:
Rnston, La, January 20. 1916
To the Editor Of The Times Plea.
ynne:
have been a constant sub
scriber TO your good paper for
more than fifteen years and have
always considered it as our lead
ing Democratic daily. From in
dicatIons, | think that the perpe.
tuity Of The party in this state is
three eLed, and would like to
know whether the paper will sup
port the nominee of the party
after the twenty first instant. |
believe that this Information Is
due yonr host of Democratic lead
ers in North and West Louisiana.
Yours very truly,
We presume our enquirer
means by "the nominee of he
party" the Democratic candidate
TO, governor to be chosen at next
Tuesdays primary. II he does
We answer, as our columns have
already indicated, "No We
will nor support the nominee at
the head OF the ticket whether he
be Barret OF Pleasant, because
we do not believe that these gen.
tlemen are advocating Demo.
cratic doctrines and ideals; do
not believe that they represent
no matter how large vote they
may pole in the primary-the
sentiments, aspirations and pur.
poses of the Democratic voters of
Louisiana, the rank and file of
be people as distinguished from
he organized officeholders and
'ffice seekers; because the elec.
ion of either Of these two candi.
lates will not prove to the best
interests of Louisiana 10 it's pres.
mt grave emergencies nor to that
4 the Democratic party of the
tate, whose "perpetuity" our
correspondent rightly recognizes
s threatened" and endangered
y the dissatisfaction existing
lithin its ranks. II
There are several candidates
pr lieutenant governor before
he voters, any one of whom we
an support and will support
earthly And the same is true
{ other candidates for state of.
ces, bnt We cannot and will not
appOrt either Mr., Barrett or Col.
leasant for the reasons we have
iven-that they have shown no
violence of their desire, ability
T intention to solve the serious
roblems facing Louisiana, on
hich hang the progress and
Of the state and the
appiness of it's people, nor any
tsntion Of building up the DE.
ocratlc party and rest oriDg DO
tical control where 1t belonps-lI
it'll the Democratic voters. In
ne, the campaign has proved
lat they are not Democrats, but
'portnnlsts, looking for votes
ID for Offices for themsel yes and
eir more active supporters, and
1t at altcaretal whence they get
en-. -
We have always stood for the
emecratic party when standing
: it meant something, but we
mot support candidates mas.
leradiDg under false and mis-
aiding livery. We do not &C
pt bogus Democratic labels but
and for Democratic principles,
ID that Is more than the two
ndidates have stood for in the
mpaigD. The voters have
,hteous and increasing feeling
Indignation that they have
en- trified with and that what
ey need and have loudly de
Inded has been sacrificed to
q the support Of ringsters and
oilsmen. These are some of
reasons why The Times Plea
ne cannot support the Demo
attic nominee for governor.
speak out clearly and upe
ivocally on the subject because
hing OF moment for the state
I the Democracy can be accom-. :
shed by silence. and by pre-
ding not to see what is cisar
obvious to all.
Democracy 10 not an idle word
'onjure office with; it menps
refining -government by e !.
pie, not by the spoilsme d BIT =
rings, cliques. combined ia !
ses. The party must be
oght back to it's teaching in
or to win success; and in the
z campaign they have con.
ted neither Mr. Barrett nor
Pleasant has shown be 10 the
To lead and to do this. Wei
not. therefore, ahG will not,
port either for the high office \
overDor IN. o. Times Pica
Q.