The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-03-16
Official Journal Parish of Natchitoches
Parish School Board.
&" City of NatChitOches.
MIR. DubuissOn's Withdrawal.

son was a solar plexus blow to the
aggregation of missalliance pollti-
cal nondescripts supporting the
candidacy of Mr.. Parker for goy-
ernOr.
It must have been rude awak-
ening to the honorable candidate
for Attorney General when he ran
into Sec. 81 of the Primary Elec,
tion law which knocked him off
the hypherized ticket.
But how will the Hon. Mr..
Dubuisson square his action with
his belabored opinion delivered as a
Lawyer" at Eunice, in which he
argued that it was honorable"
for a voter to participate in a pri.
mary election and then vote against
the nominee? Will he re ,ant that
opimon9-He is an honorable man
and the honorable citizens of the
State are looking for him to come
clean.
The blow dealt was a death one
and the aggregation is still
groggy and has not recovered its
equilibrium and will not, for the
cath rattle has set in.
If Mr.. Parker would do the
.raceful thing, he too would with
draw with his little me to"
3roussard and save his reputation
alid his followers from ignomini-
ols defeat on April 18th.
Che States commenting on the
withdrawal says:
fhe compulsory withdrawal of
Tie Hon. E b. Dubuisson from
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John NJ. Parker and the nominee
himself.
For several months Mr.. Parker
dolged the question concerning
h : Burton speech. Finally cor
n I'D the other day at Eunice by
AR. j. j. Lewis, he referred the
g stion to Mr.. Dubuisson whom
ln had selected for his Attorney
G. leral; and Mr.. Dubuisson there
= n proceeded to deliver an
cunion, composed partly of law
aud partly of sophistry, il which
he h I'D man legally blameIess
and morally justi6able who par
ttipated in a Democratic primary
arl then voted for a Republican
candidate.
Of how much value can Mr.. |
J arker now regard this opinion
Ell he learns that Mr.. Dubuis-
Il knew so little about the law
was discussing, that he didn't
how 1T forbade him to accept the
loa ination tor Attorney General? |
.dr. Dubuisson's own mortifica-
u can not be less than his
\" lcipal's, A layman might be
eA used for getting himself en-
eyed as Mr.. Dubuisson now
ds himself. But is there any
z cuse for a lawyer chosen by the
itDn. John M. Parker to be head
Oi the Department Of Justice in
an Administration that is to hit
ae high water mark of Efficiency
] Il Servicea
Meantime may we be permitted |
. suggest this thought to Mr.
y Ibulsson TO turn oyer in his
llnd:
La his Eunice opinion he held i
'ere was neither legal nor moral
estraint upon voter who chose
. enter the Democratic party with J
10 intention not to be bound by 70
IS result and to vote for the Re p
ublican nominee.
He discovers now that If a man !
as a candidate in that primary G
ne law prohibits him from be r.
lming the candidate Of an oppo- g
ition party. o
Does that not carry the implica- cl
on that the lawmakers felt that al
Q voter who was not seeking an e
'fice would have no incentive TO s
4tray bis party and would feel in ..
Onor bound to abide the result D
nd that all that was necessary DC
as to guard against the treachery -
the man who might be tempted eli
bacKslide by an offer of an
fice from the opposition9 ca
And if Mr.. Dubuisson is willing NJ
acknowledge las indeed in all Bc
'nesty he must-that this moral int
litigation is to be read into the an
", isn't it bis duty TO recall and NJ.
wise his Eunice opinion and saw
1t when John NJ Parker said at Nj
lrton he wanted the vote of no
IN who participated in the DEM -
ratio primary, he was abiding 90.
spirit Of the primary law and
lowing the dictates of bis con- Ms :
encel Ma