New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-01-29


AY, JANUARY Goth, 1916.
tins newspaper the result WIll not
6e surprising Many weeks ago
We pointed out that the Iach
interest IN part was due TO the
fact that Cot. Pc asant $ nominal
ton was assured. that Mr.. Bar
ret s attempt TO ride INTO office on
the prohibition iSS,ic was destined
to prove a disastrous failure, that
The effort to raise a sectional issue.
arIaying the countrv against the
citv had fallen flat, and that out
side 'he Third District the Parker
movement was without size or
substance.
There is fHll1roniirnation of
these predictions in the over
whclming majority east for GO
Pleasant and in the fact that
more than 100000 voters went lt
the polls end participated in the
selection of the nominee.
The two local organs Of Mr.
Parker worked lnsIdiously to pref
udicc +Hc electorate against both
Democratic candidates. hclittlin"
their abilities and Representing"
them as inferior to Mr.. Parker.
This campaign was especially di-
rcctcd against Col. Pleasant, to
whose political destruction these
newspapers have devoted their
energies within the past three
years.
In nomi.iating Mr.. Cleveland in
the convention Of 1892. Gen.
Bragg declared the Democrats Of
the country loved him for the en-
cmics he had .ladc. This might
be said to be the attitude Of the
Democracy as it is to be read in
the returns Of Tuesday S election
The uncxamplcd majority given
Col. Pleasant and the volume Of
the vote east show that the time
has not yet come when the Demo
Gratis of the country, outside of
the one country district where
prime pie is subOrdinatcd to pclf,
are willing to he guided by news
papers which have ultcrior pur-
poses to .subserNc and whose De
mocracv is spurious.
They are blind who do not see
in the result the utter hopeless
ness of Mr.. ..Farker's candidacy.
I. she small falling off in the vote
here We expect to see twisted into
an argument in his favor. But
aside from the fact that this argu-
mcnt ignores heavy Implications
Of which the registration rolls re
main unpurgcd, the city vote it.
self is prophetic of what is to
come. Even if it be granted that
several thousand voters remained
away from the polls intending to
vote for Mr.. Parker. the phc-
nomenal vote rolled up by the
organization and its supportrr.
for Col. Pleasant, greatly exceed
ing the highwatcr poll for Mr..
Michel. means that the maximum
vote Mr. Parker can possibly poll
here falls under 10000, several
thousand less than Gov. Hall re
ccivcd and even Gov. Hall was
beaten by 10000 votes. Mr..
Parker is bound. therefore. to be
much worse beaten than Gov. Hall.
The outlook is even bleakcr for
the Moose in the country. Tues
day s vote shows that. outside the
Third District, the bulk OF the
white voters is still true to Dem
Ocratic traditions and principles.
They have made it plain that they
have no notion of disavowiny
their allegiance to the party of
their fathers; and Mr.. Parker
will find himself facing not only
the phalanx which carried Col.
Pleasant to an exceptional trl-
umph, but the smaller army which
followed Mr.. Barret to defeat.
We congratulate the party in
the country on his manifestation
of it's fighting spirit. 1t is still
a militant Democracy and it pre-
presents in Col. Pleasant stand
ard-bearcr who. in character. IN
tegrity, education, ability, the
cleanliness Of his public and
private life. the loftincss Of his
ideals is in every way match for
Mr. John " Parker and far ont