The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-04-01
TAE TRUE DEMOCRATS
CONSISTENCY.

cation Of the West Felieaaa Parker
Club through i,s secretary, George "
Lester, Ne shall reply to that part In
which The True Democrats consist
eucy is criticized having already fully
answered the poster grievance
The True Democrat tries always 10
be fair a. fair rs Il Is humanity possible
where the strongest feelings and most
lneradicable convictions are involved,
''One Jim l.eonarti' spoke In the vein
hat has been repeatedly answered In
these columns, hence We merely re.
marked that the Parker campaign
manager was hard up for speakers 10
send Leonard here. and then gave bits
Of his history, II the dart was pois'
oned l.eoaard's history supplied the
poison
The more serious charge OF lncon'
sistency made by oar correspondent,
Indignantly denied Our course may
be laexpiicable 20 Republicans and
progressiyes. ha, Is easily understood
hy Democrats as II embodies the car
linaI principle Of Democracy suRMls'
non TO THE WILL OF THE Ma.
fORrry. expressed In white Demo
cratic primary. Prior TO a general
primary, there are always two or more
candidates for every. state office, and
true 60 tis policy Of working for good
| government In Louisiana. admitted by
our correspondent. The True Democrat
elects as It's choice, those men regard
! "a as the best for the several positions,
and hs every argument at It's command
seeks 20 aid IN securing the nomination
4 those candidates by the Democratic
party In other words, The True Dem
| berat Is absolutely independent before
he primary the only time, by the
way. when a Democrat can be indie.
pendent ia choice
The True Democrat, Ia council
Trough It's columns with other Demo
traits does not fall to score what II
deems unworthy ia men or measures
In the party. Eiut after THE PARTY
lHAs SPOKEN through t,s chosen
| meulhpieee, the white primary what
ever the dictum. The True Democrat.
IN common with every other real Dem
eerat submits To do otherwise IL TO
fail Ia party feally and TO attempt TO
disintegrate the Democracy
We defy any one 10 show that In a
uglo instance. The True Democrat
has printed one word against 3 uomt
nee Of the party, Heavily as Jared
Sanders, George Favro, and others
may have been scored by Us Il was
prior to the primary, or for what they
did subsequently as public officials, but
never IA nominees Of the Democratic
| hafts Hie tH ttsf titts SbHAiSaN"t
course for a Democrat II democracy
| we're a mere abstraction a phliosophle
| hypothesis, then man nigh. call him
self a Democrat though he lived in a
hsrmiis cave IN the midst of desert
sut Democracy Is a concrete organlza.
| ton, composed of meu banded together
for purposes of government, holding In
common certain welldeHned principles.
vital among which II the rule Of the
/ majority. and using as It's chief and
definite method Of expression In Lous
iana. the white primary Therefore 10
prt erYe its organization. the men Who
cor posasit must submit 10 The will OF
the Democratic majority The moment
| they fail 20 do SO. they cease 10 be-
| Democrats. That is memorable logic
For our part. we glory In that sub
| mission as an expression Of our De
noetaey The present candidates were
not our frat choice. but the thunderous
o'ce Of sleg6 Democrats In the re.
seat primary was final. In our opinion.
THESE voters with open eyes made
their selection II Ia absurd 10 say that
the majority Of these we're bossed,
pink tieketed and The True Democrat
- content to stand by 1t The candl.
dates are DEMOCRATS Their sup
porters ave DEMOCRATS. The Bosses
are DEMOCRATS. Sanders. Ewing,
itehrman, FaYrot. are Democrats They
have all served the party, and any
Democrat Is preferable to the best
Republican or Progressive that can be-
offered. With the history of that party
| ouialana behind him
The worst Democratic adminis,ra.
ion to Louisiana Was iucomparably
better than that of the best Republican
government
II this be Inconsistency then consist
eney ia . jewel which has never been
mined
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