The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-04-06
Some Reasons Why Parker
Cannot Win.

Of the bosses of New Orleans and
is striving to be the boss of the
State and has made Ewing the
issue of his campaign.
Mr.. Parker is trying to fool the
people. The only object that he
could have in singing out Col.
Ewing IS because that gentleman
is the member of the National
Democratic Committee from this
State, is close friend and adviser
of President Wilson, is the pro-
prietor of the only Democratic
newspaper in New Orleans and
has been, throughout his whole
public career, a staunch defender
of the Democratic party and an
uncompromlsing foe of the prln-
ciples and policies of the Repubil-
can party which are 50 dear to
Mr.. Parker>s heart.
Mr.. Parker cannot win because,
in order to do so be will have to
seduce some thirty odd thousand
white men of Louisiana,to violate
their most sacred political obllga-
lions. The obligation to abide by
the result of party contests on the
mart of those who participate In
them. is instructive among all
southern men, 1t is one of those
duties which cannot be enforced
by law, but which is all the more
binding in the forum of honor be
cause it is higher than the law.
Moreo ger, it is a duty upon
which the success of our scheme
of government depends: The po-
litical party affords the only
means by which the people are
liable to enforce their will in gov
lernmental affairs, and unless the
members Of the several parties
labide by the rules of their party
organizations. the existence OF
narties would be impossible.
| In the early part OF the cam.
paign Mr.. Parker fully recognized
this fact when he advised his
frieads not to take part in the
democratic primary and told then
| he wanted his election to come
Clean. Ana throughout the Stat
and in this parish particularly
| Mr. Parker's supporters fully
lremrnized. the binding force o.
f6f either afP tAaE refused Barrett ret
They knew there was no law tt
prevent them from doing SO; bu
their instructive sense of honor
prevented them.
How, then, can they ask othel
men to do what they were them
selves unwilling to do,
But Mr.. Parker cannot win for
lanother reason: The policies b;
advocates, the short ballot, tn
abolition OF the primary, and /
constitution framed by a small
body of hand picked men-art
utterly opposed to any rationa
Ischeme Of free government. 1t i,
also directly opposed;to the de
Iiberately expressed sentiment o
the white people of Louisiana TO.
the last twenty-five years. Thei'
Il whole purpose has been, for a
1 least that length of time. to max,
the government more: responsive
to their will by rendering it les.
centralized.
i Indeed the movement IN the
direction, which has taken tht
form of Withdrawing the patron
age which the old laws gave t
1.-THE governor, and the enactmen
of the compulsory primary for th.
nomination of all officers, ha1
amounted to a political revolutlol
-and such revolutions never G.
backwards.
The people of Louisiana hav,
struggled too hard to curtail til
power Of their governors, t
give to Mr.. Parker more powe
than any previous governor eve
had.
And finally Mr.. Parker cannc
win because Louisiana is a demo
cratic State and Mr.. Parker is nc
only a republican, but the policie
he advocates are extremely reput
Iican.
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