St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-07-20

ringsters, he thought the plum would drop at his bidding. But
the Sanders aggregation said nay, and Sanders controlled the legls-
lature and failed to come to Lees assistance in the hour of need.
Lees ambition and boom went into the junk pile and then Lee
Rugged a grudge.
An expert figurer and a saf-styled watchdog of the state
treasury, the statesman from Caddo watched the antics of the San
ders crowd and it's many and various raids on the states strong
box. He gathered all the ammunition he could store in his fertile
brain, quit the ringsters and entered the amen corner of the re-
formers.
When the campaign of 1912 came along, Lee jumped into the
Ebandwagon and proceeded to fly his former friends and political
associates to a fare-youwell. His protestations Of reform and
conversion We're accepted in good faith and he was given a prin-
.cipal place in the councils of the men behind the candidacy of
Judge Hall for governor. But his erstwhle friend Jared Sanders
said Lee wouln't pull straight, and Sanders knew by bitter ex-
perience.
Jared was right and his prophecy proved true, for Lee came
back to the legislature and was promptly elected speaker Of the
house, the job he desired so much four years before. But hope de-
ferred makes the heart sick, and Lee had nursed a crouch SO long
that he simply couldn't quit the error of his ways, and hardly had
he taken his seat as big boss Of the house before he laid schemes to
dynamite the administration of the man he had assisted in elecing
governor. From being an ardent supporter Of Judge Hall, he
Immediately became an distractions.
That is Lees record, with all the frins and fancy stunts Of the
political Jumping, jack left out. He is one old war horse who
refuses to stay hitched to the same post long. He has become so
accustomed to shaking off the bride or breaking the rope and
straying into other fields that no one wise to the states politics is
at all surprised when he rears back again. One campaign he is
a rngster. The next he is a reformer. Another-the Lord only
knows what he'll be or where the vagaries Of his mind will stray,
for Lee dearly loves to wander around and browse on the heritage
the other fellows who, he thinks, is enjoying the best in the land,
and Lee is a trfle jealous Of what tother fellow enjoys.
Now, Lee Emmett has broken loose again. From the quietness
aud supposed peace of his office as head of the board Of affairs,
he saw another opportunity of a life time in the race for the late
Senator Broussard's seat. He spied a chance to strike his former
friend Governor Hall who aspires to the place, and the Caddo
Brutus wouldn't let such a chance pass for world of dry figures,
statistics and banks full Of yell wocoin. He, unlimited, hoped
into Candidate GAYS bandWagon and breaks loose in the Dubic +
prints agan-that is his usual habit-and proceeds to fEy Cover
nor Hall in true Lee Emmett style. By this political flop he again
signifies his return to the ranks of the ring. There is nothing unu-
in that, for Lee Emmett has been Hopping about so promiscu-
during his political life and prominence that no one takes
seriously any sudden change of heart.