St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-16
Candidates Make Speeches
to Voters But Indulge in
No Personalities
VOTERS SHOW
LITTLE INTEREST
Mouton Telesraphs His Regrets; Col.
stubbs Delivers Dgnified Address
and Commits Himself to Unlimit-
ed Constitutional Convention

ZwoIle, LA large crowd gather.
ed here on last Wednesday, from Sa-
bine, De Soto, Vernon and other west.
ern parishes, for the big political rally
Only three of the gubernatorial candi-
dates appeared, Col Frank B. Stubbs
Of Monroe; Phanor Breazeale of Nat
chitoches and Senator E. M. Stafford
Of New Orleans.
Percy Saint of Franklin had with
drawn and Lieut.. Gov. Fernard Mou-
ton, of Lafayette, who had accepted
the invitation, wired that pressing
business engagement prevented his at
tending.
Stafford and Breazeale faced each
other al Zwolle under rather new con-
ditions, since the un-productiVe meet
ing of the Liberty Leauge advisory
committee in New Orleans, Monday,
when Stafford blocked the selection of
Breazeale by saying he would step
down and out If they picked "a real
reformer," leaving the broad infer
ence that he did not class Ex-Gov.
Sanders and Ex-Congressman Breaz-
eale as real reformers."
Heretofore, Breazeale and Stafford
had been running as comrades, bid
ding for the same o. x. They appear
ed at zwolle as rivals, one having de-
clined to recognize the other as a re-
former.
Three Guhernatorial Candidates
Col stubbs, as on previous joint oc-
casions, delivered the dignified address
OF the day, free from personalities and
acrimonious charges. He decried the
effort to stir factional strife and
pleaded for political rest, and the up
building of the state.
Mr.. Breazeale followed the general
lines of his Jeanerette speech, but
charging that Col. Stubbs had submit |
ted a sealed bid" for the New Or
leans support, while Mouton had made |
an open bid'' with eulogistic trim
mings.
Referring to Col. Stubbs, he said
There can be no middle ground on
which he can stand; he must come out |
in the open.
Referring to Lieut.. Gov. Mouton, he
said His robust intellect fails to un-
derstand my position. was not at
tempting to array the country against
the city
Senator Stafford said he was brought I
into this gubernatorial race by the
farmers Of the state and not by poll
ticians He recited the story of Alf-
alta and the first appeal made him to
run for governor He told of a series
OF subsequent meetings of farmers
who had appeal to him.
Col. Stubbs came out for an un
limited constitutional convention in
his speech at Zwolle, Wednesday. He
dwelt upon the agricultural needs of
the state and took up the issue de-
veioped by the resignation Of DR.. w
r. Dodson.
There is no surer way to meet this |
high cost of living than by increasing
our agricultural production" he said.
He declared in favor of a reduction
ef taxes now that the state is on a
cash basis" If elected, he said he
would make every effort to give Louis
lana -four years Of political rest"
He believed public officials should
oe fairly compensated. Cheap labor
y always dear labor" but the official
should be personally qualified for the
of the duties.
Referring to New Orleans and the
attempt of some politicians to array
lhe country against the city, Col.
stubbs said:
IN the development of our rich
S1tNA4aA anu UIuEl \
VIII seek outlets and markets and nat
afally will require access TO the
Nnarves and warehouses; and eleva-
tefs and other splendid facilities IF L
rs great Southern port we are proud
= claim as Louisiana's own-New s
9fleans-and that city and the other {
aaivlng business centers of our state a
must necessarily furnish the support t
lAahclal and otherwise SO essential Q
Y our farming and other industries a
7 turn our cities need and are enti- a
~ TO the commerce and trade and e
AuppoFt Of the rural districts of Lou
siaha Each is inter-dependent, and ]
- future progress and prosperity in n
broader sense depends upon the de- t
ave 10 which city and country alike e
'oserFe policy Of mutual confidence i
- sympathetic cooperation in busi-