The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-10-23
PIT the Witness on the Stand

opened, Mr.. Parker's supporters
practically ignored his politica
record and stressed the fact thai
he was a successful business man.
But they are beginning to hear
from the crossroads now: from
the men who live in the home OF
Democracy-Norlh Louisiana and
as a result, they are trying to
show that Mr.. Parker is a Demo
crat.
Our distinguished friend, MIR.
Horace Wilkinson is out, in re-
cent statement to the effect that
Mr.. Parker is democrat because
some fourteen months haze ex-
pired since he changed his party
allillation on the registration rolls
from Progressive to a Demo-
crat.
Tho u, mocrats of Louisiana
will not be misled by any such
flimsy argument.
! In the choice of man as the
head of the democratic party,
they will demand something more
than the mere shadow of name;
they want substance instead.
Let us call a few witnesses on
this question: Mr.. Parker's
friends ought not to object to
Governor Pleasant being called to
The witness stand.
lie is now a supporter of Mr..
Parker; nay more than this, he
has practically constituted MIR.
Parker his proxy to exercise the
appointiye power which the con-
stitution and the statutes vest in
him and which his vote Of Office |
requires him to exercise alone.
On February 25, 1916, Cover
nor Pleasant said: by every
artifice known to the shrewd, de-
signing and INSCRIPTIONS politi-
clan, whether by bluff, brauga-
docio, false statement or other
wise, the Republicans with John
M. Parker at their head, are try
ing to draw to their standard all
Of the odds and ends possible in
Louisiana, in order that they may
assert their ascendency once
more"
Therefore, if the people of .
his state desire to aid the Repub-
ican-Pro oaressive cause. both
,t.ste and atioual. and do not de- !.
s'rc fU suppurt@ ffis Democrntici
cause, both State and national,
hey should vote fer John NJ. Par
ier.'
We will now let the Hon. l.. I
:. Thomas a member of the ami t
mated pay roll (in perpetuity) (
AXE the stand. q
Some of our misguided friends
Who still claim to be Democrats, I.
re saying that they feel, in sup 7
'orting Mr.. Parker, they are sup e
'orting Democrat. / want to I
ear the mask off bis erroneous G
tatement and let them see ll.e l
ruth if they will. | shall not Il
cal in ancient history. In this n
Mr.. Parker's plea OF r.
ard bossism will fall on deaf q
ars, Why he would not be ii
overnor three months before lie b'
ould have us in the Republican m
arty.". tE
We will now call the Hon. John "a
'yerton to the stand: :.
Analyze The Parker campaign
boil it down-and it is tased on -
is own ego. nothing else. To- - -
" we are appealed to by John N ~
|. Parker to desert Democracy -
I'd support him." -
We could present many other sa
illnesses but we will close our Nj
Sc with Mr.. Parker himself; tn
On Sept. 26lh 1915, when he ~
is candidate for the Office of ~ ~
'vernor against the regular pa
minee of the democracy, he ele
id:
L am a progressive and that is oy
Q same as a Republican and on wa
, following day in another
eech he said: Il abandoned the Ma, MAJ
party because l was Loo
1yinced that the principles of tr;,
It party meant ruin and misery con
the people OF Louisiana" y
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