The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-11-15
KEEP THE RECORD STRAIGHT

ic Newspaper Whlcn strenuousiy W
posed Mr.. John NJ. Parker four years
ago as a ressiveRepublican, now
is supporting him. 1t finds, however,
a good friend is going to vote Tor
Colonel Stubs because he Is a DEM
ocrat'."
1--WE must remind our friend that
Mr. Parker campaigned for woodrow
Wilson's second election, and was
therefore, recognized Nationality as a
Democrat"
This same statement has been made
by L. E. Thomas and sundry other
office holders and "has-beens" who
three years and half ago were BIAS
phemnig Mr.. Parker all over the
State of Louisiana as a dangerous
enemy who, if he was elected, might
turn the State over to the Republi-
can-even in three months, we be-
lieve Mr.. Thomas feared.
But, as a matter of fact, the state
ment is not true. Mr.. Parker did not
stump the country in 1916 as DEM
ocrat for Pre.ident Wilson. Mr.. Park
err was not registered as Democrat.
He was not a Democrat then, what
ever he may be now.
Only a short while before he had
been nominated for Vice-President
by the National Progressive Conven-
ton, Mr.. Roosevelt and his friends
were making a desperate attempt to
intimidate the Republicans into a re-
amalgamation with the Progressive
offshoot of the Republican party,
Mr.. Roosevelt as the candidate Of both
factions and. if the movement had
succeeded, Mr.. Parer would have
supported Mr.. Roosevelt, even on the
Republican ticket, and would have
done everything in his power to bring
about the defeat of President Wilson.
But the old Republican guard stood
adamant against compromise with
Mr.. Roosevelt, Mr.. Roosevelt quit the
Progressive party and went back to
his old love; Judge Hughes was NOM
mated by the Republicans and Mr..
Parker was left as the tail end Of the
headless Progressive ticket, and hence
its most conspicuous representative.
Mr.. Parker believed that the Pro-
gressive party had been betrayed; in
fact to use his then expression: "He
had been taken up a blind alley and
left and he refused to follow his
idol into the older branch Of the Re-
publican party. He did not therefore
forswear his allegiance to the Pro-
gressive party, nor rejoin theDemo-
cratic Party. What he did was to
follow the examine 1T many other
nrogressives throughout the country.
for instance, Matthew Hale, Progress
sive leader in New York, declares war
against the Republican party and take
Mr.. Wilson as the least Objectionable
of the two candidates.
He made speeches in various states
in which there was a large Progress
sive vote, as did other leaders Of the
party which cut so wide a swath four
years before; but his appeal was as
Progressive to Progressives to vote
for Mr.. Wilson, since they had no.
where else to GO excep. TO Mr.. Hugss
and the old line Republican Part..
Mr.. Parker, even while supporting
President Wilson, declared in every
speech his fidelity to the Progress.
ives. Subsequently, when the Pro-
gressive party became defunct, he
changed his affiliation from Pro.
gressive to Democrat, but that wa,
two years after the campaign of 1916
and, when in Louisiana, the Pro.
gressive party was as dead as a salt.
ed mackerel.
Mr.. Parker is today running In 9
Democratic Primary. But he only es
tablished his right to do so when las
yea he rejoined the Democratic
party.
The "True Democrat" is wrons
when it says that his speeches for Mr.
Wilson caused him to be recognized
Nationally as Democrat in 1916
They did not. Any, when, after tn,
election, Mr.. Wilson thanked him TO
his services, he thanked him as h,
thanked the thousands of other Pro
gressives who, unwilling to swallow
the dose the Republican Old Guart
offered them, cast their vote for tn.
Democratic electors.-New Orlean.
States.
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