The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-01-15
Friends of Col. Stubs
Discuss Issues of Day

The largest crowd that up to that
time greeted a speaker in Plain Deal
ing during the present political CAM
raign assembled at the Electric Thea
. ter last Saturday afternoon to hear
Judge \. J. Murff. of Shreveport. and
Judge j. G. Palmer. formerly Circuit
Judge for the Twelfth judicial District
Of Louisiana. discuss the issues he
tween Col. Frank T.. Stubbs and John
NJ. Parker both gentlemen favOring
Col. Stubbs for the nomination for
Governor.
Senator W. J. Johnston introduced
Judge Murff. and the Judge said that
! he came not to dictate to the people
hut to give them something to think
about-to lay the case before tiiose
who are the judges. He also came AZ
Il friend-a friend Of old-and all he
. asked of the judges was to know the
facts first and then decide with that
care for right thinking in which he
! had confidence.
Judge Murff said the primary elec-
ton on the 10Th means more than amy
election has meant In Louisiana for
! many years. He then interrupted the
line of argument for Il time to say that
he wanted no office and came without
hope Of reward to lay the facts be-
! fore the people Of ROssier Parish. his
, friends who knew him. to the end that
they might make no mistake OH the
10Th.
The campaign in hand Is not so
much fight between two men, he said
aS between Democracy upon the one
side and the Bull Moose Republican
party upon the other. We Judge Il man
by what he does. by his fruits you
know him. You cannot gather oranges
from Il lOstoak tree. When Il man de-
votes fifteen years IF his life to the at
tempted destruction of the Democratic
party. what are we to think! He
voted for Palmer and Buckner- u, gainxt
Bryan. for Mckinley against Bryan.
etc. He said the Democratic party
was fnimical to the hest interests of
the people of Louisiana. What now
makes him Il better Democrat than he
, was four years ago: Then he wanted
to cut the head off the Democratic rOos-
ter-to Use his own words. He is no
Hrodigal son. by his own account. for
he says he has no apologies to make.
Tell me that man is Democrat: He
Is an enemy to Democracy. Ask hin,
when he gets here Tuesday IL he has
any apologies to make for saying that
the Democratic party ought to he de-
Estruye4l. 's.ss@s- -. sssa+@
l John NJ. Parker was nominated by
negro delegates to run Oh the ticket
with Roosevelt in 1916 Roosevelt quit
him and left him alone. They all say
the ring stabbed me- Parker says
Roosevelt stabbed him, but the truth Il
that he was left with nowhere else to
20 save back to the Democratic party.
| Naturally President Wilson ;thanketl
: him. If DIR. keOun out there should
l pull he out of the mud should thank
} him. Governor Pleasant thanked the
: New Orleans ring after the election.
I'll read you what Pleasant ~sa d
about Parker when Parker was rum
ming against him for Governor Oh the
independent ticket-Or the Bull Moose
Republican ticket Pleasant called him
Il hybrid. mongrel creature. bereft of
principle and without honor. whose oh.
ject is the creation Of new bossism
in Louisiana"
Judge Murff then quoted l.. f. ThOlil.
as OH Parker. who said that he
I'arker) will take Louisiana into the
Republican party when the Bull Mosse
organization shall diSintegr,ite. The
difference between RepublicaniSm and
! Bull MOoseiSm is the difference betwixt
! tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee." Now
said Judge Murff. he offers him to, YOU
Oh a silver platter. hut old BOssier will
not 90 for this Republicanism. Oul
fathers rode with SllOtguns to protect
their women and children against this
same Republican party. and we may
have to do 1t again If you elect this
man.
Roosevelt was for amalganmtion OF
the races and Roosevelt was the beau
ideal of John NJ Parker. Parker would
rather 80 to Roosevelt when he dies
than to- heaven. They charge him Will
. swapping off his Louisiana property
!: for Chicago property. What does il
mean! | don't know. Like the "olG
!: John steer Of the Chicago stock pens
] our John Nj. Parker may he trying Il
; lead you t6sthe slaughter. hut prepar
!: ing to sidestep the consequences ut thu
i; end of the chute. t-r
Parker and his friends. they say
are not saving ANYTHING ayainSt Col
>, Stubl,s. Well. 1t iS not strange! Whel
!, man is clean he need not fear. Blu
/: they can "clSs' the New Orlean.
: bosses and they can "cuss'' them fo
/: supporting Stub,s. The New Orleans
:: boys have to vote for somebody. l.
StublS any worse as Il man beca us
. the reputed bosses are for him. Rea'
Peasants Endorsement Of these bosses