The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-01-15
John M. Parker and
BOuanchaud Address
Crowd Here Tuesday

Mr. John NJ. Parker. candidate for
Governor Of Louisiana. and Hon. Hew-
lit Bouanclaud, candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor OH tile same PLATFORM.
arrived in Plain Dealing with their
party Tuesday morning from the south
and spoke to Il large audience at the
Electric Theater from eleven O'Clock
until 1890.
Mr.. n. w. Sentell was chairman of
the meeting. and Mr.. &. T. Mays intro
duced Mr.. Bouanchaud as the first
speaker.
Mr.. BOuanchaud said he occupied the
position of Speaker of the House of
Representatives. and had represented
his parish in that body for many years.
He. therefore. deemed himself qualified
to preside over the State Senate. one
of the principal duties of, the Iieuten-
ant Governor. He submitted his cali
didacy Oh his official record and hoped
the people would find in it more good
than bad.
Il am charged with 'ducking the
issue on several occasions when I'M
portant measures We're to be voted on
i'll the Legislature" he said. "On one
of these occasions | was doing rescue
work during flood times and Oh another
WAS ut the bedside of my sick mother
for four weeks. If l had wanted to
duck the issues Of the day could have
accepted the offers of the bosses of
New Orleans. who are now fighting NE.
They offered to support me for Lieuten-
ant Governor and these same fellows
elected me Speaker by reclamation
during 1916.
My opponent for Lieutenant Gov
crnor. on the Stubbs ticket, is my per
$Onal friend AN eminent juriSt of
South Louisiana. have always sung
his praises during this campaign. and
say here that l think he would make
almost as good Il Lieutenant Governor
as l expect to make during the next
four years. But he says l am hypo-
crit and he wants to fuss with me
about the bouquets l have thrown ut
him. And as he has rejected my bou-
quetS. | shall give You his record in
friendly revenge. and still holding him
in high regard. At one time during
his early manhood he quit the Demo
cratic party and. as there was nowhere
else to 20. joined the Republican party
He says all this is so. but he soon came
hack to the Democratic fold in disgust
at Republican utterances on the negro
AM 1,xs IL =
after he was defeated for justice Of
peace Oh the fusion ticket, he
calls it.
Still. do not think this incident
in his life units him for the office he
now seeks. l merely quote it AZ an
answer to attacks on Mr.. Parker for
once having been Il Progressive. Col.
Stubs friends should either pitch his
running mate overheard or quit attack
ing Parker OH these grounds.
Who shall be Governor Of Louis
lana is more an agitated question now
than at any time since reconstruction
days. 1t is reimbursement time again
and We need Il business administration
by IL Governor free Of entahgling pOliti-
cal alliances. You can't have bust
ness administration without business
man ut the head Of it. Mr.. Parker il
qualified because of his great expert
ence in administration. and he is free
of all political alliances. If my advo.
cacy of him costs lie political prefer.
nlent. l shall have made the sacrifice
cheerfully.
The insidious propaganda of the
oplWsition-the claim that the election
of Parker means the return Of the
negro to pOliticS-is we'll known as all
appeal to the prejudices Of those who
are not well Informed. All of us know
that the negro question was we'll and
finally settled long time ago. John NJ
Parker was born in Mississippi and III
one knows better than he does that
this is a white mans country and how
to keep 1t white mans country
The speaker then told the anecdOtt
of the returning negro soldiers-Ont
dressing in gay attire to 90 into white
society when he got back home in the
South. and the other little negro, wht
dressed himself all In black to be read!
to attend his comrades funeral.
You have all been reading in the
StubbS newspapers" said Mr.. BOuan
chaud. that John Nj. Parker will nO
carry Il precinct north of Red River
Well. Mr.. Parker and myself have beel
over that territory lately. and If Col
StubbS has any overwhelming strength
north of Red River it must he in til,
State Of Arkansas. for it certainly /.
not to he found in Louisiana.
They are laradins Col. Stubs al
the Sinon-pure Democrat. Durin;
1>!hi. az we now show them. my dis
tinguished opponent was a Simon-pur
Republican,: and this reminds me o
the cOlored ex-convict who was on
night preaching to Il congregation 0
the brethren when he CHANGED to dis
cover his old cell-mate in tile audience
He was for time slpeechless, but witt
great presence Of mind hastened t
change his text and read it from TIL
Scriptures in this wise: If You Sc
. HE and know lie, say nothing-and II
see YOU later daughter ard cheers
Your next Governor will he Joll
NJ. Parker. (Cheers). He vii give yO
Il business administration I'm further
ance Of agricultural and stock-rai.
ing interests. with capital restored t
! confidence seeking Investment here
tcheers). thank you.'
Mr.. q. T. Mays then introduced MI
John NJ. Parker in happy vein q
banter toward the detractors of tina
candidate for Governor as :" tina
awful fellow" :. used to think he la