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In 1908,  while still the publisher of the defunct ''Daily States,'' Ewing purchased the still operating ''Shreveport Times.'' In the latter 1920s, he bought the two newspapers in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]: the defunct ''Morning World'' and the remaining ''[[Monroe News Star]],''<ref name=dict/> since switched to morning publication. He was hence among the two or three most influential persons in the Louisiana journalism community.

In 1908,  while still the publisher of the defunct ''Daily States,'' Ewing purchased the still operating ''Shreveport Times.'' In the latter 1920s, he bought the two newspapers in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]: the defunct ''Morning World'' and the remaining ''[[Monroe News Star]],''<ref name=dict/> since switched to morning publication. He was hence among the two or three most influential persons in the Louisiana journalism community.

In 1898, Ewing was elected to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention held that year. He was backed by the New Orleans Regular Democrats. He thereafter worked to organize the Choctaw Club, which opponents claimed was a [[political machine]] that sought to dominate state politics until 1920. Ewing's political influence was such that he was the Louisiana Democratic national committeeman from 1908 to 1930. In 1908, Ewing was a manager of the third failed presidential campaign of former [[U.S. Representative]] [[William Jennings Bryan]] of [[Nebraska]].<ref name=dict/>

In 1898, Ewing was elected to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention held that year. He was backed by the New Orleans Regular Democrats. He thereafter worked to organize the Choctaw Club, which opponents claimed was a political machine that sought to dominate state politics until 1920. Ewing's political influence was such that he was the Louisiana Democratic national committeeman from 1908 to 1930. In 1908, Ewing was a manager of the third failed presidential campaign of former [[U.S. Representative]] [[William Jennings Bryan]] of [[Nebraska]].<ref name=dict/>

Like the [[rice]] broker [[Edward M. House]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] [[Texas]], Ewing claimed to have been particularly influential in securing the Democratic nomination in 1912 for then [[Governor]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] of [[New Jersey]], a figure in the [[progressive movement]]. Ewing was a Louisiana delegate to the Democratic convention that nominated Wilson on the 46th ballot. Edward  House and Wilson both wore the honorary title of "Colonel.'<ref name=dict/> Bryan was Wilson's secretary of state from 1913 to 1915, and House was Wilson's chief advisor from 1913 to 1919.

Like the [[rice]] broker [[Edward M. House]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] [[Texas]], Ewing claimed to have been particularly influential in securing the Democratic nomination in 1912 for then [[Governor]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] of [[New Jersey]], a figure in the [[progressive movement]]. Ewing was a Louisiana delegate to the Democratic convention that nominated Wilson on the 46th ballot. Edward  House and Wilson both wore the honorary title of "Colonel.'<ref name=dict/> Bryan was Wilson's secretary of state from 1913 to 1915, and House was Wilson's chief advisor from 1913 to 1919.