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Then [[U.S. Representative]] Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016)  recalled that Cade had "in my early days been very, very helpful to me. He was a Republican when you could hold a convention in a telephone booth." Holloway, who served in Congress from 1987 to 1993, said that Cade came a long way toward achieving his goal of a two-party system in Louisiana. "The ball is definitely rolling. If only he'd had a few more years  . . . to be around to see it," Holloway said.​<ref name=obit/>

Then [[U.S. Representative]] Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016)  recalled that Cade had "in my early days been very, very helpful to me. He was a Republican when you could hold a convention in a telephone booth." Holloway, who served in Congress from 1987 to 1993, said that Cade came a long way toward achieving his goal of a two-party system in Louisiana. "The ball is definitely rolling. If only he'd had a few more years  . . . to be around to see it," Holloway said.​<ref name=obit/>

Alexandria GOP leader Charles Trent declared that Cade was "personally responsible for the growth of the Republican Party in this state. . . . All of us [Republicans] have always leaned on John Cade as an advisor and a consultant in so many things."​<ref name=obit/>

Alexandria then GOP leader Charles Harrison Trent (born 1946), who later relocated to [[Lafayette]], declared that Cade was "personally responsible for the growth of the Republican Party in this state. . . . All of us [Republicans] have always leaned on John Cade as an advisor and a consultant in so many things."​<ref name=obit/>

Former state Representative [[Jock Scott|John W. "Jock" Scott]] of Alexandria, son of the late Judge Nauman Scott, and himself a Democrat-turned-Republican, said that Cade had "good political judgment and was reliable. . . . [Cade] has been a source of real common sense. [The Republican Party] is prone to a lot of personality conflicts, and he brought some maturity to those small-party type disadvantages. He was able to see all the personalities involved and move the party forward."​<ref name=obit/>

Former state Representative [[Jock Scott|John W. "Jock" Scott]] of Alexandria, son of the late Judge Nauman Scott, and himself a Democrat-turned-Republican, said that Cade had "good political judgment and was reliable. . . . [Cade] has been a source of real common sense. [The Republican Party] is prone to a lot of personality conflicts, and he brought some maturity to those small-party type disadvantages. He was able to see all the personalities involved and move the party forward."​<ref name=obit/>