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they _ ________much The stt «■ acIou DiscuHged from ui **' Honest Standpoint.Pollock, La., March 8,1900. ition Editor Cot/ax Chronicle:I any Notwithstanding my inability tlt; u thp augment the majority the Democrat W up OD oex:t el«ctiou day bone vote, personally I have an ever pctor present desire to help the good cans-such a*onS- So, with your kind indulg run. ence’J U an*wpr some of the outrage «*lt;r charges made by the anti-admin reg- Istrationlsts, or Kepublico-Popultti d In Journals of the parish and State, it of /l* a Prejace. will aa.v this is Intend and i «the honest reader, one who se rioualy wishes his country well, ant ever hopes by his influence and vote tlt; better the condition of himself ami ides hJ* neighbors. The well -known and' on lt;?iMm aPPhe«: “The fal-nbiJity of the human mind renders all tieen its hull dings frail.” We do not say, ierei therefore, that the Democratic ad-t to mInh*tratlon has been faultless. Ev.can- *mean u rp ‘f go vern men t ii--------- QVIVIUIIiCIII IInecessarily an experiment. The in telfigent voter Is therefore invited tlt; □ers ^rioutly consider the matter before tern the dtebeoaat,”mrt “th« iemocratlc administra»art tion is a rotten fraud,” “an autocrat heir lc and oppressive despotism,” “a one dies man Power,” “taxation without rep-rect refen^l*,on-M “disfranchising whole-Kale ihe ,loru*v hrfh«*«lt;i toilers aud ftnd our hoary headed fathers.” These Jon are the declarations which constitute the stock in trade of the Kepublico------ ------ »«■ ivcuuuii^Ujve, I l-tlnj; tlt;, pa** ------ ^i lt;u Ii 8UJ? bo*h ofl on tkp dear people.k «IiSr?i“PIeaee 8ta.te lu what part,cuch ular it represented that which wai the ** true, or vice versa. Oh! th«..---„ uu: uilere I f,ect‘OUilt; ! Then how is It possible tlt;------ ... i, junmuirimpress any considerable numlier o I P*™°n« with the Idea that a tram vly | #hlch undermines the very existent-* due ,or tbe uatlou has become law of the «r. Ian,| honest, intelligent man ac-hi K°r»« i1,H ne,gJ|bor the smerightc his he himself enjoys, and. without procrf^ K°Jh? coatrar.v« a different opinion ex_ held by his neighbor Is an honestnd I ?ne.' th(?*e who win have thlt;- ww mm V TT ||| ■ lt;C V IT Vfl|(majority, and that Nettle it with al es- sensible and reasoning people, be- Second—No Instance of autocraevat l,a» l*«en shown. Such a statement be- can only be made by one grossly lg-j\e uorant, or with an intent to impose of upon the credulous. Is it possible for as an.'* Het of officers {whatever mav Is* or their desires) to run the machinery ol cror government in their own ‘personal interest?—to the hart and in- ---~ I UI1U IIIee Ijjy of tlie whole people, or anv con he I KU?pr*Me portion of them? If th*{\\ a .toHure. * Fourth oiJuly, or no fourth of July, It is an* or has been from the beginning, s Mu ,n pent) mm* fraud, w ith Thomas Jeffer . son and his associate* lucluded. IClt;?n8idpr. Brother, if it Is reasona-P to suppoHe we would have wob-a bled along these hundred years with-y, oat ka™lngthis: that just now, and au of a sudden, a lot of howling office-seekers have found ir hid lu a w “ole» ‘*whar ’Possum rwk runs into jr Tar river?” Could there be a pur-U pose In making such charges? Can i, they be true? Answer according to d your honest conviction, after an ear-ir nest, Intelligent Investigation.. .!£.OIIe‘?.ian PPWI” No one but ,f or would leiieve»*• tow. It I* not the purpose of this article to consider them at all.“Taxation without representation. r* ny native or naturalixed male i»-r S£bitil!!S ,21 -veaw of age. not disqualified under the criminal st at-7 otes of this State. wlu pays I‘S cents taxes, ean vote, whether Nigger or Dago. All white male xatives of same age, who are not criminals, can vote, whether they pay taxes or not. see sec. 5, eoiwtltutiou of theState of Louisiana. Now,your howler's hoa-, p -headed daddy must be a horny-! handed worthless negro, or, what Is i worse, an unnaturalired or crimiiial Dago. Take your choice!Admitting, for urgnment sake, that affaire are not Just to yourfaucv, will ou try the doubtful experiment ol change by placing In office no better men than the Democrats now offer? It seems to me that those who know little, if honest In their declarations or who try to Impose on me, If they know better, are not the ones to trust. J am not afraid the Demo-cratte party will run away with the State, Mr. Editor, but, not having • earf| r^“i our extradition treutkS as amended, I would prefer to take no chances with the other crow, j Now, let us sum up. CSov. Foster lias never appointed an Incapable man to oflice. If auy are dishonest, it lias not been showu. There htis22. *^4!, a •candHl in any depart-j 1 he State is now, and has forsome tune, been on a boom unprece-dented. Capital is pouring in from everywhere. An honest duy's work will buy more of the necessities of life now than at any time since Reconstruction. “All seems lovely, and ttw gooM hangs high!”. “Let her go,; GaJigiierf” Hurrah! for the Demo-i cratte party! Walk in, lioys!Quixote.Qknl-— Al-. fl L n
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The Colfax Chronicle
Colfax, Louisiana, US
Sat, Mar 10, 1900
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