Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-19
nmocratic Professions.

the emmy ltliI h5N AA's& 49, NEf -
it as but sheer sbuncombe.' Whereo' aeina r.
uouu.s. are enabled to delade tiaetl aad rag S
,et, mower through their ered,J'ty. De ! t
mocrac,n and .retreAchment.' We were oaee 6
lea 10 believe. possessed all the vitality o. an
,,,,., ,r,n,inie but We have had a s,r'eit &
of the former. while the latter has been SUI !.
ferea 10 go by the board the people III 'e t
meantime, standing transtixed BY the syfe"
songs OF partisan leaders, WI" only eal'teo
.h.r IN or.er to better betray the trusts con- ,
tiaed to them, and sqianier their nlotey ~
schemes of speculation OF doabaiai' II ho'
dishonest psopFiety.
I, IS time there were two parties having
n, va,r. Ia this hitherto SENSE ess war on
Official extravaganza and maiieasance. itie
Ia por,ng Ia 4 pay er should demand ol o'fiss
isIat.rs that this term -fstreichinei's" DC
male 10 .mbody something more than 1t
si.,,Ges when used by stump orators aaa
those ai,intetested patriots VINO are ever
willing to sacrifice their private Interests =
the good Of the S ate. .kesfene'iiiiea
Wb., does it mean according To the lhtefpfe-
,,,,o,, a;xer IL by aur uloderti Office seeAsrs
and corrupt politicians oata - s'''
eca1ouny ia the administrators OF W tc
6nancrsa Does it imp'y a
penhiture Of ctr revenue fofs aoi-
| due,ye to the public goee. Let our o g.
whelmins debt and a collapsed STATED feasurs
answer these questiol.s-yct We have pa
si.ntjy and delusiYeiy heard the hackaeyed
and diss ustins demands and promises Tor
-retrenchment,a by all parties. SINCE Louis
lana was an organized Commonwealth afa
vet there is no such practical term ID our
. political vocabulary
We could easily point out to tie ovef"'''f-
a.ne,. tsx-paYer, mere than OH" iII@taate
!, where their interests aud money have soiie
I to initiate the purses OF hungry i4ang'is-oh 20
= dominant parties. for services OF most qies-
! t,onabi. legality where vel paying jobs
have been voted away, IN order thai the re-
c,piest of legislativ. tavors might he the
! better enabled to maintain and contribute u
the nerpetnation in power OF those VINO are
ready to connive at their successful sehefhe'
n by -eompound,ns a felony" Extra ray u
safar;ed officers. mpni d loans and ind gen
ID cies to Incorporated companies, and a thou
re sand other pet plans to extract tt'ads iron
H. the State finances, are too numerous 81 sqaaf
a. with .nr IDEAS OF State economy, ana TN
rs magnificent humbug OF "retrenchment-" l
r. the term have any application, sor eonian
honesty's sake, let it be applied as under
stood 10y the people.
ire In the matter ii the State printing ason'
lie our State has for several years, sutier@
OF TO an extent tina. would startie aay Poop
M not entirely lost to all interest III their o"
d. affairs: 10 say nothing OF the eNorbita'
nj. sums paid to Reporters, Clerks, Sc. In
re-. item Of the last House Reporter will lila
.tt trate our meaning. Think, people Of Lonl
are isiana, Of over $500 Of the pubic mons
r.- eng paid for the Jesuit of this officials I
To- ense iabors ! which are contained IN a pau
hi. phiet Of ~fifty-six octave pages among tt
contents of which we find the Governor
for mes age, the Quarantine bill. and other ma
To Ter, tina, did not ven require tn" trouble
re- copying! Fourteen dollars per diem I
ors transferring printed matter-and that, Il
arv done by the printet--to the PAGES OF WI
-. Is dignitied by the name OF . Report OF
; n House proceedings! This, OF courss, We
,ly through the hands OF the State printer, q
III. was appropriately charged for publishing
md book firm, and advertising III IT,. tally a
III. 49,. ~ ab,. Gala ,r,n.. n.t,t, ~
weekly editions OF tue ''''s iaFe''''e" Z
Mr. cess requiring a charge, as though the co
i ), position were all to be done two or TIL
diheTect times, when in reality. it only
CURED one.
The amount Of money extorted from
j.. State Treasury daring the last year by
ia se,E-saer!ficing State printer drt not anio
to much, ii any, less than 100000, and. u
.r, practical printer, We have no hesition IN
any asserting s"a'
wo;ali have hand someiy retninerated
party who executed 1t. There is a hos
pocus abou! this duplicate and triple
charging ior printing that does not tally -"
{ the %
Legislature that coivenes on Mond y u,
at tile Capitol, owe it to their c~onstltle
to overhaul the entire business. and stop
a. outrageous leakage that lends SO much to
depletion Of the people $ money. An ingi
M INTO the last Stat. printer S accounts might
be amiss, and We consider 1t our duty
convey tie hint that it be done such
ceediigs would perhaps throw some listi
IA seriously dark subject.
Our contemporary, the Baton Rouge II
cats, has placed its claims before the Ii