The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-01-17
The Governors Message-The EIec-
tiOn Law.

the Legislature united with the Dunn
fuction because its adlierents promised
10 wine out completely from the statute
hook TIE, ohnoyions Legislation witichT !.
has made the Radical party Infamous,
Governor Warmotli's friends pretended
that he, too, was in favor of reform.
and thGt he would be as liberal iu that
respect as those who belonged to the
rival faction. His message, delivered
before the troubles between the two
wings had been settled, has fa!sitied |
these promises. He recommends, tits ,
true, some very wholesome reforms,
Int Iii, recommendation with reference
TO one single odiois law makes il i'm
possible to obtain through him aud his
pa,ty any substantial reforms at all
We alude to tile election hill. He only
recommends that the registration law
he changed s" that the registrars shall
reside in the Parish instead OF being
sent from other localities. This is not
what the people demand. 1t is posi-
bic tl:at foreign registrar may be as
honest as one who shall have resided
in the Parish, for day, Il month or
wear. We had in our Parish at the
last 81. cti"n an imported registrar VIII"
acted quite MS well as we could hope
from any of the Radicals who claim to
reside among us. 1t is the whole law
itself of which we complain, and which
we want to see repealed as the Carter
ties promised to do. We do not see
the necessity of spending s" much
uoney in taking census of the voters,
now that Il" persons over twenty-onc
are denied the right of suffrage. We
want to I've put in IL position to get IL
s:,i, elcctinn-oHe that shall reflect the
true sentiments of the people. This
we cannnt do as long as the Returning
Beard, of which Wurmotl, Pinchback
and Tom Anderson constitute q major
il has tie power, hy manipulating
til. returns, of cnnntcracting the votes
of majority of the people of the State.
1t is useless to elect member of the
Legislature by large majority of the
popular vote il lie happens t" be dis
tasteful to tic above named trinmvi-
rate. He would not stand the slight
) est chan. e of getting his seat.
This is apparent from the nature OF
the tenure by wlicha lumber of the
members of the present. Legislature
hold their seats. From number OF
instances We will cite only the case oi
Whcyland, WHO has just beer murder
I'd in the war of the factions Of the
= Radical party. He was sent TO Sabine
as Il registrar a few days before tlit
election. Now, of all the Democratic
Parishes in tile State, Sabine is one o
the most Democratic. Mr.. john K
Smart, the oldest citizen of the Parish
who within the last thirty years ha.
/, represented it in the Senate, the HOUSE
and the Constitutional Convention, VII!
;. lectcd Representative almost nnani
, nnusly. There were perhaps no
,wnnry vnrrs r:ISr= s'ss"r'''-' u''', "''"",'
there are not twenty Radicals in tit
, Parish. But Wheyiand counted him
self in aud Warmoth's Legislator,
gave him the scat. After he was kill
ed The Radical organ says his remains
. wr,e deposited in ii vanlt temperate.
, until they could I've removed TO mi
! home ia Wdssacl usctts. Did the o!,
= Massachusetts men, who tonight agains
\ taxation without representation, eve
| dream that her citizens had the ri gh
$ to tax to the verge of bankruptcy
e distant people on the banks Of Il,
= Sabincs
s., 1t is useless, to t:IfN Of reform Will
re the present Election and HatGis'tratic
Us laws remain in force. If all the ntl,
oGiuuS measures were immediately r.
pea,cd, they, OF perhaps worse one
!" would be re enacted under LcSisl
- lure elected under the present syste,
As long as Governor Warmotlt insi>
" on their remaining the people will s.
y aud understand the object Of it. 1t
;" solely fu the purpose of reelecti'
= himself and his friends, and Perpetn
y" ting the plumber and corruption viii
have disgraced his present ahministr
is ,ion. He has already demonstrate
or his ability rs wire worker and poll
ri cal trickster. The people have II rig
n, to expect him, if he desires a reele
IL tion, to show his ability as a statesm
no and patriot. Snch reforms rs he nc
proposes are Il cheat and Il swintlle.
II. THE BENEFIT OF WOnK.-SD,
IS good people try tn bring mp their 81,
nr lncn so cxQnisitely that when I
,ei children go out for themselves til
is have 10 srlf-coatral and are INN
an ,ia,cly bankrupt. Let children ma
mistakes and learn hy their mistuk
just in proportion as n child is va,
anything he is full of force, and
IL" must have an outlet. The tlamnati
ne OF thousands of young men is in brin
rs ing the full, fres!, power of youth
'f The city, with no work for an 0utl
NI | rhnr ..,nn find snmethiuH To do