The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-30

lislled custom of the pure Democracy,
practiced by the headlights of the party
"time whereof the momory of manrun-
meth not to the contrary - and has been
considered by them their most effective
cans Of carryingan election. Why, the
Courier can point out candidates on its
own ticket who had been plying the
whisky business for months and years,
the amount of whose treating was meas
ured only by the length of the purse,
and then election did not follow in
every case. Drunkenness is not one of
Senator Anderson's. weaknesses; and
the Courier should touch gently on this
subject for fear of treading OH the toes,
both politically and socially, of some of
it's political friends. 4
A QUESTION OF TIME.-The Courier
PUBLISHED it's long list of politicalanathe-
mas against Senator Anderson, on the
Goth of October, eight days before cleo
ton day and the only opportunity for
a reply to b unpublished was on Saturday,
November I'd, with but one day inter
vening between the day of publication
and the day of election. The postal
facilities in this parish are very limited,
and it requires weeks time for pa
pers published in 0pelousas to reach the
distant parts of the parish; there was
but one day therefore to do what re-
quired a week, and areply was prevent
ed by the very late publication of the
CoaTier's article. The public will ma
turally enough think that if the Courier
vas not " able to procure the Journals
of the Senate during the past one, two,
three and four years, until just q few
days before the election, in order to
make San exposee of Senator Ander-
sons official shortcomings" it either
did not take the trouble to try or pur-
posefy delayed making the expose" so
as to influence the result Of the election
without giving time to conteract that
influence. lift took all these years to
find " the Journals Of the Senate " and
work up a crushing article against SEN
ator Anderson, how, in the name of hui
man possibilities, could those hard-to-
be-found " Journals of the Senate be
procured by the other side and a reply
of equal magnitude worked up2
The voters understood all these
things, and cast their votes accordingly
and "that's what was the matter
again.
MONEY AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
tor Anderson received a big vote in
this parish, and the proportion of white
to e0lored was more than two to one,
Now, the Courier says these voters sold
their votes for money and whisky and
compares them to the "hired inmates Of
the hired carriages that follow to The
grave the remains etc.-let us say, O
the Bourbon party and the convention
ticket; and further says that they were
not real moHrners.n This Is q pitiabl.
condition truly for the Bourbon party
andconvenfion ticketto eOmeto; andw'
agree with the Courier IN regard to The
" real mourners they were "few ant
TAR between" Nespeak dislntefestedl!
here, Q the Courier Joe not put us OF
the list OF fhe money and whisky Fo
tiers ana y u correct, we frank non Q
ms whisky INC used zone OF ms money
Tins, however, according 20 fhe oohr
aer, constitutes the great Ooay OF voter
VINO elected Ainf ? Vien y Il con
sieeFea tla6 Ae received 9 Malofafy owe
both Of his competitors combined AMI
agao j ,~aa4ns{fv az 4he white rnfes i,