The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-06-06

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pcrtAnt alal many am Inciined ta
ihink- 10 appreciate lis importance,
b IS only npee "a reeur q The cone
duct al the Senators e. the session Of
1873 er oar purposes We need NOT
go beyond the conrse pursued ~ the
tWn Senators representing this district
s. ihat time Senator nlaiele. who had
heea clees Two pears previously bY
the Democrats did not hesitate 10 60
into tbe AcEnety legislature, and he
nnin there e long e. aay hope remain-
81 for the white people Of the State.
There waa assembled the only true
repne eniatiYes 90 the SIite race. and
at his Parry, aad duty to his cousiitH-
cais end BIS country forbade him any
other course than theune taken by him.
senHt0r A. g Anderson on che other
hand, who ran on the Fusion ticket
ana was elected hv Eusonists, pursued
the opposite course Fs0m the begin
n9ng be went into tile Kellogg Legisla-
fire or Menagerie, and has supported
THAT government throughout lit needs
no argument Il show that ia doing
Sc he betrayed the mass OF his white
supporters. ard lnisrepresenied the
taxpayGIs ct his district. iii these tax.
paying white people, through whose
fundamentally mainiy he was elected,
could hara foreseen Lis course. it is
certainly lot rash b say that he would
have been overwhelmingly defeated
j. is wei known that the fate OF KEEL
loggs government depended Oh his
securing enough Senators in his behal
70 defeat q quorum La the Senate ~ Che
McEnery legislature, whose govern
ment would have inevitably succeeded
if that quorum could have been OBJ
tanned Senator anderson must have
known this, and De must have known
that his white constituents syupathizt q
with and were supporters of McEnery.
II has also been sud and believed by
many politicians that, ii no had gone
into tae McEnory senate, he cou,d
have carried with Kim sufficient nun :
Der If Senators 10 have completed 4
quorum Of that body, and thereby have
defeated the vile usurpation under |
which we Oh suffer
This he refused to 40.
It IS well known that Senator Ander. |
son did not consult his constituents
about what course to pursue, and they .
have Just cause of complaint against I
him in this matter, nor will they readily /
forgive him for what is considered q /
betrayal of their political interest
Now, can we afford to take any man .
on trust ia this matter The Senator
elected next November will hold over
in November, 1876, &c which time our
next general election takes plac, and
as few doubt that the contest az that
time viii be similar Ia many respects
70 the one of 1872; with the issue OF
white against black superadded, it is Of
the last importance that we should now
elect d Senator who can be relied on by
TIE white people at that time Rriyate
pledges viii not suffice He who can
yasses in public among the Peep for
their votes Is coward IL he fails to
give them public assurance on this sub
Iect They cannot md willhot submit
70 any lodging in the matter, for thew
ne chiefly interested, and have been
sliamefully deceived.
There are now three candidates In
the field for election IL the Senate.
shout whose ulatiye merits. aIthongb
ne have decided convictions, Ne ire NOT
prepared 70 speak So far they have
.ach lndividualiaed the campaign for
themselves, and nude no appeal to any
ldlown political party for support. III
other words, they are Independents
md 30 not run subject Ia anV party
nomination, either Democratic oil Re-
publican, and are under no pledoes or
obligations to either
This Is simple folly. Calcasieu de.
nands the Senator and appeals to ST
landry to surrender her claim. SIT
,anal'g may reply, You are entitled to
y 0nt VIII never get it SO long as You (
laye two candidates in the field. You .
aust have but one candidate, and look .
vel to his record before oenterino on
I'm for St Landry Is to be represented !
IS We'll rs Ca,casieu.
tt is unfortunate that Cilcasien u /
Iyided against herself We see but
we remedy, and Tint lies i'll District !
convention. to which these candidates y
nght To submit their names. TbeI Y
White League will send delegates FL (
aeh z convention and abide by the /
esait ~ is immaterial To is what RI
4 called so It be q convention of white
lsh asse moled forthe purpose Of select- {
rs z white man to represent this dis
EicH and one who Will not betray Ills y
ae gty and tle interests Of his country. !
WI would be pleased to hear from
ae other conservative journals III the
'ssl!et ln regard to the propriety 81
olalil8 such i convention Meantime. kq