The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-02
NATCWrTOCmEs.


EtitoT Democrat Natehitoches has moved Off
properly this time. and If the plans Of those who
have her interest at heart are but vigorously
carried out she will be "out the tolls" Our peo-
pie never expected much from the Legislature.
and are but little disappointed by results. II
must DO remembered that we have had all these
promises from. oil these arguments with. KEEL
logg demonstrated. and the eight per cent taxa
ton was but the eesllt Of mn attempt to assist
Kellogg In giving us good government We
all indulge IN the hope that no one will in future
suggest anything that looks like compromise to
our people The man that does SO can be safely
sei down ,,,, ns an nnany q the most fearful kind
tnntion at the moment, and though much is be-
ing done little II said. The removal Of Mr.. Gun
Of the Seventeenth Judicial District who gavo
universal satisfaction. and was, ~ fact among
the best officers W. have over hal, has created
n.profound sensation among tho best citizens
The causes Tint led u this rejection are well
KNOWN, T al,, arG ind I, pending
rubbns tho School is Treasury aud IN Rad River
parish against senator M Twtchol for plum
dcring the parish generally. These indictments
declared his determination to do his duty by
prosecuting those parties to the full extent u the
law. Twiichcll and Myers have. controlled the
Mr.. Cunningham. II IL reported and genorall
believed that the person WHO gets, or got. the
lows and that bargain was the dismissal Of the
suits against Myers and Twiteheil. The moral
to this IL plain. and any one can apply ii. One
thing Is assured, the people are ION tho watch"
aud when this nefariotls agreement IL eonsum-
nnted lightning will strike moro than two indi-
vidunls.
Your correspondent has In hia possession evil
dence that will damn politically some hitherto
shining lights on the peoples side-persons
whose room Is far preferable to their company
In anything like life and death campaign.
Consequently they will be summary kicked out
of our ranks. and with them will 20 much dcfee-
ton and all the spoil hunting Tho Radical city
government still goes on. but in the dark it is
also marked with the dspleasure of tho people.
Simmons. the nominal head of this move.
mont. was. during tho "A campaign.
one OF the bloodyeat- Radicals rare heroes;
and incontinently fed the field when he failed
to get nominated for of1lcei Puckette the guam
dom editor Of the pictorial Natchtoches
Times. when times grew hot in 1874. found n hole
from which he emerged as kellogg's tax collee-
tor for these parts. Simmons found this same
hole and has been in 1t ever since, with but slim
chance To do IA Puckette did.
Many of our citizens arc In quest of the
DEMOCRAT. and You can rest assured its doc
trines are tho dogmas of political infallibty to
Red River and its people The Vndioafor is
redirirus. and much Joy Ia evinced by our peo-
Pile. with u corresponding amount of sour looks
from the enemy
The planters are moving slowly. but the cold
snap. taken with the long continued rains. has
boon lost entirely. The impolcy of our farmers
ut planting time Is now painfully apparent in
empty corn cribs and starving stock.
Poor