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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

--PRAorIcE and practical facts are
sure to count more than promises
and loud preaching--these truisms
Of our own manufacturing now come
in play and admirably fill the praise
bill of the Bart. Able and her mana
gers. Here we are near the dog days
of August, with all things whitfield
down to economy's cheap standard
and yet the Packet par excellence is
still of us, with lis, and as usual on
strict punctuality and reliability.
These things of fact must be remem
bered in the near future, and when
she starts anew on the season of 1876
III let these honors be scored in her
behalf. No boat afoat more richly
merits these freely penciled encomi-
ums, and we are pleased to pay the
whole crew of our Packet, IS her
present season draws to q close, this
small tribute of we'll earned good
will, with good luck for their future
career,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19
The Falls.

We are advised that our able and
efficient Representative, Col. William
NJ. Levy, is exerting himself to pro-
cure an appropriation from Congress
for the work necessary to be done
at or near the Falls. 1t was found
impossible to have an appropriation
for the purpose incorporated in the
River and Harbor Bill. An amend
ment to that Bill could not be made,
because as soon as it was reported
by the committee on commerce, an
irresistible combination of the inter
ests protected by the Bill, forced its
immediate passage under the opera
ton of the previous question, thus
cutting off all amendments.
Col. Levy is now endeavoring to
have the Bill amended in the Senate,
by the appropriation of Fifty Thou
sand Dollars, in which we trust he
will be successful.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19
THE TILDEN CLUB.

The Democrats of Alexandria and
immediate neighborhood, white and
colored, moved by the proper in
stincts and heads level in favor of
our cause and true reform, and with
al the peculiar and outspoken oppo-
nents of Hayes and Wheeler, and
Packard and Antoine, met in large
numbers Saturday night, in tn e
Town Hall, and formed a Tilden
Club, the first one in Rapides and
the starting one of many others
which are to follow. The Club was
organized with Captain J. G. White
as President; Moses Rcsenthal, old
true blue, as 1st Vice President;
Carter Carr, a genuine and consis-
tent colored Democrat, as End Vice
President; Charlie Owens as Secre-
tary, with Charlie Moore as Record
ing Secretary; and John A. Williams
as Treasurer. Surely here is a good
and trusty team for you, which must
grace and pull through any Tilden
team in Louisiana. The Club went
to work in good and real earnest,
and we feel sure that it will be one of
the moving and live body of men in
the present campaign. They are in
earnest, mean business, and will not
stop at trifes in furtherance Of their
aims. They are men who fear no
danger and are bound to make more
than one ten-strike during our com
ing political war.
W. G. McGimpsey, Esq, Captain
White and Judge Manning, address,
ed the Club in the order in which
their names are mentioned, and these
speeches were to the point and had
the true ring, and certainly made &
favorable and enthusiastic impress,
sion on all present. The Club will
meet again on Saturday, the goth Of
July, in the Town Hall, and vii
have regular addresses delivered tc
them, and will be glad to receive new
accessions. Every Conservative
colored or white, should join and en-
voll themselves under the talismanit
banner of Tilden and Reform. These
are the watchwords, and we hope ir
our next article to record the Tilder
Club three hundred strong aud under
marching orders.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

-IHE modern Tantalus S alto
gether ii e opposite of his great
namesake. The latter as punish
ment from the gods for an infraction
of their commands, was condemned
to perpetual thirst, and immovably
Fixed in water to his chin. What
must have been his feelings to see
that fluid, which more than all the
world besides, he wanted, within his
reach, and he powerless to drink it!
What refinement of cruelty must
be such punishment. How differ
ent our feelings to his antitype, who
though suffering from sickness all
the time, having means to meet the
cost of alternating his ailment, yet
deliberately neglects using the rene
dies to his recovery. The majority
of sickness arises from the torpidity
of the liver, and can be dissipated
and prevented by the use of that val.
liable elixir tonic the HOME STOMACH
BITTERs.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

bly, exist to; to postpone all consid-
eraticns but the great one Of our sue
cess, and that everyone will recog-
n;ze the Importance Of the issues to
be decided by tie approaching e!ec-
ton; and consider it incumbent on
him individually to do all in his
power to assist in our final triumph
that under a State and Parish Gov
eminent, which shall have the sup
port and confidence Of all classes Of
our people, we may enter upon and
enjoy that prosperity to which we
are entitled by the richness Of our
alluvial soil, by the salubrity of our
climate and the energies of our PEG
pie, and that with peace and pros
perity our land may bloom and bios
som as the rose, and under their be-
nign influence our people of all class
es may enjoy the blessings of civil
liberty and the undisturbed pursuit
of happiness.
Your Committee desire in conclu-
SIGN TO pay their merited tribute to
the efficiency and zeal of their pred
ecessors, and their untirlng efforts
in our cause which entities them to
your confidence and kind consldera-
ton, and they ask for themselves at
your hands the support and assist
ance which will enable them to
faithfully fulfill the trust you have
given them.
Respectfully submitted,
John A. WILLIAMS,
JAMES MOORE,
JULIUS LEVIN,
JOHN L. WALKER,
E. r. BIossAT,
JAMES G.. WISE.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

CANDIDATE Hayes is out with
his letter of acceptance, for which
we can't find room this issue. He
swallows the Platform, which Is the
endorsement of Grantism, the same
old shop with new sign, and must
continue the same kind of anti-re-
form business, the same old rings,
the same old monopo.ies. Our can
didate, Governor Tilden, not only
promises reform, genuine reform, but
is a practiced reformer as Governor
of New York, and means to break up
the old shop, smash all the old rings
and commence in q new and clean
deal,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19
The Picnic.

The Alexandria and Pineville
Councils Of the United Friends of
Temperance united in celebration
and picnic on Tuesday last, and both
were enjoyable affairs.
A large assembly of ladies and
gentlemen, members and friends of
the Order, gathered at the Court
House early in the forenoon and lis
tened, with evident pleasure, to ad-
dresses on the subject of Temperance
from Judge Cazabat, the Rev. Mr..
Medlock and Edwin G. Hunter, ESQ.,,
as was evinced by the frequent ap-
plause which greeted the effective
points made by the speakers. King
Alcohol received some pretty hard
knocks at their hands.
After the close of the addresses
the Councils were formed in order
and marched down to the johnson
lot, in the lower suburbs Of Town
where, under the shade of the mag
nificent oaks that cast their shadows
far and wide, they proceeded to enjoy
themselves chacon a son govt. The
ladies played croquet, or congregated
in clusters; the String Band dis.
coursed sweet music to all; and we
found a shady corner from which to
look On and enjoy the scene of youth
full mirth and grave sobriety that
spread itself out before and around
Us.
About noon the committee of Ia
dies who had charge of the baskets,
spread out a substantial and satisfac-
tory repast, to which full justice was
done, and we noticed no lack of the
enjoyment thereof by reason of the
absence from the table of the wine
which IS ''mocker," and the strong
drink which is raging" The picnic
wound up with ice cream and music,
and everybody went home well
pleased with the enjoyment of the
Temperance day.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

Now is the time, now the hour.
if a man is a Democrat or Conserva-
tive at heart, foe political of the
Grants Of the Union and the Kelloggs
of Louisiana, to show that he is a
true and earnest fried Of reform; now
is the time for him to show that he
prefers constitutional government to
lawless party rule; in a word a union
of justice and fraternity as opposed
to a union of force and violence.
All such should join our columns
and be true to the banner of Tilden
and Hendricks.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

The Parish Executive Commit
tee have organized and sounded their
tocsin, and are in for the fight till
the last vote is deposited in the diff,
ferent ballot boxes of wide-awake
Rapides. Read their Address in to-
days Democrat and come again to
the old gum tree and rest under its
cooling shade. And specially all
you whom they have honored with
their financial circular, heed its mod
crate demands at once; their plans
are all laid and matured, and what is
wanting to 60 ahead is your good
will and ammunition. Stand by
your Committee and our word for it
they will score a glorious victory for
your good and favored Parish.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

WE are under usual obligations
to Joe Dodd, of the Lotus No. 3, for
a complete package of New Orleans
papers; and to her Capt. D. d. Dan
nails are we specially thankful for
two beautiful and life-like engrav-
ings of our standard bearers, Tilden
and Hendricks. The public will
please notice elsewhere the Especial"
of the Lotus No. 8, and we can vouch
for her being punctual to her time.
Delegates to the Baton Rouge Con
yention and others must make their
arrangements accordingly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19
Parish Executive Committee

REMovAL.-The large and we'll
known commercial firm of John A.
williams & Co. have moved, and are
now located in their brick stores,
formerly those occupied by A. Hey
man & Co. See their card of remov-
al, as we'll as that Of "For Rent"
The latter item properly attended to
will give somebody one of the best
and. most favored stands n Alex
andria,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

WE have had two or three bas-
tard and thin showers, which did not
even crust the dust in our Town.
We cannot remember a longer
drought in our Parish and one which
must prove disastrous to the corn.
The cotton is faring pretty well I'm
der the dry spell, but then We have
heard of catapillars, and from this
out Paris Green must loom up.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19
The Democratic House and the

The Democratic House and the
Republican Senate are yet at a dead
lock about reduction of $4,000, 900
in the expenses Of the Government
annually. Grant S Office holding
brigade numbers 81, ll9, and there
can be no doubt that the work could
be well done by one half that num-
Der. Lop off one half of the able
bodied pets Of the Administration
and s5o,ooo,ooo more might be saved
to the taxpayers. Governor Tilden
runs in that line and these are his
figures of reform.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19
.Tur Democratic Platform viii

The Democratic Platform, which
we again publish, is document of
extraordinary value. We never read
a political platform in which so much
sound and fundamental principle
was set forth. 1t should be read
aloud at every meeting and in every
crowd of the opponents Grantism
and the friends of Reform.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19
TRY had chaus of whist|inp il

-THE bad chaps of whistling in
stincts and prcpensities made their
first appearance Of this season at the
Tilden Club ON Saturday night, and
made big bulge in their line. Let
the Club sans cere,noBie at its next
meeting put stop to this and force
these outlawed youths to behave
themselves. It is time the internal
nuisance should be checked, and
decent hearers protected when invit-
ed to decent place. Let the NUS
ance be squelched at once.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

The situation from a comforta
BILE and healthy standpoint would
have been awful and anything but
agreeable, with we poor mortals in
Town, except for the Ice department
of Levin. This cooling notch in his
many and varied Injuries, should be
an extra recommendation for his
establishment.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

JUDGE STALLo, of Cincinnati,
known to all educated men in this
country and in Europe as one of the
ablest metaphysical writer's of the
age, and the first among the Germans
in culture and in the authority which
comes Of character, has given in his
adherence to the nominees and plat.
form of the St. Louis Convention.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19
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GRANT failed to be on hand and
attend the Centennial on "the glori-
GUS fourth cause, too drunk to
leave his rooms at the White House
this is sadly commemorative Of
the deeds Of the man on horseback.
but nevertheless true to the letter
and in fact. The Cincinnati-Plat
form endorses Grant in toto, and
Hayes stands on the Platform and
endorses it,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

Two alarms of fire in the space
of twelve hours, in Town, last week
--one in the First and the other in
the Second Ward--damage in both
cases very trifling-and all over be-
fore the ire-boys could reach the
alarmed locations.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

WHERE are the troops while
Sheridan junkets at the Centennial
and the gallant Custer falls in the
wilderness?" This is a question
asked by Sunset Cox. We answer
in Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi
and Louisiana, by large majority
preparing to take care of the coming
elections,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

In the present number Of the
Democrat will be found the official
calls of the Democratic Conservative
Executive Committee. On Saturday
the Goth day of August the selection
Of Delegates in the various Pre-
cincts Of the Parish will take place;
and on the following Saturday, the
I'd day of September, three Conven-
lions will be held in the Town Hall
in this Town: the Parish Convention
at II o'clock A. NJ. the District Con-
vention of Rapides, Vernon and
Grant at l o'clock P. NJ, and the
District Convention Of Rapides and
Vernon at 2 o'clock P. NJ. This
must be gala and Democratic day
for our Town, and we feel certain
that the arrangements will be per-
feet for the cordial union of the De-
mocracy Of the three Parishes.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

The Republican party drives its
ring-breakers out of the Cabinet, and
defeats them in it's conventions; but
the Democrats have had the good
sense and the pluck to nominate it's
ring breaker for the Presidency.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19
JEWELL. the other reformer

JEWELL, the other reformer be
sides Bristow in Grants cabinet, has
been removed, and thus Grant moves
on the same old line. Hayes is en-
tered and backed by the same crowd
of attaches to Grantism, and if cleo
ted he will be harnessed to the same
old vehicle. Our only hope for Re.
form lies in Tilden, the true Reform
er and Smasher Of all Rings.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19
~~-0~-~~~o~

The Democratic Conservative
Convention Of our State, which as
sembles at Baton Rouge, on Monday,
the Oath of the present month, will
consist of 375 Delegates, 1872 being
from New Orleans and the other 243
from the country Parishes. 1t will
require 1873 votes to nominate. The
DEMOCRAT will be represented ably
and efficiently in the Convention by
a special reporter, who will keep its
readers posted every hour by tele-
grams, and all his specials shall
be issued and spread before the
public in Extras. We trust that our
interested ones will help US enough
to save expenses.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

-"THE resolutions are in accord
with my views, and I heartily concur
in the principles they announce. )"
Thus writes Hayes in his letter of
acceptance. The last and browning
resolution of the Platform says that
"Grant deserves the continued and
hearty gratitude of the American
people for his patriotism and i'm
mense services in war and in peace"
Hayes thus invites the American
people to endorse with him Belknap,
Williams, Delano, Babcock an d
Grant. Tilden is pledged to smash
up these fellows and scatter their
Rings to the four corners Of the
world. We 60 for Tildcn!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

SAMUEL ]. T1LDEN, the Demo:
cratic candidate, as reformer is not
man of empty words and high
sounding declarations, but a living
reality, dreaded by evil doors, while
reassuring to the honest sentiment
Of the country.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

In this centennial year we have
a Hancock and an Adams among the
supporters of Governor Tilden,
names fragrant with Revolutionary
"reminiscences.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

We flatter ourselves that Ra-
pides will be as ably represented at
Baton Rouge as any constituency in
the State. Some of her Delegates
leave on the Packet to day, the rest
remaining over to take the Lotus No.
8 early Saturday morning.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

JUDGE LYMAN TRuMBULL, the
great Jurist and tried statesman, so
long U. S. Senator from Illinois, has
pronounced for Tilden and Reform.
They will keep coming.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

"A STATE tax reduced from $40
100000 to ss,oO0,0OO-this is the
clear proof which Govdrnor Tilden
presents to the brain to conceive and
tie ability to execute reform.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

THERE is no danger of Tilden
being guilty of nepotism-he hasn't
brother-in law in the world,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19
THE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN.

We are greatly concerned to observe
that a certain class of country newspa-
pers, OF which the Alexandria DEMOCRAT
and Baton Rouge Advocate may be TAX
en- as types, do not approve OF the Bull
letin's views as to the best means of
conducting the campaign. These war
like journals, it appears, cannot bring
themselves to indorse our policy of
peace, but on the contrary find exqui-
site comfort and satisfaction in holding
up to scorn that attractive trait of civ
iliZation. We noticed III recent num-
Der of the Alexandria DEMOCRAT,
some severely contemptuous criticisms
of the Bulletins suggestions on this
point.
You did not notice anything of the
kind for the best of all reasons, that
no criticisms, contemptuous Or 9th
erwise, of your suggestions have ap-
peared in our columns. The blum
der of the Bulletin is wholly inexcu-
sable. Spoken words may be mis-
understood and unsupported, but
printed words can only be misunder-
stood by those who cannot read. The
Bulletin had doubtless before it a
newspaper of the Red River Valley
which contained the structures of
which it complains, but the name of
that Journal is so different from ours
that no one can mistake the one for
the other. 1t is not printed in this
Town nor Parish, and nothing but
the objectionable negligence and in
attention of the writer of the BuIe
tins article would have attributed to
the DEMOCRAT what never appeared
in its columns. What the Bulletin S
"views may be as to the best means
of conducting the campaign" we do
not know, nor is it matter of much
concern to the residents Of the coun-
try Parishes what they are. For
ourselves, we believe in and have al
ways advocated a policy of peace,
Cancellation and order. We have
discouraged violence or threats of
violence, and believe that policy of
intimidation will injure us and help
our adversaries. We have a strong
faith in the ability of the Democratic
Conservative party to carry the com
ing election by the use alone of le-
ultimate means, and we have no in
tention of advising or sanctioning
the use of illegitimate or unlawful
means.
But we do not propose to 60 to the
New Orleans Bulletin for advice as
to the best means of conducting the
campaign, nor to be guided by its
"views' on that matter. We do not
think that a newspaper, which is
owned, body and soul, type and edi.
tor, by the Louisiana Lottery Com.
pany, and which dare not utter a
word about Louisiana politics withou,
FIRST casting about and finding out
whether it is agreeable to Charley
Howard and his set, is the best guide
to those who are anxious to redeem
this State from the bondage of Mo
nopolists and Rings. The New Or
cans Bulletin has the interests of its
master to take care of. The LOUISE
ANA DEMOCRAT has, and can have nc
interests to subscrye but the public
good.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

The river is rising, which is an
unusual thing at the present season
of the year; but it is so, thus far she
has gone up three feet.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

PENN DEMoNsTRATIoN.--Am meet
ing was held by several gentlemen in
New Orleans on the l1th instant, of
different occupations, to recommend
D. B. Penn to the Baton Rouge Con-
vention for nomination for Governor.
About a hundred names are signed
to the memorial, and among them we
notice those Of Alex. Walker, Tom.
Bynum and Frank Hatch.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19
BUYING DELEGATES.

It has been stated by some OF the
River steamboat-men that the Har-
ney House at Baton Rouge had been
engaged by the friends and followers
Of a particular aspirant for the Gov
ernorship, for their exclusive use
while the Convention is in session at
that place. The idea impaired to us
is that open house is to be kept,
and delegates are expected to be in
iuenced by that species of treat
ing (?) after the fashion introduced
by the Radicals since negroes have
been voting, and which was said to
have been the game freely played
at tn e late Convention in New
Orleans.
If such be the fact, we predict the
defeat of any man in whose behalf
such practices are INDUCED in. The
Democratic Delegates from the coun-
try will be disguised at such conduct
and will withdraw their votes and
confidence from any man who at
tempts, or permits his friends to in
troduce into q Democratic Conve1i-
ton the disgraceful appliances that
Packard and Warmoth and the other
Radical aspirants openly used with
their convention. An open house,
free liquors, unlimited treating may
buy negro delegates, but the expert.
ence of those who shall attempt to
introduce the system at Baton Rouge
will find out it will not take with
those who will assemble there.
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The y. S. Senate by strictly
party vote have voted Pinchback the
sum of $4,000 for asking seat in
their body to which a majority Of
that body had voted he had no right
or claim. There's consistency fol-
you; such shameless vote for pure.
ly party purposes never was passed
in any deliberatiye body in the
christian world before. Kellogg and
Packard demanded it as a party salvt
and the Radical Senate, led by Nor
ton and tutored in his party infamies
obeyed the edict.
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PENN DEMoNsTRATIoN.--A meet