The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-05-18


him in tie admiration and coufidancs
Of the conservative peopls. fOr without
his WISDOM patriotism, bravery and
personal inauance, an irrsparabls
breach would have taken plaes among
Our people but - good, strong and
true spirited son nf E4ouiaiana, he ksps
our conservative membaEa IN 3 COM
| pact body and TINS secured tha nights
of the State. When, after raEsntlsaB Ia
bof, he could not hindar the eozapro-
mise Of April. 1876, II vas shrough his
care and labor that : division vas pre-
vented among those that favored and
those that opposed Che measure.
9th. His name u pissed side lsy sitis
with tEat 0E charity, and shis well e.
served reputation. he gained ~ extra
ordinary efforts during sha graat oveE-
fow Of 1874. 20 obtain and dissRibats
relief for tha SIXTY Thousand families
that were reduced to aaarvaei0n, ard
would have died had il not bsen tho
timely relief which The sxextions of 1Er.
Wills procured theR. His untiring Ia
boEs in that hahaa, the implicit conf-
danco rsposed in him by the chaEitabla
and phiIaRthropio, the admirable and
impartial systam Of Distribution OF re-
lief. and al that il eonnecagd With che
history Of afflicted Louisiana IN April,
May, june. July, August and saPtem.
Der Of that dismal year, are still fresh
in the memory Of the people. Els time
and talent he gave to this gEaas work,
night and day. month after month,
during one Of the most Oppressive SUM
mers that has ever beon exparianosd iR
L,Oaisiana. The question was very often
asked What has he done save his dutyf
This has always been quickly answered
by the fruits Of these laboEa N is well
known that the sahareas of the aood of
1874 were largely Of the colored race.
The relief brought by the heroic s1er-
tiOus Of Mr.. Wiltz. then mayor. presi-
dent OF the relief association, and treas-
urar Of the relief fund, went impaEtiatly
To oOl0rod Al we'll a. to white sufferers.
This fact IS wen known and ven re-
memberad by lEousaads ar these colorsd
people, who win never vote or set
against their beRefactor. This n oas 81
the reasons why the radical leaders fear
Wilsz mora than any other man in
Louisiana
7th. He is man Of cool and thought
ful bravery. His ohivalry pertains 10
his mind as ven a. % bis heart. He is
brave al all times independently Of any
present existing cause. Chivalrio cOar-
age is inseparabla from his moral ma
tura. Therefore scenes 0f danger do
not disturb the correctness og his iudg-
ment Is to whist Is passing around hiHn.
he knows exactly Whist 10 do iii any
emergency however sudden. His
friends know this characteristics well
trusting in his Judgment ~ ven a. in
his chivalry, they viii follow him in
any action he may advise.
They furthermore know that If ssect-
ed Governor be viii certainly take his
seat, and lsR tAoasaRd strosa nsea III New
Orleans viii sae that he wall keep il
This il aa0tbew reason why tha VAR
na0shs. the PaokaralA the Andsrsoas, the
Lswises, the CEirssns. the PtnalSaaks.
The WsLs and the Bromas, of The rad-
icaI party, fear this good, true. patEi-
otto and bold candidate
sth. 10 has been long time since
New Orleans has had the choieo of
candidate for Governor. whilat aA
least one-half Of the country parishes
have had selections from among their
men. IN Wilta you hare q citizen az
New 0rleans who vii he presented t0
tire convention a. the unanimous
of the city.
The city of New Orleans alone win
give him majority of 20,000 votes In
any contingency, IL 10 ii the nominee
of yuur State convention. and when
elected, - hs as4aredly viii be IL nom-
mated. thpy willsusaain him n ar tisseaa
ID AT neeltal ways.
These andmany other, Coo nnEaaFoUs
so mension. aEe sha reaa0Rs Why hs u
ne Erst choice az aha city n New O.