The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-29
Independent Candidates.
From the Shreveport Times

From the Shreveport Times.l
The East Texas Patron has some
very severe though eminently just
structures upon those recreant Dem
ocrats, who in their sswild hunt after
office have precious little regard
for the public good and so either
announce themselves as ssindepend-
ent candidates or graciously per-
NIT "many friends" to do so. The
Patron brands them as ssmen with
political principles, mere spoilsmen,
hangers on of the grand army of
either party, foraging upon friend
OF foe-despised by both and trusted
by neither
The following resolution Of the
State Democratic Convention is
aptly quoted:
"Resolyed, That the pure blooded
sons of Democracy acknowledge no
relationship with those hybirds who
have sprung from a cross of political
selfishness and undisclosed merit
independent Democratic candidates,
so-called.n
This is severe blow to those
eminent patriots who think that
they alone can save the country, and
who usually indulge in the cant
that they have no personal ambi-
ton in the premises or private inter
ests to subserye, but only respond
to the wishes of myriads of friends
who are not satisfied with the man
ner in which Bill Smiths or Bob
Jones' claimes were overlooked as
candidates for Ward Constables by
a stocked convention" ETC., etc.
The Patron also quotes the follow
| ing utterance of Webb Flanagan in
the Radical Convention recently in
session at Houston;
"Hon. Webster Flanagan was
next called out, and addressed the
delegates. He expressed himselfin
pointed terms against independent
candidates. He wanted to see
straight Republican nominations.
1t didn't become the Republicans to
pick up one-horse Democrats who
hadn't influence and standing
enough in their own party to get
nominations for office, and, support
them. If the Republicans hadn't
strength enough to elect square-t oed,
unequivocal Republicans, it was bad
policy to take up nondescripts, men
with chameleon hides, that could
be black or white, yellow or brown,
just as it best paid to be. He would
rather see the party beaten with
Simon pure Republicans than victo-
riOus with the cross-eyed gentry
yclept Observation-Disclosures
in nothing in reality, not even in
the whisky they drank at somebody
else's expense
Independent candidates might he
tolerated where both parties are res.
pectable and where the public inter
ests might not suffer grievOusly
form the election of the candidates
of either, but, as between the Radi-
cal and anti Radical parties, there
can be no honest middle ground,
and the man who would weaken the
latter is really no better than an
Out-and-ont Radical as regards prac-
teal results. Indeed, he is scarce
" as good, for to the sins of Radi-
calism he adds that of being sneak.
| The Hon. WIN NJ. Levy, has intro
dnced a bill in Congress asking for
an appropriation to improve the
navigation of Red River and close
up Tones Bayou. A good many pe0-
pie hereabouts and in Red River
parish think and believe he would
have done his constituency more
good to have asked for an appr0pria-
ton to open out Tones bayou.
There has already been about $780,
600 in ready cash spent on this Bay
GU by the State and General Govern
ment, which had just as well been
dumped into the ocean, so far as any
practical results can be seen, and it
appears there is to be some more
sent in the same direction. ssThats
the way the money goes.n-(M Mans
field Reporter.
HOG CHOLERA.-It is estimated
by authority that over 10 per cent.
Of the hogs in Rush county, Indiana,