The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-08-10
POLITICAL NOTES.

Iirs de freedman's fog bank ?" "Dun-
~ Pizarro cause it doesn't settle wild
ds black man ?" " No, you fool niger;
it's cause dey 'spects to git in troo de
obscurity OBJ de Hayes"
NORTH CAROLINA republicans con-
code the election of Vance, democratic
candidate for governor in that state, by
fifteen thousand majority. Since the
nomination of Tilden for president the
democrats feel assured Of at least twenty
thousand majority.
"THE wheels of government are
cIogged by the inaction OF the majority
of the house." says the Washington Re
nlblican. That is one way OF stating it,
Int everybody knows that the house has
been doing very excellent work, by put
tipgthe brakeson the radical spendthrifts
who have been frittering away the public
money for some years.
THERE is one thing at least to be said
FIR the St. Louis convention. 1t has
nominated a man who has done some
thing, and ofwhom everybody has heard.
There will be no need to 60 around ask
inc who is he, or what has he done?
There is no mistaking the man, his char
scter. his record or his position. Whether
we like him or not, we know where he
stands.-PhiladeIphia Times, Ind,
LOTS OF ZEN DO so.-"No, sir; the
war isn't over" exclaimed an excited
HAYES man, " it is still going on, and we
should be false to the gallant soldiers
who laid down their lives for the union
if we didn't continue to prosecute it Wig
orouslv." Then he cantered round the
corner, where he drove his elbow into
the ribs of and nearly upset one-legged
veteran who solicited him for aims
Brooklyn Argus.
THE one thing that the election of
democratic president would insure would
be peace at the south. By peace we
mean entire Obliteration of seCtiOnalism.
the assurance to that people that they
are a part and parcel of the union in
more than name that they can pursue
plans and develop means leading to per-
manent prosperity without the dread of
a South Carolina government being in
stalled to waste the fruits Of industry
and honesty.-The Capital.
We presume Gov. Hayes would gladly
have given five thousand dollars out of
his own pocket rather than have Yaryan
go out just when and as he did. 1t is a
delightful commentary upon the plat
form which commends Grants admins
tration "to the. continued and hearty
gratitude of the American people," a
platform upon which Gov. Hayes stands
as an indorser as well as candidate.-
81. Louis Republican
"HAYEs, of Alabama, voted for the
salary grab. Rutherford B. Hayes was
not in congress at the time, and has not
Been there since. Had he been he would
have voted against it. Had he been
president he would have vetoed the bill.
Cincinnati Gazette.
"Ma, did you say that pa was never
engaged to Miss Sallie Snifkins?" In
dignant mother, in reply, "He, my
dear, he never even looked at her." In
nOcent, but persistent child, Ma, if pa
had married Miss sallie Snifkins, would
have been rcd.headed ?"- Courier
journal. .,
AT least one republican journal sees
the absurdity of trying to defeat Gov.
Hlden by calling him a"sham re-
former" The Boston Advertiser says
frankly: che has done good work as a
retOrmer, and is entitled to all the credit
of it." The taxpayers of this state
know that reform which reduces their
taxes is not a sham. The canal-ring |
gentlemen know there is no sham about |
it, too.--M Y. Tribune.
KENTUCKY democrats will vote for |
Iilden and Hendricks with greater zeal
than they have voted for anybody since
1856, They will give the St. Louis
nominees forty thousand majority, and
in that number will be counted thou
sands of old Clay wings who, forgetting