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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-06
The Way Of tise TyaNsgressOrs
Chicago Times.1

lCniCdSO AImtW
WASHINGTON, Nv. 22.-The rare
spectacle uf til. I, il the l,aids
Of bis keepers walking ab. ut the
Senate A,"r in their chdrse and
visiting ~ they directed, in rue
that has nev.r been seen in tlo
Senate before. 4 more humil.
iating sight than John ]. Pnt'er.
son in his suhjeciion to Gen. Bat.
Ter and his ID mecrntic associates
is rarely seen in poll 10 He came
into the Senate worA aud wrinkled
with The f,ligues of his criminal
trial. From the first he never
voted without openly c,nsulting
with the Democrats, openly walke
ing over and consulting with them
as each vote was proposed. Pat.
trr-ons gray-brown hair Was
hrnshed back in cripk!y. wavy
masses from dead white face.
His blnck eyes snapped uno-r.
taiDIy with the * rrssion of y rat
in trap. His SHIRT, brown mus.
tache was gnawed short over trem.
ulons lips, pale with nervous agi.
talion. Was this man trembling
on tire brink Of 4 penitenliary that
be ne~er remained stil ? He would
20 m his seat and then dash to
the c.onk-rooms nna then over 10
the Republican side. At frst his
own party men would talk with
him Later they left him to him.
y II, while even Democrats talked
t, him p"tronizipgly, knowing to
what extent be was m ahj OF tool
Of 4lnir viii Nothing but the
most in,~in ut danger and q re-
Ientl.s- grip Npon Lin very life
couL have !. 4 Patterson to openly
stand mp to-day and desert hin
R4publican associates. Tho con.
tempt -howered upon him by Ill
sides WAS the most witbering pun.
isllDeDt that is ever fastened upon
m oflicial ,ogne. He had no credit
with any onc. Wnnt h+ did was
not the rcsnlt OF M. conscientious
belief. bu, bee ,nSe 81 nbject fear
and to escape the prns.tie. vi Lis
crimes.
The same iron r"wer Iad pos.
session OF Cos,,ye,. He consulted
repeatedly with the Democrats.
Several times hr dedGed 4 vote
and then was I,ron.ht tack. Oncs
he voted viii tlw I.~I nb)icaus,
but WAS Immediately ~rjzg1 Ivy tho
Democrats and lnl.tie.l into the
dark rooms until he came back anil
changed his vote, Ar hs rose in
all Of mis- ehambliOg, pitiabIe weak
ness and bnskiIy said tlat hs de.
sired to change his vote, this cas-
~ t-bBg Senator did his inner con-
science the i,tbsn 4 fiery ri
y h,il.d ,n' cp.Or up to
,be top of bis bad -knII,
During tn4 discussion thu
military figure IT NJ. q.
BnlIer, tight, bu.fopad in i half.
dress coat, MS seen calmly walk.
ing to and frD iu the r4nr " ths
Dem9crutic ssuts. Hs has u clsar-
mt, dendly quiet face, His coll
gay t,c, Straight nose, Tin lips
I'D prominent chin marx u man
I nDusnaI ogcs and character.
Ii saf In lhe rear ri thr ID, mos
Gratis to-day kr y general watch
ing q battle Dndri Lr own com.
mapd. Patti lsop frsp i b. FIRE
BIN, and during thr .lebate C.n.
ver snpgglr.l down by tl,v sids Nf
lbs cool, c.,I.rctrd, g,wye-lOokinR
man, as il bp ne did further rrss.
npnncps fr ID tie wrath VI bis Be-
ubiicau colleagues.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-06
Why Important Nominations
are Not Con a rnl I'd.

the manner in which the most i'm.
portant of the Presidents noinina.
tons have been kept back by til,
committees which have them il
charge. Committee men. When
they are spoken to about ihls de-
lay. are silent, though it is said
tI,at the nomination Of Gen. Har.
Ian for Justice of tie Supreme
Court, is kept back for no reasoh
that any me Of tbr Judiciary Com
mittee knows. There is \ good
deal Of discussion lnivateIy among
senators about these delays. and
he sympathy nf some anti Hayes
Senators is turning toward tie
President on the gtound that he Is
not meeting with fair treatment,
and tina, it would be more ~.
spettfnl to him If The committees
should bring in adverse reports
and let NE S nat. decide. tEnD
fcr chajmon to pocket the nom.
uatioas out uf What looks like
mere spite. Tlis feeling s
strengthened by a efo"i4g DIS
among good mapy Of
tba auti Hav,s SeDators ~ nj. ic
a. ,th re President. Tbey lave
nm ~ f,r, uDt with ihe
iGrn i breaking dpwD biz Ad-
Lut With ,h. rotor
ei eei'iug hlm into haImon1
i'll, theis IDEAS" as ,h. V say H.
t'tats them civilly and makes in
,e.f i,r-nnl!, pleasant to ihru}
;.n.i tIn Y la,-lat. J., b. bun 70 tops
nat they "can make something
ut II him y-t. They are Da-
'nrally avtrse To war on ~
President in the first year OF hl,
tenn, and they See with II arm TIM
they bave been gr'dnnly draw
IntO M attitude OF oplnsitirn 81
senator's whom they now Mslis,e
% he not for peace, but for hast
Dg war nroD tho Administrator.
The two c,ncuses bnve had the
IF ct of making he distinction
clear between the anti Hayes men,
slo hope to gain over the Presi-
lent, and those who mean to OPP
pose him in order ~ break him
lown, and 50 far the Adminis'rH
ion has gained by these meetings
rbe President hns not surrendered
nv point, bnt Le has been SO
icitous TO show Senators that he
nenns to act with the Republican
,arty, aud that, while he will not
lbate ANYTHING of his policy. he
lopes to carry the party with him
D its support, nnd ]. very r4sds
0 be frien,liy 10 everybody vh
vii % with hin."r even who viii
,ot go against him.
1t happens, then, that some OF
be moderats anti Hayes men
,egin to think IT separating tl.en-
Ives from their more ex'rme
omyades, II they sre - fpilpw
itLer M. COpkI,nS or the Presi-
lent, for instance, they pr'frr 10
ollow the President, THUS one
f these gentlemen remarked
o-day, IN n c0pteWplu'iys tone;
!. What I am puzzIipg my brains
bout is which We ought 70 throw
pe,boaph, Jona', or the Whale,
orah, yen probably remember
70 continued, vas j. senator ~
yipeyeh, who ulel 70 break down
be Administration The whale,
) those days, was carniyercus
east, as the new Cousul General
0 St. Petersburg once explained |
8 ME out Of the Talmud, and fhe
act is that ii they bad not thrown |
[anah 1ay. rboald. lhe whale would |
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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-12-06
LOUIS LEVEQUE,
Attorney at Law.

OFFICE. LAKE CHARLES, La
Will praetiee in all the Courts OF tie
REighth Judicial District, composed oi
khe Parishes Of st. Landry and Cia.'
Feb. 3, 1872. --ly.
, 1877-09-01

DISEASE FGGHTiSG AGAINST THE Ers-
sJaSs.-iiere is reason to believe, despite
the extreme rcticencc OF the iiussicn au-
thorities, that disease is beginning to ef-
iect the:r military plans and movements
IN Bulgaria seriously, and though heavy
reserves are on their way to the Danube
it by 10 means fellows that the camDaisn
can b. carried much further during the
rcesen. year. They have suffered from
the first by reason OF their defective COM
,aissaria., and the l;Tgerthe army becomes
the mere Viii this evil make Itself felt.
Sickness has been increasing among the
Russian rank and file steadily. moreover.
ard ;he diseases socnc>l,derea under such
circumstances are always mainly epidemic
IL their character, ard also especially viz
ulont. The Season is RAPIDLY approach
ins Wren The weather can 40 Longer be de-
pended On, and :rW days of heavy rain
noi:.d not OILY convert The read; into I'M
rassahla hogs, hut render The CAMPS al
.:.ost C.tcnai,le Ei:c s..;iftrings O. the a.
led armies N the trenches beforc Setasto-
nol woa,d he rs nothing 10 those of 4 Rus
san army pcnned up III Bulgaria, with
only one bridge across the DanUbe, and
That constantly liable to destruction, and
with oi!iyone line Of c;iilroad through Ror-
nlan:a to bring supplies Fcr as soon a
the rainy season sets i'll the country roads
both 1t Roumania and Bulgaria, VII be-
Come impossible, and all transportation
must devolve upon the railroads. The
position OF the Turks, able to retire with
III their great fortgesses, and az IL events
close to their base OF supplies, would be
Hitch ,;iurc toiorahie, and it Is probable
that one such winter campaign would in
cailacita!e :he Gar from further ACCESS
i've movements. Meantime he is nrepar-
ing to fall upon the Turks before him at
P.cv1la with al overwhelming force, AID
possibly the Old mathematical problem is
about 70 receive new What
must be the result OF : collision between
an irresistible force and an inmovable
body!
, 1877-09-01

How IT WAS DoNE.-After the argu-
menV upon the Florida case before the
late electoral commission in Washington,
Judge Bradley wro;e ont his opinion and
his decision in full. He completed it at
about 6 o'clock III the evening on the day
before the Judgment of the commission
Was to be announced, and read il to Judge
Clifford and Judge Field, who were like
wise members of Tie commission l, con-
tanned first, an argument, and secondly, a
conclusion. The argument vas precisely
the sanc rs that which appears IN the
published document; but Judge Bradley's
conclusion VAS t!.at the votes of the All
dcl electors in Florida were the only votes
which ought to he counted rs coming from
that state. This was the character CT the
paper when Judge Bradley finished it, and
when he communicated 1t tn his col
leagues During the whole Of that night
Judge Brad!ey's house, in Washington,
was surrounded by the carriages OF visit
ors who came to see him apparently about
the decision of TIE electoral commission,
which, IS We have SAID, was TO lie an
rounced the next day. These visitors in
ciuded leading republicans as well as pcr-
sons deeply interested in the Texas Pa
cific Railroad scheme. When the COM
mission assembled the next morning, and
when the judgement was declared. Judge
Bradley gave his voice in favor of count
ing the votes Of the Hayes electors in
Florida. The argument be did not de-
liver at the time; but when ii came TO be
printed subsequently il VAS found to he
precisely the same Is the argument which
he had originally drawn up, and on which
he had based his first conclusion in favor
Of the Ti.den electors.
, 1877-09-01

BAD MEN.-ill around us We see suceess-
!ul men, vigorous aud able-hu: wnscrupu-
lous and basc-wto have engraved success
alone upon their banners, and as 4 consc-
quence DO rot hesitate 70 trai. them IL The
dust OF low action AMI stain them with dis
rcputc, in pErsgit oi tncic object. Tacy
keep within the pale 81 TIC written law,
havint; its words Oh their liFs bat Hcne Of Is
spirit in their hearts; aGdaci5y and I self
truDapating assurance aye thc!- characters
tics they reach h:I c,i.r-cc and cor.-
trive to maintain it, by All n.an.:cr @; self
advertisement, utterly i,n,ncilcst 2,a inAeli-
cate. bnt successful in keeping themselves i,
the prhlic eye. To :ha.: pcii::c5 is mere
game in which stsa!&sem and iinessl sre he
means and sc,;ir:5-ras. AID persona! al
rancen.ent he ead.
, 1877-09-01

CARL ScuURz is = member Of Inc cabinet
OF Mr.. Hayes and makes the pretencs of be
ing great political reformer. Bat Nr Wm.
II. kemble, = prominent republican roliti-
c;an, Win" has a spite at NJ. Schury, knccks
all the wind cut oi the iatter's pra:e,.sions 10
be a refor'ncr 10y showing thai he received
five hundred dollars a week fer his speeches,
besides getting railroad passes over al tie
roads that he wanted to travel On. He also
had his hotel bills paid by local committees.
60 that his advocacy OF tie republican cause
was purely inercansry. This cllargc hrs been
made against Mr.. Sc,iull time and again,
bnt kembie f.0r's 1t, 50 that It is 10 longer
matter Of houbt. Sr!irrz's letter .si;iae
for the passes Is printe,! Just how a ma,
like this caa be = ''re:"r.ncr'' il ore O: tie
mysteries that 10 fellow can iial out.
, 1877-09-01
I,n No~ororv-Tbe rad;ca, convpn.

LAND MosoroIr.-The radical conven-
tons are resolving against further grants
Of railroad subsidies, and want the public
lands reserved for actual settlers. The
frigidity Of these aRti-subsidy resolutions
is remarkable in the face Of the fact that
the best part Of the public domain has
been already gwen away by the radical
party to the corporations. The radical
party under prctence Of rapidly develop
ing the country have created ard perpet-
uatCd a vast system cf land monopoly-
he greatest syil thai can curse country.
This IS 10 subordinate the solid interests
cf society ani labor and free government,
to Ill ii whic. land monopoly IS the dead
" enemy, 10 th, p.oino,:on Of wealth
the wealth of Inonopoiists. Millions CT
aces of the best land in The world have
been granted away OF the prctext named
20 railway companies without adequate or,
indeed, any consideration. There cannot
be . particle Of doubt that while the de.
velopment of 4 region Of country, rs yet
unsettled, by ordinary emigration and set
tlement, where each adventurous pioneer
settles upon his homestead on an equal
footing with his neighbor, may be slower
than under system of railroad land mon
cpoly, that healthier, more vigorous,
and dmore substantialpopulation viii spring
up, more sct-reliant and independent,
and infinitely more certain TO carry for
wand the spifit Of our free Institutions.
Under the one system each tract is oce;I-
pied by It's own free and !adedendrnt oWI-
lr, free citizen under the other, vast
domains, princely estates of The grasping
monopolist, made productive 70 the lord
y proprietor by Tie labor OF the tenant.
The lands which ahould he the homestcads
of independent citizens, have been appro
priated by radical congresses Io the extent
of millions If acres to individual parties,
driving IN the early future the iandiess to
the towns and villages and cites, or TO
the fields Of the tenant for shelter for his
wife and children, while the genius of u
true republic would open up to him the
free prairies and woodlands, TO build up
By his labor prosperous home for him
SELF and household, and a strong citadel
of liberty for his country, a fortress
against oppression and wrong, a strong
power Tor freedom against the insidious
advances OF centralized power; against
raracious and ruthless mOncpolists who
ROW 60 fro.n their elegant palaces in the
commercial cities TO the halls of legisla-
tion, forming iobbies, organizing corpora
tlonS, netting enormous grants OF land,
not fo- any purpose Of public advantage,
no: for the opening up OF new chanels Of
t!ade end commerce, but for the purpose
oi personal a--4;ran,!;z-ment and to i'll
crease their already oHcrgrown fortunes.
, 1877-09-01

JRE Montgomery fAla) Adrert::ss5, re-
Gals the interesting fact in connection
M!th The labor troubles: when Gov.
Nichols OF Louisiana, With his gallant
people, stood up nanfally ccntending for
their rights. the conmander-in-chief OF the
PeHnsyivania militia, Hartranft, o.icious
~ offered the President the services of
oo,"p or more troops with which 10 wipe
ont the white league Wiser counseis
prevailed and they were not sccepted
hau they been, and had they acted as
they aid 1t Pittsburg, where their grace
was only in their heels they would not
have proved very formidable obstacles to
the hIal success of Governor Nichols.
But The results to the country would have
t:en disastrous"
, 1877-09-01

A DISogpEElY TowS.-Chief Justice
Lewis. IN opening court a: Seattle, charged
the grand jury As follows: There is much
labor for you at this term The pistol
and the Knife it seems have been freely
used within our county. and unless the
grand jury shall promptly in,lic- The par
ties who gre guilty Of unlawfully using
them, the era of lawlessneSs will continue.
We have here to answer before You nine
teen persons accused OF crime to Wit. For
assault with deadly weapons, and with in
tent to commit murder, :; for robbery, ; !;
for grand larceny, 4 !; for burglary, l !:
malicious mischief, nuisance, /. In
addition there are number for trial in.
dicted at last term, and several causes
here upon appeal. making some twenty
six criminal causes to be disposed of at
this term. 1t is manifest, gentlemen,
that most rigid enforcement OF the Grim
ina! law is necessary in order to maintain
order and secure the lives and property
0f our citizens,
, 1877-09-01

THE CosT OF STIIKES.-The Chicago Frib.
inc shows that 80, 00O, GOO of innocent peo-
rle were directly AID instantly injured by
the strike; the entire East suffering by the
advance in the price Of some OF the necassa-
ries of lie rs well IS in other ways, aad the
West also suffering by lie Interruption of
traffic Ii iigures the loss TO Chicago at fuliy
:: million and quarter. TIC value Of live
stock, grain and other produce kept out Of
Chicago by the strike approximatcs s, SOC,
0o0 The loss of trade to tie dealers in dry
goods, groceries, boots and shoes, clothing.
drugs, ard other wholesale goods, Is not far
from 50, GEO, GOO more; and the varied manu-
featuring industries would have turned out
81, l,.50, 0G0 worth of products during the
time they We're kept in forced idleness by
the mob Here is fetal, in round numbers,
of s., geo, ,GG0. Ten per cent. of this would
be sos, Geo, which is rather an under esti-
mate of the wages to workers and the profits
to the capitalists who would have handled
the property. Adding the cost Of calling out
the military and the special police, with the
value OF the property that was owned in
Chicago bnt burned liz Pittsburgh, and there
is total direct loss OF not less than 81 go,
600, or an average of 81 per head Of the en-
tire population Of the city.
, 1877-09-01
A LITTLE TOO Much SHOv.-It may be

A LITTLE TOO Much SHow-It may be
a good thing for Mr.. Hayes to make the
tour he has been upon to show himselfto
the people, and TO evoke their expressions
of approval; but we cannot help thinking
that the excursion is a little TOO much in
the line Of Andy Johnson's " swinging
round the circle" 1t is true that Mr..
Hayes isa!most assilent Is Grant, and that
when he does say anything 1t Is merely
cheerful nonsense OF the stereotyped reg
uiation kind But what Is Tie Use OF
loading the Telegraph x,;;res with messages
reciiing that 'The president arrived at
Pop Corn City At such an hour. He was
received by the mayor aad;s deputation OF
citizens. The president gracefully de-
eiined an invitation to take ride upon
the municipal teeter, and having eaten
two s!iess Of bread and butter and drank
a larae breakfast cHpful of weak tea, the
presidential party proceeded on lis way"
If there is really demand for this kind CT
information We suggest that the puhlica-
tion of = court journal at Washington
would bc il:o best mcans Of satisfying it,
TeiegTaDaing IS altogether 10 costly lux
u,.y to be Wasted u)on mere absolute imam
tiles, however, and besides, ihe repetition
OF al this drivel suggests tie reflection
that the President would perhaps deserve
better Of thc country if he would 60 TO
Washington and personally supervise the
f2c:heTance of c::il service reform {.
movement, TO tell the plain truth, which
seems 10 iangu;Sh unaccountably, in spite
of all the coagratulatory literature that it
has given rise TO. On the whole we sub
nit that it is premature for Biz Hayes TO
seek e popular Endorsement. Let hira
wait al least until he las added perform
aGee 10 premise, before lie claims that re-
ward OF merit -Sacrdn2ento Ua;cn Record.
, 1877-09-01

The HAIRY CEANaE.--ghe Charleston
Ne,rs ( Cosrisr remarks that: Siace tnc
insts!lasion Of Govcracr Hampton not sin
gle negro has been killed by u white man IN
South Carolina This item is a Very signiti
cant one AMI tells the whole story Of radical
misrule and murder. Before Ceva-..,r
Hampton's election and during the whole
miserable reign OF the carpet baggers, there
Kept coming up to lis constantly stories of
blood and outrage, which have all a. once
suddenly ceased, peace and quietness having
taken the place OF anarchy and ,listurhance.
How comes this: How does i: happen tia.
the simple change OF one ruler for another
has cals,d such vast difference in the wei
fare of the people OF South Carolina, SIM
ply because the new governor enferees the
laws oi the state, which his predecessor did
not do, and did not wish u do, because
there WAS capital to I've made lor the radical
party by the pretencs that he was unable to
MAINTAIN the peace and good order Of the
commonwealth.
, 1877-09-01

REPUDIArIoN.-ALo London special states
that profound Apprehension and anxiety
exist in financial circles IN that city re-
specting Reputation movements IN VIZ
ginia and Georgia. 1t is feared that these
movements, taken in connection with ,all-
road strikes, will impair American credit
III Europe The London special Is some
What comprehensive in his conclusions OF
in his apprehensions American credit
should be distinct from the credit OF any
State or coroporation. The American
people are only remotely responsible IN
moral point of view for the action Of
State. Why should Massachusetts,, which
has voluntarily paid the interest GA her
debt in gold though legally payable in cur
rency, be held responsible for the delin-
quencies of States. Ike Virginia which
were half ruined by the war and still furth-
CT Frustrated by corrupt legislation after
the war was overt Both are American
States, but one State is no more RESPONSE
bic for the action of another than IS one
bank or commercial firm responsible for
another. Reputation is one Of those Of
fences against integrity which may be al
tentative of financial ruin. We do not
know that Georgia or Virginia are in such
straits, although it has been deemed ad-
visable not recognize portion Of the
debt in each State which WAS created by
corrupt legislation Several other South
ern States have done tie same thing. 1t
is the only redress the people have against
such legislation Is was forced upon them
by the political rings which came into
power after the war. The facility with
which the bonds then thrown upon the
public were sold was prime cause of this
indirect robbery OF the people, Very
many purchased the bonds as specula-
ton, paying thirty, forty or fifty cents on
the dollar and taking the chances which
accompany all such investments. These
Spectators would nov ike to see the
States assume the bonds and pay interest
on them, although such debt would i'm
poyerish the people and impair materially
the value OF real estate We do not defend
nor excuse Reputation, but we do not
greatly sympathize with SPECTATORS who
purchase at half price bonds they know to
have been fraudulently issued in the hope
to brin, 2 pressure to bear on the people
to induce them to assume the debts.
, 1877-09-01

How Is THIsl-The poor people of the
United States, Judging from editorials on
the recent ''strike, must be a hard set.
And YET, strange to say, the poor men
have not robbed TIE country in It's time
of need, eoi:.ed the blood Of patriotism
into gold and gr2enbacks, organized si4ai.-
tic "rings" t"r public plumber, corrupted
political parties, dehau,hca rubiic ser
wants, controlled legislation fur meTcenary
purposes, "run' local ccaveEtioa5 anl en-
gineered municipal, county, statc and
federal governments for The enrichment
of the few and the starvation OF the many
Can the rich say rs muei.l