The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-11-23
Notes ana Opinions.
kansas City Times J.

II TEDt IuhU Hi OtLCtD, ~ oChbONS~ON
with THE elections 1last Tuesday, II
/ is that the greenback party WINS a
wholly superfnous organization,
that its appearance in fhe held
only served TO erillmrrass and dl-
! vide the opponents OF resumption,
and TINT as a party the gre+.lback
,ers have played into the bands ot
I the reunbIicmns and been instrn
mental in dtfenting the very OBJ
iiect they professed 10 .hnve IN view.
/ ESt. L,uis Republican
I Those who think there will be rs
flen,cratie "walk over IN 1880
are fools or blind. IL promises to
/ be the bitt, rest and most desper-
ate struggle IN the annals OF Ameil-
can politics. The party which bas
had twenty wears uubrok-n lease
ef power will no. fall to a,ieces and
give up the ghost at the blowing of
rams horns. Tt will contest EVERY
inch of ground, and Die, ii die it
must, sword in hand and IN the
last ditch. If these are auy first
GLASS democratic generals, the
sooner they come together IL
council of war and decide where,
and how the approaching battle
shall tie tonight. the better for the
party prospects. We can not WIN
/ bv ''bull lnck and nwkwardness "
the next time.
Louisville Courier-Journall
On thee general result it c,li, be
safely stated that the democrats
will about hold their OVID, so that
the NEXT house will he armmcratic
by between thirty aud forty ma
lori.y On the Mboi+1, democrats
have reason to congratulate them
selves, first TN beating the repnb-
ticans, and, second. ona happy .-s-
cape from the bowling greenbark
idiots. whu tlneutened to swallow
things awhile hut;k. The money
fight will Ire b-nce.fpn'th b5-
tween a conservative tlt.pnerac,.,
bent upon ii sensible Financial To
form, and the radical republicans,
who are owned bv the moDopohsts,
aud refuse beth Relief and reform
to n suffering people. IT will not
lie Nexed or nndtlled lbs the raut-
ing TOOLS who followed Butler, nor
the Anticipated jumps Of darkness
whose prophet is Deunis kear
neN.
Boston Post.
Ghost ar shnnl, I;ulieris,lD has
at Ienst l,e,.-n iaid. Ill will hardy
.ver again reat,il the proportions
necessary to east q shadow. But
Ter NAV cnntliut, TO il,- tlisagre.a-
bic, lult We irnrdls fllink ise will
ever le dangerous aguin. H has
been eliminated. and ceases IT, be u
factor in Massachusetts nohtins
3let us tl,Hnk GOD and take cour.
age.
/ Ba tiinure Gnzette
/ 4 democratic maiority ofiweuty
| iu the next house il all that is
wanted There will he caution
and harmony and wise legislation.
This will prove i, substantial hene-
1 Tit in fh- approach TO the presi-
\ DENTAL caInpaign Democrats are
naturally inclined to t- hoisterous
and uneliseiplinad where they
hnve Hn overwhelming majoritE.
4 When they have a small margin
they keep close together. aud aire
mot 40 apt TO ba picked off by the
senemy's sliarpshootess.
IPhiadell,i,ia Times
\ Ut ia a useless piece Of business
to 20 into fgure-@ork very large
Ily as TO the compilation Of fhe next
4 congress ,.s long as so many dis
tricts are in doubt. OF one thing
we may rest assured, and that is
that the next house Of representa-
4 tive will he democratic, By a small
maiority at the start perhaps, but
by one large enough for all par-
tisan purposes before the first ses-
sion is concluded. Tia the matter
lof masking mp rolls and settling
contested eases. the democrats
have followed Republican precs-
i dents to the verge of destruction,