The People's vindicator., 1878-02-09
SPIRIT OF THE COUNTRY PRESS.
IatItB BE Recorded.
[Ouachita Telegraph

OQ1cnlli Ac'cSlHP"'J 4,
W. have been requested t" publish d v
the names of the members Of tho leg " :.
islatu,e who accept pay for construc' :"
tive mileage, and are told tnat a =
written request to this effect, signed "
by promincnt citizens of this parish, . :.
viii he handed us. If. the Warrant y
Clerks of the two houses Of the Cen !;
eral Assembly will furnish Us copies !;
of their pay-rolls we will publish :
them.
Real People. /
[Sparta Timcs.]
Twenty seven persons arrived III
our Pa,isi, this week from Georgia.
The matter Of Immigration is with
ont the empty forms of mere theory
and reduced to downright living
nractice in our midst. We are
eratified to note that all these immi-
grants are first class citizens.
Which is the Fool.
The Monroe Observer is an earnest
advocate of a constitutional convcn'
ton, aud suggests, If the Legislature
should 50 far disregard the plain wish
es of the people as to fail to call one,
that they assemble in the various
parishes and elect delegates to State
convention whose object shall be to
wine ont the odious laws, now on the
statue books and reduce the expenses
of the government.-Shrereport Times;
That would te splendid idea, and
| if the Fool Killer would get into that
Convention there would be splendid
funeral the next day.-Thibodaur Se"'
tinel.
Will the Sentinel please inform US
what power can deter the people from
resolving themselves back to their
organic capacity and building up
again. How was the Constitution of
the United States framed and how
d was its framing brought about9
The trouble with the Sentinel is
that it has overlooked the fact that
IS this is government Of the people, at
e least ip theory, and not government
k of the peoples servants.
}" It is a Matter of Life and Death.
N Courier Of the Tcche.)
IL The chief objection thus far urged
er by the opponents of a constitutional
convention is simply Que Of money,
Int as new constitution would be 50
es framed as to retreuch expenditure in
every branch of the State government
:. and tighten taxation the debt that
H. would he incurred by the framing "t
W. . constitution suited t" our changed
ng condition aud the bright future before
us, would SIT as lightly upon the
shoulders of our people as summe'
yestments. An Indifferent crop yea'
. now and then, like cloud over tn
= SIMS disk, may cast a shadow owe
H. our prosperity, but can he but mo
IT, mentary. But whether our pe"pl'
On choose to have new constitution, o
live a while longer under the ricket.
old affair now in use, is not a matte
Gus of life or death with them.
y, " Heavy on the Resolve, but light on tn
W. Jurors.
(Shreveport Times.)
NY The Spotford- Kellogg joint resolt
70 t;on was passed by the state senate h
oh a vote of 81 to7. Allain, Bryant an
red Dave Young (all colored Republican
ave voted in the Affirmative, Young
MIS- explaining his vote said he was g"''
so,f to vote for the resolution, and did
Nv. f,om pure motives. He believed th
''' Spofford was legally elected, and
'"- did not believe that Kellogg was ele
,ded ted as the laws of tho state direct.
'at'c In the discussion in the house
+, 50 the resolution to punish adultery
he sharp little controversy sprang up |
say tween Warmoth aud the colored me-
card her from St. Martin-Deteige. 1
that former undertook the defence of
c,so. colored population against certaio
0''o lusions of immortality among %he
num- num- when Detiege interrupted him to
'tside the colored people could take care
may themselves without his (Warmotl
assas- assistance. Here the ver5al set
nht,- occurred, when the chair called I'll
.er both to order.
Iawk. The legislature will not likely r
anv bin allowing jurors a fair c.
pensation for their services: 81
anita members favor one dollar a day
five cents mileage and others one
lar and fifty cents day. When
physi- taken into account that 9paymenl
,g had made ir scrip worth only from +.
India to sixty cents on the dollar, it vii
vece- appreciated that tue proposed {
o'o pensation will not begin to pay
pe'm" actual cost of attending court.
Jurors are, however, exempt from!
ID lung duty. which will prove some con
radical to them. =. ..~...
'ervous ~. We. Thought s.. 7; i
. wv" - (Minden Democrat.]
make # The most of the sound thir
Aotno. men of our parish are strongly il
Ao yor of q Convention-apd we
TO re- veto meet among the reading
I'd, free of the ooricultural class, one "
this re- not An earnest advocate for the
English, ing of Convention. Eve'StM
ing and here-except.'wel we "onS u -
ng with IN favor OF Cousen'"I, .,. "a;,,'ar @ G.
Sherar, se'. P"s'.', ~. H,n w W.
T. loss, represent the views OF thel
stituents in their opposition
m ROnUn | .ry ,.s.~cl a nrnot MANY RI