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DISTRICT OF atiSE. ss-This ia 10 give us.sy
that on The 10th day II september A IL. ls-s 4
narrAnt IN bankruptcy was issued asalu-t as
Estate sf John III. Douglas. individually and 4,
member Of the nrm OF Douglass D,-..s.e 3.
Eden in the County OF Hancock aud STATE u
Maine, who has been adjudged bankrupt ~ a.s
own petition hled August slzt A n ls7~ tia.
the payment of any debts and deliver 81 2aT
property belonging to such Bankrupt, 10 a.m IF
tor his use, and The transfer OF any properly -
MIN are forbidden BY law. that meeting ~ IL,
creditors OF The said bankrupt ~ prove tar.r
debts and to choose one or more az. .ur-s Of Hl
Es tate Will be held a. a court of Raakrup,,7 90
be holden at the custJme Hoas Ellswo7t4 5ei.rr
Charles Hamliu Esq. Register on the slshi .ay q.
October A. u. ls7s. at 10 O'Clock A. u
T. II. CHAMBERLAIN
Deputy Z. 5. Marshal, as rnrs-,a,rs
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The Constitution Of this State re-
quires that the majority Of ali the votes
cast" shall be necessary for An election
OF Governor BY the people, but when
II 10 found that no candidate has such
majority, 1t then declares o follows:-
'But il no person shall have . majority
Of votes. the House Of Representatives
shall, by ballot, from the persons having
the tour highest numbers Of votes on the
lists, If 70 many there be, elect two per.
sons and make return Of their names to
the Senate, Of whom, the Senate shall,
by ballot. elect one, who shall be do.
elsrsd the Governor" In accordance
with this provision, the House, when IL
meets, will elect two Of the three can
didatss voted for in the late election.
and send their names to the Senate.
The Senate will then decide By Lallot,
which of the two shall be our next Gov.
ernor.
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DlsrKIcS or MAINE, ss.-Thi. Is % give 80.
hce: That on the 10th day September A. y. -
arraat 10 bankruptcy was lssucd against bs
Estate OF Charles A. Russ individually and a,4
member Of The arm OF Russ Babbage and VA
rem frundy Russ Comp pan y, OF Deer Isle IL Be
County oil Hancock and state OF Maine, who tAs
Deen adJndsed Bankrupt on his own Pcuuol.
hied Aug. 18Th, ISIS. that The payments OF All
debts and delivery Of any property belongns b.
such Bankrupts. TO him or for his use and the
transfer of any property by HIM is Iorbliden ~
Law. that meeting OF the creator. OF said Ban.
rupIs TO prove their debts and to choose
more Assigne-s OF his Estate, will be held al .
Court Of BANKRUPTCY. TO be holden al the Custom
House, Ellsworth, before Chas. Hamiln EsI
Register, on The eighth day OF October A. b. -
at 10 O'Clock A. II.
T. D. CHAMBERLAIS
WE Dcuut u. 5. Mar.hal.
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How many children and women are slowly
and surely dying, or rather being killed. by ex-
eessive doctoring. or the daily use Of some
drug or drunken stuff called medicine, that no
one knows what Ii Is msde Of, who can ess "
be cured aud saved by Hop Bitter. made oi
Hops, Buchu. Mandrake. Dandelion. &c.
which is so pure, simple and harmless that the
most irail woman. weakest iayalid or smallest
child can trust In them. Will you be saved by
themY see other column. 2waS
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DISTRICT OF MAINE. ss-This is TO give nauss
that on the sth day of Sept. A. ID. ISIS var
rant IN bankruptcy was Issue. against The estate
81 Francis ii. jarvis OF Castiae Ia the County %.
Hancock and State OF Maine who has besu al
Ju dyed bankrupt on his own petition died Au-
gust l1ih, lss, that the payment OF any Ie0l. and
dehyery OF any property belonging TO such Bank
rupt TO nun or for his use an the transfer OF
property by him are forbidden by law that :
meeting OF the creditors Of the said Bankrupt 10
prove their debts and to choose one or more as
.ignees OF his estate will be held at a court OF
bankruptcy TO be holden Al the Custom House
at Ellsworth before Charles HAmltm ESQ Reg
Ter on the eighth day OF October A. ID. le7s a. 10
O'Clock A. NJ.
T. ID. CHAMBERLAIN,
3W2 Deputy L. S. Marshal as Messengrr.
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TO the Legislature:
Senator RleeseA.
ANDROsCoGGIN COUNTY.
Rufus Prince, Turner.
&. w. Fuller, Livermore.
AnoOsru0x COUNTY.
Edmund MsdisAs, Hoslson.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
". W. Thomas, Jr., Portland.
w. II. vinton, Gray.
Andrew Halves. Deering.
David Duran, Casco.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
James Morrison. Jr.. Phillips.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
II. ID. Coombs, Gouldsboro.
william Grinde. Penobscot.
KHSxKRKc COUNTY.
J. Manchester Haynes. Augusta.
Moses ;. Mayhem. Mount Vesnoo.
KNOX COUNTY.
sNel.on Thompson. Friendship.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Andrew X. q. whiteacid.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Francis W. R-,ilon, Porter.
William W. visit. Dix6eld.
PENoBsCOr COUNTY.
81. W. Atwell, Orono.
s1Avi n. Patfen, Bangor.
John Rogers. S'etson.
sNoah Barker, Cornish.
rIscATAoUts COUNTY.
"a. J. Chase. Se5cc.
sAGADAHoC Co.NTv.
William Rogers, Bath.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Archibald Linn. HartlAnd.
sAmos y. Psriin, Skowbegan.
WALDO COUNTY.
sRandali Ellis, Belfast
sCassius c. Roberts. stockton.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Austin Harris. East MschiAs.
Alden Bradford. Esstport.
YORK COUNTY.
William =. Moody, 'Kennebunkport-
John y. Ferguson, Shapleigh-
James n. Andrews, Biddciord.
kepubiicAns, ..............-... -
GreenbackeTs,..
Iotal... -........s...........
o Gr.rnh.,l.r.
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~ DsoscraEie rspesssaGaGivs - Lsgis-
laanss v0las - odd IL na0s q Ceaose = he
ed ~ veee, and his coastieueo0 eQght 70 ~
ID 1baehsr M - HI rs3nf1 = . Haitss anA
c1ims
n shove y taken froo ~ Rockieed
0ptstsa. ~ set froo paper printed In
ao0e baek esaafy In Soaah Caroline, -
- UeaaA mppsss eso ~ tnes.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-19

With Shiloh's Consumption Cure you can
cure yourself. IL has established the fact that
Consumption can be cured, while for Coughs.
Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Asthma, and all
diseases Of Throat and Lungs, it is absolutely
without an equal. Two doses will relieve
your child Of Group, it is pleasant TO take and
perfectly harmless to the youngest child. and
Dan use two-thirds OF bottle and II what we
say Is not true we will refund the price paid
Price 10 cts. 80 cts. and SI.0o per bottle. III
your Lungs are sore chest or back lame use
Shilohs Porous Plaster. For sale by s. d.
WIGGIN.
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Gle Gllspsrtb Amerifan,

Published every rhursAay Morning. u Coombs
SSSs T' fvsni:niSa c3xf FAs HANCOCK
For terms, Ac.. zee arst page.
A1s. n. PETTEkGILL . Co., 10 state Street.
Dosson, - Para Row. SeW York. and170l Chestnut
Street, PhilsdelphiA, our Agents for procuring
advertisements for the AMERICAN in the above
ctsiss. and authorised 10 contract for advertising
81 our lowest rates.
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NOTICE !,

T have authorized John Green, to Sc tile nv
i counts on the leland OF Mt. Desert all oI ,sS &c,
accounts not settled or sausfact iouly Srtsna
by the first OF December next III be Ion win T.
Attorney Tor collection.
A. c. HAGERTHY.
Sedgwiek Sept Ii, ISIS. avs
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Farm for sale

frHs farm on stsrbAll road an Ellsworth. tassu
L "a The Moses HAlo place containing 10. acre.
for sale. Enquire OF
HALE &EaERY Ellsworth
ork. X. THOMPSON. Trrulon.
Ellsworth sept 10. 1868 3~3,
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The Republic An administration has
reduced the public debt from - $751;
$50, 29i in 1865, to 81 .794, 1856 $50 in 1873.
The Greenbacker wants the debt in
creased indefinitely.
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asiu aDbsrtis.n'.nts.
the pissric, Court of the United States fl, =,

In the District Court Of the United Static e..
District of Maine. "' h'
In the matter OF
ALBEIT T. JELLIsOS, Yin BASKRupro,
Bankrupt. III
DY order Of said court. the second va
% meeting OF the creditors OF said Bant rn ssaefa
be held 81 the Custom H0use In Eilswor,h an WI
eighth day Of October. A. ID. ISIS At ten az, the
A. NJ. before Chas. Ham.in Esq. one of III i 70 1
isters In bankruptcy In said District; for he p1s
uies Of the United states, Title Bankruptcy 'Hs
2w3s l.. A. EMERY, Assyn..
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District Court of the United States, Di.trict Of
Maine.
In The matter OF
SAMUEL A. FARNHAM. IN BASKRUPTtY
Bankrupt.1

THIS IS to give Notice that petition has been
! presented to the Court, this 5th day OF sept
Is - BY samuel A. faruham Of Bucksport A Rank
Tupt Individually and as a member of the arm OF
fsInham Trott, PRAYING that ne may he ,iecreed
70 nave iuli discharge IRON all his debts midi
xiouai And eopartnershp, proyable under the
BANKRUPT Act, and upon reading said Petition
IL Is okDERED-by the Court that . hearing be
AL upon the same, on the first day OF Neveabe
a; ID. 1875, before the Court in Portland, in SAID
District, At 10 O'Clock. A. M and that the acc
ono meeting Of the creditors of said Bankrupt
DC, nc neid before Chas hamiin Esq. Register on
the ist day OF October 1878. and the third meeting
o .h 'ne same on the LIST day OF October 1875 and
MAY notice thereof be published in the Bangor
pAny wing Courier and the Ellsworth m.r
can newspapers printed in said District, once
sees Ior three successive weeks. and once the
seekiy Bangor Couuer the last publication 10 be
aIy aAys At least before the day OF hearing, and
ulAt AL creditors who have proved their debts
and other persons IN interest," NAV appear At said
time and place, and show cause. If AM they have,
WY me prayer Of said Petition should not be
granted
WM. T. PREBLE.
3w31.
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Have you Dyspepsia, are you Constipated,
He1d Ache, II 20 don't fail to use SHflOH,S
SYSTEM VITALIZER. 1t is guaranteed to
relieve you, and will you continue to suffer
when you can becured on such terms ss these.
frlce 10 cts. and 10 cts. Sold by s. d. WIG
GIN.
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a Q A R, n

To all that are suffering from the sr,.
iadi seretions OF youth, nervous weakness AID
decay. loss OF manhood, &C.. will send eSiiy
that will cure you, FREE OF CHARcr ps
great remedy was discovered by a missIon. ia's
South America. Send = seifaddressed g.. IN
to the REV. JOSEPH T. IMAM Station n pu'
Hous~,. New York. e
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District Court of the United States District G, ,
Maine.
In the matter OF
GEORGE W. COLLINS, fIN RASERUPTCY


1'His ID to give Notice that petition has been
presented to the Court this 9Th day of Sept. ISIS
by George W. Collins of Bluehin a Bankrupt
praying that he may be decreed to have a fall dis
enAIge from all his debts, provable under the
nankrups Act, and upon reading said Petition
IL ohDERED-by the Court that a hearing be
neu upon Tue same, on the nrst Monday OF De
SenDef A. ID. 1873, before the Court IN Portland
IN SAID DIS rict, at 10 O'Clock A NJ and that the
second meeting of the creditors Of sad Bankrupt
e neid before Chas. Hamlin Esq Register, on
we stn day oil October 1875 and the third meeting
% tne same on the Sth day of October 1873, ana
.nAs notice thereof be published In the Bangor
Dsny wing 4 Courier and the Ellsworth Amen
can newspapers printed In said District, once
week for three successive weeks, and once in the
weekly Bangor Courier the last publication -
oe thirty Gays a. least before tie lay of hesrns
and that all creditors who have proved their deus
and other persons in interest, may appear at SAD
time and place. ana show cause, il any they have,
why the prayer Of said Petition should not os
grated.
VIZ. +. PREBLE,
Clerk Of District Csurt. for said District
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State News.
Fire. men's u Ulster.

The following. from the RocklAnd OpiR-
ios. shows the record Of plays made by
the various engines. The OpiaioH says:
After dinner, the trial OF engines took
place. the engines playing from small
tank at the corner OF Rankin Street, and
Broadway. which was kept iilled by the
steamer, with the hose led of TO the west
ward. down Broadway, where the paper
was laid. There was very little wind
what there was from the northeast-and
the circumstances under which the trial
was hsd was very favorable. The judges
were Messrs. ID. A. Hall OF Top-hsm. A.
Wiggin Of Bangor aud T. Boston Of Rock
land. Following Is n record OF the play
made:
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Sp.fiaI aotifss.



DELIGHTFUL AID PLEASANT REMEDY
c0SoryA, AsadscAs. Bed 8rsoM, Hosrse
ssss. '1skASo, BrescAikjs, CoseAs,
Ds4/ssss, De-,
And all Disorders resulting from COLDS in
Head Throat and Vocal Organs.
This keaedy does not 'sDpy ~, . Catarrh
but AOOo10o il; frees the head or All o0ensivs
matter. quickly removing bad Breath and lie al.
ache ossAys and ee0tAes the basuiar Aene
iecss sAst Il resitively " VI
Cares without Sneextng!
asa KseeAs fowAessis pleasant to The taste,
anu never nanssaees; when swallowed in stAntIy
Eives g NE Throat and Vocal Organs
DELICIOUS S9nSATIon Of cooIliSS and COMFORT.
u ~ bet Voice Toase in tie wssldi
~ ~ Sasss 1aliaAls. aaA saly s csats.
Sold BY DruggIsts, or mailed tree, addreas
C00rnR, WILSON 4 Co., Prop'rs, Phils.,
$500 M:~: "aaPE1s c., rortlsas; a, Gee. 9.
Foster, Boston, Wholesale AGeats. snssss
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SECOND CLASS.

SECOND CLASS.
Aassasoit. Damariscotts, Hsnnemsn,. is5 .
John bird. kseklapd, Hunssmsn......
Andros>oxEin, Topshsm, Hannens Isl ia4
Niagara. Brussviek. Zimmerman, .....lss :
The John Birds burst their zir-ch,mber.
preventing them getting . wback At the
paper. The prizes, q silk banner In each
class were s~Arded to X. II. Counce and
TO the Niagara and we're presented by
'apt- Timer. On the whole II WAS a
highly successful affair, IRON beginning To-
end"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-19

Wells Persian Perfume "HACKMETACKr
is rich and fragrant Try it. Sold by s. ID.
WIGGIN; elsewhere by dealers generally.
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. Grecnbackers.
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Il. u z II a VI BE kLNINT
3wS Deputy Z. S. Marshal as Aessensrr
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The following selections taken. the
one from . leading paper outside the State.
and the other from leading paper In the
state, relative to the defeat OF xr. Hale
express The feslings OF the RepsSlican
party and Of many good citizens outside
that party, both 10 this State and trough
out the country.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-03-09
The COnSt itutiOnal Amen

49, '''''''' ~ aN'iI'
These ~trSS1no>rd amendments have
not been rushed il "l-u }t.. ''Nn>u
with such haste a. &c.! N,.%,' .-
ed through the Scna,> '', g..
been taken up and discus
amendments to the amendmcnt<nn,.
ed, but IN most cases defeated. Bat
they are passing, one by one. Through
that body, and ere this is in print they
will all have passed, and they will hr
submitted to the people next Novrm-
Der for their adoption or rejection. Nur
advice to the people will hr to ,;rrt
them, and for giving this advice We
will state our reasons in fall and lnr
time. At present we have not Time
to discuss the merits, or rather the
dement's of those proposed "m"nd-
ments; but will. when they have hrrn
passed by the House and published,
take them up one by one, di>>rcJ
them and give our opinions Of them
IN broken doses, SO that our headers,
may digest them thoroughly, and
leave with them then to decide wh,,-
Their they agree with us or not. We
can say, now, however, that many Of
them are very Objectionable some
actually, in our opinion, uncon>'tu-
tional themselves.
| We commend the show at least, 0!
drliheratioD, with which the House
has dealt with these amendments, AL
though we consider it a waste of time,
because they fail to meet the demands
of the people, which have been dis
regarded by their chosen RcprcSrn-
, tatives; and the people a,o not Yoin-
} to be trifled with in this manner, as
many of these Solons will find to THEN
D sorrow, when they discover that There
are others beside the members of The
|" press who do not approve of thci
pnurSn
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-03-09
Local Papers.
ILynchbury News.l.
The Now York Times savs:~

The Now York Times says
"You might as we'll forget your
churches and schoolhouses as to for-
get your local paper. 1t speaks to
ten times the audience your minis
tcrs do. 1t is read eagerly each
week from the beginning to the end.
1t reaches you all, and if it has q
lower spirit and less wisdom than q
sermon, it has a thousand times bet
ter chance at you, going as it does t"
almost every house. You owe it to
yourself to rally literally to it's sup
port, exact from it as able and high
toned a character as you do from an
educator in yonr midst. 1t is not
beneath your notice and care, for it
is your representative. Indeed, in
its character, it is the consnmmation
OF Importance, interest and welfare
Of you all, in the aggregage Of yonr
acquaintance, aud you can not ignore
it without most miserably dhprccia-
ting yonrself.'
Now, that is good logic. and sound
sense; and yet there are many pro-
pie who do not, either by subscrip-
ton or advertising, contribute on"
cent year to the support of their
local papers. They let them drag
along for lack of proper support, and
yet complain if they do not. show as
much enterprise as papers at tho
North that, being we'll sustained, eau
afford to employ the best talent, and
spend money in their make up.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-03-09


Garfield tries to be very philosphir, and
to excuse his conscious and awkward en-
trcmsm by special pleading. He is not II
vrnomous man at heart and would fon
pursue the kindly, middle course. But
there is the Western Reserve right upon
the heels of his ambition. and there iSt|"'
dismal re cord he made for himrelfat New
Orleans staring him in the face. Pew
haps there is a lurking sense of spit" !"
his bosom that no was so lIrcd!csslF
ch0ustcd off the Senatorial boards la>;
spring. At all events, he can only So
severn through the ultra orn of the Gi =
lemma. So he toots it. His hope is ia"
"bloody shirt.' So he hoist, it, But h"
is as good as a dead man, and we may
preach his funeral. As parson Bni'"n
said in bis Grafton over the dead body of
Suit Lovingoo'l, awe air come brcthrrin'
to bury this emery cuss. His pintS was
! many an his ways varus. He had losSrs
an he run 'em. He had cocks1ln' he fl
'em. He had keerds an he~playcd 'rm.
The mantil of charity kircrcth all. Let
us try and recco:lcck his virtncS-if he
had anv-an' forsit his vises, if we can
for NV such air the kingdom ofhcavcn.'
-COuricr-, Journal. ,,
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-03-09
4 Lost Son !
" Son. Samuel Thomas McClOud:

NV Son, Samuel Thomas McClond:
It has been a long time since |
heard one VOID from You; not since
about a week after yon left me: ana
if you wish to save my life, my son.
tor Gods sake let me hear from YOU.
Whether you are doing we'll or ILL.,
let me know where yon are, or else
your mothers heart will break. |
have tried in every way to find out
your whereabouts, and influential
men have helped me, but not one
word can we learn, and the grlet II
has caused me you can never know
and the man to whom you were a
friend, and for whom yon were a
witness, acted a rasca\ly part by you,
He sent men after you who pretend
ed to be Sheriffs, but we're false like
himself. They pretended to bo such
hut had no more title to the name
than you had. So come home; there
is no danger. The criminal h'mse'
has been sent to the ponitent'ary I"
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-03-09
4 Patriots Appeal.
- w

Are we to live to see another liAer-
al Republican party, another Reform
Da,ty and moro Unitiers in Louisiana,
and to fight over, like dogs and cats,
The dead divisions Of 1870 and IT,
God forbid it But the tendency of
Louisiana politics is in that direction,
aud even before our fair Democratic
fabric is well under way, the work OF
construction is endangered by serious
mutterings among the architects and
wokmcu. What with "l1aye's poll
c." the active intrisues OF the inno-
cents, Warmoth, Twitchell and 9th
cr<, and lhe lack of a steady, strong
land to direct the organization and
maintain its vitality by active exer
else, the Democratic party of LolSl-
ana is gradually falling into dccrepi-
tude.
Men of Louisiana, shall this be 2
Leaders of the party which redeemed
Louisiana from misrule, is there moth.
ing YOU can do to arrest this deplora'
ble malady? Strike only one blow
bold manly blow, whatever it may
be, that will arouse the apathetic ant
make the Democratic party the living
active, and defiant host it was wher
it left a victorious field few shor
months ago! Give tho people some
thing to think about, something tt
arouse them, something having tn
true ring of al animated Democracy
The election is approaching-the can
vas is in full view-and what an
where are the issues upon which "
are to win another fight? Shall "
lose it-surrender to Radicals and pc
litical bushwhackers.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-03-09
Thus it will been seen that there
Salaries.
Now take the population and area

Now, take the population and area
of miles of the seven States that pay
three thousand dollars per annum
each to their Governors, and you
have an average area OF 1851 SCARE
miles. The State of Louisiana has
an area of Ill BAG square miles, and
a population Of 726,9l5, which is IT,
:O5 square miles and 23,S37 inhabi-
tants less than the above average,
and vet the rctrcnchment and reform
amendments propose to give the
Governor of Louisiana salary OF
$4,000 more than any of the Governors
in the seven States above referred to,
cet-or $1,000 more than double their
play. :. =.
There might be some objections
raised to this method of arriving al
tho comparison, because we have
neither the comparative property
valuation, nor the Indebtedness. But,
If the reader will glance at the list o
States selected on the S3D'W saIar!
basis, and compare the present con
dition of Louisiana with them, tn
conclusion will he inevitable as fol
lows: That Louisiana is even los
able to pay salary of $4,000 thai
any of the States names, to'wit: Ala
bama, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas
Minnesota, Mississippi and New Jer
sey. .
If reform aud retrenchment is t
I've carried out thoroughly, let it D
done in every department from IN
lowest to the highest, and then tn
people of our State will DC sas'sf'e e'
but they will nerer be satisfied wit
;. constitutional patchwork.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-03-09
"The Whole Hog or None.'
lNorehouse Clarion.

The seventeen amendments to the
Constitution which passed the Senate
and have been partly adopted by the
House, are lacking of that reform
which the people need and, we be-
lievc, intend to have. They never
proposed for the present or any other
legislature to patch up that od'ous
document which now disgraces our
State, and which is enough to make
all men. who refuse to wipe it from
existence, blush with shame. We
hope the people will so decide at the
polls next November by voting
against every amendment submitted
for their consideration. This policy,
! pursued 10y the friends Of a conven.