The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-06-29
The Class of Men Opposed to a Con.
StitutiOnal Convention.
y. 0. Delta.

Commenting yesterday editorial,
upon ,lm anti .conventioniSts aud their
motives, we cited some facts T." show
81 hat might he, and probably we've,
those Of Srnat"r Frank p. Stnhhss of
Onachita, in blending with the pe"-
plt. Of that parSl, t" vote for the per-
petra,ion of the Radical constitution
of 1868, (which h"s always been "h.
nnxi"us to- the white people Of Lou.
i>iana) and against a new one which
would reprtse' the principles of
government under which they desire
to live and which should 10 adapted
I" the condition aud circumstances,
financial, social aud moral it, which
they are now placed. 1t was shown.
in the article referred to, that Sen
ator Stnbbs was and is a princi pal
party IT, Il rank aud abominable frand
upon the State aud upon its people
FROM which he had individually reap.
ed large profits ; that no was p'in-
rjpal party t"a SECOND fraud, equal
" Infamous as the first, in obtaining
nn,lr, false pretenses 4 subsidy IF
$l,22,OOO from Il legislature mainly
compos. d If and controlled by char
acterless y hitt men -adventuiers and
strangers to The State aud with"n
stake therein aud equally character
less negroes. the whole led by such
men as John Ray, Henry G. Warm"'h,
Tom Anderson, Frank M",ry and
Mortimer Carr, and the other cor.
'np'i"nist, whose names and legis
latIve career are now well known IL
and out Of L"nisiana.
These fac 8 We're brought forward
to show the personal interest of NJ.
Senator Stnbhs in opposing Con.
>'itu,ioual Convention and perre'u.
a1ing the present Constitution. Hav-
ing been one Of tho benefriarirs Of
the issue Of fraudulent bonds Of the
State above referred to, and, as such.
being sutiec, to a suit on the part OF
the State. for the recovery Of these
bonds or their equivalent, it is not
difficult to divine the motives IF Mr..
S,ubhs in desiring that the presen,
ito him) amiahle aud accommodating
administration If the State govern
mrnt s"uld not be disturbed, and
therefore, urging his fellow citizens
Of Onarhila I" vote against a c"nven.
,ion which might upset the coach in
which h. and his friends ale now ="
comfortably riding.
Onuchita Parish. then, having made
it's decision in acc"ttlance With the
advice Of its Senator, VIZ shall address
ourselves t" other parishes in North
Louisiana which have not yet spoken
on the convention question. W.
shall, for instance, ask the voters Of
Cadho why they should concur with
Onaclita in voting against 4 conven
ton when the people Of the latter
have through their prominent men,
steadily opposed for ten years thu
CONSTRUCTION ~ lHIIIuHu uCN"VC"
Shreveport and Monroe, and cast
every possible obstacle in the way OF
those who had the means aud VIII"
desired and intended to huild it.
But for the seltishness and avari.
ciousness of Senator Stubs, and hi'
associates in the flaud (Ludeling
Ray Il Coy, this Rad would la"
been constructed long ago. Then
language vas, in effect and subs'a"
IL, lhis: "Pe'ish the country, ra'h+'
than we should l"se the fruits Of Om
SPECULATION" We ask the voters oi
Caddo why they should 10 guided 10y
Interested counsel Of Senator Stubt'r
when it VAS at the expense Of the es
tate of 4 deceased citizen Of Shrve'
mort, Nv. G.. B"nnel), and by refus'
Ing TO carry ont the instructions 81
his executors, tMrssrs. Battle AM
Slade), that Mr.. Stubbs was enabled
to unite with Ludeling and others III
the breaking down Of tho sale at Mon
roe, On February Sd, 1895, Of tht