The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-29
MAD. WELLS.
Me Comes Out as am Independent Candi
date for Congress-Mis Platform.

Old Mad. Wells, obedient to orders from
Washington, has come out as an "indeDen-
dent" candidate for Congress in the Fourth
District. The following Is g. sample OF his ad-
dress to the voters OF the district:
To the Citizens Of the Fourth Congressional
District:
/ have the honor to announce myself as an
independent candidate for your seat in Con.
gress. In doing this forbear none OF my well
dress myself as native Louisianian to Louisi.
anians, who are, in d large measure weary OF
the fruitless promises and sinister designs ol
the old straight-out Democracy, and who De.
sire to avail themselves Of moro efTectual in
strumentalities to rebuild their commonwealth
and to compass stable harmony between the
For years member of the old Whig party
whose unceasing demand for internal improve.
ments became one Of the tenents OF the Repub-
Democracy Of the Union. down to the present
hour adhere to my lifelong conviction that
Louisiana needs and should have SUCH liberia
appropriations of national moneys as may
quicken her to the development and prosperity
which many of the Western States much
Younger than Louisiana nave. under l1bera
policy oe9n III TO ona
flow our alluvial lands in the Mississippi valley
and the completion Of the Texas Pacifto hail
road are objects Of especial importance, ye
can i never be- attained save by Republican repre-
sentatives In Congress.
| The present Dem mocratic representatives from
Louisiana have found themselves utterly pow
erless to accomplish these vital results, simpl.
because their Northern Democratic colleagues
adhere to their historic policy against interna
improvements. 70 continue to elect Demo
cratic members to Congress is to postpone tn
advantages which Northern Republicans art
not 10th to afford us when satisfied that dis
| tricts, known to have Republican majorities
are not denied free expression by ballot o
| their demands. The question is in, no wise ,
partisan one. but Is 9 cogent appeal to the ool
Wing, to the Republican, to the Conservatlv
and to every other citizen who, longs to see tn
commonwealth invigorated with enterprise an
restored in prosperity and who has long sine
| discovered that no Democratic candidate Wh
seeks to enter Congress upon o promise to as
| for national appropriations can be faithful, [
| the traditions of his party, or overcome tn
| force of those traditions with his part
| brethren. Every Democratic Congressma
| from Louisiana is therefore an argument pre-
sented to the internal improvement part
| against the needed improvements.
Persuaded that the people of this district ar
unwilling to permit arbitrary partisanship
| impair longer the public interests OF the STATE
| and that Democrat cam, neither IN nj cand
dature nor in q seat in Congress, duly repre
sent their popular temper. Respectfully SUI
nit myself for their suffrage. and believe NJ
| only that shall bo accredited by large mt
| iorfty to Congress, but that my STEWARDSHIP
will prove both to their acceptance and to the
practical advantage,
Very respectfully m,n1son wr11s