St. Landry democrat., 1878-12-14
opELovsAS. SATURDAY. DECEMBER II, 1873
The Election Of United states
Senator.

The approaching Legislature will
have to elect IL Senator to the United
States Senate to succeed the Hon. JAS.
B. Eustis, whose term expires with the
present session OF Congress. There are
already several candidates in the field
and many gentlemen have been spoken
of who perhaps cannot be strictly
classed as such; the most prominent
known are Messrs. ErtStiS, Jonas and
Kenner, of New Orleans. North Lou
isiana papers are claiming the office fol
some citizen OF their section, among
whom are Judge Richardson, Hon. c. r.
Boatner, Chief Justice Mlnning, Asso-
ciate Justice Spencer, Hon. VIM. NJ.
Levy and Others.
All of these gentlemen are highly
honorable and capable of filing the
distinguished position in question and
while we have nothing to say against
the legitimate claims of North Louis
lana, we respectfully suggest that South
Western Louisiana has equally as high,
it not higher claim to recognition III
this matter at the hands of the Dem
ncracy of the State.
No section has given more valuable
aid and adhered to the party with more
fidelity than this portion of the State,
and we may truly say that very little
favor has been shown us before or since
the war in the distribution of the offices
dispensed by the party.
Louisiana has been member OF the
Union for nearly seventy years, and
our section has secured the election OF
a y. S. Senator only twice, in the case
of Judge Porter and Hon. Alexander
Mouton; and only twice in this long
time have we secured recognition are
the State ticket. viz: in the election OF
p. O. Hardy to the office of Secretay OF
State and that of Hon. C. H. Mouton as
Lieut. Governor.
North Louisiana has now three menu
bers of the Suprlne Bench, Secretary
of State and Assistant Attorney General
and has had several Governors to-
gether with other important positions
on the State ticket. and no ticket has
ever been presented by the party, unless
the claims of that portion of the State
have been fully and justly represented
nor do we believe that any ticket will
be presented in the future (and we can
assure our friends of that portion of the
State that we would not advocate such
a cnurse) which will not recognize fully
and fairly the claims of the sterling
Democrats OF that section an the invalu-
able aid they have'given in the redelnp-
tion of our State.
On the other hand New Orleans at
the present time has the two senators in
the u. S. Senate, the State Treasurer,
Auditor, Attorney General, Lieutenant
Governor, superintendent of Public
Education, Adjatcnt Gcneral, Speaker
of the House of Representatives, and
will soon it is believed supply the place
of Justice Eagan on the Supreme Bench
While we depreciate anything like
sectionalism and without intending any
thing derogatory to any other portion
of the State we may justly say and in
sist that SotUth Western Louisiana has
claim to recognition in the selection OF
a United States Senator.
We may add among other considera-
tions that We have large intelligent
aud wealthy population which, leaving
out OF view political questions ought to
be properly recognized in the decision
of this question.
We earnestly invite an expression of
opinion from the press of our section
of the State on this subject and we trust
that the Alexandria Democrat, Marks
vile Villager and Bulletin, Lake Charles
Echo, Lafayette Advertiser, Meridional
Sugar Bowl, ST. Mary's Enterprise,
Courier of the Teche, Thibodeau Senti-
tinel and other neighboring Democratic
Journals will join us in this request for
fair recognition of our rights.
The Washington News and Opelousas
Courier will of course be with us.
If we do not make our claims known
We shall certainly be ignored.
Let MS then upitedly ask and de-
mand that the next y. S. Senator be
selected from among the many able
and deserving citizens of South Wes-
tern Louisiana, 80