The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-29
About the State Conversation.
BY ONE OF THE DEnEaATEs.
Publishers lake Charles EoHo:

| FnDl1SnefS LIKE OHuIieS I1onO'
| We left LAX, Charles on the evening
of July 31st, arriving at Pine 1slane
Just after dark. Next morning at day
! light we were again under way, arriving
ut Point-anx -Lo1ps springs at b x. NJ
This Watering place has been so thor
uuglily improved by the new proprietor
MIR. Miller, of New Orleans, that old
visitors can scarcely recognize 1T. New
springs. new bath houses, new cnttages,
and a large new dormitury, about 81 by
| 10 feet, with new bedding and furniture
! in every room, coupled with the pleas
ant faces and polite attentions of MIR.
and Mrs. Miller, and the attractions OF
dining table rarely seen outside OF
New Orleans made onr rest OF over two
hours there the most pleasant lncldent
of our journey Ten miles beyond we
spent the night very pleasantly ut The
residence of John Frey, arriving at
Opelousas next day ut III A. M. All
along the road in st Landry we saw
the promise of the most abnndnnt corn
and cntton crop the empire parish has
produced since the war.
At Opeonsas we found the town gust
ullurantined, and also Washington, and
received an assurance that the police
Jury would meet on the following Ines
day. to quarantine the parish. This
was particularly pleasant to MS, and to
two delegates from Lafayette whom we
met in Opelousas, and who, with the
st Landry delegates, were to go with
us to Baton Rouge. The positive MS
surances that we would he qnarantined
fifteen days on orr return were very
gratifying, and as the steamer Fanchon
left the landing to go down the ,Courta-
bean, we realized that we had burned
the bridges behind ms, and that 1t was
a very nice thing to he. IL delegate to a
State Convention during the prevalence
of yellow fever
We felt. however, that no matter what
became of us, we had better not 60 back
to Calcasieu with those seven votes for
Acklen in our pocket and that it would
be time enough to abnse the quarantine
regulations when we got back.
We had a very pleasant run to Baton
Rouge, arriving there soon after dark
on Sunday night, August 4th. Early
relief, that very large representation
from the country pari hes insured the
holding of the convention a. we feared
the yellow fever scare would keep the
country delegates away. Every candi-
date for State Treasurer, and for Con
gress, had his own headquarters, and
the saloon keepers, BARRIERS, boot blacks
and fan sellers were doing Il smashing
business There were many prominent
and influential citizens and ntfice hold
ers from New Orleans, buta large ma
jority of the city delegates We're styled
i'short hairs Ivy the citizens of Baton
Ronge, from the circumstances OF their
lialf being cropped close 10 the head,
partly on account of comfprt. aud prin
cipalIy for an advantage in fighting.
The convention assembled, as usual,
at Pixies Hall, the popular place for all
large assemblies in baton Rouge, ut III
a NJ, with Gen. "A. S. Heron us tempo
raty chairman. The calling OF the roll
of parishes showed all represented bnt
Charles. Vernon and Wash
ington. a committee on .credentla
MAS appointed, and a recess taken until
5 2. NJ, to enable the committee to
prepare a report.
AT 3 p. NJ, the delegates from the
twelve parishes Of the 3D. Congressional
District met at the Hart House, .Ack-
LENS headquarters, to nominate q can
didate for Congress from orr District.
1t was known that eleven of the Twelve
parishes We're solid for Acklen, the dele 1
CATION from Terrebonne only opposing
him, and they having no candidate to
offer. Only one speech was made in
this congressional convention, by any
of the delegates, fly the delegate from
and Acklen receiving sixty
six of The seventy-three votes in the
except the seven votes
of Terrebonne--on motion his lnomina- 4
ton WAS made unanimous. Mr.. Acklen
retnfned thanks in a neat and felicitons
speech, which was Ilondly applauded,
and immediately after the adjournment
of this convention a basket of cham /
lagne was emptied an the adjoining
room by all the delegates who did not
belong to the temperance organization.
Mr.. Acklen expressed to Your CORES
earnestIhope That Calcnsieu
would poll her highest possible vote in
November, and assured him that he
would visit Calcasieu in October. The
statement Of the ,Calcasieu delegate, in
his speech before the convention in
support of Mr.. aAcklen's nomination,
that ,Caicasieu was entitled stoa regis
overtwothousand voters, and
that that meanta registration of over
two Thousand democrats, elected tor
nado OF applause from the congressional
convention. The delegates from the
other eleven parishes will remember
this assurance, and it is tobehppedthe