The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-25
LOUISIANA PRESS.

Tho IsRtOn Rouge lupH0ttnn Calls on Lhe
Legislature to pass tho hill making hppro-
printiona for the repair of the capitol and
says. yellow legged chickens. fresh butter
milk and creole eggs. with adjacent shady
groves whsreat to meditnts In pence. arc tn,
Inducements that rural capitol cheerfnlly
tenders to our rulers.
The Mnrksvills bulletin In opposed to the
jeers OF some Of tho country papers ut tho
Legislature for not being more rapid In It's
work. Let no untlmely impatience," ID
says. forward tho issue Let each bill come
ut It's time and be carefully discussed. Let
ue have no more Of those sessions where
twenty bills we're passed in ono day without
even reading their titles Lot us have fsw
laws but good ones. and II the work rs not
finished ut tho expiration OF ninety days We
convention had left too much to be done In
such Iapee OF time for honest and consclen-
tlOup men,
The Rlchlnnd Bcacon protests agnlnat that
lottery license bill MS follows: "A bill AL
thorlztnR tho Auditor to license lottery
scheul.p upon the deposit Of $40. 900, and CIV
ing of II bond OF 800 900 WAS referred to tho
judiciary COMMITTEES Of the House. ma
jority of tho committee reported favornbly on
the bill. but we arc glad TO know our friend,
Hon. w. w. Farmer. presented n minority
report, showing very clearly that the bill Is
Unconstitutional, TO say nothing OF tho Inn
moral tendency Of permitting n Wholesale
business to be carried on In the State. There
should be no further argument needed 10 de-
feat tho bill, which is not In conformity to
tho provisions OF tho constitution on this
subject
The Shreveport Standard wants our dele
gates to the Cincinnati convention to go un-
Instructed. "if delegates go to Cincinnati
handicapped by instructions they will be un-
able to take advantage ol any chhilps in .no
uents II they are not men whose Judgments
the Democracy OF the State Gun trust, then
they are not fit to be appointed. While we
have from time to time Indicated strong ana
no choice Our first choice Is the nominee OF
the convention, and VIC want the conve ntion
to nominate the man who ls the strongest be-
fore the people. And this question we desire
the delegates to decide for themselves and
for US. Hence we are opposed to all instruc-
tlons. Let the delegates go untrammeled.
"Whether Louisiana wants to educate her
poor children or not, says the shreveport
Standard, "she does want o good class OF I'M
migrants from the older States. Among tne
first things that an immigrant In search OF q
now home inquiries after, is the facilities pre-
sented for the education of his children. Most
men who change their homes are poor. II
they had a plenty OF worldly goods they
would probably stay where they are; Inc
majority OF them cannot Afford 10 g.ncaIs
their children at their own expense. IL they
cannot find free schools In one place they Will
90 to another Tney will be willing te fefege
many material ADVANTAGES to obtain one one
which they think the most Important OF all
Louisiana cannot hope TO get immigration
unless she makes as liberal provision Tor the
education OF her children as other States ~hich
invite settlers"
The Baton Rouge Gapitohan Joins several
other country papers In demanding "a. q new ea,
basis for the representation OF the va
rious parishes In the State conventions
The state Central Com OF the s1el, Demo ,
cratic party at It's last meeting decided to
adopt the apportionment made for the late Ia
convention, held a. Baton Rouge neepts IL useobsr
ton according to the highest vote u mas s
given the Democratic candidates at elmer 81 81
true that many toes would have Deel
squeezed here and there had the old tha esIao "a .,
general election as a basis, still It IS unqlss-
onaby safer to stand by tie 9d usafs pp
misunderstanding on this subject, we sugses
the Approaching aSa 1y ppsl
the basis Of representation shall be guided b!
/ the vote given at the last general election.