The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-16


y yiSe hll necessary precautions end pfsv''nta-
(. tive measures. It's authority should CORE
I spond with ths importHnee of It's functions.
III iumedinte connection with the foregoing
j Ii tho vitality important subject of alarbn-
tine In behalf Of the commercial interests
} OF tho city, and OF the whole state, invoke
your special md serious attention to our ex-
I, hating laws mud local usa9"s upon this mhttar
, | t IL conceded thatsame system OF quarantine
/, Ia necessary, but that syRtem should he
adapted to every day life, TO Pommsre9 md To
! human interests. Its aim ahouId be to keep
foreign disease out OF tho State Without tho
suspension or all interceurBe with tho outside
world. There 10 no reason why New Orleans
ahould be walled up rs by m i,npassable bar
rler. Humanity and necessity call for some
species OF quarantine Infected ships and dis
easod pnsBengers must bs kept out of our
ports md hnrbors No pnlus or reasonable
expense should be- spared In carrying out n
we'll arranged preventative system. Thor
ough cleanliness and rigid sanitary reguln-
tions Mt home ssconded by rigid exclusion Of
infection and contagion, must bo tho
| chief rellancn OF the public for safety;
but these may be secured eifectuaily
without putting an embargo upon oil com
merce AMI nil intercourse with the external
world. Between those measures of precau-
tion suggested by experiences and sanctioned
by science and SOUND Judgment, and the
measures dictated by fear OF caprice, there ~
a wilde difference, which you cannot fail TO ap-
preciate. In behalf Of our industrial md com
merciLl interests we must find some means OF
Rdeuuhts protection TINT will not paraiyHr the
! business and blockade tho ports and thorough
fares oi the State.
NEW BASIN, CANAL AND HHELLIsOAD.
Article 1870 placss the Now Basin canal md
sherond under the direct control of the Gem
erai Assembly, which IL required TO enact
| laws for the regulation. maintenance and
management Of the sumo, and provide for
superintendent thereof to be appointed by the
Governor Ailexpenses Of thechnal and road
must be paid from tGeir tolls and revenues.
T, The order Of the convention will DO only par
italy accomplished by making this improve
). ment self-supporting. Every possible facility
and immunity ought To he given To ths impor-
tant tra,ia that comes from Luke Pontchhr-
train through this canal to the city. lhiB
trade should be- relieved from all needless
charges, while the property Ii kept In suitable
repair without expense to tho city or State
Your orders In the premises Will be carefully
executed for the benefit OF NIL concerned, AMI
, especially I'm interest OF the important and
y growing business OF the canal and road. The
superintendent to be appointed should be re-
quired To make monthly reports OF receipts
and expenditures, accompanied with reports OF
repairs. He Bh ,uld give sufficient bond ana
security, and be removable for cause Mt any
time Suitable legislation and summary pro-
caiurs are necessary In order To secure the
nrrearages OF rent due TO tho State by tho
/ late lessee and his securities.
SUFFRAGE.
Article 1876 preseribes the qualifications Of
voters and article 1H6 makes 1t necessary to
; enforce the provisions OF ths preceding article
by statute. Laws upon suffrage nnd elsc-
tons should be brief, clear and simple No
abrdgInent OF the Sacred right OF suffrage
ought To be tolerated under any pretenSe
whatsoever. The broad and magnanimous
decree Of the constitution must bs carried out
. In good faith and to the full extent intended.
Y rhe exercise OF the right OF suffrage must be
kept free from all improper influences. me
: right to vote Is tho foundation wHtt OF otr it,
stitutlons. As long us that right IL Kept free,
will hn
secure. and no longer. 10 maintain the In
texrity OF this right and to secure the purity
! of tho hallot-hox nre among the highest du-
! ties Of wise and patriotic Legislators.
At FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
Article l9l requires act Of tho LeRisla-
C ture fixing the time of holding elections for
y Representatives. In the Congress OF the United
o States and regulating such elections; also
: an act prescribing the method OF choosing or
4 manner and time OF electing presidential elec--
/ tors. While 1t is competent for tho General
ii Assembly to appoint tho latter, their election
Y by direct vote OF the people. according To the
Y time-halowed and uniform practice OF this
I aud nearly every other State. ought to be CON
8 tinued.
j Article 1874 calls for law for the trial Of
| contested elections. 1t Is for the public good
d that such CONVERSATIONS should be settled
b speedily, and with as little expense to the
d parties In contest as tho nature OF the pro
% ceedlngs will permit.
q BUREAU or AGRICULTURE.
:, BY article 1877 1t is left to the discretion o
" the General Assembly to create u Bureau o
Agriculture, define its objects, designate US
officers and fix ther salnres, whenever ths
II financial condition Of the State may, In theli
r. Judgment justify such expenditure. An im
l. mediate organization Of this bureau would bt
n AS wise n use OF the public money as The
a. Legislature can make, within the prescribed
10 limit OF $40 900 per annum.
~ The agricultural Interest In this State dom
~ mates and involves all other interests. TIT
4 cultivation OF the soil IL the source Of Bub3ist
| enee for the masses OF the people. Inc only
H. Increase In prosperity which Louisiana cal
- expect must be- drawn by labor, skill Ant
"a capital from her prolific fields. recommenf
H. the early establishment of this bureau rs
al guide TO agricultural Investments, Us n mean
of gathering and distributing Information
40 u aefu to planters and farmers; as founthl
10 of useful knowledge pertaining to the produe
- tive resources OF the State; rs help to III
Mt future legislation bearing upon the interest
- or hli5bandry; as an aid to strangers ut
al tracted by the natural wealth and balubrlt
IT, OF all sections Of the st tie, and as an effsctu
- al means of bringing into practical use a
Iis the light which science ana experience are dr
aS veloping from day to day for the beneti
~ OF the noblest and most useful III
= G1lstry In which the hand of man wa
"a ever employed. In my opinion, tho boart
II ~ should be composed OF enlightened, praetica
- planters from each congressional district
nd selected with special reference to their fltnes
II and the interest they take Ia the PROMOTE
~. OF agriculture. None but the executiy
AZ officers OF the board should receive compensa
IL tion, and these only according to the capacit
lv required and the service rendered or tn
Il limited sum allowed by the constitution 70
In the annual use Of the board. q considerabl
I'D 90 share should be used to procure and to put
n ua lish In other States and In Europe informf
he ton respecting the advantages offered b
~ | Louisiana to those who are In search {
W homes and productive lands at low prices
. an attractive and healthy region.
One OF the chief advantages from TIL
board will be In directing hither some OF tt
,ly Immigration which comes from the Oh
ne World to help to occupy, develop and enrie
of the new American farms now furnishin
ers grain and meat for Europe to the value
ial hundreds OF millions Of dollars eae
nd year. After transportation three or fol
thousand miles by land and sea, the wheat
,us the Mis- sisstppi valley IS placed at the doc
1 a OF the best farmers In Europe at prices belo
a. what Ii cnat9 the latter To raise 1T. ReSd