The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-01-28
WORK BEFORE THE LEGlSLA
TURE.

,uit Judges is over, we may expect
he Legislature to turn their atten-
ion to the many matters which de
nand prompt and thorough consider
.tior. 1t will not do to postpone
rom time to time or until the last
lays of the session, the passage OF
such bills as may be necessary to set
he government upon its legs. we
10 not assume that this will be the
case, but we deem it of the utmost
that every measure which
comes up should be considered with
out unnecessary delay, and disposed
Of promptly. Much of the bad lesis-
|ation, in times past, has been attrib-
uted to the too hasty and imperfect
of bills, in the rush
and press of business incident 10 the
last days of the session;
As there will not be another ses-
sion for two years, any oversights or.
might result in serious in
Jury to the State. Rapides Parish
is peculiarly fortunate in being rep
resented, in both branches Of the
Legislature, by men who have had a
large experience in Legislative bod
les, and who have proven themselves
as eminently worthy Of the conf
dence which they enjoy. 1t must be
borne in mind that the opponents Of
the government will be ready to crit
icise every act, and to contrast them
with similar ones passed by the Re
publicans. There are many very
delicate and difficult questions with
which this Legislature must deal,
and upon the satisfaction it gives
to the public mind, and the broadcast
interests of the State, will depend,
very much, the claims, not only oil
the party, but of individuals to future
recognition. 1t would be but pool
apology to offer for injuries that the
people may suffer, to say that q
measure was conceived in haste and
brought forth with good intentions
What we have said has been with tht
view that our party friends may b.
on their guard, and exercise thu
soundest discretion in every matte
upon which they may have to pass
NEEDLES, OILS and ATTACH
| ~ MENST for all machines, for sal,
by T. Moore Biossat, Matchmaker an,
Jeweler, Second Street. -
~..-N~.-~~~
Cot. McGinnis has shown us
letter from the Mouth of the River
written by Mr.. Kingsbury, the Pos
Master and Mail Agent there, stat
ing to the effect that for the pas
four months, the boats On account 9
fog had arrived there very irregular
" with the mails, and that at n
time had Mr.. Thompson, the drive
on that end of the route left an
of the mail matter there. With u
this exonerates the Stage Line Ell
| tirely, but to repeat what we say
our article on the Mails, written an
in type before Col. McGinnis handle
US the letter, it never was our, intel
tion to blame the line for,thc repea
ed mail failures, for the past thrt
weeks, least of all the sub-coutracto
: and all we are aiming at is the gui
G ty party. No one can deny that IL
, evil does exist and. is serious on
and some one should be made to be.
e the blame. In this connection Y
: have to report, that the whole of la
o week up to yesterday morning, Il
Stage line was regular in its arriva
: and departures from the Mouth
# this point, and no mail have we
7 ceived, though New OrIesns dat
h from the 18th to the Gath iDclusi,
}, are due us and are behind time.
y And yet each stage arrival h
e brought few struggling letters a
n papers in time from New Orleal
four fifths Of the balance comes
It to hand. Again, this is a mystel
t, which only proves that we. have
Y just cause to complain. In all cs
E dor we trust soon to have these m
IL tiers righted, and receive our m
ID dues as regularly as before the Il
10 three weeks failures. =.
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SINCE Monday morning, G.
Gehr has moved into his new sto
:, at his old stand, and is now fu
:. prepared to attend to his custome
His stock is a large one, entirely n
and fresh, and he will sell at
. usual fair prices. The energy a
- vim that this young man has d
:. played, since his severe loss by /,
recent fire. certainly merits the ,