The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16
FROM "THAT PINEWOODS ROSIN
HEEL"

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Editor La. Democrat:
S1R-In your issue Of June ID,
End my name pretty freely used un-
der the caption "Murder Will Out,'a
extract Daily States. AS for my
completely in the compact referred
to as existing between General Cos
grove and Mr.. Allan, / deny-nor
do l believe such compact existed.
The next charge Of keeping Dem
ocralic members out of their seats in
tie House, is utterly false. In the
Wade Young case, the first time to
my knowledge that Col. Wade Young
put in an appearance as contestant
for a seat in tue House was on the
very last night of the session. II is
true he did appear upon the floor Of
The House early in the session to
show up the viliainy of the notorious
defaulter, David Young. When tho
motion was made to take up the case
of Col. Wade Young, the vote stood
q yeas to 80 nays. | cast my vote
with the majority. 1t is true We can
60 back to the days of Radical rule
in Louisiana and find many prece-
dents that would have justified Us in
seating Col. Young, but ! deemed it
impolitic at the time. In the case Of
Capt. Francis, voted to take up the
case, as the journal Of the House will
testify.
think the States paid me quite .
compliment in placing my name on
the roll with those distinguished
gentlemen from other parts of the
State, and gives US credit for being
the most vigorous aud active MEM
bers of the House.
Now, sir, for the part you have at.
tempted to play in this little drains,
your first charge, let it come from
whence it may, denounce as false
hood of the first water; that is to
say, that l voted against general
Lottery bill. II you cannot read,
you had better get your devil toread
the House journal for you, and see If
he can find single vote cast in the
House for or against general Lot
terry bill. 1t is true, while the LIZ
cense bill was pending, Mr.. Harris,
of DeSoto, moved to strike out Sec
ton Is, very important section.
and insert a Lottery license. ! look
ed upon tue motion as entirely un-
necessary, as tue Constitutional Con-
vention had clearly fixed the Lottery
license. The vote stood 81 yeas to
40 nays. l voted With the majority.
will say just here, with all frank
ness and honesty ofconviction, that
had the general Lottery bill from the
Senate been taken up in the House, ]
should have used every honorable
means in my power to have defeated
lit, believing as / do tina. it Was u1-
constitutional.
Article IS of the Constitution says
all bills creating revenue shall
originate in the lower House. Now,
sir, if the Senate bill created any
thing aside from a hell In Louisiana,
il was a revenue.
Again, am opposed to gambling
generally, and that of Lotteries as
being the very worst form Of gam
bling. ! am not yet prepared to cast
my vote to open the doors of Lou
isiana and invite every black leg Of
the universe TO enter therein, to the
end that Louisiana may be made =
gambling hell, and her people pau
perized for the pittance Of about ten
cents per capita for the school chill
dren OF the State.
| Now, to the great and unpnrdona-
BILE sin, in the eyes Of the immaca-
late Editor Of the LOUISIANA DEMo-
Graf. Turn ont, ye defenders Of the
Nation, and save us, for that Pine
woods rosin heel, j. f. Hathaway,
fmember Of the Legislature, had the
presumption to so to New Orleans
4 and vote In direct opposition to the
I counsels of the Hon. r. L. Luckett
and the Hon. j. C. Wise. Now, cir,
with due respect and high regard for
the names of these gentlemen. must
say to the world that j. F. Hatha.
way borrows no. mans head for a
battering ram, and should his brains
I. be injured he will be the only suf
ferer.
Now, sir, from Jour stand point Il
is no. necessary for the rosin heel
member to 20 back TO New Orleans