The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-09-06
RATHER MIXED.


the not inappropriate name of screen
horn" and who, to judge by his boast
and vainglorious assertions, is author
lied to speak for the Democratic part,
\ of Rapidss s1 cathedra, takes this pa
per to task for its recent political Ut
D tefances in a somewhat labored arti
Gle of some length. This was his I'm.
doubted right and as the language
used by him is as decorous as might
have been reasonably expected and the
D method employed as fair as could have
been looked for from a self constitu
ted opponent and critic, we shall re-
ply to it in the same way.
We might at the outset express out
surprise at the feebleness of his attack
on the openly avowed Independent
Express, and We might be permitted
to wonder how SO rabid a democrat
could reconcile it with his conscience
to let that independent paper of SO
easily, while he is so open in his de-
hunciation of this paper, which did
support the last democratic nominee,
but that is his affair, and It would
hardly have been right for him to have
been too hard on the paper which was
airing bis opinions, and the point he
was anxious to make against this pa
per would not have been so sllarp if he
had not at the same time patted the
Erprsss on the back. The thing is
Undoubtedly "little mixed" but we
understand "Greehhorn" and fathom
his motive, and If We are satisfied we
don't suppose that other people need
care if be and the Express get up a
mutual admiration society for their
own benefit and at our expense. 1t
might have made the point little
clearer to ordinary minds if the writer
could have pointed to any thing said
by this paper wherein any claim had
been set up by it as being the organ |
of the Democratic party, or by which
it had surrendered its conscience to |
the control OF "any party or clique"
Erpress) which the Express seemed
so anxious tU avoid, ana it might have
helped his logic some little to have
given some reason why the DEMOCRAT
is not as thuch at liberty to express
its opinions freely aHd independently
as any other paper. However, screen
horn" does not bother himself about 90
small an affair as a non stquitut in his
logic.
He first tries ITO show us up" ana
convict us Of Inconsistency in opposing
a convention prior to the last election
for Judge in this District. We did op-
pose it upon the ground that the time
was too short in which to obtain an
EXPRESSION Of the popular choice. In
this we were fully sustained and en-
dorsed by the Parish Democratic Exec
ative Committee of this Parish, who, (
Tor the first time since the war, ordered
elections instead of a Parish +,
Convention; and the wisdom of our /
suggestion Was verified by the fact
that even then majority of the wards .
n the Parish either failed or refused to :
lold the primary elections for want of 7
lotice or inclination, as to which we
are not now informed. In the other !
'wo Parishes of the District the dele. !
yates to the District Convention were b
chosen by hastily called and slimly '
attended Mass Meetings, a wholly ii. 8
ocular mode Of selection. y
The charge that this paper brought t
Judge Blackman ont as an indepen- v
lent candidate in case Convention Il
hould be held, is not In accordance =
With the record which was made at the h
ime, aid which speaks for itself. That S
natter was fully and finally settled at G
be time by reply in our columns to d
u enquiry addressed to this paper by Il
correspondent in the columns of the t.
Cypress and Judge Blackman's an. a
when made was unequiv- "
cally made subject to the nomination .
y the convention. =,
1t is sufficient reply to the charge v
nat we threatened to bulldoze the u
by expressing .'our views' +
say that the Convention having al
cry sensibly adopted tour views'' ri
nd acted upon them by nominating u
le candidate of our choice. we had no " u
'casion to quarrel with 1t or to try to dc
reak up and bring dire disaster and in
estruction on the Democratic party as
hich it represented so wisely and ~ ~
ell. We found ourselves on the w;n- in
ng side and had 10 occasion ito go
ck." We left that fantastic amuse- to
ent to Green Horn, Rosin Heel, ct idi =,
me genus who were unfortunately tn
r them on the losing side. Hsnc H. no
e lacriD,ae! mi
The last cause of our offending IL an 81 s.l
itorial since the election from which VII
Green Horn" quotes quite literally, cel
d thereby furnishes to the readers of pc
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