The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-23
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Clippings and Comments On
Various Subjects.


, Clippings and Comments Oh
Various Subjects.
The Baton Rouge Truth, while i
does not exactly endorse the can
didaey of Gen. Jastremski for con
gress in the sixth district, yet feel
called upon to pay that gentleman
the following handsome compli
ment:
Gen. Jastremski has declared himself
candidate for congress. Coming from
this parish, we commend him to con
siderate attention. His indefatigablt
efforts in behalf Of the Interests OF this
town and parish. have won for him 3
well nlerited reputation. His persist.
ency in all undertakings, his honesty,
and his thorough identification with
this section, are guarantees that he will
make, if elected, ? representative after
the manner of the people.
The Echo will be pleased to see
the general secure the nomination,
believing that he would make an
admirable representative.
Tho st. Martinsville Observer
has changed hands, Messrs. Voor-
HES, Thomas s. Co. retiring and
Mr.. q. A. Guilbean assuming sole
propHietorship. In their valedic-
tory, thelate proprietors admit that
they had been unable to make a
success of the paper, and express
the hope that the new proprietor
may be more successful. 1t requires
more work, money and brains to
create q paper that will meet with
the approval Of its constituency
than many imagine. Anybody can
run a newspaper, after fashion,
but it isn't everyone who can run
one successfully. We trust, how
ever, Mr., Guilbeau may possess
the necessary requisites to attain
success.
The following, from the same pa
per, would indicate that business
was quite lively and that the peo.
pie are able to support a good
paper, provided the publisher does
his part:
Last Monday, there was shipped from
this town on the Morgan's Louisiana
and Texas railroad, seven ear loads of
produce on the same day the steamer
Chambers left our port with forty-four
hcgsheads Of sugar, thirty-one barrels
of molasses, eighty-two snakes of seed
cotton and about the equivalent Of two
carloads OF understanding in all
about seven carloads. The whole being
about fourteen carloads in one days
shipment. And then the steamer Cham
bers was unable to take all that was
offered her. One must acknowledge
that this is more than fair for small
town.
The Free Press of Morgan City
feigns to believe that Gov. McEn-
cry was induced to issue the GER
tifcate of election to Senator Kel-
logg through the pressure of pub
lie opinion. But the Free Press
knows better. Its editor, however,
is too much of a partisan to view
the matter from other than biased
from himself
the motives which actuated the
governor.
Evidently the Terrebonne Times
does not take kindly to the idea of
Sam Randall being the nextspeaker
of the house. Hear it;
If Sam Randall is the next speaker
o. the House Of Representatives. what
will he the fate Of the next appropria-
tlon forimproying the Mississippi river?
Answer, representatives of the Missis-
sippi valley. And include in your an
swer what will become of the sugar in
berests
The Times seems to forget that
Sam Randall, as speaker of the
house, wOuld have but little more
power, either for good or evil, than
Sam Randall as simply member
If that body. Mr.. Randall could
10 no more to injare our sugar in
;erests, or to defeat an appTopTia-
ion for the Mississippi river, pro-
5ided he should so desire, in one
than in the other. Yet
We will admit, that of those likely
o secure the position, Carlisle is
,ur fayorite. We could stand Mr..
however
The B0ssier Banner feels called
lpon to adm0nish the next House
Il Representatives that they
Should be careful not to practice the
anne injustice in seating and llnseatiHg
that has made the present
house 50 odious and poto-
ions.
The Banner hits the nail squarely
N the head, and it surmises cor
ectly as to one Of the chief causes
f the recent defeat Of the Repuh-
ican party. Bnt it is wide Of the
mark in the followipgi
John ireland, the goyernor-elect of
,exas, ig a Kentuckian by birth, and
tarted out 10 Life ns lostleg, at ss I
,er month. TX
We want to nail the latter part
f the above paragraph now, be-