Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1882-07-29

Inherent parishes no election Of de
oe held in any parish uni, after the
of the parish time and places to be fl
I 1greement; you to be here by 22d ins
Answer here to (Monroc), If you scce
Authorize some friends to ma te appoin,,pe
for you"
To this proposition my friends have =
ed no reply. In the Times Democrat ofMe
18th, however, appeared disI atch from Gen.
| King TO Messrs. Moore and Young. from
which am led to believe tina, he declines
the invitation.
In view Of the fac, tina, j, il impossible TO
make thorough canvass Of the distric, be>
tween now and the date a, which the Execn.
i've Committee has advised the election of
delegates to the Congressional Convention, I
avail myself of the press as means Of inform.
arg you Of the matters of public importance
which, in my opinion. will demand The at,cn>
ton of yonr Represen,ive, and which will
receive my support if you honor me with
nomination and election.
The Mississippi lcveee question, and Con.
eress'onal legislation to proven, the in,roduc.
ton and dissemination of yellow fever and
ger infectious diseases in the country, are
subjects OF vital importance to Re portion
OF me people Of this district, and yYur present
Representative claims to have deve I'D p crea,
deal oil his time and attention TO be- in
fac' ms denomination Is urged princip W in
consequence Of his activity and. ..-ffy in
supporting these measures.
These, however, are not the only Question.
Of great importance which aiIec, our pe,,ple
The proposition to appropriate, from the
Overlooking National Treasury, a rnir,Gn.
sum to enable each Son,hVn State to .~ai,
tain an efficient system Of hpblic educa
one of the u,mos, and grea1 ! impor,an to
the whole people, and inv Ike of my ele ton
shall be supported ny md to the exten, OF ny
ability.
The present uriff gate was established an.
ring the late war. and e''ormoa, duties We"
laid to provide for the tremendous out ay ip.
Cured in its prosecution. While ,ae -Recessi.
y for these ex,ravagant import duties has
ceased to exist, the iniuen e and power Of
the great manufacturing corp. -,ions has been
sufficient to defeat all efforts in IN direction OF
a reduction of these duties, thus impos NJ
upon the masses of the agricultural communi>
lids enormous taxes, in the increased price
which they are thus compelled to pay ior all
manufactured articles; in other. words, the pro
ducer is robbed, in order that the manufactur.
er shall grow rich. In the even, of my cleo,
ton, should favor, earnestly and zea.ously, a
radical revision of the tariff, and reduction of
the rate on all articles Of necessary consmnp.
ton, to a strict revenue basis.
The growing power Of the great corpora>
tons, and the immunities which they have
been granted by Congress and the several
State Legislatures. has been a jus, cause Of
alarm to all lovers of constitutional governs
mcnt.
favor, earnestly, the passage of an Ac, of
Congress by which the Government, will as.
sumo sufficient control OF Interstate railway
corporations to prevent fraud in ,heir manage.
men, and oppression of the people, by unjnst
discriminate IN in freight rates, and the ad,
vaucement Of rates beyond reasonable bounds,
as the consequence Of combinations Of parties
to avoid competition; and will also insist ups
on the revocation of all land grants to compa.
MES which have failed to comply with the
conditions upon which the grants were made.
The navigation Of the Ouachita river is Of
the greatest importance 10 the people of
North Louisiana, on either side of the river
and for long distance in the interior: Tran.
sporta,on by water is far cheaper than that by
railway, and while the river is navigable
competition will keep the freight rate at legir
innate figures. The expenditure Of moderate
annual appropriations, in making permanen,
Improvements in this stream, would very soon
render it permanently navigable, thus confer.
ring inestmable benef, upon all residents of
the valley, in this State. II elected, should
endeavor, by all means, to secure such gov
eminent aid as would bring about this result,
am no late convert to the idea that it is
entirely practicable TO control the waters Of
the Mississippi, and to pro,ec, the lands of its
magnificent valley from overflow For years
have been convinced that il was the dnty of