Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-07-05
tfrTrR FRoa WASHINGTON.
WARRINGTON, June %, ise2.

BditSr Gs@d,oa:
4. You win See by the dispatches the
work of uus-ating Democrats .conrinnes'
The Elections Committee will soon report
upou two or three cases, and the D-in"
cratic ,ueu,bers will walk the political
plank. II was hoped this shameless bust
ness would eea~s when the Republicans
obtained u working majority, but the gun
iotinmg pr"ce~s is being continued trom
motives of what that party style "p"lif'cai
u-ce..ity"-to reward their heuchrn"n Tor
past questionable services, and INSPIRE
them with hope for the future. Their "ea
ia to encourage the few Southern Rrpubli-
cans aud rrorxAnile the party in every
Southern State. Their National Campaign
Committee is now At work sending ont
documents, aud latei in the eaInpa'gn II
will ,eud speakers down there to astoni-h
the natives by their "matchless eloqucnc-.
Perhaps the astonishment may be on the
other .iir.
Il locks ~ though there would he two
Republican Cougr"s-men returned fr"m
louisiana this fall, aud one "1ndrr+nd-nt.'
Tn. SLATE" has been hI-d up for the Third
Di-,rir, NOV mi-f-pr-sens.d lay that spawn
upon humanity, {. Is. Darrall. S-mator
Kellogg, whose term expires next March
will he returned from that District. The
District represented by Mr. Eth, il ai~o
Tucked G,xarably upon by the Republicans;
and ~hilc they do not think they could
carry the Fourth District With = Rrpnbh-
eau candidate, they viii wink pretty loud
At thr candidacy If Mi "Indrp-bdeu' Dem
ocr~t," whatever that means. They viii
-n,lravor 20 gain over . Democrat by the
art If hatt-riug him ~ q header The
plot is ihici-ning and will became more
appar-n, ~ your people dawn there, after
the adjournment aud Shru the alleged
Louisiana politicians rsrnru To their alleg-
I'd homes. Those who sleep upon their
victories are liuhic to lose them.
The recent victory III Oregon inspirr-
the Republicans with renewed hope. IL
wi.s feared the Pacific Coast States would
go Democratic in consequence VI the Prrsi.
irnt's veto Of the frat an'i-Chin-se bill
But il has been shown that the Chinese
j. u large emigration h-nlng for Oregon
! The great majority of the emisrants ar,
! from the Northern States, aud a larg" per.
! c-ntsge Republicans. That accounts i"r
the increased majority. Their. are very
few emigraut- from the South; consequent
| Is few democrats. Very little emigration
is going into California and Nevada, fol
those States have had their "boom." So it
il Yet o question how they will go. At
unusually large emigration has gonr nj
| iutu Dakota within the last few years. aud
mainly from Republican States. 50, thai
! Territory. being avnwrdly Republican, vii
he admitted ~ u State. probably AT th'i
session. Our Democratic memhers are "a
my To- be hpslw mixed into the idea tha
| il il mocratic, aud " i'll vote for liz I'D
! HiHSl"'' just ~ was u"Hc w i-'"' ~ '"'
ra,r of Colorado, which lost M thr prcsi
dcucy. There is an election in Washing
ton Territory next November. II it g".
! Republican, il " i'll bc admitted ~ Il STAT
! next -cssion-0thcrwis not.
Congress will adjourn about July Is
| In the meantime, your able and rnrrgrii
representative, Gen. J. Floyd King, hop
! to get through the varions measures If in
ter,~t to yonr District and IT lie. In tn
River and Iiarh"r bill s5,0o0, 400 il appro
priated for the Mississippi river and trbu
taries. He hopes IA get u similar amount
or even more, at the rr1t Congress.
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