St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-09-22
LOUISIANA POLITICS.
Morehouse Clarion,l


Strengthened. The chances are no,
that "chaos will be worse confound
ed'-or words to that effect,
The press of the State has gone t.
talking politics with a vengeance
1t does one good to remember tina
he has had short surcease from
the political broils and spirited
Equarrels nov going on in Louisiana
In a word, we are glad that circun.
stances gave us st''-forced us
ito let up" on Governors, Land
Grabs, politics and such like. Bat
we have returned to find every
secular paper in the State brimful!
of politics. The daring deeds Of
Ogden, and the superlative excel
lence of McEnery, furnish themes
for elaborate and animated edi;uri-
ais for Louisiana editors, who are
now engaged in putting the one
and pulling down the ether Of the
Industrious men with a vengeance
and vehemence akin to fanaticism
BY his opponents Gov. McEnery
is considered the embodiment of
what IS known in politics as :'trick
cry" which means "crookeaness," a
mild term for dishonesty. IF that
gentleman has the time and pa
tience to read all the ugly things
charged against him by the "anti-
ring" papers of the State, We opine
1t would be a trying task to con-
vince himself that he could resist
any temptation which might pre-
sent itself to persuade him to make
a little grab" Convince a man |
that he is natural rogue, and What
prevents him from following his in
'linations? Gov. McEnery, if he
aas one grain of faith in what the
Plcayune and its little su.klipcs
say about him, surely must feel, at
liaes, like stepping into some dark
'iley at Baton Rouge and stealing
quarter from himself. However
ne undlnching devotion with which
'e really follows the difficult line of
INTERNATIONAL rectitrde gives the ]
mphatic lie to possible SUPPOSE
ion that Gov. McEnery believes a ,
'ord the Picayune says. He evil
emily feels justified in the conclu S
ion that the Pic. is cutting Osden's G
lroat by calling McEnery a cor /
apt official. That's what the G
larion thinks. I
But Mr.. Ogden! He's the qnint- t
'sence of purity-the redistiIled fl
ltract of genuine patriotism, He b
so holy, so honest. SO incorrupti- a
9. SO unassumirg, SO grand, that Il
oil but tears his eyes out with b
'nvulsive upheavals of grief over n
Q deplorable state OF politics in p
ouIslana, when he is told that he III
Nichols one is the only hope of tn
lvation in this hour of darkness sc
d political corruption. Mr.. Os- cl
n begails the calamity that has ne
ertaken the proud State of Lou
ana. Nothing but his illimitable
roic devotion to her interests =
lid ever persuade him to lay his -
maculate hand upon the wheel 80
t directs the movements of the 'e'
sety old ship, which the Picayune .n'
ears will sink in 24 hours if Nc "
cry is reelected. Ogden. SO the
}, and its jabbering satellites as to
t, can, by the magic wand of his Ing
nitable integrity, cork the old Da
sci. stop her "leaks," and start o''
smiling like bind over the GOV
lbied waters of our political sea. ter
len, in word. will make-so cor
friends say-the ideal Governor. Lo
for all the other Gov nc nc
DIS. Although he never held an ord
e in civic life, yet he was born ben