The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-07-25
ORGANIZE.

The following we'll tfme,7 remarks
clipped from that staunch and ster'
ling democratic paper, the Shreve'
port Standard, justly conveystbe sen
timenls of nearly every man living
in the Red River valley. We repub'
lish them for the benefit of our read
ere, az also to give the views OF th1s
paper on so important a subject the
circulation that it should have, espe-
cially in this Parish:
As We said yesterday it is not too
soon to agitate these questions, re'a1-
inc to men and measures, which are
to enter into the approaching impor.
tant political campaign. In q very
abort time tho state Democratic cen.
tral committee will hold a meeting to
concert the plan of the campaign.
Within less than six months the state
convention itself will probably be held
and the ticket plae ed in the field.
1t is time, therefore, to agitate. The
people have been lulled into the belief
that it is too early to commence talk
ing about the conduct of campaign
90 far ahead. But, on investigation, it
will be discovered that this cry can Q
from these who were already at work
and was raised in order to lull the I'M
corrupted masses into a fatal apathy.
The men who raised it are at work.
They sleep neither day nor nj ght.
Their argus-eyes take in the whole
state and people and party and allow
nothing to escape their watchfulness.
The rings are abroad in the land. The
bloated corporations have their bench
men in every nook and corner. The
money power is scattering it's funds
and placing them among the needy
and corrupt where they will do most
good. Of course these people will cry
down the honest Democracy and all
it's efforts to get bearing.
But the Democracy is on the alert.
The masses realize that the time for
action has come. They are determin-
ed that every true Democrat shall have
a hearing in tue next convention and a
voice in the nomination of the stan
dard bearers of the party. They do
not belive in the sitting of the voice
of any man or any set Of men who
come with tho proper spirit and the
proper text of Democracy. They ex-
pect the organized oracles of the party
to afford such hearing. But if the
organized oracles come corrupt to the
core, bought up and controlled by
rings, cliQues and fraudulent corpora
tions, they will throw the oracles over
board and organize the party anew on
the basis of integrity, honesty and
soundness of Democracy.
The times demand that the party in
Louisiana should be placed on the
highest plane of honesty, capability
aud fidelity. No Democrat desires to
hear a taunt from either friend or foe
that the Democratic party is no better
than the Republican party which il
has supplanted. In order to accom-
plish such result there must be fair
dealing in the nomination of the can.
didates. When this shall have been
accorded and the Democracy intend
to have tive will guarantee that
proper candidates will be selected. We
will guarantee that we shall then have
an administration which will not re.
quire continual struggle on the part
of its friends to defend it We will
guarantee that no questionable acts Of
legislation will then pass Democratic
general assembly, under operation Of
gag-laws and other appliances to con.
ceal their infamy. We will guarantee
such an honest, economical and faith
fol administration Of the state govern.
ment that even it's enemies will clam.
or for it's continuance.
We have no pet candidates. We are
tied to the skirts of no men or set OF
men. We will support any men whom
the convention of the party shall de-
eide to be the best for the respective
offices, we care not who he may be OF
from what section he may come. It il
the time now for each parish and each
section to give up it's "favorite son" fol
the good of the party and the state.