The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-04-12


LAKE CHARLES, La, April 9, 1884.
Editor Lake Charles Echo;
Dear Sir-In view of the endorse
ment by the Republican party of the
Tenth Senatorial District of an in
dependent candidate for the State
Senate, it becomes every Democrat lr
the district to realize it is his i'm
peratlve duty to 60 to the polls and
vote for the Democratic nominees
Murphy J. Foster, of st. Mary, and
Charles J. Hampton, of CaIcasieu.
The district, though Democratic, is a
close district. A very few votes lost
to a Democratic nominee, iether by
Indifference or owing to personal dis
like, will turn the scale, and one such
vtctOry for the Republicans, wU make
this a Republican district
! fear the Democratic masses of
Calcasieu do not realize their danger.
While Vermilion and Cameron are
Democratic, and CaIcasieu is a
synonym for Democracy, the gallant
Democrats in St. Mary-true as steel
to their party-are fighting Re
publican majority there, larger by
several hundred, than any Democratic
majority CaIcasicu has ever gwen,
and knowing they can help to elect
none but district, State and national
candidates.
Our nominees deserve our active
support, They are young men, of
excellent reputation, modest and un.
assuming in department, and able to
represent us in the Senate las one of
them has recently done), with credit
to themselves and honor to their CON
stituents For the honor of Calca-
sieu, and for the confusion Of all in
dependent candidates, it is to be
hoped that every Democrat in Calca-
sieu parish will 90 to the polls and
vote for Charles P. Hampton and
Murphy J. Foster, and he straight
Democratic ticket.
Let us show our Democratic breth-
rem in St. Mary, and VermiIion and
Cameron, that they can rely on us, as
We must rely on them, in every district
campaign. Yours truly,
GEO. H. WELLS.
The above letter from our esteemed
townsman and good Democrat, ex-
presses our views and wishes in re-
gard to this important subject, and
we join him in reiterating that it is of
the most vital Importance that there
should be full solid Democratic
vote polled for our Senators in this in
stance, and more of Importance at
this juncture than at any previous
time, for the reason that in addition
to the vast amount of corrective legis-
latisn necessary, United States
Senator is to be chosen, and he must
be a Democrat by all means. Again,
it appears to us whether correctly
conceived or mott, that the whole
efforts of the independent candidate
are pointedly directed to defeat
Senator. Therefore, we
appeal to our fellow-citizens with all |
bur energy to buckle on your Demo
cratic armour and go to the polls on
election day--eyery man of you, and
with CAleasieu's whole Democratic
Fote--in laundering tones, announce
% the balance Of the State that this
IS still the Democratic Banner Parish
IF Old Louisiana, and here is no
place for independent candidates.
We know Of no independency in
views aro-yon are with
he party or against it, and beware
eliow-citizens of the insidions iutru.
ions upon your sentiments under
be gnise Of independent politics.
The Independents elected their city
icket in Baton Rouge Cd the 7thinst.