Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-07-05
TIE beacon 6 DEFENSE.

TO reply to the remarks oil TIE !
TINES on the coarse pursued by :
hir Wells Of Rich!and in the leg :
islatura. lis Of course very dis I
agreeable thing to have TO defend
a wrong course and The Beacon, as
might have been expected docs not
make very good showing. For
instance it says; "tho TlMEs chaE-
acteiizcs those who supported tho
new lottery charter IS q comoin"-
ton ofbribo-takors and Fharisccs.
What the TIMES did say was the',
.the bribc.takcrs combine with the
Pkayisces and 80 fJr the Lottery,
Tho existing Lottery, winch i
fact. TIE TINES then attempted
70 show how inconsistent It was in .
Mr.. Wells who is 50 oNposed to the .
existence Of the Lottery, to vote 20 ,
establish another Lottery. Is not
that inconsistent? fit is not II IS
only one possible other thing ana
that is idiotcy. =!
Tie Beacon says ".ha TINES had
better look after the dusky niafsp-
rrqgntqticcs Of Madison whom It,
,bcIrod elect . tho Legislature.
This is no; the first snce: directed
against the colored representative
from Madison, but SO fay they have
an unassailable record, and sneCrs
! fail short Of TIC mark IN tleir cases.
T.sy have rot gone snivcliinG
around on the high moral tack and
then stultifed themselves by re-
cording a vote directly opposed to
u;eir professions, when they do, 1t
lis time 10 raise The hue and crT,
bu: Madison can easily bear COM
rarison between her representa-
. ;ivcs actions in the legislature ana
Richlands figure head.
In this connection it may be
: stated that, when Mr.. Wells wrote
. letter 20 The editor Of the TINES
a short time ago he had the truth
Of the statement he made certified
To. by one of those same coiorod
. representatives from Madison,
which goes TO show that he enter.
4 tanned high opinion Of the repre-
sentative from Madison.
The TINES is not defending tbs
" Lottery, neither IS it fighting 1t. /
merely called attention TO tn
ridiculous position of'Mr Wells o.
that subject, and while the matte
is under discussion, it may be a
l. wei! 20 add another chapter 10 IN
d history of Mr.. Wells In the Con
siitational convention It IS sal
> that Col. Lott of West Carol
"a was earnestly opposed TO the LoI
terry. and fought it tooth and mai
liz is said chat Col. Lott looked /
At vain FOR assistance from Mr. Wei
or who sat there like bump ON 70
and did nothing. When the 10
1.
terry became part Of the conshh
:, ton Col. Lott took the ground tn
: he was no; fighting the constitute
of the State, andinerefore desiste'
ak bat. Mr.. Wells viewed the matte
id in different light. lie waite
ed until it was part Of the Cgnstit'
mt ton and then he went TO butting
il. The TINES was not IN exis
ro- encc at that time and can only gi'
ir- this as ilearsay, but it comes prct'
aW straight and is doubtless exact.
There was once m old farm
WHO bought a ram who was eel
le- hrated for butiing. OF this tr'
m he determined to cure him, so
so got a large log and suspended
from the limb Of = tree and set i
- swinging after which he turned {
M ram into tho enclosure where I
.or swinging log was. The ram saw
,oJ at once and promptly charged on
and was knocked Hat Of his ba'
for his pains, nothing daunted
IN got MP and charged again. AT 81
Elm set he was still butting away.
ave the morning the farmer went DO
der to see the result Of the match a
INT. found TO his astonishment that
49, ram had buttod until there y
.i,or nothing ief, but his hind legs a
10. they were still! butting away at
,,.,r. log.
;. No. but seriously, ifMrsWell
not called away from she legislat
there viii be nothing iefN OF !
ants to pose. II he had been kept ny
ota, oven this time he might have d
and S-,> oxLiI,,4ion fc,iya "a l,a ~;