St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-26

Webster Tribune of the 9th ult., comes
to us with the embryo elements of {
bolt from the Democratic nomination.
made at Baton Rouge. Eighty nine citi.
zens of the Minden ward send forth the
following manifesto:
!; "We the undersigned voters of Web.
ster Parish, Louisiana, believing thai
the nominations made at the recent
state Convention do not reflect the will
OF the people nor of the genuine Demo
cracy OF the State but that of the mo-
nOpOllsts and spOilsmen. We therefore
organize ourselves into a club to be
styled the AntiAdministration club of
webster Parish, La, for the purpose of
tration party, and to put in nomination
administration candidates for the
various offices of the State.
1 We have no more respect for the
sanctity of the work of the machinery
of a political party, when it has been
diverted from its proper pnrpose-serv-
ing the people-than the Webster Tri-
bune has; the methods by which the
nominations were secured at Baton
Rouge do not suit rs but boiling will
not help the matter, unless the boiling
extends all along the line. 1t is a fact
that, except in Webster parish, as far as
we can see from the papers, the Demo-
cracy have all fallen into line, and pro-
pose to support the ticket. If a bolt
was at any time proper, the place for it
was at Baton Rouge, when the conven-
tion met. A bolt will do no good, unless
it is of sufficient proportions to divide
the party in halves at least. IF all the
parishes had done their duty, and sent
opposition delegates to Baton Rouge,
no bolt would be necessary to beat the
administration. The trouble is the peo-
pie are toe much under the bondage Of
bossism they have too many leaders
whom they blindly follow. The head
boss, who has in charge the composition
of a State ticket, offers places on it to
some of these leaders in different parts
of the State, if they will have the right
kind of delegates returned from their
respective sections. They go to work.
and with plenty Of money furnished BY
the rings and monopolies, and often
succeed. During the recent campaign,
we saw papers turn snmmersaults. 90
right back on their utterances and de-
nunclati0ns of a month before and work
ike beavers IN favor of what they had
denounced. The magic wand had
touched them somewhere probably
they had Topped, at the solicitation of a
friend who had been promised place
on the ticket. All these promises are
not kept; they can not be, for there are
not places for all, but this discovery is
made after it is too late to undo the evil
work. The people should not follow
every man who sets himself ND to be a
Leader, unless they know him to have
the wisdom, knowledge and goodness
to be one. Above all, they should not
follow the seif-constituted leaders who
follow politics as a trade, who make big
money out Of small pay; such leaders
are not safe. The delegates who at
tended the convention, know something
about these promises; and the history
OF the convention is not all written yet.
All who took delegates there for a re-
ward, have not yet received their re-
ward some Of them will be paid later.
The people should not follow such lead
eTs. The party is all right, but the peo-
pie have too many bad leaders.