The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-01-05

The views -tAlreh- by nsifor esme.
time back ia regard b the situaiion,
We arr pleased % see, are being taken
mp ansi udsecassl by ~ the lleadiag
pSpsrs ntthe Ssate, as they shoaId be.
We Maat It kept web in mind, ard
practical action taken upon II that the
political fight is not yet over, and
there u but oae way by which the
paoPle can, with any degree Of GER
tainty, restin sesurity ii the fature,
md that islly saaRiug good aslections
- ssr legislative ahd paroehial 81.
aears The peeple should th0roaahsy
unasHstanHl Tic ono great principle
mnaerisspg oarsysasn af government,
ri the infaence which panochial OH
lioeEsa exert in tlas grinding and gerry,
Wandering the people when they are
called upon to make selection of repre-
sentatives and local officers. Re.
member, that bad selection of a
Senator, Eaoaas a bad Selection of the
GoveTHotfs aPpoiateas in the parishes:
and bad appointecs in the parishes
means bad treatment all around the
circle. A bad selection for Your
Honse of.Rspresentatives, means neg
leet CT yoar interest in the matter of
the enactment of wholesome laws.
Next Thursday our District Conven-
ton meets here in Lake Charles, aad
we opine there viii be strong effort
by the malcoatents OF the Democratic
ranks to shspe the Convention and
conduct its deliberations TO the end,
that the majority will, Of the people
may be defeated. q thing we are
to ami hope will aat be sue
ceSstuI, but unless vigilance is need,
it will not be avoided. When the !
Convention meets we predict that there
will be found knocking at the doors
for admission, men who hold proxies, |
and intend using them IN their own
TO the almost entire exeln-
sion of the public interest. Mems /
souls should be tried this election in /
The matter of State and psroehial
honesty, and whether the ms are to
be kept in, is to be, or should be, CON
sidered IN the high, Of pure official !
and personal honesty, combined with |
qualifications, as manifested
in the past.
Remember, readers, it is said that
eternal vigilance is the price Of lib
erty," and don't forget the fact that it .
is required in this age in the question
Of guarding your National, State and
parochia! honor, as well and, also, in /
guarding well the hard earned con
tents of YOUR pockets. No man should
be allowed to consider himself to be /
the selection of The people. Make
your own selections, and !et snch men
know at once, and for all, that You
are not to be led to the slaughter to
be butehered to feed offiee-seekers.
In making your selection of candi-
dates, whatever You do, don't let dis
honesty discount honesty, on the
grounds of supposed superior qualii-
cations. la expressing ourselves so
strongly, We do not wish our readers
70 think we have permitted our en-
.husiasm, for the public good, to have
cad us beyond the limits of conserTa-
i've thought We simply desire, and
t as onr effort TO use our columns in
.be interest of and for the benefit Of
our people of the day, and leave,
when We GO, an honorable condition
If things for our rising generation,
md if we fail, We do not waat it said
We neglected our dnty to them.
W. hen KOu kRance with a Bear
Keep aH Eye Or KOur
Partner.
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