The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-11-06
DO COHE, GENERAL.

From some Of our exchanges W
learn that Congressman King Is a.
: his home in Eislalia. Doubties,
| he is there in the interest OF III
private business; il SO, we wish
no: to disturb him. Possibly. he IS
there TO confer with his friends III
, regard to tie distribution Of tc'!e-
raj patronage. Ii The latter is the
object Of his mission, we would
merely suggest that he pay Il brief
visit to the hill parishes OF his DIS
t,ict. and we warrant in short
time ne can learn how supremacy
diSgustc;l our people are at the
manner in which the ''loayes and
fishes" have been given out in
this district. These parishes have
always beeen strongly democratic,
have never wandered from party
duty, even in the darkest hours OF
republican misrule; and yet we see
| them to-day utterly ignored when
party men should be rewarded TO,
party services. \ grievols lnjus-
tice has been don, this section,
not only by Mr.. King, but by Sen
ator Gibson and his other assOcla-
ties from this State who have
influence wit Il the ''powers that
be- in Washington City,
1t may be possible that in this
section Of country there is not a
man to be found capable of honor
ably dischargin. the duties CT a
federal position, but it will be an |
hecculean task to convince the |
people here of that fact. We claim |
that there are rs competent men
between the Red and Ouachita |
rivers as arc any where else in the
State, and as to their democracy,
We claim that it is plrer than
is to be found anywhere in the
overtlowed or sugar coated dis
tricts. When 4 ticket Is nominated
or Il reform inaugurated the posi-
ton and the voting strength OF
this section is known and can be
relied Oh from its past record.
There is no fiucluatiny in our de
yoticn to the party; there are no
iybrids here. We were born dem
ocrats, are such from principle and
will continue to fight the battles
Of our party, but we have the right
Of choosing under whom we will ,
light 1t is the policy Of Il wise
general to encourage valor by
prompt promotion Of those whose
services deserve reward a1d de-
nanl recognition. When deyia-
ion is made from this policy he d.
oses the loYe and confidence of his :.
roops. This is applicable i'll other .
,laces as well as in armies.
II Mr.. King will come here we i.
viii briefly, rointedly and elnp'lat-
cally tell him how cur people feel.
Ne assure him that not more than II
lie day will be consumed by us in g
eading the ''riot act' to Linn. and .
hen he can go back to Senator
iibson and they, together with
heir associates, can digest its con- II
ents. We are not democrats for
arty spells, but we do claim, and
lstly, too, that our past services r
ntitle our leaders to honorable 10
and promotion. ic
From the wayin which appoint
tents and promotions have
cen made by. the national admin 90
tration probably it would have &c
cen better for us had we been 20
instructed on the Mugwump order "A,
architecture. We certainly
Ould have had better chance of
curing first class positions. As IN
ings are just now we are perhaps ~
0 strongly democratic to get any n
'sitiDns from the Cleveland adj.
through the influence
Gibson, King, ct ais.
fol
A fire at the jackson Insane AS Re