St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-19
Gov. samuel Douglas NEcEnery,
Tcrrehonne Times.

The old and apt tradition, "that
where there is smoke there must be
fire, was never more truthfully spoken
relative to any subject than il cOnnec-
ton with the administration of the
present State Government. Some few,
and we are glad to say, a few, very
few of the administration journals OF
this State, claim for the present Cover
nor the high and honorable position ac-
quired by a long line of honorable men,
who have heretofore filled the office
of chief Magistrate of this State in the
honored past; saying "no worthier nor
ADLER gentleman ever filled the eXecu-
tive chair of our State than Samuel ID.
McEnery, our present Governor. The
above should trulyfbe characterized as
one of the most preposterous claims
ever invented by the most unscrupu-
lOus partisans, when advocating the
practice of fraud-intending to capture
and then betray public confidence.
Let us see what Gov. McEnery has
done for the material benefit Of the
people of this State; we know of moth
ing that any ordinary man OF common
intelligence could not have done equal
~ as well, but we do know OF a good
many things he has done, which have
been of material disadvantage to the
interests and welfare of the people, for
instance ;-he uses the pardOning power
confided to the discretion of the Cover
nor, for political ends, and to the utter
disregard of the claims of morality and
good government,--he opposes the
abrogatiOn of the penitentiary lease,
and advocates the employment OF con-
victs on public works IN antagonlsm to
free lab0r,-he opposes the abolition OF
the charter of the Louisiana Lottery
Company, thereby endorsing premium
on immorality,-he authorized the
building of the Morganza Ievee in 1888,
thereby wasting $4,000 of the peoples
money in a fruitless effort to do what
every sane man knew at the time was
impossible with the limited means on
hand,-he contracted a debt for levee
purposes in conjunction with the State
of Arkansas, outside of the law and
directly in the face OF a prohloItoryy
statue of this State,-he has vetoed
acts of the Legislature intended to
promote the development of business
methods and commercial improvements
in this State.
He is a faiIure-in that he has disre
garded his oath of office, which says
(see constitution of this State), it shall
be the duty OF the Governor OF this
State to see that the laws are faithfully
executed,-he has permitted cmbezzle-
ment of the public funds in the hands
of State and Parish tax collectors, who
are generally of the same complexion
in politics as himself and are occasional
Iy his apprentices to office, and this
thing, in few cases has been going on
for several years, and is matter we'll
known to him; his attention having
been called TO it by the public press OF
the City Of New Orleans, and yet he
makes no move to stop it or institute
legal measures against offending par
ties,-he has created schism III his
own party by cOnspiring together with
q number of unscrupulOus men to con-
troll the public patronage and thereby
gain all the profit from corrupt spOlls
system of their own Inauguration. The
best evidence of the existance and cor
ruDtiOn of this State ring is found in
| the absolute refusal of the President,
OF the United States to recognize them,
after frequent applications and personal
OPPORTUNITIES on the part of their well
known henchmen. The President has
by his appointments to office in this
State, placed the seal of National con-
demnation upon them, and the public
would do well to heed bis. warning.
Carl. Becker, an emigration agent,
talks thus in the City Item, of last Sun
day, on emigrants:
q Hundreds of those arriving, how
Peyer, from one reason or another, come
entirely denuded of means, and the
difficulty is to provide them with shell
ter until they can be foswardcd to their
destination. Unless this can be done,
these poor people have to lie around
the rail road station or fall into the
hands of the police and spend the
nights at a station house.
And yet the Sugar Bowl and Times
Democrat say they do not advocate
pauper emigration. IT that class of
men are not paupers, they are first
cousins to them, and they are not
needed in lower Louisiana at present
unless the object be to have them
starve, or reduce the present laborers
here to beggary. Thibodaux Sentinel.