The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-10-30
G.. R, DnrraTT's letter Of
Acceptance.


AvauA. La, October r. 1886.
Hon. Thos A. Cage, Chairman Repubhcah
Congressional Committee, Third District, |
Louisiana;
Daar Il have your favor OF YesteTutS
irving me notice OF my selection by Lhe
RenrbIicau Committee rs the candidate lur
Congress of our party in this District
In accepting the same ! need only 10 releI
To my record in & service Of over ten years III
Congress TO give my opinion and views on
the questions of most importance thal VIII
come before the FiftietL Congress.
EDUCATION.
On the question of National aid for the
education Of the children Of our people
refer 10 my action as q member OF the COtil-
rnittrr on Education Of the forty-secohG
Congress. which committee prepared anu
submitted to the House the first bill TO pro
vide aid for our public schools, ana TO llN
sneech in the House on that bill. am o.
the same opinion now. and If elected, shali
use all my efforts to secure the passage ol
the Blair or Senate Bll on Education.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
I'm the questions of levee and improve
ments of the Mississippi River and improV-
ing the navigation OF the rivers and bayous
OF our District 1 have to refer to my vote IN
the Fprtv-serOnd Congress in favor OF the
firsf levee bill that ever passed the House; TO
nv vntg for the bill creating the Mississippi
River Commission, and TO my speech IN the
House in the Fnrty-seventh Congress on
the levees and Improvement Of the Missis-
SINH River. l also refer TO the fact that !
secured the first appropriation for improving
the navigation Of the CalCaseu River ana the
Vsrmilliop- Teche, TerrebOnue. LatOurche,
aud Black bayOus and for the survey with
view Of placing locks III head OF Bayou
Plaquemine.
The Caleasieu River. on which is the i'm
pOrtant and growing town OF Lake Charles,
with its immense lum her interests, should have
desr water to the sea. The bar at the mouth
Of BAYOU TermilliOn should be dredged and
deepened The upper Teche should be i'm
proved with locks and dams. The Clarendon
Canal should he a. once built. Inc baYnus
Terrebnnnc BLACK and Latourchc should
have liberal appropriations To continue the
work Of improving their navigation, and the
BAYOU Plauuemine should have locks placed
4. its head and improved IL accordance with
the surveys Of the Government Engineers.
To all these works Of public improvement
an committed, and as there is large sur
plus OF MONEYS il the Treasury. would favor
liberal appropriations il order that they
might be completed Al 81 early day.
PROTECTION To AMERICAN INDUSTRIES
On the question Of protection for our sugar
and nee anu al the industries Of the country,
.
in which I have served and 10 my speech in
the Forty-seyenth Congress. and also to the
facf that ! was the only member from the
State who voted for the present Tariff Law.
That law should not be changed. as it ap-
pears TO protect equally the industries OF the
whole country.
PROTECTION To LABOR,
The labOrinE people Of the country should
b. protected in the enjoyment Of the fruits
IA F.,Ff INV gaa~ md
should never become country where the
rfeh grlE richer and the poor poorer, but the
laws should be for the protection and build,
iu- IN in education, peace and prosperity, OF
TIE great lab0riHg and industrial classes
COINAGE OF sLvEE-
i ! favor the present laws Oh the coinage Of
silver.
An AMERICAN SAvT.
] favor the building Of az American Nav,
taat vii make our great country respected
IS vel Is lovel. all over the world
TIE uTvu. szRvICE LAW.
TIE present Civil Service Law was passed
hv Republican Congress and signed by
Republican President ] favor its honest in
Forgezaent, not IS done bE the present Demo
cratic Administration, but in the fuli lette
and sllTll OF the law, in OrIier that our Civi
Service. ike our Military and Naval Service
nay be Al homo: to the land.
FsEg ELECTIONS OF POLITICS
Finally, favor free election and fai
count at all elections Of officers by the people
znti 5 reform and publication Of orr way
snl methods Of conducting our elections
NV views on the latter subject can be hes
: expressed by an extract fron letter of az
eenlAnee Of . Democratic candidate for offic
appearing in the New Orleans ISodHaHs q
Yesterday, which ] quote, and with which
close
-sSThs Hon. Z. S. Cleveland, the Demoerati
nominee tor Governor of Connecticut, says
his letter of acceptance: II is high homo
n be elected Governor Of 5 commonwealth
ike Connecticut hy the spontaneous SUI
frAges Of the people II the Office acameS
zay one through direct or indirect bribery
the polls il becomes polluted, and such sci
should put an indslihle brand upon the bro
of the recipient In time of war our midi
governed republic can compel every ahlt
p, bodied citizen between certain ages 10 tai
= M arms If be deserts his post OF duty
:. NAV be ordered TO be shot, Not less impOr
ant than The nEskef IN war is the ballot i
y Esezce. Upon * resi- ouT liberties orr hOP<
p and the late Of our country. Under Q IRE
government no other crime can be so grea
IL the lar reaching sweep Of its evil cons.
a0enchs, IS the crime Of poisoning the ION
tain whence issue the established orders {
n authority, ! want no purchased votes. Be
! terfsr 4 Sle&r conscience under the hRmhlei
i roof in the StNte, than any position, hoBeyt
q high, procured by corrupt means. "
!, Very Respectfully,
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