The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-06-02

ing expenses are TO De pald Dy the State.
This is fine scheme - for the commits
sioners.
SOME kind friend has sent US the BIZ
ennial report of the Secretary of State Of
the State of Louisiana to his excellency
s. D. McEnery, Governor of Louisiana.
The report shows that during the last two
years the following have been issued and
recorded in the Secretary of States office
Commissions so State, Judicial and Par
ish officers 1892; proclamations for gone
raj objects So; proclamations for the ar
rest of fugitives 4S; death warrants 20;
pardons So; combinations of sentences
p; remissions of fines 3; acquisitions for
the arrest of fugitives from justice II;
extradition warrants of fugitives from
justice 10; veto messages 4.
THE Shreveport Times of last Sunday
devoted a short chapter of its space to a
history of the life and character, both pri-
vate and public, of Judge John G. Mon
cure, which also contained very credit
able likeness of Judge MOncure. The
press of the State cannot say too much in
praise of the merits and virtues of this
honest, true and pure man. There is not
man in the State who would make Lou
isiana a better Governor and whose adj
ministration would insure more honest
government and establish for the State a
than would John G.. Moncure. A ticket
headed by Moncure for Governor will
bring out the heartiest and most enthusi-
astic honest vote perhaps ever polled in
North louisiana RustOn Caligraph.
THE sale of ramie plants and roots
has been extensively doomed in the uewl-
papers for some months. A similar craze
was current ten OF fifteen years ago, and
mum srous patches of ramie grew luxuri-
antly. There isno doubt about the plants
thriving here, but the question is, as it
was then, what to do with it when it has
done growingf The machine that was to
do wonders turned out to be o failure.
Whether the parties now interested have
full faith in their new machine, or wheth-
or they are only intent on making money
by the sale of plants, we do not pretend to
consider. Bnt we would advise our plan
ting friends to go slow. The British gov
eminent has offered immense sums for
some invention which would supercede
manual labor in decorticating jute and
ramie, and as yet in vain. 1t viii be time
enough for our hard pressed farmers to
embark in fibre growing ween the success
of the machine is an accomplished fact.
-rSt. Bernard Eagle.
MIR Powdsrly, the head of the organ
ization of Workingmen in the United
States, puts himself on record in favor of
temperance, in the following eloquent
words: The firmest link in the chain of
oppression is the one forge wnen Idrown
monhOod and reason in drink. No man
can rob me of the brain my God has given
me unless l am party to the theft. If l
drink to drown grief, bring grief to
wife, child and sorrowing friends. add
not one iota to the sum of human happi-
ness when invite oblivion over the rim
of glass. If one moments forgetfulness
or inattention to duty while drunk brings
defeat to the least of labor's plans, life
time of attention to duty alone can repair
loss. Ipromise never again to put myself
in such a position. If every member Of
the Knights of Labor would only pass a
resolution to boycott strong drink so far
as he is concerned for FIVE years, and would
pledge his word to study the labor ques-
tion from its different standpoints, we
would then have an invincible host ar
rsyed on the side of justice.