The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-10-19
MIR. aAYss ACCEPTANCR.
An Address to she Democratic
Voters of the Third Congress
siOmaI DistrHcG OfLOUisinnn.

nens OF tue lhlfu QlstflcE lhfough thelr
representative convention.
Their Endorsement of my course in
the past must attribute more to the
friendly partiality of members of the
convention than to anything ii has
been in my power to accomplish.
My personal preferences and the
condition of my health led me to de-
sire to be allowed to retire; but there
are troublous times, when no lover of
his country can well hold back his
mite Of influence,
accept your nomination because
there is much to be done, and | am
willing to try to do my part.
My election will depend entirely on
your united efforts and exertIous.
You have before you every incentive
to the most vigorous combined efforts
for the supremacy of the Democratic
party.
We are confronted by the gigantic
efforts Of the Republican party to re-
gam their control over the executive
and legislative departments of the
government.
Their success means toTtha',people
of Louisiana the unsetthng of their
social relations, more important than
any other consideration, besides the
destruction of the prosperity and even
the existence of the material interests
of the most Important part of the
State.
After passing through months of
soliCitude and responsibility in assist
ing my colleagues in attempting to
guide the sugar and rice interests in
the path of comparative safety, during
the revision of the tariff by the House
of representatives., we are now threat
cned with danger IN a much more Sc
riOus form,
The Republican Senate, after months
devoted to the consideration Of their
tariff scheme, have determined to
maintain the duties on manufactured
goods, in some cases to raise them
higher, so that every article we have
to buy will be kept up; while they re-
duce the duties on sugar and rice to
one-haIf of what they are at present
under existing law,
They have joined with the views
expressed by the majority of the Re-
publican members of the House in
practically constituting the Chicago
protection platform to mean that
Northern manufacturers shall be fully
protected, but that protection shall
not include the sugar and rice of Lou
isiana.
All disguise is now thrown aside
and a policy is proclaimed which will
lead to the destruction Of the success
iul culture of sugar cane and rice in
the South, unless their efforts can be
prevented by upholdlng Democratic
influence.
The Democratic policy is to main
tain high duty on foreign sugar, be-
cause it is one of the largest sources
of revenue, most easily collected and
falling most uniformly on the whole
community.
The Republican policy is to cut
down the duties on foreign sugar be-
cause that reduction works a large
reduction In the revenue, and every
dollar thus reduced prevents q rednc.
tion on Northern manufactured wool
en- clothing, blankets, hats, tinware and
other goods, which they have deter.
mined shall not be reduced. ~
sincerely believe that every labor
ing man in the sugar and rice districts
Of Louisiana, whether white or black,
has as great a personal interest in
voting at the November election for
Cleveland and Thurman and for Dem
ocFatlc Congressman as any Of his
Democratic nelghbors can have.
The important improvements about
to be inaugurated IN Bayous Lafouroha
and Plaquemine will require industry
and the corporation Of influence 10
sustain and carry forward BY further
appropriations.
The improvement Of the Bayou
Plaquemine | regard as bearing the
same relation to the waterways Of the
| interior as the roots and the trunk OF
the giant oak bear TO IFS branches.
Let US first establish firmly the roots
and the trunk, then the improvement
Of The branches, which permeate the
| interior, will be universally recognized
as worthy.
After two years iH laying tbs fonR'
dation for the permanent Improvement
l-of the outlet Of the Galcasieu river tc
| the gull, in securing surveys and esti-
mates, the report Of the Secretary 81
War to the present Congress declared
that outlet unworthy Of improvement
This means that the expenditure ne
qnired was greater than the commercs
| Of the stream justified.
| ] have arranged for another exami
nation and report, with The hope thai
The local engineer may be more favor
ably impressed With the lmportalce D
| the Calcasieu river.
4 AS there Is 20 prospects Of 80 ad
Journmepl Qt congress DeiQfe hQYein
ber, ! may be deprived Of the oppor
tupity and pleasure Of visiting my
constituency, but ! feel assured tlai
thc Democracy Of tho thiEd district
win rally II the polls u Noyembei
end add another yietory for Cleveland
I and Thurman and your obedient ser
want EDWARD J. GAY