The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-04-27
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slsts 3ssst Maa y gFsa a1 p
tiias y aavs Il DE people Of View Or
Iaaas aaozd ssnpart lie Bilg tiakets
hats sever explained bow Il aas tlaat
ssr szsi rsislszs. Tasy thr9E
- thsi7 hass ard sheut oFeF ? majaT
ttg sf rs qQg, Sas cEer ~ excuse "
palIslioH faT fheir assertion % the very
sre Of Ehe eieefiaa Ehat The Feanlt was
"a asabt--zli srg Taens they presented /
half 4 dozen times asSspat he Young
Mems Densera9is Aaaeeiasipn, vshieh
iheT eoBstauEiy aosgbt q abgw YRS
dangerous to Gen. Nichols esHNass.
The Gfases- Daaorrs never 8On8ted
sae ssaaiB ID lie Stale. TIE lEiBg
aau 81 and Enast 5s the men who were
eonssaoiiy crying oat s'dangsrs knew
as well a. ne did thai there Was %
danger Il Wss sirBply trick 81
tbs Ring o bart the eaase of Ehe peo-
ple, 70 frighaen voters away from The
W. I'D. 81. They used Il FOR 81 Il
ma worth, buR HIth llffie efeet. 10
vain fbey cried danger" and insisted
that FOR The people Of View Orleans 70
make fgbt Tor good government
junt COW was risky. The popular rev
olutiou, bsReyer, could not be check
cd Che Wild and fraaEic sppeais Of
the alarnsisls were Undecided, and TIE
people turaed out aud elected Nichols
and shakespeaF By Foasing majorities.
II Ghe election has shown anything, il
/ has proved how audacious was the
trick. We bad 5000 majority 10
spare for Nichols, and yet the ''alsrm-
/ ists1 pretended that they could mot sec
III, and insisted that they we're not
working solely in The interest Of the
Bosses instead Of Nichols.
Another absurd thing to bring in
10 the discusson Of lhe present politi-
cal situation Is The campaign for the
| Democratic nonainatien which ended
l formally and forever last JsnusFy.
/ After > gabefnatorial campaign Of al
most unezampled bitterness and earn
estness The contest Was fully settled 10
/ faVoF Of Gen. Nichols, bat the eongen'
| ton that nonlinated him took occasion
/ 70 pay Gov. MeEnery and bis admins.
iratfan as glowing and handsome q
/ compliment as ever was bestowed apor
retiring public officials 10 any State ir
this eoRntEy:
We also EndoFse Ehs administration Of GOV
Samuel D0uglas MeEnsFgs o. 3 recognition
Uf 41s eminent services 10 the siate Of
iaifhful pubilc ssgFant, snd We siiirm TIA
tbs administration o. puttie afIaiEs IN LsoulA
lana has, during the 4SEG eleven years
, | brDught ths STATE out Of anarchy, DEVELOPS
Wsa1sh and prosperity. and paved the way z
! Ghe high position wbieh Louisiana Is sHtitlei
!. 10 among tbe States, and We pledge OuEselve
70 Is perpstaatiOn,
GOV McBusrg accepted bis dsfea
Z gracefully and declared bis devotion
! 70 fke Democratic caHse, and bis snP
port Of the Democratic nominee, an
2 made a Canvass Of the State in the in
tsrest Of Gen. Nichols, wbiehf0r yigOl
brilliaBcy aud saeeess has seldom bsel
; equaled. It is the unanimous test
mony Of The Louisiana press, with bE
singie exception, that Gov. Niehoil
owes much Of bis majority TO the eDeI
8 getic canvass of his late eoTnpetito
e foF The goTsFBoFship; ard it is ceFtat1
: that the largest majority for Nieboli
!, caue from McBueTy parishes Ink
y Tensas, Caddo, COBeoFdia, etc. Co
MeEosry retires from the governor
e ship with the unanimous indOrSemen
Il Of bis parry, and after having don
certainly AZ mach as any man With
It's ranks 70 assure its success.
The people Of Louisiana aud Ne
lOrleans know who helped them
elect Nichols and q good city Cover
meHi~--aBd they are not going TO
''fooIed" BY discussing what occuTt
p last December 10 the election Of Del
y gates 10 tie Baton Rouge CoBVentio