The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-03-16
AN ADDRESS.


10 H5e Voters Of 6dlcasits REiai
FEtLu4y-g TrFzEys-EHe general eleciion sirRw.
ing near and it viii be impossible for me 10 visit
every portion Of the parish ! have thought lt'
N5ise and proper for me to publish some Of my
views IN regard 90 future legislation.
There Is no question of doubt thattheneNt Leg.
islatuTe viii have very important questions sub
mittod 70 it for consideration. i
EDUoATIos. 4
I am in favor Of Increasing the per cent Of State
tax for educational purposes, to one and One-hali
mills the dollar this would increase our etuca
four and one5half mills the dollar b be levied
TO oaTFy on and maintain the government OF the
State and public institutions pay tho interest on
fhe public debt and for all other purposes rs pro-
Eidell for by the Constitution.
am also in favor Of framing school laws 50 !
Is ID enable the different parishes Of the State
of the citizen taxpayers Of the ward or parish, ms
the case may be, to levy and cOllCctR special tax
to be applied exclusively for the maintenance Of
the public schools OF the parish OF wRTd from |
1 which it is collected
The different Universities Of the State should be
f0sterad and encouraged by the people for the
benefit Of the State. Ifthe youth Of the State be
educated al home they will have home ideas.
| When educated abroad they return home imbued |
with the doctrines Of other peOple-n love with
strange theories, and break the harmony that II
should be the aim Of pnblc institution 10 estab-
| lsh.
While all tlle advantages Of associations abroad
3tlsi lnIAEi Nlll Ulibf people arc GibStlDlel vel
the State, like q careful mother should consider
that the home education and home Influences and
surroundings make purer and better man, than
all the fictitious advantage Of strangeness and
novelty
The Agricultural and Mechanical College should
receive the first care Of the State and its re
sources and capacities sbOuld be enlarged and its
usefulness increased. 1T should be EXTENDED 10
/ that there would go annually among the people
one Thousand new vigorous and intelligent farm
eTs, stOekIaen and mechanics, skilled in all the
advantages that science has developed to make
fields and gardens fruitful, crops abundant cattle
prolific and machinery profitable, There should
be established by the State an Industrial School
for the education Of Young ladies
CAPITAL AND LABOR ADJUsTlIENT
There sh0nld be provided by law a special court
of arbitration to adjust differences between public
corporations and their employees, a State court Of
arbitration. Specific rules should be made fixing
/ upon what terms the employees of puclic corpora
tons can appeal to a court OF arbitration organ
/ lied by the State Government in matters Of diRa-
2Teement and difference, as to the question Of
wages wages, -.,--..-,.-.,,
be allowed under iudieisUs rules the rights of ap
| peal shopid be given to q respectable number of
w0rkmen acting for and in behalf of their particu.
laT branch or class of labor.
! There exists feeling of sympathy of the whole
people in behalf Of the laboFing class and insist
that capital aud capitalists shall notlive prince
| II wealth nj tie expense Of men who wear out
their lives and their muscles in toll and struggle
/ and gain no more than the simple support that
| enables them to live OF barely exist nothing for
sickness nothing for days Of disaster nothing for
! misfortune, nothing for old age--nOt even the
possibility Of saving sufficient for decent burial
/ .Isf,rran ,rto,-
| The State should do everything in its power 10
st,I5 r. teeIal appropriation
CF II1Taisi6, az r,v u w We eau
the advantages that have been derived since the
establishment OF this inStitutiOn in 1880
,ap,crrrrr,pr
The agricultural interests Of this State shonld
| reserve me htsI care Of the state Every effort
| sAo4d DC made by the experimental stations as
NJ" es@iplsheu 10 increase TIC science OF Hgll-
|17ultutt'
IMPROVEMENT or WATERWAYS.
am in favor of liberal appropriations l,v the
National Government for tbeinprovement OF nav
igatien. believe it is the duty OF the National
Government to make annual appropriations for
the improvement Of navigation. W. have a sur
plus accommodating annually in the Treasury Of
the Unsted STATES, a portion of which could be
appropriated for the Improvement Of navigation.
raIcas,, , XXI was maui ~ tht
jenfb oF qyate bta ,f a' 1I nj, Tlis m
| An 5,orieb ,rS,I5 ~ - i,,ID,.a,i l' ~ ~
/ let ,glrTla he IaJ 4 ~ Ii,g l HI ~,
TsctgTies 4EouiS bN ,lsrt IN INV III, a III
ChsTies Te and coInT,,eTr M , III
itai and e,teTrTis ,,-i,r IN -, NJ a. =" A. 1872
liz anal ,,s,,,,,i 81 -, N w ''''1'I
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PUBLIC FERRIES
| l believe the present law relating 10 public fer
Ties should be repealed. This law pr0vides that
the Police Jury Of the different parishes Of this
STATE the parish Of Orleans excepted) shall lease
the public ferries to the highest bidder after be
; ing advertised thirty days. This system has
inonerstic Isrsar ' a, ~ g, a. = Ta1I;,
The Law a,,I snarti4,,r n low ,5 ioiia5
TIIr[' IN Tant fSTr IrVgss ''' WV
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reasntlEi befnI1a H. Rri1it,,T5Tl 1sociotjo ot
SlrrsyR;,aTt Will mi n lou 1i,Lt H. aIisa
Ne In sarne ,,oTtil,,s NJ te sat heI,o H., Is
but yerv few stock, vet general state law would
in nv opinion crash Tho stOcir Interest of this
STATE During fLe session Of Inc General GsseIn
Llv Of 1890 fberr We a IilI 5,1tr6,l,,oo5 n, m ,
, IIousa Gf RsDresentatives TeaniTina ali stocI,
Iggg This I'M a5taT dTo coneiJsrstioI sgss IN,
definjtqIy TnstI,aned II tbie 1nsstinn sbnnII bp
nregsnted again and T sbanid 49, H. bSnnT n,
TepTesentip5s Caieasseu paTis6 I yyouiT usr eyeTy
postnened as belieye N would he defT5TnsItoi ~
me farmfpg and stock igfarest of tbis naTisL
hNFoielAiohh iIaIAbLlsiAANI.
The State should establish q house Of correction
Or retOTmatory school, Tor tie reformation d
youthful criminals. There is great need Of a
house Of correction TetormatpTY school for tie
youth Of the State. heinterest Of all demand it
stitute Of this kind, the State would be able tC
save from Fuin many Of the unfortunate youths
Instead Of being confirmed criminals they might
become good and valuable citizens. Itw0uld save
money to the State and relieve the penitentiary
Of the youths that shpuld never have been sent
there it Wouh stay the young criminal On tht
road TO ruin turning him back 10 honorable wayE
and habits Of usefulness.
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