St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-07-19
OUR STAND.
CAmite City Gszstte.1

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we would be giving him some gra
tuitous advertisement and motto
riety, whereas, to speak plainly, i,
our opinion the sooner such q Law.
maker is relegated to private life
the better for the District which b,
now. by accident, represents, o.
rather MIs-represents. We do no
propose to discuss hls private life
that, for aught we know, is abov,
reproach but surely it is our pre-
rogative to ~criticise his OF any othel
mans public career.
He claims to be the exponent o.
the undemocratic idea Of Senator's
infallibility, and Illuminated rather
Justify such dangerous doctrines il
Baton Rouge a. this: 81 will vote
against the lottery regardless Of
petitions from the people," "Ths
people have no right to instruct the
Senator" No consistent Demo.
crat can surrender himself to such
belief. The doctrine Of instruction
by the people is the foundation
stone Of State autonomy, and the
absurdity Of his position is seen in
the elaboration Of his idea. II
every voter in the District signs q
petition praying him to vote for .
measure, he will use his discretion
and exercise his colossal intelli-
gence. The density Of the latter
might invite charity Of thought in
the breast Of the citizen, but surely
the voter must himself be q fanatic
to join in such unholy interpreta-
ton Of the unwrittcn law and party
principle, and assist again in ele-
waiting the grave and learned Sena-
tor to any position where egotism
and caprice dictate measures for
popular guidance. Think Of it,
You make him your repre-
sentative, your law-making agent,
and your voice Is muzzled during
incumbency. He is supreme
dictator pro TEN. The aspiration
for judicial p~referment ever present
the gentleman, proved to he
IN igais fasxi* in the last election,
and, thank God. it is &c. We love
the principles Of the grand old
party, and We are in
tolerant to the dictator and infalli-
bic Office holder. Enthusiastic
friends believed the lawyer by pro-
would make his mark in the
say nothing Of his sue
,ess IS . lawyer, court records are
silent on that subject
nut the mark lie has made Is not 81
shining thing Of beauty"
Whist has he done since he has
'een in Office fought the lottery?|
les, that and also has he initiated
style OF Ciceronian eloqucnce
'hich the young must emulate, and
'hich in the future will be yclept
he carbuncle style-the lofty SORE
M style. We could criticise to
'etter advantage, but his IL an or
or Of omission, rather than COM
Mission. Our able Senator did not
epresent the white voters Of this
'arish when he cast his vote against
the lottery question to
be people, and We are positive that
large majority Of the white voters
{ the other parishes that compose
be District were and are now in
ayOr Of having this question set
ed by the peOple-the taxpayers
nd permanent residents of Louisi-
na. Therefore We say Tour Sena-
"" did not represent this Sena-
,rial District when he voted a. he
din fact he only represented 81
cry, very small minority Of voters
nd his own peculiar idea of Demo-
attic principles.
We indulge In the hope that when
e next convention meets to nomi-
ate . Senator, no one will have
~ old scores to pay, and that We
Ill not have any further "a0ci-
When the Legislature adjourned,
ter having passed the lottery
easure by . two-thirds vote in
'th Houses, several Of the most
Ants frankly said they
,uld not be there to answer roll
ut the next Legislature, thus
admitting that they had
'owingiy and wilfully misrepre-
nted their constituents /; and those /.
% didn't say 90 doubtless felt I
It way at heart. II these men, !
n had not assumed the role Of .
:tators, blindly ignoring the wish !
Of their people, the lottery 9
would have been car {
d by 1t least four-fifths majority s
both houses. But some OF the :
,ators and Representatives saw G
to arrogate to themselves the Q
ht to settle the question, even 9
% far - to refuse to consider +
wishes Of the people, - ex- 3,
seed through delegations and v
Our Senator Was Of this
nber. Clothed witha little brief A
fortunately very brief)
showed that they considered
Z own individual opinions were II
,arSmOunt importance. and that IL