The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-30
PLATFORM
OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF LOU
lSIANA.

lSIANA.
The Democracy of the State in con-
vention assembled announce and Re
clare their steadfAst devotion to phe
time -honored princi Piles of the Demo-
cratic party, and to the issues upon
which that party has recent, gone be-
fore the country and secure its mafinlf-
icent victories, sesnlting in the control
of the majority of the States of the
Union, as we'll as of a majority of over
100 in the popular branch of the Fed
eral Congress, thus indicating that at
the approaching elections these time
honored principles will once again be
! in the ascendancy, and that the party
will once more be charged with the
control of the government and its
destiny.
In time thus suspicious of victory;
at time when it is almost certain that
the Democratic party will be placed in
charg of all branches of the govern
ment, and thus he able to afford relief
to the people from the crushing taxa
ton and the bad government under
which they have so long suffered, we
see with concern, and call the aiten-
ton of the people of Louisiana to the
attempt to disrupt, disntegrate and
ieopardize the power and usefulness of
the party in this State, thus endanger-
ing it's electoral vote and its useful
ness to protect and defend the people
of this State from African and Radi.
cal rule.
We call the attention Of the people
of Louisiana, aud especially of the
constituencies interested, to tie fact
that many parishes were nnrepresent-
ed in this convention, through the rev
dictionary acts of the delegates from
those parishes, who, without cause,
excuse or provocation, refused to take
their seats end to participate in its de-
alterations, as rhey were appointed to
do, but on the contrary organized an
independent convention and placed in
nomination a ticket which has none Of
the authority or regularity of Demo
,rot;. nomination with which to q
before the people, and can only bt
classed as an independent or thirf
:, party ticket, and we urge npon the
trne Democracy of Louisiana, wh'
have hy long years of devotion to th'
interests of the party, which are iden
tilted with those of the white people
of this State, to stamp with the seal o
'. their disapprobatlon this attempt tt
divide them aud to steal from then
) their sufrages under the pretense tina
tue ticket thus nominated in any sens
Z represents the Democratic party. Th
Democracy of Louisiana regard fealt..
TO the party aud faithful adherence t.
it's organization as above all conside
ratinns, and the only means of sus
t tanning and perpetnating white su
e premacy and good government i
n Louisiana.
| In view Of the very proper anxiet
that exists among the large majorit
! of the people of Louisiana who follo'
agricultural pursuits, in consequence
y of the depression of their industry
and the enormous burdens which the
are called upon to bear, we call the
attention to the fact that the Dem'
- cratic party has ever been the fFien
= Of the farmer, the lahorer and the INT
u chanic, and we ask them to wait II
redress of their grievances and rem
j. edy for the evils from which they sn
9 fer until the Democratic party sha
d he placed in uncontrolled power in tt
II administration of the government
1t this country, and shall he able to a
ford them that relief which they hav
h failed to receive from the Republics
p party.
J. Since 1856 the Democratic part
has never been in control of all bra'
il chcs of the government, so as to I
r. able to afford this relief. Since tt
Il war we have had one President, who's
A admir- istration brought credit upc
the Democratic party, but during b
- administration the Senate was Kcpu
~ lican, and it was impossible to obta
y, relief. At all other times we ba,
~ had either Democratic House and
Republican Senate, and Republics
, President, and it was impossible +
u: u: the Democratic party to secure tt
7" adoption of any measure of relief t
80 the depressed Interests Of the countr
It, We ask the agricnlturis,s of this Sta
to abide patiently their time and
9 assist the Democratic party in Its
a. preaching battle for that power whl'
" alone can give relief. There is
IN room in the political campaign a
- preaching for a third party, and u
establishment of third party in t
South can only disrupt the Democr
tic party and aid in the perpetuatl
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