The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-06-11
Attention, Sub Unions of Bos.
gier Parish.

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The tine for the regular meetings
of the Parish Union on the second
Wednesday, che 9th of July, is rapid
ly approaching, and during this
month, June, the subordinate unions
will have to elect Delegates to repre-
sent them at that meeting; also,
officers for the ensuing term.
The next Parish Union meeting
will be one of more than ordinary
Importance, for several reasons. It
Is the meeting when officers for the
ensuing term of the Parish Union
are to be elected, and two Delegates
to represent the Parish Union at the
next meeting of the Grand State
Union, which convenes in August.
Besides these items of business
that occur annually at the July meet
lngs, are other matters of grave i'm
portance to the Union and to the
people of Louisiana, which will claim
your attention at that time, and /
hope Delegates will all come pre-
pared to take hold of the different
matters of business in an intelligent
manner and push everything to a
happy consummation for ''the great
est good 20 the largest number" of
our people.
A serious crisis in our State affairs
is fast approaching-I might say, is
now upon us-which calls for the
thoughtful and determined action of
Louisiana's sons.
John A. Morris lottery, embolden-
ed by the recent decision of the Su-
pneme Court of the State, is redoub-
ling it's efforts to take possession of
our State.
And just at present it seems that
they have an advantage in the situa-
ton on account of the extraordinary
stringency of money matters all over
the land.
It is to be feared that some good,
honest and well-meaning people may
be caught with the alIuring bait
offered them for education, pensions,
levees, ETC., who would spurn the
offer with indignation if they were
not pressed so hard financially.
A starving man is not very likely
to question the source of supply
offered him to sustain life, but would
naturally seize it and appropriate it
to his bodily wants without stopping
to ask for the motive that prompted
the donor.
This strained condition of our peo-
pie, or of many of them-this mis-
fortune-will be taken advantage of
by the lottery chiefs to further their
schemes of greed and corruption.
Let us ever be on the alert and guard
well our every interest. Let us do
right for the sake Of right and prSwci-
pie, and risk the consequences.
We are opposed to Especial priv
leges" to any class, and they demand
special favors. We are opposed to
all monopolies, and they ask for a
charter that gives them the exclusive
right and monopoly of the lottery
business in this State. We declare
in favor of good morals; they throw
morals to the winds. We declare in
favor of supporting our civil officers
IN maintaining law and order; they
openly and boldly violate the law
every day. Not only are they openly
violating the law constantly, but they
are using all of their influence in
every manner known to themselves
to cause the people of whole State
to violate the letter and spirit of the
United States anti-lottery law. They
have the brazen effrontery to claim
that the said law is undemocratic,
notwithstanding that every Democrat
present in Congress voted for it. |
They argue that it is an infringement
of the rights of the Press, upon
States rights, atc., which is to accuse |
all of our veteran constitutional law
yers in Congress of ignorance on
those points, or of corruption in |
being induced to vote against their
convictions of right.
Brothers, what a spectacle! The
lotteryites in Louisiana the onlv
Democrats in the whole United
States! w. r. BATEN,
President Parish Union.