The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-11-19
CHEEKY

MODlegut uldu6 auui eoeOo nho uS"p
ed a regular TRADE of abuse upon the
Peoples party and their leaders,
Hon. Ambrose Monton, representa-
tive from that parish receiving spec,
ial thrust of vi~ndictiveness from that
body which wound up its proceed
ings with the following resolution:
Ambrose Mouton having proved
recreant to the faith and principles
Of the Democratic party, and partica-
larly to the Democrats OF Nermilion
parish, by whose votes he was cleo
ted. they request him to resign the
high position rendered him by the
Democrats of Yermilion."
If we correctly informed Mr..
Mouton was first nominated by the
Peoples party as their candidate for
representative, and afterwards en-
aorsed by tie Democrats, and those
same Democrats who voted for him
must have had faith in him that he
would make good representative IN
the interests of his parish and its
people. The people of that big Dem
~ocratie meeting must have thought
that be was sent to the legislature
to represent the Democratic party,
instead of the interests of his parish.
They end no fault with his record
while in the House of Representa-
tives, but, because he has "preved
recreant to the Democratic party"
and chosen to affiliate himself with
the peoples party, they ask him to
resign the Office to which he has
been elected and is serying.-The
Lake Side Reyiew.
We do not remember having ever
encountered such o mass of malici-
Gus Misrepresentation as is contained
in the above article.
We were present at the mass
Injecting referred to-, and not one
word Of abuse was applied to the
Peoples Party or its leaders. The
manifest absurdities of its pawn
broker and paterRal style of govern
ment were pointed out, but no harsh
language was employed By either
Mr.. Montegut or Congressman
Price.
1t is one of the duties Of a jour
nalist to be correctly informed OF
what lie writes about and a failure
to carefully observe this rule ALWAYS
/ subjects him to unfavorable criticism
In it's zeal to NEEDLE in the pelitica
affairs of another parish the Review
should have OF least taken the pre-
caution to learn the truth. Ambrois'
Monitor was nominated for tht
legislature by the Democratic ele
ment of the Farmers Alliance of thi
parish lover Ernest Montague wht
was the choice Of the Republican.
and ard partyites. He was after
wards endorsed, as a Democrat j
!, you please, by the Anti-Lotter
faction of the Democratic party d
this parish, and it is their vote
which sent him to the legislature
That the Democrats of this paris
/, have found 40 fault with his recor,
while in the House Of Representa-
: ~tives" is not surprising in view c
: the fact that Mr.. Mouton has faile
to make any record there which W
have ever been able to discover.
One thing is very certain, an
. that is that had Mr.. Mouton ono
t intimated to the Democratic voter
Of the parish that he was a People
Party mar he would have bee
leleeted to remain at home as b
will when his present term expire:
He repeatedly declared himself
Democrat, he was elected to differen
conventions as a Democrat and acte
! as a Democrat, and people naturall
were deluded with the idea that b
was a Democrat, and that he shoul
J. now declare that he was not a Den
ocrat and was only masquerade
I as one in order to get an Office
! certainly not very much to b
credit.