The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-09-17
ANNOUNCEMENT.
We are authorized to Announce
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD
as a candidate for reelection TO Congress,
subject to the action of the District Dem
ocratic Convention.
That Railroad Pass.

That Railroad Pass.
Bro. Goodwin OF the Chronicle says we
have had "pass" on the railroad ''all
along" Bro. GOODWIN is not in the hab
it OF wilful lying, but his informant, Jack
pot" got his information from a man who
did lie. This man who lied and caused
the Chronicle to lie, Is thoroughly, but
rather unfavorably, known TO the citizens
of Winn parish, and when he was men,
Der of the Legislature pass was put in
his pocket and instead of returning 1t or
throwing it away, he rode home on 1T,
like any other sensible man would have
done.
So fsr as we are concerned, If the rail
road official had Internationally offered
us q free ride on his road, We would no
more refused it than we would refuse
an invitation to lunch with the editor OF
the Chronicle, nor would we turn round
and give the price of the free ride to the
State nor anybody else.
This is not the fault that the people
have found with the Democratic party;
il it was that party would have been
tout to Craze" fifty years ago, for the
people generally know that not only
nine tenths Of the members OF the Dem
ocratic legislatures ride on passes, but
all the leading officers of the party do SO,
and they not only take them when Of
fered, but go to the railroad representa-
tives and ask for them for themselves and
their friends.
Come again, Bro. Goodwin, with your
Jackpot" we are already in Office and
care but little how long we stay there,
and il we were q candidate We are not
on your platform, nor the one you are
striking at all the time.
Wake up, there's a thousand shay
seeds" in Grant parish who can run
better paper that you are doing -Winn-
field Comrade.
Our weak and effing brother,
as usual, is barking up the wrong
tree; and his denial, which is no
denial at all, is fatal, in that its
lack of definiteness seems to be
patent. We believe we have the
data to prove he did have a pass;
that his partner did attempt to
ride on it, and that the railroad
conductor did take it up, as stated
two weeks ago by our correspon-
dent, "Jacquot." The matter rests
solely upon the veracity of JAG
quot's informant and that of Bro.
Brian; and if he is as far off in this
regard as he is OH the nom de plume
of our correspondent, and the loca-
ton of the party giving the infor-
nation, he is sure to be cornered
| if a test is made. We stand ready
to furnish names and other data if
demanded. For the better inform
alton of the Comrade man we will
state that Jacquot's informant is
not a resident of Winn, but lives
on the west side of Red river. So
the comments on the party in Winn
are entirely gratuitous and without
warrant.
As to the point attempted to be
made againt the Democratic party
by the Artful Dodger of the Com.
rade, its sharpness is entirely
blunted by the expense grab
made by the late Representatives
of the Peoples Party in the Legis
lature. Such moral depravity new
or occurred in such wholesale rate
among Democrats within all the
fifty years they held sway. The
contrast between Democrats ant
flanel-mouthed "reformers" is in
fnitely to the detriment of the re
formers, who could not keep vi
even a show of moral rectitude II
!; o short Legislative session OF fit.
days, to say nothing of what nigh
be expected of them in fifty years
A new bank was organized II
Alexandria ON the 18th inst, O
!. which Hon. J. G.. White, Bernar