The Bossier banner., 1892-03-17
A Word to Alliance Men of
Bossier Parish.

DROTHERS-Nn nen LOTQ nelson was
about to engage in the terrible naval
battle with the formidable feet of
England's powerful foes, he sent up
from his flag ship the signal, in view
OF every vessel of his squadron:
"England expects every man to do
his duty" He fully realized the fact
that it would require the united and
determined action of euery man of
his forces to insure success against
such powerful enemy. The result
is familiar in history to the average
reader. Nelson's fleet was victorious
in one of the bloodiest naval battles
of modern times, and England's su-
premacy on the sea re-asserted.
Our Nelson-Murphy J. Foster
has run up to the Democratic mast
head the signal: ''Louisiana expects
every man to do his duty" from now
till the 22nd of March, and it be-
hooves us all, eUe,y man, to use his
influence and his vote for clean gov
ernment and in opposition to an in
crease of taxation in our next State
administration.
When he was Governor, McEnery
recommended to the Legislature that
the tax rate should be raised from 6
to z mills, and also recommended
that the power to regulate the tax
rate be taken from the people and
given to the Legislature, so that taxes
could be increased by that body with
out being put to vote of the people
for ratification or refusal. He declar-
ed his inability to run the government
on a 6 mill tax, and he proved it by
his administration. In his late letter
of acceptance-that elaborate mass
OF contradictions and sophistry-he
reiterates the assertion that our pres
ent resources are insufficient for the
needs of government and clearly
recommends, by implication at least,
that we adopt the revenue amend
ment" as means of relief. Our
present State administration has not
only been able to run the State gov
ernment on the 6 mills rate of taxes.
but has paid off some of McEnery's
administration debts, and now has q
handsome sum accumulated in the
treasury. And not only that, our
school system has been improving
ever since McEnery went out of Office.
We now have more schools than
we had four years ago, and also have
longer term each year. There has
also been more levees built in the
last four years than were built in
seven years of the preceding admin
istration.
And furthermore, there have been
no State Bonds left lying around
loose for Burke, or anybody else, to
put upon the market the second time
and run away with the money they
brought.
Can any unprejudiced thinking
man, especially farmer, get his con-
sent to vote for man with such
record, and a man, too, who would
deliberately slap the farmers in the
face, as McEnery did in his letter of
acceptance?
They tell US now that the lottery
is dead and we ought to vote for the
ex-Lottery candidates! Who over
heard of such nonsense If it is in
deed true that the lottery has been
killed, what has killed it? Did the
anti-Lottery McEnery men help to
kill its Does any sane man think for
a moment that if all the anti-Lottery
men had fallen into line with the Nc
Emery ticket that it would have killed
the Lottery? Is it not singular that
ecery single Lottery man was a Nc
Emery mani Can we trust the prom
lses OF men who have violated SO
many promises? just look at their
shutfiing course and contradictory
arguments in this campaign. First,
they have exhausted their command !