The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-01-02
STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.
WE'LL DONE. NOBLE SONS OF
LOUISIANA.

cls IL their ~rcaIta>t devotion 10 the
tlne-i."ho;ed principles OF the Demo
cratic Mty. and II the issues upon
wliet that party has recently gone be
fore thrr,Wn T., and secuted its migil-
fceht Victories. resulting Ill the con
troll OF i majority of the States ct the
Cniot. as we'll as of Il majority OF over
100 IL the popular branch OF the Fele-
raj Con-.tSs. thus indicating that 1T
the approaching elections these time
honor principles will once again be
in the ~ascendancy, and that the party
will once more be charged with the
contr,. OF the government and Its des-
tinv.
In :. time inns auspicious of victory !;
at IL time when it is almost certain that
the Democratic party will he placed III
eliza. < at all branches of the govern
mel, aud thus be abe to afford relief
tO IT,, people II, III the crushing taxa
ton and tn. bad government under
whic,l they have SO long suffered, we
see with concern, aud call the atten
ton OF The people "f Louisiana to the
%attenpt to disrupt, d~l>ihttgrtte ana
jenpaItlize the power and usefulness OF
the parry ia this State, thus endan9er-
ing It's electoral vnie and its usefulness
to protect and defend the people of
this Stat. from African aud Radical
rule.
We call the attention of the people
of Louisiana. and especially OF the con-
stituencies interested, to the fact that
many parishes were unrepresented Ill
this convention. through the revolu-
tionary acts of the delegates from those
parishes. who, without cause. excuse
or provocation, refused to take their
seats and to participate in its dellsera-
tioLs, as they. were appointed to do,
but on the contrary organized an IN
dependent convention and placed III
nomination a ticket which has none of
the authority or regularity Of Il Demo
cratic nomination with which to 90 be-
fore the people. and can only be clas-
sed as an independent or tLird party
ticket, and WI urge upon the true
Democracy of Louisiana, who have by
long years OF devotion to the interests
of the party, which are identified with
those of the white people OF this State,
to stamp with the seal of their disap-
probation this attemp' to divide them
and to steal from them their satfrages
under the p~retcnse that the ticket thus
nominated in any sense represents the
Democratic party.
The Democracy of Louisiana regard
fea,ty to the party and faithful adLer-
ence to its organization as above all
considerations. aud the only means of
sustaining and perpetuatlng white
supremacy and good government IN
Louisiana.
In view of the very proper anxiety
that exists among the large majority
of the people of Louisiana who follow
agricultural pursuits, III consequence
of the depression of their industry, and
the enormous burdens which tney are
called upon to bear. We call their at
tention to the fact that the Democratic
party has ever been the friend of the
farmer. the laborer, and the mechanic,
and we ask them to wait for redress
of their grievances and a remedy for
the evils from which they suffer, until
the Democratic party shall be placed
il uncontrolled power in the admins
uration of the government of this
country, and shall be able to afford
them that relief which they have failed
to receive from the Republican party.
Since 1856 the Democratic party has
never been in control of all branches
Of the government, so as to be able to
afford this relief. Since the wal we
have had one President, whose ad-
ministration brought credit upon the
Democratic party, but during his ad-
minist:ation the Senate was Republi-
can, and it was impossible to obtain
relief. At all other times we have had
either Il Democratic House and a Re
publican Senate, and a Republican
President, and it was impossible for
the Democratic party to secure the
adoption of any measure OF relief tor
the depressed interests of the country.
We ask the agriculturists of this State
to abide patiently their time and to
assist the Democratic party in its APP
preaching battle for that power which
alone can give relief. There is no
room in the political campaign ap-
preaching for IA third party, and the
establishment of a third party in the
South can only disrupt the Democratic
party anu dl'l i'll Tic pei pcludtlOu Vi
Republican rule.
That it is the duty of the State to
foster and to improve all OF its great
agricultural interests by adequate
legislation, for their development and
promotion. and specially by the en-
couragement aud maintenance Of the
Agricultural College and the present
State experiment stations, and by all