St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-26
Scandalous and Unscrupulous Misle-
presentation.

the Clarion is not only an llltgitimatc,
rafting concern, but that its editorial
writer's have more than once stopped tu
such dishonest, small and dirty tricks as
to place il outside the pale Of decent
journalism. Here is another ease in
point: On the l2th inst, referring to
the minded and intoelant
course OF the Swords people in tiu ne
sotiatiOns made to heal the breaches IN
the party, we said:
Although they were Oh the winning
side, and by every dictate OF generosity
aud good policy should have made the
first Overtures to their opponents, they
stubbOrnly Iefrained from doing so and
peISistently claimed-evtn in tie face
OF the ruling and decree of the State
/ Convention to the contrary-that they
alone had the right to represent the par
ty. Laying aside all feeling OF false
/ pride in the matter, the E.storge people,
/ in order to put an end to the tIreS0me
wrangles which had vexed our peo-
/ pie for so long, and incidentally
/ to assist friend, finally made the first
advances. They offered the Swords
people Is members Oh d committee of p
and a majority OF the delegates 10 the
/ congressional convention This was
/ refused &c.
IN the same anti lie we stated that all
! the members Of the new committee
! elected on the Sth belonged to one side
T --uur s'de-and that it would be better
for the good OF the party if both sides
! had representation on it. We then went
OF to say:
Dut OF our committee Of II, thele
sur:lv can be fUuud seven or cigiIt-sdY
! one ont OF each Ward-patriotic enough
to uiake room for an equal number OF
our friends on the otter side" Let
thai be done promptly, kindly, cheer
! fully and unreServedIy.
The DEMOCRAT respectfully makes
the suggestion.
Instead of meeting this suggestion in
Il friendly spirit, and thus assisting in
the uDitcatIOn c. the party which has
been torn into shrcds 10y the factional
Wrancies of the past two years, Wrau-
giles OF which the masses OF our people
have long become heartily tired and dis
gustrd, tie Clarion spuIus the offer and
ayels its readiness to again enter the
llsts for party supremacy, &C., "cager,
as it said the week before, ior the
holding of another convention, 81 .rn
election. ~ no convention ol election
is likely to be held for two years, this
means that the CiAiiDiI is anzioiI, to
rloloDg the war uAtil hen. We h"pc
that III this it ducs not represent the
MASS OF It's iChdctS unr any body bat a
small cotCiir Of selfish and ti>GIunticA
s0fchr1t!&, and that our friends uf The .
committee will ignore it and its uugia-
cIous and luccudlaiy moutIiiHGs.
hit We are sure that none Of i!a self
respecting readers can afford TO endorse |
or even condone its efforts to GistoIt |
and pGrvclt the meaning Of nur Ian !
guage dis quoted above, That language !
is clear and unamiigaous, and although .
we do not entertain very high opinion /
of the grasp Of mind of the scribbler who |
Is playing editor in the Clal ion and cut
tug such high fantastic capcrs as to
make the angels weep, the deliberate
peryelslOn OF OR meaning and the
gal bling Of our language are too fragrant
and obvious to be attributed to mere
stupidity. Here is how he does it: I'VE
copy textuaily, giving Ills punctuation
and quotation marks, and showing how
he garbles on" Hnguage and puts in ouI
mouth words a,.d sentiments we pever
uttered.l Referring to The DEMOCRAT,
he says:
1t proceeds viii! suggestion. which
Is, that the EstOrge committee. in or
der to put an end to the tiresome wlaD-
giles which have vexed our people so
long and incidentally to assist friend
lmeaDlng the editor should make the
first advances to the Swords committee
and heal the breach by offering to give
to them mem bership to them on their
committee at the rate of or 8 out of
21.n
If, after this, the least reliance is
placed on any statement the Clarion
makes (until it again changes editors),
those who place their faith in it will
deserro to be deceived.
Referring to the direct tax list tor St.
Landry, the Clarion says: 1t was our
intention to publish the list for tic ben
eft of our readers, but we find that it
was over eight columns, and above our
persimmon.' Being the "oiticial ;oI.r~
nal" it was also probably the Clarion's
intention, as it certainly was its duty, to
publish the proceedings of last weeks
session of the Police Jury in lis last is
sue but that achievement, it seems, was
also above its pclsimmon.' Thus it
appears that unuer its g TOO sungy
management it docs not employ enough
prilters to publish matters of great
public interest nor even to property
perform the obligations Of its contract
viii, tie parish. And this Is the sort of
IL concern that has the gall to pose as II
legitimate newspaper Not only did the
DEMOCRAT publish the list and the pro-
ccedinSs last week, but the Courier did
so too.
We call attention to advertisement Of
Mcssls. Dan ialEage5 Sons, il which
they state that q shippers can net more
or get hjghcst values 10y shipping to New
York. This is accounted for as follows:
This is Il large distributing point
Our ulll gives lis at present ouly bali (.
i,..1 rot