The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-29
OPINIONS ON THE SUGAR BOILERS.

They find little consolation or con- !
from the press. 6
Should the sugar men succeed in
sending Republicans to Congress they I
will antagonize, and in all likelihood {
loose the sympathy Of the party to
which they heretofore belonged.-La-
fayette Gazette.
With the citizen imbued with the
true principles Of government 1t IS
country first and self afterwards; but
our friends, the sugar planters, seem
to have caught on to the wrong end
Of this maxim and distorted 1t into
meaning, self first and the country
be blowed.- B. r. Advocate.
ri
While we hope to see a reaction
set in and cooler counsel prevail, and
our sugar planter friends return to
reason and the Democratic fold, yet
in the event of none Of these things
happening, they must let US Demo-
Gratis Lominate our Democratic caEd--
date without Republican interference
Il Clinton Waterman.
The Louisiana sugar planters and
manufacturers can find but little COM
fort in the expressions OF the press
throughout the country. Republican
newspapers, as a rule, rejoice at their
folly and welcome them IN Republl-
can ranks, taking care, however, to
= make no promise either to restore the
! old duties or the bounty SYSTEM
Lake Charles Echo.
Leading citizens Of Tensas parlsL
view with small concern the bolt o
d the sugar planters. They do 20
A. think the Democracy is endangered
d thereby aud feel confident that tn
ID State will stand by the old party
u Sucn is the opinion Of vast majorlt,
~ Of the citizens of Louisiana, and tn
4 sugarites will discover that they nav
r. ..bitteu oif more than they eau chew.
st 4 Madison Journal.
III Tha Dom ,cratic party has alwa!
be been the friend Of sugar, and the lea
er ing tariff reformers in the Democrat
party to-day-President Clevelan'
as Henry Waterson and }. Il. Carllsl
So urge the retention OF duty
IA. sugar for revenue purposes as strlc
ses ly in keeping with Democratic pr
the ciples. McCarlis]e goes SO tar as
om saw that the government cannot
,ed ford to lose the revenue derived III
be the duty on sugar, Ind if the artl'
IAN is placed on the free list it will caus
in observation-disclosures Clarion
lis III
or Senator Henry Mccall seems
of think there is only ditch seperat'
ion the republican and democratic part
pay and says he doesn't mind crossing
when he gets to it. The Sent
might find himself in yawn
this chasm instead of ditch if he is
ted careful Before making his cont
'orn plated leap it would be wise for
feet to find out how wide the ditch IS
feet then make careful estimate OF
ides jumping capacity. History rec'
pro- = number of instances in which
bilious persons have undertaken
lean from one party to another
Fred in trying to do so have fallen
occa- the abyss Of political obscul
veg Think twice before taking the
fangS templated leap, SENATOR no
u ~ Courier.
dan ~
10 g. Our sympathies are heart and
p''' with the sugar planters in their g
snce,, for as Louisiana forms b
is in small portion of the Democratic
caring of the United States, and the
struc- people but small part; OF L0u n,
ream. therefore stop and think, shall
pelled Democrat party as whole con
axplo- their interests paramount to
kinds, other section of the country, ane
News care Of them particularly, or
laws which the majority OF the
n de- nIe believe is to the best intert
,iil not -, ll,o,o an1 ho dAnO