The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-09-28
Montgomery Dots.
Yours truly,
A CITIZEN.

EDITOR POPULIsT We regret very
much to report again that Mrs. W. o.
Harrison is seriously i'll. We trust she
may recover vet.
We had a good meeting of our Chris
tian Association on last Sunday even
ing. Attendance was very good, and Il
good feeling generally seemed to pre-
vail. Mr.. w. III. Latham, our worthy
president, resigned, owing to the fact
that he had moved to Natchitoches and
could not attend regular Prof. j. w.
Wardlaw, the principal of the Mont
gomery High School, was elected presi-
dent to ill the vacancy occasioned by
the resignation of Mr.. Latham. and he
is qualified to enter upon his duties with
dignity and ease.
The Association appointed a commit
tee composed OF Messrs b. A. Fortson.
A. {. Teddlie, and Miss Mildred Jack
son, whose duty shall be to select and
recommend lot of literature for the
benefit OF the Association. This is one
OF the most important steps the Asso-
citation has ever taken. We trust the
committee will be successful in obtain
ing literature that will rebound to the
good OF the order and the public gene
rally. There is nothing more beneficial
and elevating to any community than
to have it supplied with good whole
some literature that will tend to moral
ize and christianize the people, especial
ly the young tender minds that is now
being developed May the good work
continue to go on.
The low prices of cotton is casting Il
shadow of dependency and discourage
ment over our once happy Southland.
Will the good old prosperous times new
er come back again to brighten our
homes, and let peace and plenty reign
once more? God grant that we may
live to see it.
1t would seem frd b the clipping l
hand you hereunto, which appeared in
the Homer Guardian-Journal, that the
Democrats of old claiborne, once the
banner parish of North Louisiana, are
at sea as to ''where they are at" and
what their platform and principles are
anything we suppose that would land
Hon. c. j. Boatner in congress again.
Mr.. EDITOR Your valuable journal
being the only exponent of Democratic
doctrine in Claiborne parish, | come to
you, and through you to my fellow
Democrats for information as to what
/ must do and believe to be Democrat
one of the ''elect," as it were
The mass meeting held in Homer last
Saturday, surely is not an index to the
Democratic mind: if so the once proud
Democracy of old Claiborne, the banner
parish of North Louisiana, has vanished
as tale that is told.
No resolutions or enunciation of prin-
ciples were promulgated that we might
know the password. We have no Shi-
boleth, by which we may distinguish a
Populite Benjamin from a Democratic
Judah.
Is it possible that we the sons of Dem
Ocratic sires have so far degenerated
that, when we meet in convention, we
have neither the generosity to send
greetings and messages of approval to
our comrades, if we endorse them, nor
the courageous manhood to censure
them, if they deserve it?
Has our grand old party lapsed into
the condition of some Of the apostolic
churches, and incurred the danger of
losing its candlestick or of being spewed
out?
If we are to thus drift about at ran
dom, with no beacon lights along the
shore, no slogan to rouse our energies.
LET us tot pell-mell
Ii not to heaven, then hand in hand to
hell"
S. T.. f.
Hon. H. w. Ogden member of Con-
gress of the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict. after advertising several days an
to address the citizens of
this section on the 25th inst, upon the
issues of the day and the working of the
late Democratic Congress, was prompt
ly on hand at 10 a. m. and after spend
ing about three hours in our quite little
burg. must have concluded that the dear
people of this section did not need the
usual Democratic lecturing, or else they
must be already too well posted on the
record of the Democratic party. as he
failed to muster up respectable crowd
to speak to. We have seen the time
that Democratic Congressman Of this
district, after advertising an appoint
ment to address his constituents. would
meet with grand rally. barbecue and
thrown in. but what
change times do bring about
On this occasion with Hon. III. w.
Ogden. probably there was half dozen
who came to town To hear him speak
and were disappointed. We sometimes