The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-19
ABouT THE PARISH PRINTING.


AKaRrrIl1z La, Oct. q 1924
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49, lr 5,siess ig4sg serretlY svgsged republican
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aanfldeHes Eaz1e 5g the Press
Fles4yse 10 Ralicitad an bagffplssus for tho sess
n fhis part 81 fhe parrish. Represented i to % an
tBaapgndent paper e Be eeHtrnllea p NO Pafss.
fagthase representations saaBs gubsulaoeys EeFs
asfnrad throughout this section. Iheeaiorei We
are inclined % the 0pinian, that our police 5ffs
hEve been successfully AnnNaed, and the good
se1pie ct ehis perish faEged e pay TRIBUTE =
i,sl8 M a marty fss sse.l enfhs 6s the tsxpaugfs
reuadiate. How pleasant to have the Press
editor sana aat the boast Oh his ietterheads that
though = republican pegeT at Is The official paper
81 the pafisll-za parish with at least loaF then
sand xaieFs and NOT over tive hundfad Of than1
republicans. While We e7n but expect the kTess
OuInpany g eai9S their deception, We 5eei sase
viii hang their heads IN shame, rather hhan an
psave such false TSetensas No enc VIII claasfis
Tor an instant that if the Press had been an
lsaunetd as the outset 60 hea Fepnbnean paper,
that il would have received three hundred sab
srribprs in this parish, much less been selected
As the official paper of Caieasieu parish.
human
honest fair aazling we are sure the days Of the
Press are numbered, as It viii no longer be sup
paFfsd BY the taxpayers Is has aeee8Fea, we
wulld be glad 90 hear from some OF the membeFs
u '"' po''S' 90 - '-''S TAxPAYER.
In answer to taxpayers inquiries as to
the knowledge of the police jury Of the
political attitude of the Press, we will
say that the police jury had been warned
and had every reason TO believe that the
ultimate object of the owner of the Press
was to, in the near future, publish re-
publican paper.
The independent democratic dodge to
secure subscribers, was fully explained
to at least some Of the police jury by
these who knew the antecedsnts Of the
adyeuturer, who proposed to play the
game.
In all fairness the parish printing
shanld have been let to theEcHo, its bid
being by far the lowest. The next lowest
bid was that of the Commercial, TIVE know
whereof we speak but nothing would do
but that the printing should be let to the
Tarass at a price three tiasss as large as the
bid af tao Echo, and much higher than
the Commercials bid. We do not believe
that all the police jurors knew what
they were doing, bat were guided by two
or more in whom they placed confidence.
They now see the results, and would be
glad if the record eould be sxpHnged.
The Press secured its present patron
age by false representations, and is to-
day supplied by republican campaign
fund with the siRews of war with which
to vigorously fight the democracy of
r.le.ssar,