Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-07-19
CONFEDS IN CONGRESS-
SENT TO lEGlSLATE AGAINST
THE NORTH.
They Control tho Democratic Majority
Vote and All Congressional Action
Democratic Party As . Record Breaker
To Manipulate Coming Elections.
"CUl0h els" In Control.

"Colonels' In Control.
Mr.. Charles Fdgeworth Jones, OF
Augusta, Ca, writes an intere. ting
letter to Senator Walsh's newspaper,
the Augusta Chronicle, on the rapid
disappearance, OF prominent Confeder.
ate officers from the arena OF national
politics. Mr.. Jone is the historian of
the Confederate Survivors Associa-
tion. In commenting upon Mr.. Jones'
list the Augusta Chronicle remarks:
Taey are passing awAy. The charge Is
30 frequently made by the Republican
lress or that portion OF II which likes t,
stir up prejudice and discord, that Ire .ent
legislation Is rul.d by Confederate bnga-
diers. that the facts set forth in Mr. Jones
article are timely and interesting Our
Republican friends are shut up TO one or
two conclusions Either they arc willfully
misre presenting facts. or else it takes q
veri few sou hern bri2adiers to control
the action OF Congress-
The twelve names mentioned by Mr..
Jones do not make a mplete list of
those "who distingui he'd themselves
in the military q ID civil annals of the
Con e leracy' and who remain in ma
tional hal upholding in the present,
as they strove to do in the past, the
rights and interests OF the section of
which they are the honored represen-
tatives.
Confederate soldiers distinguished
themselves in lower grades of military
rank than that of Brigadier General.
In Mr.. Jones' list we find no mention
OF Senator George. who was a Briga-
dier General of Mississippi troops; of
Senator Daniel, AdWtant General OF
Jubal Farly's ttaF; of Senator Roger
Q. Mills, fol merly Colonel of the Tenth
Texas: of Senator Berry, OF Arkan as,
who got to be Second Lieutenant,
and lost leg at Corinth: Of Senators
Jones of Arkansas, Blackburn and
Lindsay of Kentucky, and Pasco of
Florida, all of whom distinguished
themselves on the Southern side dur
ing the war.
Nor does the historian OF Confede.
rate survivors take account of the fifty
three Confederate veterans besides
Gen. Wheeler, of Alabama, who are
members of the House of Representa-
tives in the Fl ty-third Congress, in
Guiding eight Colonels and Lieutenant
Colonels. ... ...
The fact is that from the thirteen
States of Alabama, Arkansas, FL rida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, Missouri, North Carolina, south
Cat DINA, Tennessee, Texas, and Vir-
ginia, not less than seventy-six OF the
present Senators and Representatives
served on the Confederate side during
the war of the rebellion.
The total representation of these
States is only ll2, 50 that considerably
more than half of the whole number
are Confederate veterans, survivors OF
actual service in the field against the
Union. When we con ;ider that aim st
thirty years have elapsed since the
end Of the war. and that many South
ern States and districts are now repre-
sented by men who were babies when
the fighting was on, the pr portion OF
Southern military ard naval heroism
yet in Congress is lemarkable. 1t con-
tr Is the >, utnern Democratic vote,
the Southern Democratic vote controls
the majority party, and the majority
cont e Is legislation.-New York Sun.
More Ligh> in Louls,an,.
WITH proI er and permanent p'otec-
tiOn for raw sugar, Louis ana sho~ Id
be as reliably protectionist in 1896 as
W
but 1t Is not Wonderful changes hav
occurred and are still occurring. A
section Of the pre- $, when the "Cleve-
faction becalse the Northern States
were suffering. They taught the Ieo.
pie that, because Louis. ana was an
agricultural State, the panic would
reach it: but the Eobber Barons"
orn thu nnoS xvbnso hork orcn,,nt,
would he made to feel tn results, and
not the cotton Planter.
The most remarkable and unheard
of change is taking place. O'd men.
we'll on in the sixties, vo,unte the
the open expression OF a change of
heart. A large minorit of the young
and reading men are seeking amore
light" and h I'D to tariff literature as
never before and part with it very re
luctantly. Many of these young men
openly announce that they have per-
manently parted company with the
free trade party. While not a, out.
spoken as to their intentions OF unit.
ing with the protectionists, they do
rot hesitate to confess their belief is
in the princip es tf that pa ty.
The business of protection has been
brought directly home to the people
of Louisiana as 1t has in other States
Protect on means successful business
and prosperity. Free trade means the
opposite. At New Iberia there was
quite recently meeting held to dis
cuss the advisability of erecting q new
and central sugar factory. The gentle
men present were not disposed to risx
their capital. People do not like to in
vest large sums OF money in an uncer-
tainty. The sugar planters OF Louisiana
are not able to place their product on
the market and cell it at profit on
the basis of New York prices for raw
sugar. They need protection. The
sugar industry Of Louisiana represents
&C ms 40, ,OOO,OOO worth of goods pur-
chased in other States. These other
States are interested in the welfare Of
Louisiana just as Louisiana is interest
ed In their welfare.
The Promised Time IL Here.
1t has come, it is with us. The "gol-
don era" when the "shackles OF serf-
dom shall drop from our wearied
limbs" when bloated bondholders
shall be made to disgorge their ILL
gotten gains" spoken Of by the sugar
cured leaders Of Democracy, Is here,
and we don't seem to know It. Strange
- it may appear, the air is not rent
with our shouts of gladness nor do
loud hosannas 60 up to the ruling
p,wer. On the contrary the shouts ara
those OF angry men st whose vitals
hunger 10 gnawing. There IL the
march ng Of the military, the sharp
crack Of the rifle, the cry of tha
wounded. The hosannas are fearful
walls Of "How long, oh, how long will
II last?"
The ringed, streaked ana striped
goddess OF ballot box suffers, negro
fntimidators and political trjcksters,
sits on high and watches the terrible
strife, and with . sinister expression
IL remarks: 1T 10 Q condition and not
Q theory that confronts US.
ThA ran lla are tired. thAv are deter.