The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-11-06
A Reply to sold Democrat"
BAYOU RAPIDEs, !
Oct. 90, 1895. {
Editor Louisiana Democrat:

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Editor Louisiana Democrat:
In the issue of the I0wn Talk,
of October 10Th, there appeared a
communication from a correspond
ent who writes over the nom de
plume Of "Old Democrat" and
makes political illusions to all the
candidates for the Legislature,
with the exception Of my friend,
Ariail, who Gems to be- the only
Fortunate one to escape the 5rat.tns
Jalmen, Or in more ordinary par
lance, the harmless t%huuderbolt OF
his a%ntithetieaI anImadversiOns.
l refer, Mr.. Editor, more espec,
tally to the following paragraph
in the Weekly 1own IdM:
CAT present it is said that Mr..
Julius Ariail is the only imdepend-
el,t candidate for the Legislature
before the people, and if elected
he will wear nobody's collar, and
this is the man the people up our
way will support for oi,e. Are
there not others who will come
out? Let the people bring thcm
out ant see to it that kapides De.
mocracy will resent any dictation
from Cadio parish"
Now, my friend, "Old Demo.
cral," (for | take you to be my
ftiend, purporting, as you do, to
come trcm Bayou Rapides-per-
haps Il ~ncishbor of close proximity
or, per chance, from a more dis.
tant, yet not SO genial locality
Aiexahdlia), whist | agree in
uncil that you have said, l must
;e permitted to dissent, when you
announce that Mir. Ariail is the
''only independent candidate for
Tie Legislature before the people,
and if elected, the only candidate
who will wear nobody's political
collar"
When | announced my name as
a candidate, and whilst the Ian.
guage Of The announcement could
have beeu couclietl in more elegant
d%iction, it certainly Was expressed
in liz ambiguous, tqnivocal or IN.
certain tone Or tenor; and now MIR.
Editor, if you will be kind enough
To give space, for the etllticatiou OF
.'Old Democrat" and in response
10 several. communications from
friends iii different portions OF the
parish, | VIII again state my posi-
tlon in this campaign.
LIST. | ain d free silver Democrat,
fayorlng the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of l;
to l, without regard to internation-
al agreement. Am pledged to the
support of no man for the United
States Senate, but ii elected, Will
vote for no man who is not an out
spoken and u%nequivocal free sill
yer Democrat. | believe that this
question il and should be one OF
The supreme issues in the present
campaign, and members of the
General Assembly should be pro-
nounced free silver men. | am
not one of those who believe the
elimination of the silver question:
is necessary or essential to the
preservation OF the autonomy OF
the Democratic party.
The great majority of free silver
Democrats of this State, armed in
the holy cause OF free silver, and
the impelisl,able principles of JEFF
tcrsonian Democracy, in my opin.
ion, are inyincib!e by any force
that our enemy, the Republican
party, can bring against us, if we
use the vigilance, the energy and
the means, that the God OF Nature
hath placed i'll our power.
Tie complex character of our
government, both State aud Ma
tional, has necessitated the forma-
zion of political parties, which in
their objects and principles, al
most forbid aud prevent IL purely
State campaign. The National
partiesare the parties in tue States,
and the organization and princi-
pies of the National parties ere
those of subdi 7isious in the States;
hence, national politics are 80
interviewer with individual pros.
perity, so intermixed with the gen.
eral welfare, and SO bound up