The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17
STATE APpoRTIoHMEHT TO THE
FRONT!

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of the 4th inst. q certainly anus
ling, if not puerile in assuming the
mote Of censorship upon our article
referring to State representation.
1t says 1--WE had thought the
Question Of representation in the
next State Convention pretty web
settled, as most of those papers
proposing that the superintendent
agreed on by the people at the
primaries of March 1892, have had
nothing to say on the subject for
sometime, but the Carroll Banner
Democrat returns to the charge and
protests against the representation
fixed by the people-the white demo
cratic vote of the parish-as deter
mined by the vote for Foster and
McEnery."
This is indeed enough to excite
the risible in the most dormant
thinker.
The I'D. knows full well that it
was not the people, but the Return
ing Board that usurped the rights
of the people, who had expressed
themselves at the primary election
in opposition to Foster and the
present basis of representation.
Oar worthy contemporary siren
uously and loud mouth proclaimed
at the time against this procedure,
and We feel called upon now to in
qnire what causes this acqniescence?
Has few years deliberation taught
this great journal that it was wrong
in the maledictions and unjust in its
criticisms upon Mr.. Young and his
associates, and that in reality the
acts of the Returning Board were
correct and founded upon facts?
From the editorial contained in
| its issue Of the 4th we naturally
assume that the I'D. has receled
from Its position of three years ago.
1t IS safe to say that there are
thousands of citizens in the State
who still adhere to the sentiments
held by them in the last election and
are not willing to concur with the
I'D. that the basis of representa-
ton then reached was binding or
legal Nor are they willing to be-
lieve that the State Central Com
mittee in its prospective meeting
will ignore the rights of these
parishes to just and full represen-
tation.
What would become of our Sena-
torial and Congressional delegations,
and what would have saved the
State when Warmoth came to the
Red River line with 80, 900 majority
had 1t not been for those very
parishes the I'D. would deprive of
fair and equitable representation?
If this superintendent is unalter-
ably fixed, the Democratic party
will not be surprised if we "render
unto Caesar the things that are
Caresar's," and give only to the
party a vote commensurate with our
representation.
Don't Orleans city and parish vote
aliens, dagoes and what not-jack-
stats OF steamboats, may be-to pre-
serve their representation and to
effect political results? If SO, why
cannot our Democratic black allies
command consideration If they
are not of intrinsic value, then Gull
them and take what is left.
Really, the Democrats of the
parishes are in a state of blissful
lethargy, needing not that the city
of New Orleans today under the
present basis of apportionment will,
with small contingent from the
country, absolutely control on first
ballot the next gubernatorial candi-
date. Full representation of the
people is one of the cardinal plinci-
pies engrafted into the platforms of
our party, and upon the State Cen
tral Committee will devolve the
responsibility of saving the in
tegrity and the success of the Demo
cratic party.