The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-02-12
GREATLY MISTAKEN.

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that the To,cn Talk has received
from Secretary of State Adams,
orders to publish the Constitution
al amendments, and says that
1o,vn Talk received them TAT the
solicitation of single individual
in the parish of Rapides."
We might say that that truth in
the Bible is applicable to the "LoU.
lsIANA DEMOCRAT" j. e., "that
the sins OF fathers are visited on
their children to the third and
fourth generation" because of the
fact that Bro. Mobley had So
many bitter things to say of Capt.
Adams when that gentleman was
the anti lottery candidate for Gov
ernor.
1t so happened that To,gn TUX
was one Of the first papers in the
State to bring out Capt. Adams
for Governor, and we have never
attacked him in our columns. The
editor is personally acquainted
with Capt. Adams, and has a mum
Der of times received personal
thanks from Capt. Adams for the
loyal support We gave him. We
suppose that in giving ont the
amendments Capt. Adams remem.
bered the kind words said of him
by Tom Talk in years gone by,
and being one Of the few public
men who have gratitude, did 81
good turn for 7own Talk.
The Town Talk is under obliga,
tions to no man in Rapides parish
for getting as the amendments to
print. We got them because the
Tom 1'alk did the right thing in
the anti lottery fight, aud because
it is again with the people in their
fight against the gold Il as: Of Eu-
rope AID America.
Another thing that very likely
had a great deal of weight with
Capt. Adams selecting Town Tak
to publish the amendments is this:
The idea of publishing the amend!
ments is that they may be read by
the people. Capt. Adams is aware
that the ToWs Talk is read by at
least three times more people than
any newspaper published. III CEN
trail Louisiana
III III reply to the above, Town Talk
is assured that the LOUISIANA
DEMOCRAT is not at all "piqued,'
because it was not awarded the
publication of the constitutional
amendments. We had known for
sometime that a certain influence,
potential with the Secretary Ut
State, was being exercised in favor
of the 1omn Talk aud against the
DEMOCRAT and had on that &C.
count, abandoned all hope Of being
preferred by the Secretary. Be
sides, We were also aware of the
fact, that IN order to receive re-
cognition from Mr.. Adams, it was
expected that we should antago
nize the denomination of Governor
Foster and shout vociferously for
free silver.
We don't remember, however, to
have chad SO many bitter things
to say Of Capt. Adams when that
gentleman was the anti.lottery
candidate for Governor. While
we don't positively controvert the
proposition, although We are una
bic to perceive any parallel be.
tween or connection whatever with
the anti lottery business-a dead
issue-and the publication OF the
amendments at the present time)
our files are open to the inspection
of Bro. Mack, and if they sustain
his position, We will most Ger
tainly "plead guilty to the soft
impeachment" But if Town Talk
is correct, and we did, as alleged,
most numerically belabor Capt.
Adams with our editorial blud.
geon, it only serves to show that
he is actuated by the toibles of hu.
mainly in general, by rewardipg
his friends and furnishing his enc.
mics, for which We bear him no
luminosity.
Conceding -ad arguen3o that
Tpvn Iulk is correct relative to it's
circulation, the law imposed no
obligation upon the Secretary in
this respect. It did not require
him to resolve himself into an in
qulsitorial court, to inquire into
and ascertain the circulation Of
the various newspapers in the
State. His only duty in the pre-.
misses, was to see that the amend
ments werepublished three months
previous to- the election in two