The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-04-25

Our Political Conditions Must Be
Changed.

Wi. Ir.,
paper p"'''''''" ~ 1'' -
"es''e IL ",''' '''' "'f' '
CAUSE So'''' W WV ~
pause reflect and seriously ASK "h"'
will the ultimate destiny OF our o'a'e
Autonomy be?
Ot course, from q "'s'a''c"' 7'l'"''
aifr"ys, coIored by heslShihS po'l''
cal papers INTO Ser!ons 'fo''o'e 'o'
political purposes, gNoW mo hSI''o"S
crimes, and one negro wh'ppSn ID
easily multiplied INTO y h"'' oo>e"
killed, Bat th" i"c' fh"l 'h'r' ~
trouble, and we should Aot aehy 'am
1t has been only 100 SeS'o"S' al at
th9 hehest OF Ao'ISlal'a most cf'''
tNSkma8'er, POLITICS, 5h9"'" maze
all men OF our o'a'e' ana "o'nel 'o''
who love cVlllzatloh' revere honesty
esteem integrity ana nave '"'nll'eS
and children; take into theH nina
and upon their most sacrec collSc'"
ences; ana resolve 10 ch"hge 'he con-
d'tlons which are the pr"Jen't'rS OF
these states OF affairs.
Fog these evil reports, which 20
abroad and cast upon our Statehood
the dark mantle Oh Suspicion, cSe"t'ng
the belief that WORCESTERSHIRE poh"-
cal meshoos-ls a 1a'oi''e l"''''me
with even cur vest people, our news
papers are mostly respohs'ole' IL eV-
cry reporter was lofcsu 70 publish onSy
the trhth "nou' po'A'lc"i collo'''o''S
and happenings or DO heavily punish
ed therefor; and the managers OF all
,,,,ve,,rars ,you|I a}lnw rn ono but
=, .....
Iepu'aole ine'' WHOM ''"'o'''0'''''
could be relied on 10 report ior 'heu',
or be repndlated by tho people; and
every editor be made to write only
Lo,, oa,,,;o,,ons ~, y, n,b,;olv
:. H.
o0h'e'n'o'' 10 " '''' NAV"
would not be considered mo ulsgr"'e-
ful province she IS considered abroad
az conrse TUE PRoGEyss
Ill.,, .,a,:4 h,t o,r
''''
our Otais Is ono Sceieoi '"'ei'ce "n''
iaW1essness and taat SOclesy has 40
nrotectinn. but ii does deeply deplore
tlo. .c,,r r. ,r;,on r. tho ;mnression
'">'> :,
'ha' 'nls o'' Wy '''o '"'0'o
conduct OF our own people.
; Here is the article:
"Accordlng to DemocratiC ms wCM as
Rcnuhl;ean reports. the election out
RACES ia Louisiana have this year been
: more than Usually infamous. The
r chances OF success for the Republican,
r populst fusion tickTt have made some
Of tho nee hating elemsHts nfrnid II
= rely exclusively upon tie customary
l methods OF securing victory. In some o
: the French marshes, where race batre'
i has always been the most intense, III
Acadian element has OrganlZed q
"White Supremacists,' and fIba Tn
" country with arHued bands to keep til
; negroes from registering. NeGsees VII
J. huvefDersisted in registering despite tn
~ threAts OF these moDs have been take
from their homes at night AND tlOgge'
~ while those who have resisted the moi
"a attacking their homes have been sh'
ID down. According TO one Democratic r
u mort, the results in the Parish of ST. La
10 dry up to the middle of last week hi
=. been briefly as follows: Nine perso
- had been killed, fourteen had beon fh
ny more or less seriously, aud perhaps thf
Or. hundred had been whpped-and VIM
in ped severely: the parish or one town h
mt been driven out for denounclng the MI
or der of one of its parlshloners; ArchDs
~ CD Jansens, on behalf OF the 'atho
lcl (kurph lluruucpl the atrOtltleS.