New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1898-09-24
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL
CONVENTION.

The Democratic convention of the Thir'
Congressional District was called to ordcI
ut Thibodaux on the 10Th inst After or
ganizatiou the following resolutions wer,
| adopted:
| BE ii resolved, That we the Democratic
party of the Third Congressional district
of Louisiana, in convention assembled, dc
hereby re affirm our allegiance to the time
hOnored principles of the Democratic
party.
Resolved That we endorse the platform
of the National Democratic convention
held at Chicago in 1896, and especially
that clause which declares in favor of free
silver at the ratio of Is to /.
Resolved, That we heartily approve and
endorse the course OF our brilliant and
able representa- ative, Hon. K F. Broussard,
in congress, and earnestly commend his
entire course in the faithful furtherancc of
the best interests of the people of this
district, and we hereby declare our implicit
confidence in his ability to continue fur
thering the material interests of the State
Resolved, That we express our confidence
in the Democratic State Administration Of
Louisiana, and pledge to it the hearty
support of the democracy Of tho Third
Congressional district.
Resolved, That sugar has been regarded
for many years by the Democratic party
as an ideal revenue producing article. and
that the nominee of this convention be re
questod to urge upon the national Demo
cracy the necessity of such n revenue upon
it as will both afford the government a
large revenue and our sugar producers
adequate protection for their product.
Resolved, That we also strongly urge
upon our nominee the Importance of sccur
ing from the National congress just tariff
rates on our products Of lumber. rice, etc,
a. will best foster those interests.
We dcnouncc the professions of friend
ship of the Republican party for sugar as
bald hypocrisy, and in support Of this
assertion cite the following historical facts.
showing that that party has again and
again attempted to cripple the sugar in
dustry
(A) In the early seventies, Republican
administration attempted to annex the
Islands of San Domingo.
(B) In 1875, or thereabouts. n Rrpubli-
can administration entered into a treaty
with Hawaii by which the sugars Of that
country have been admitted free into this
country to this day.
(C) In 1884 a Republican administra-
tion negotiated a treaty with Mexico by
the terms of which the sugar of that cOun-
try would have been admitted into this
country free of duty, which treaty was
only defeated by the Democratic admins
tration voted in by the people in the fall
election of that year.
CD That in 1890 a Republican congress,
aided and assisted by u Republican ad-
in order to reduce the vast
surplus in the Treasury, Mt the same time
increase the duties on the manufactured
products of the North and East, sacrificed
the duty which was then levied on sugar,
and afforded protection to that industry,
and substituted therefor against the
solemn protest of the sugar planters, the
delusive bounty, well knowing the system
would prove too unpopular to last fur any
length of time, and Immediately thereafter
their leaders preached the doctrine of free
sugar, breakfast table, and 80 indoctrinated
the people with this new doctrine that it
made it very difficult to return to the
old Democratic doctrine of tariff on sugar
as a revenue producer.
(E) That in 1892, a Republican admin
istration negotiated a treaty with Hawaii
which proposed to annex that country,
and which was again only defeated by the
party.
CD During the present year Repub-
lican Congress aided and assisted by n
Administration finally annexed
thus confirming forever the privi
|ege granted that country in 1875 of en-
tering its sugars into this country free of
duty.
60 1t is now the declared policy of the
present Administration of annexing Porto
Rico, part, if not the whole, of the
and establishing protectorate,
il not to annex ut once, Cuba, which will
bring the sugars OF these Islands into this
country free of duty; the Republican
leaders well knowing that our industry
can not compete with those Islands.
That while we are proud Of the fact that
his country has been made great and
grand by the annexatiOns made by Demo
cratic Administrations of vauable territory
forming part of this continent, and look
upon these annexatiOns as some of the
best, among the many, good deeds ana
OF the grand old Democratic
party, we declare ourselves unalterably
opposed to the annexation of outlying
with mongrcl populations, because
,he annexation of such islands will neces
state n change in our republican institu-
ions, will require large standing army
20 garrison them, and keep their turbulent
populations in subordinaton, and also re-
Iuire vast list of officials, in distant parts,
and not in touch with our home people, all
IF which will tend to Imperialism and will
eventually imperil our form Of govern
nent ;~+ssand because it is our firm belief
hat such annexation will prove great
blow to the sugar rice, and lumber in
lustries of this country.
That we strongly favor the construction
If the Nicaragua Canal by our govern
nent, to the end that our Atlantic and
Pacific coasts may be brought in close
and the trade and com