The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-06-17
MR. RAEsDELL THE RIGHT MAN
FOR THE PLACE.

In The issue of April 22nd last, th
ever wide-awake and public spirlte
Tensas Gazette flung to The breez
the banner of Hon. Jos. Z. Ransde
OF this parish as capdidate TO
Congress to succeed the late and Ia
mented Hon. S. L. Baird. Th
Gazette had in this simply antici
pated the action of the Banner Dem
ocrat, for it was fully our intention
even before we saw the Gazette
article to bring out Mr.. Ransdell TO
/ Congress, and we did so in our issu
| OF April 23th. Since then, the pres
OF the district has endorsed almos
unanimously Mr.. Ransdell's candi
| dacy: as we come nearer TO thu
election all OF our confreres seem Il
recognize the fact that he is eminently
fitted for the place, and, from the
appearance of things now, he simply
will have a walk over for Congress.
Varied and numerous are indeed
the interests of the Congressional
district, and they require in Congress
representative able, energetic,
wide-awake, untiring. versatile, who
will neither spare himself, nor his
time, to represent his constituents.
Being blessed with very few railroads,
this district needs in Congress a rep
resentative who will be pledged, both
heart and.soul, to its paramount in
terests, the maintaining of the levees
and the improvement of all its water
courses. 1t needs an able man, who,
at every opportunity, will bring ont
before Congress the necessity of the
United States taking hold of tie
ievees, thus lifting up from our peo-
pie the 3 per cent. tax, which we
pay for levees in almost every part
of the district, q tax which amounts
to confscation, and which will sooner
or later bring ruin to our very doors.
1t needs, at the present time especial
ly, man of tact, of energy, of good
sense and sound arguments, not only
to follow the levee policy as outlined
and pursued by our former repre-
sentatives in Congress, but also to
pursue the policy adopted by them
to let no opportunity pass TO secure
the necessary appropriations for the
OF all water courses and
the insurance Of an all-year-round
navigation in the Ouachita, and 8
longer navigation, if possible, in Ten
sas, Macon, Little River, Bartholo-
new, BGuf, D'Arbonne and every
other nayigable stream of the district.
at this time, when a PEE
Rod of prosperity seems 10 have be-
gun in North Louisiana, does the
district need man who will watch
closely It's interests, represent it ably
in Congress and before the. River
and Harbor Commission, and the
BID. says most emphatically that
such man is
HoN. JOSEPH E. RANsDELL OF
EAST CARROLL.
He is young, in the prime of life,
lble, energetic, untiriug, full OF tact,
md be is fitted in every way to make
me Of the best representatives in
Congress. For sixteen years he has
lved here, where he has been active
y interested in leyees for the past
hree years he has beer mostpraeti-4
,al and untiring levee commissioner
e has large land interests back of the
svees, is a large cotton planter, and
allied closely to every interest of
be district. We need not mention
ere his eminent success as mem
er OF the Constitutional Convention,
ut We would like 20 recall the fact
nat he has appeared successfully
sveral times before the River Com
ission in New York and elsewhere,
nd that be is well known and highly
'teemed by every member of it. No ,
1e. in the whole district could do us ,
ore good in Congress. K
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