LOUISIANA. 



LOZIER, CLEMENCE SOPHIA. 501 



Political. The Democratic State Convention 

 was held in Baton Rouge on January 10, and 

 the following ticket was nominated : For (iov- 

 ernor, Francis T. Xicholls ; Lieutenant-Gov- 

 ernor, James Jeffries ; Auditor, O. B. Steele ; 

 Treasurer, W. H. Pipes ; Secretary of State, L. 

 F. .Mason ; Attorney-General, \V. H. Rogers ; 

 Superintendent of Education, Joseph A. Breaux. 

 The platform included the following : 



That the levee system of the State is a necessity for 

 the protection of the lives and property of pur citizens, 

 and we pledge ourselves to develop, maintain, and pro- 

 tect the same to the fullest extent consistent with the 

 finances of the State as absolutely essential to the hap- 

 piness and prosperity of our people. 



We are opposed to the employment of the peniten- 

 tiary convicts of the State in such manner as to bring 

 the convict labor in competition with free labor. 



We invite to the fertile fields of Louisiana immi- 

 grants from all lands, with the assurance that they 

 shall find here a hearty welcome and a happy home. 



The Republican State Convention was held 

 in Xew Orleans on January 23. The following 

 ticket was nominated : For Governor, H. C. 

 "Warmoth: Lieutenant-Governor, Andrew Hero, 

 Jr. ; Secretary of State, John F. Patty ; Treas- 

 urer, B. F. Flanders ; Attorney-General, Rob- 

 ert Ray ; Auditor, James Forsythe. The plat- 

 form contained the following : 



~\Ve condemn the free-trade tendencies of President 

 Cleveland's Administration and the organization of the 

 House of Representatives at Washington, whereby a 

 free-trader was made Speaker, who has in turn con- 

 stituted the committee of ways and means in such 

 manner as to insure an attack upon all the protected 

 industries of the country', and especially those of our 

 State sugar and rice ; and we see with amazement 

 that our representatives in Congress consorted with 

 and voted for the organization which we condemn. 



Believing it to be the duty of the National and State 

 governments to foster and protect the agricultural and 

 manufacturing interests and industries or' the State, we 

 pledge our cordial endeavors to assist in adequate leg- 

 islation for the safety and security of the American 

 principle of protection to all of our industries, without 

 regard to time, place, or location, to the end that labor 

 and capital shall be secure in their rights and privi- 

 leges from foreign competition and interference. 



We declare our approbation of the legislation of 

 Congress, wherein appropriation of 15,000 per an- 

 num is made for agricultural stations in the different 

 States ; and we recommend our Legislature to supple- 

 ment said appropriation, so that we may have the in- 

 tent of the law carried out, to the end that we may 

 ascertain the best practice of agriculture for our vari- 

 ousproducts. 



We invite bona-fide immigration to our State, but 

 we condemn the importation of contract labor, which 

 tends to debase the labor of our own people and de- 

 prive them of the employment which they would oth- 

 erwise enjoy. 



We condemn the use of convict labor outside of pub- 

 lic works, and demand that it shall not be allowed to 

 come in competition with free labor. 



The Young Men's Democratic Association 

 held a meeting in Xew Orleans on March 28, 

 and adopted the following platform: 



That we call on the citizens of New Orleans to as- 

 sist this association in its honest endeavors to bring 

 about an era of good government, and we declare our 

 principles to be that we pledge ourselves toimve clean 

 streets, good drainage, better pavements, and the best 

 of levee and shipping facilities ; to insist that proper 

 drainage-machines, with a full supply of coal and 



faithful and skilled men to work them, shall save this 

 city from such overflows as have lately mude i; 

 the lands in the rear parts of this citv, and have 

 brought desolation to these districts and bivi 



iid fever among the dweller:- therein. To strike 

 from the pay-rolls political dead-heads, and give em- 

 ployment to those who can and are willing to work, 

 so that for each dollar spent there shall be 'a dollar's 

 work done, and that those who do a dollar's work 

 shall get a dollar'.-, pav, and that no city official shall 

 draw two salaries. To have the police* force purged 

 and remodeled and so fairly paid that proper men 

 may be induced to serve. To have good schools pro- 

 vided and competent teachers given full pay. To in- 

 sist that the taxes shall be honestly and closely col- 

 lected, but fairly and without oppression ; and to see 

 that the public funds derived therefrom shall be so 

 appropriated to legitimate expenditures and within 

 legal limits that city warrants shall be worth par, and 

 city employes be enabled to cash their warrant- 

 month without discount. To insist that the taxes we 

 Eay shall be applied to giving us that protection to 

 fe and property to which we are entitled, and that 

 thev shall be expended in making this city a clean, 

 healthy, and attractive abode, where real estate shall 

 be worth owning, and where for every store, office, 

 or residence there shall be a satisfied tenant and a 

 contented landlord ; and where for twelve months of 

 the year those seeking employment may find it at re- 

 munerative wages or salaries. To have vice and cor- 

 ruption suppressed and all legitimate enterprises fos- 

 tered and encouraged ; and to have that efficient and 

 honest administration of public affairs that will en- 

 gender confidence in the communitv and bring capital 

 and immigration to this locality. To have the polls 

 so guarded that good citizens" will be afforded every 

 facility to cast their votes, and that they will be pro- 

 tected from any indignity or molestation while so do- 

 ing ; to have as our commissioners at the ballot-boxes 

 to represent this association men of integrity and 

 force, who will see that all fair ballots are counted 

 and all fraudulent votes rejected, and to insist that in 

 the exercise of their duties they will receive proper 

 protection. 



They also issued the following ticket: For 

 Mnyor, Joseph A. Shakspeare ; Treasurer, Jo- 

 seph X. Hardy; Comptroller, Otto Thomann ; 

 Commissioner of Public "Works, Gen. G. T. 

 Beauregard ; Commissioner of Police and Pub- 

 lic Buildings, Thomas Agnew. 



The election was held on April 18, and Gen. 

 Nicholls and the other candidates on the Demo- 

 cratic ticket were elected by a majority of 

 85.786 in a total vote of 188,728. 



The Reform ticket in Xew Orleans received 

 the support of the Republicans, and defeated 

 the regular Democratic ticket by 7,000 major- 

 ity. Gen. Beauregard resigned his office on 

 July 23, and was succeeded by E. T. Leche. 



In the presidential election, Mr. Cleveland 

 received 85,032 votes; Gen. Harrison, 30,484; 

 Gen. Fisk, 160 ; and Mr. Streeter, 39 a Demo- 

 cratic majority of 54,548. A Republican Con- 

 gressman was returned from Xew Orleans. 

 The five other members of the Congressional 

 delegation are Democrats. The State Legislat- 

 ure contains 38 Democrats and 2 Republicans 

 in the Senate, and 86 Democrats and 12 Re- 

 publicans in the House. 



LOZIER, CLEMEACE SOPHIA, physician, born 

 in Plainfield, N. J., Dec. 11, 1813; died in 

 Xew York city, April 26, 1888. She was the 

 youngest daughter of David Harned, and was 



