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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-17
A CONVENTION.

The Minden Democrat and Marks
vile Bulletin disapprove of our sug-
gestion to omit calling State Con.
yention to nominate a candidate for
Treasurer, and insist on having one,
because as they think, it is needed
to pass resolutions condemnatory of
our Legislature for not calling Con
stitutional Convention. We are
glad that the real purpose for which
nominating Convention is wanted
this Summer, is avowed. Democrats
are to be assembled, not for the pur-
pose of suggesting one of their num-
Der for Treasurer, but for the pur-
pose of uniting in a condemnation of
large number of them for doing
their duty. Some of our contempt
raries appear to have jumped to the
conclusion that the people of this
State are grooming under the dread
full hardship of living under the Con-
stitution of 1868. The truth is the
people are not thinking about it, nor
talking about it. Every one knows
that the Constitution of 1858 con-
tains many defects, and every one
who has not an axe to grind is salts
fed that the amendments, proposed
by the Legislature, will remedy these
defects. Let any dispassionate man
compare the present Constitution, as
it will be next Fall after the amend
ments are adopted, with any one of
its predecessors, and he will see it
will then be the best we have ever
had. Biennial Legislatures, a judic-
larry system modelled to secure spec
dy trials, with a we'll ordered grada.
tion of Courts, the imposition of re,
striction upon taxation, are some OF
the excelleucies of the amended Con
stitution.
One of our contemporary journals
(neither of Minden or Marksville
came out about ten days ago in Il
flaming diatribe against the amend
ments, and the villainous Legisla-
ture that had refused to call a Con.
stitutional Convention, and advoca.
ted the calling of one because it was
a shame that we should live under a
Constitution that prohibited persons
from voting or holding office who
we're in the Confederate service, civil
or military, or who had preached OF
written treason, etc. The writer was
ignorant that all these nonsensica
and insulting prohibitions were ex
plunged from the Constitution in the
year 1870.
If the party, whose success we be
lieve to be paramount to everything
want nominating Convention, so be
it. If the Executive Committee cal
it, we are content; but we now as
sure our friends that If a resolution
is introduced condemning the Legis
lature for not calling Constitution
al Convention, it will he ignomiously
defeated, as it most assuredly ough
to be.
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OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Under the efficient management of
our Parish School Board our public
schools are all well organized and
working finely. This result is graf
living to us in many respects, as our
columns will show how active an in
terest we have always taken in this
subject. The white and colored
schools are both working harmonl-
ously, as should always be the case,
and to the mutual satisfaction OF
both classes. The best teachers
that were at hand have been selected
with special reference to their fitness
for their positions, and an occasional
visit we make to our town schools
shows a marked improvement in the
scholars, as we'll as the interest taken
by the teachers in their schools.
The Importance of educating the
present generation of Southern
youths, both white and colored, can
not be estimated, and we in
Louisiana are fortunate in having
secured so able and conscientious a
Superintendent as Mr.. Lusher to look
after the welfare of the public schools.
Our local board, composed of gentle
men of the highest intelligence, are
fully impressed with the responsible
tiles of their position, and we can
say, without fear of contradiction,
that no Parish in the State has bet
ter or more prosperous public schools
than we have.
The hitch as to funds which tenn
porarily caused their suspension
seems to have been caused by the
failure to collect the taxes in the
country Parishes and other difficult
ties necessarily attending a complete
change of the State government.
We hope that the difficulty has been
removed permanently and that there
will be no suspension hereafter.
Section 27 of Article q Of the
School Law provides that all the poll
tax collected in any Parish shall be
apportioned to the Parish where COL
lected, and if this was properly at
tended to in this Parish, which has
voting population of about $4,000,
it ought to be an easy matter to col
lect $4,000 a year, after allowing
$1,000 for delinquents. Section %
of the same law provides that the
Police Juries of the Parishes shall
on the demand of the Parish School
Boards, levy special school tax OF
two mills to be collected and appro'
priated in the Parishes. The de
mand was made in this Parish and
has been refused by The Police Jury
under the superstition that an act OF
The Legislature of 1877, prohibiting
the levy Of special taxes, repealed
this section. In this we think The
Police Jury is clearly wrong, and as
they levy their taxes in June we sug
gest to the school board to have the
opinion of the Attorney General o.
the State as to whether the special
law authorizing the tax has been re
pealed, and if not that they renew
the demand in time to have the tag
levied when the Police Jury meets
in June.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-17

We owe thanks to Eugene Bar
row, of the Maria Louise, for the two
latest Shreveport Times.
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We NAV a. we'll announce th,

We may as we'll announce that
our telegraph is really defunct, and
is now twining with the woodbines,
and never more will we have such q
useful institution. The Corporation
and few of our eaterprising and
generous fellow citizens loaned
the defunct concern the mon
ey to complete it, never have re-
ceived a cent in return, and now know
they have all been made the dupes Of
misplaced confidence.
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Np~N|~~|~O-~<~
nNE DOLLAR PER WEEK WILL
" bny a SINGER NEW FAMILY SEW
ING MACHINE from FERGUSON and
SCHNACK, agents for the SINGER MAN
UFACTURING co.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-17

lnNE DOLLAR PER WEEK WILL
~ buy a SINGER NEW FAMILY SEW
ING MACHINE from FERGUSON and
SCHNACK, agents for the SINGER NAN
UFACTURINGC co.
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SUNDAY was Palm Sunday; next
Sabbath will be Easter Sunday,
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N Jenkins
For twenty years have been great
sufferer from Infammatory Rheumatism
and Sciatica. During the past four years
I have taken about twenty bottles of the
Annihilator. My pains have ceased.
CHARLES T. NASH,
Carondelet ST., Now Orleans, La.
Price 81 per bottle. For sale by all
Druggists. Send for circular to
N. JENKINS g. CO.,
Proprietors. New Orleans, La.
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Our usual bundle Of New Or.
leans papers reached us BY the
Packet.
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one FOR THE DEMOCRATS !!

Ii HAS Uecu 81 lOuS oAnSO wv A"'O
had occasion to chronicle the tri-
umph of the Democrats in Congress,
in any contest with their wiley oppo-
nents, that we cannot allow the re-
suit OF the. recent set-to over the pc.
sition of Door-keeper to the House
of Representatives, to pass unno
ticed. 1t would probably have been
better to have sustained Col. Polk
out and out, but we are not fully in
formed as to all the reasons that
brought about his expulsion.
After he had been expelled, the
Caucus of Democratic members &C.
lected Gen. Field, of Georgia, for the
position. He had been a Confede-
rate Brigadier, and according to the
agreement between the Northern and
Southern Democrats, the latter were
entitled to the position of door-keep-
er, among the few minor offices
which had been given them. When
the matter came up in the House
Ben. Butler, claiming it as a priv.
legged question, and thinking to make
political capital, arose and nomina-
ted Gen. Shields, consistent North
ern Democrat, who had been Brig.
adler General in the Union Army.
His plan was to create a division
between the Northern and Southern
Democrats and "to fire the Northern
heart over the rejection of Grip.
pied General of the Union Army for
a Confederate General. This flank
movement of Buffers took the Dem.
ocrats by surprise and they forced an
adjournment and had another caucus.
They prepared a trap for the radicals
and the next day after Butler had
made bloody shirt speech, and was
exulting at what a pretty fix be had
got the democrats into, they elected
Field as door keeper, and then moved
to put Gen. Shields on the retired
list of the Army, with the rank Of
Brigadier General, position with 9
better salary, more honor and no la
Dor, and in every way superior to
that of Door Keeper. The Republi'
cans having pushed and voted 70,
Shields for Door Keeper, could not
refuse to vote for his being put or
the retired list, and the motion was
earned With but six votes against it
This looks like good old times and
we score one for the Democrats in
Congress.
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ACCORDING to late statistics Lon.
don contains 4 ,250, 900 souls, and COW
ers IN area of 695 square miles, which
would fill space of over 20 miles
square. The city has a street mileage
of 1860 miles. The local taxation is
so slillings per head per annum, which
is TINS divided among the city needs
LIS Sd tor gas; Is Sd for water; 9s Sd
poor rate; Is Cd local district rates
70 Sd police; Is Sd sewers; % metro
politan board of works; Is Sd coal and
mine dues, aud 2 pence for schools.
These rates for all London count up
s6,645,863. The water supply pei
day is $4,000 tons. But these points
of outline do not give IN idea Of living
in London, with its packed streets that
are always teeming with life. A man
who has journey to go can make as
much progress afoot as in vehicle
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-17

-LoYD's Bridge has had another
cutting scrape.
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DEATH OF WILLIAM M. TWEED.

DEATH OF WILLIAM NJ. TWEED.
New YORK, April ia telegram
was received at the sherifi's office
this afternoon, stating that VIM. NJ.
Tweed died in his room at Ludlow
street Jail at noon to-day,
New York.. April IL. - VIM. NJ.
Tweed died in Ludlow street Jail at
precisely II o'clock to-day. He was
attended by DR.. CarnacLan, who had
been with him since an early hour
this morning; also Mr.. Foster Dewey
his late secretary; Mr.. Douglas his
son-in law, and Mr.. Eddleston, one Of
his counsel. All hope Of his recove-
ry was abandoned soon after IL
O'Clock when DR.. Carnachan an
nounced clogging of the heart and
complete nervous exhaustion. At
the time of his death there was not
struggle, as he passed away in
sleep with his head lying upon his
arm. Keeper Herman was hurriedly
summoned three minutes before
noon and reaching Mr.. Tweed's room
the signal rang out and the long pris
oned old man dropped back dead in
his bed. His last words to DR.. Car
nachan were: II have tried to do
some good, if I have not had good
luck; am not afraid to die. l be.
lieve the Guardian angels will pro-
tect me-" The announcement of his
death spread rapidly and crowd of
curious people soon assembled out.
side the Jail peering eagerly into the
half closed windows. Tweed had
been dangerously ill for several days.
His death resulted from a complica-
ton of disorders, but was caused d.
rectly by nervous exhaustion and a
clogging of the action of the heart.
He was delirious last night and early
this morning when he was attended
by his servant. Later be became
calm and rational. He was conscious
till within few moments Of his
death and a short time before drank
little tea which was handed him by
his son-in-law. Most Of Tweed's
family are in New Orleans. They
we're telegraphed to yesterday. Uu-
der the statutes the body of the dead
prisoner cannot be removed from Jail
until after an examination by the
coroner.
In view of the approach Of an
other political campaign in our State,
and particularly in our Parish, it
comes home to Us to understand who
is yet our enemy, and by whom we
will be unitedly opposed. We know
and we feel it is that same old coon,
Radicalism, Warmoth Kellogg Radi-
calism, Returning Board Radicalism.
We must not close our eyes to this
startling fact, but be prepared to put
our house in the best order, and be
ready and willing to retain our posi-
ton against our old arch and vindic-
tive foe, who would drive US to hell
and perdition if ever they have an
other chance. They are now cemen
ted into one brotherhood, one hungry
and greedy band, ready and more than
willing to make US bite the dust over
and over again. Let US thus early
smoke our cautionary pipes, and pre-
pare to recruit our forces, silence thu
doubters of the true situation anG
; close our ranks compactly, and II
due time be ready and honestly viii
ling to hold the fort.
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TIE house-keepers and laun
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"A CArAHouLA man has outgen-
eralled his mother.iu-law by marry
ing hon
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Proprietors. New Orleans, La

TIE water in Red River is ZOOS
ing its gory-red tint, is getting clear
er and clearer every day, and is fall
ing both night aad day.
--"LEr whiskey alone!" exhorted
Joe Brassell from his scaffold in Ten
nessee. Yet somehow the revenue
raiders won't let whiskey alone.
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AMONG THE -FINAN C E IS.

-
We have time and again expressed
our opinion freely and bluntly, that
the herculean and blistering cause of
our financial troubles, the depression
of our State finances and the almost
worthless state of our Parish exche-
quer, was attributable mainly, and in
fact wholly, to the non collection of
the State and Parish taxes, and the
loose and criminal favoritism, which
has been evinced by the officials
charged with these vast and delicate
duties, to nearly one-half of the deb
tors of the State and Parish. And
right here, let US assure our people,
the property holders and tax payers
of Rapides, and those who work for
the Parish, that we are Of the same
opinion still, and that we again ar
raign these officials before the bar of
public opinion as the real authors OF
our financial woes.
We have before US the official
statement of the State Treasurer of
receipts into the State Treasury from
each source, from the first day of
January to the tbirty-tirst day of
March, 1873, and on close examina-
ton find that only twenty-four Par
ishes, and the various collecting dis
tricts Of the City Of New Orleans,
have in that time made payments
into the Treasury. Of the amounts
paid in it is remarkable fact that
the Parish of Caddo has paid in
nearly one-fourth of the whole
amount, and this large amount is un-
accountable to US, summing up the
round sum of $65,114,55. Our Par
ish is not down in the list, though in
that statement the net amount of H.
censes are mentioned, without nam
ing Parishes, sum up ST., 1855, and
in this amount Rapides' quota is in
cluded. But this amount of State
licenses collected in the first quarter,
when they are all really due, is really
and pitiably small, and endorse huge
ly our collection views. Com
promise settlements, which is the
now fashionable term of letting of
defaulters, have swelled the State 8
Golfers to the tune of $27, 353,17.
As we ramble among these figures
we uotide that our neighboring Par
ishes have come to taw handsomely,
and we record their settlements with
pleasure. Natchitoches stands cred.
tied with the nice sum of SIT, 1854;
our daughter, Vernon, with 81, 405,'
g.; Sabine, her eiyhbor, looms along
10 her credit The fnll sum of $51, A.
whilst our old creole chum, south Of
us, is sound with $l,8I7,1S to bel
credit. But all this first quarter re
turns is a very poor one, and foots
mp in all, to the Insignificant sum o.
$685., 3S0,17, the amount received in
warrants according to law being $3S
900, Sd, lcayin. the actual Cash re
ceipts at $246, 1896
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Our Agents.

Thomas Mcintyre ---.-.New orleans
j. Curtis Waldo -...-.-.
s. NJ. Pettengill & Co,.----NeW YORK
Geo. P. Rowell & Co.,.---.
Rowell & Chesman,..-..st. Louis, Mo
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with circumspection, which is satisfac'
tory to himself, invariably refuses to be
interviewed in a formal way by any
representative of the press.
The president has been making an
investigation regarding the practical
working of the Ku Klux law in the
south several years ago, under which a
large number of persons were tried,
convicted and sentenced to the peni-
tentiary at Auburn, New York. OF
several southern republicans, who called
on him during the present week, he in
quired whether or not If the rigid en-
forcement of that law would not have
the effect to break up the ku klux and
compel the members to respect the
United States laws. The answer was
In the affirmative, to which the presi-
dent said that he thought the time had
come to punish, with equal severity,
those persons in the southern states
who, at the recent elections, openly de-
fed the federal officers who were ap-
pointed under the provision of the fed
eral election law, and that necessary
steps would be taken to secure.the con-
viction and punishment of all such Of
Tenders.
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| BY TELEGRAPH.
= a . : = = mn
CHOW CHOW.
Two Frightful Railroad
p Accidents.
Passengers Ditched and Burned
% iii. Alive m9A
A New Colorado Railroad
3tuC Company. r
Views of President Hayes on
the Solid South.
- o.
Washington Political
Doings.
Minor Matters Elsewhere.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
The Ditch of Death.

Bangor, Nov. ia special from
Carlton, N. b., says the New Bruins
wick railway cars run off the track,
near Florenceville, last night. The
passenger car, containing twenty pass
engers, took fire and was burned. Mr..
Parker, Of Fort Fairfield, was killed, a
child burned, and fifteen persons in
jured
A later dispatch says Parker is sup
posed to mean Hooker, and states that
Nathan Perry of Presque Isle, former
proprietor of the Hatch house, this city,
was killed and burned.
A passenger gives the following ac-
count: The train was going at a mod
crate rate of speed when we reached
Peel; suddenly there was shock; the
train had jumped the track, and we
found the passenger car was rolling
down one of the worst embankments
on the line. The car had almost
reached the waters edge when it was
discovered to be on fire. The flames
spread rapidly, and the men took of
their coats and tried to extinguish the
flames, but without avail. The flames
had complete possession and leaped
from seat to seat, rendering the passen-
gers almost frantic with fear. The
clothing of those aboard soon caught
fire and the people rushed from one
part of the car to another in burning
garments. The scene was most terri
BILE. The little boy who burned to death
had managed to keep clear of the fire
long after the clothing of many other
passengers had caught, but in his anxi-
ETY. for the safety of some of his friends
rushed into the flames and persisted.
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Political Hash.

Washington, Nov. 15.-The latest
Florida and Georgia newspapers express
with much candor their surprise that
the democratic returning board has
thrown out enough votes in Madison
and Alachua counties, (Florida) to de-
prive Bisbee, republican congressman
elect of his certificate.
The Savannah (Georgia) Ne,cs says
with frankness: This news is somewhat
of a surprise, as we have been hereto
fore positively informed that Bisbee
was elected. The board of commission
ers have thrown out several hundred
votes cast for Bisbee because it was al
legged that the United States marshal,
just previous to the election, decided
that he would appoint, if necessary, one
million deputies, not one of which
should be democrat. In consequence
of this threat the democrats, by whole
sale, felt intimidated and would not 90
to the polls.
The National Republican to-day vir-
tually confesses that its recently pub
lished interview with the president, was
not genuine. 1t says the administra-
tion is in no way responsible for any
publication that may be made regard.
| ing its future policy, for the president
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DOTS AND DASHES.

Bridgeport, Conn.,: at noon to-day
Napolean Campana had scored A miles
in his effort to beat O'Leary's record.
Thirty-six hours remain.
Rome: 1t is stated that Cardinal Nina,
papal secretary Of state, will continue
negotiations about sending nuncios to
the South American republics.
Rome: The overflow of the Tiber has
inundated to Repetta Piazza of Pan
theon via TordInona, Piazzo Saint An
gelo Ghetto and all the lower streets Of
the city.
Bombay: A dispatch to the Times, oi
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NEW YORK.
New Colorado Railroad

New York, Nov. 15.-The George
town, Leadville & San Juan railroad,
with capital stock of five million Dol.
lars, divided into fifty thousand shares
of 300 each, to run between George
town and Leadville, on the southern
boundary of Colorado. 1t has been in
corporated with Jay Gould, Sidney Dill
Ion and Russell SADIE, Of this city; Fred
L. Ames, of Boston; w. A. H. Love-
land, G. G. Welch and E. L. Berthoud,
of Colorado, as incorporators. 1t is
designed to continue this route into
New Mexico and Arizona.
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AN EDrloR has been tarred and
feathered, and by highly respectable la
dies. Mr.. Ingersoll is the editor of the
Press in Owosso, Michigan. He pub
lished scurrilous articles on the ladies
of the town and they retaliated by dress
ing him in down. Mr.. Ingersoll could
not appreciate such practical joke
and has had several of the most promi-
nent actresses in the affair arrested.
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INDIANA.


indianapolis, Nov. 15.-Rev. DIR. De
La Matyr, national congressman-elect,
who has just returned from an eastern
campaign, in an interview published
here to-day, gave it as his opinion that
the nationals will hold the balance OF
power in the next congress, and in that
event they should band together and
WELD their power as unit and demand
an uncompromising greenback man for
speaker, and fair proportion of ap-
pointments and patronage of the house
for the national party. He also recon-
mends similar policy in the,legislature
of Indiana.
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Gov. EMERY, of Utah. in his report,
recommends that woman suffrage be
abolished in that territory. He thinks
that with this feature the Mormons are
likely to control political affairs too
long and too peculiar to suit the inter
ests of the gentiles and the true inter
ests of the territory. He also makes a
suggestion which has been often made
before and which will as usual be disre-
garded-the abolition of polygamy.
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THE postmaster general has made his
report to the president. 1t proceeds at
once to discuss the deficiencies of the
department. Congress had passed laws
fixing certain expenses and when it
failed to appropriate sufficient money to
meet those expenses, there was bound
to be deficiency. The report recon-
mends the abolition of the franking
privilege, as tons on tons of books, doc
uments, seeds, shrubs, etc., are sent
through the mails free. There Il con-
siderable saving could be effected