St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-06-29
Current Opinion.

Times.
This Congress ought never to adj
i0urn without making grrrnbacks re-
ceivablr for duties.-! Nicksbnrg Herald.
The country may depend Oh it, Cen
Grant and bis dr>pr,ni" st are hrh'
on putting bin forth aE,!E.-L .hont'
gom"ry Advertiser.
Mr.. SErrHlaue 3.>~UrHncc that there
was no fri al cHIr'F> lIH weight NihT-
ever. 1t is sirnp!., HE pI.." ri not Gu'!-
t. which Ilr is expected to mAke,-L phi-
!adclpl,ia Times
Thr Democratic papers are beginning
tn rcHIizI the fact that Grant WiII II"
tin. wAt Republican capdId1tr f"r
PrtSiH,,nt. lhcy aye not very happE
oven it, eithel.-[Ht. Louis Globe DEM
OC1at.
To have Republican Administration
we must have Republican ca irct as
well as Republican President. a Re
publican Administration ran on III"
Democratic plan is faiiurr.-L Utica
Republican.
If the pcopI" want to put Grant III
the Presidency Hf1rrwawt his pos SIS
sion Of p pcnsiOM viii not stop them
any more than "oull Tie possession of
Il pucketful Of bonds Of au Arkansas
railwdy.-[New York Herald.
TO elect Grant third term would
break down IL national precedent that
might in his case, or III that OF some
such man III the future. lead to fourth
or fifth term, or even to II iife-tenure
OF the otlice.-IChicago Tribune.
All that has been stolen from the
people cannot be restored but a stop
can be put to the spread of that reck
less and costly Republican system
which has brought such intense misery
and ruin upon thousands of our fell
loW-cltlzens.-[Pi Pittsburgh Post.
There was no wailing about bluDders
anarchy and revolution when Andrew
johnson was arralgned, not for stealing
the Presidency, but for the crime OF
reminding the crazy fanatics that there
WAS such thing as a CONSTITUTIONS
memphis Appeal.
If the result of the investigation
should clear every man now supposed
to be guilty, and should even demon
Strlte that there was no fraud at all, il
would be blessing of which the coun-
Try would have cause to be very CRATE
fui.-LLlttle ROCK Gazette.
No one proposes to disturb Mr.. Hayes
title, as the Radicals did that of John
son. What Congress can do is only tC
show the frauds, and leave the remedy
to the judicial branch of the Govern
lnent. How this can stir mp strife OF
disturb the tranquility of the country
IS difficult to appreciated Memphis
Appeal.
The Bishop Haven school of polite,
is by no means weak. 1t is the schoo
which gave power to Grant for cigh
years; which drag0Oned fourteen States
o.'fhe Union, and which. finally, unde
the threats Of civil war, forced frau
dnltDt count of three States for thei
usurping PresiGent.-[ Mobile Register
The Pennsylvania Democracy tell
AS that manufacturers must continue t.
be encouraged according to the Old pro
lection fashion, at all hazards, This j
one OF the dead flies in the Democratic
pot of ointment in the East and Nortl
that threatens To give hereafter, rs the,
shrinking savOr.-[ Galveston News.
Now it turns out that it is politica
persecution to inquire into tho doing
of john Sherman and the rest OF tn
visiting statesmen in Louisiana ant
Florida. That will do very we'll, bu
it is very plain that if any sort Of con
tract guaranteed Sherman and his con
freres from punishment, it was con
tract against public policy, and mus
not be permitted to stand i'll the rOt'
OF full inquiry.-LSt. Louis Republl
can.
Monopolies, subsidies, giant Fedora
corporations, rings, credit mOblllert
yold-lo0ms, syndicntes, military tn
collectors, military marshalls and al
rings and unfair combinations of capl
tai, are the creation of the Republl
can party, the growth of its pIin
ciplea and policy. The motto was, " re
ward the loyal and the loyal wer
Radical capitaist.-I Lynchburg News
The old army Of officers and follower
is still solid for Grant. 1t would sprin
into life again like magic at the soun
of his name. It was the most pow er
tul political organization ever seen il
this country, and it would start on
fresh campaign for him with all til
zeal, and with the fervor which come
from d consciousness that the "old MAJ
always stands by his friends."-[Cleve
lana Herald Letf6l.
The estate of Mark Hopkins of Sal
Francisco is worth $l0,000,00O, and me-
able TO qualify as bondslnen in twic
that amount could not be found in til
county, To get around the difficult
about S5,000000 in railroad bonds wer
withdrawn from the property and de
posted in bank. Then Charlie
Croker and Leland Stanford qualitie
in $10,000,0O0 each.
The difficulty between Mr.. and Mrs
Miller. in Burkeville, va, began wit
his remark at breakfast. "Wife, here,
"You're all the while finding fault.
A furious quarrel ensued. Mrs. Mile
seized an axe and killed her husban,
where he sat, in her rage cutting hi
head completely from his body.
A belle of Gold Hill, Nevada, play
the piano with her toes and finger
simultaneously. A witness of her per
Torrance describes the music produced
as excellent, but says nothing about til,
queer contortions that the player neees
sarily puts herself through.
Out of the 4,422 rooms in the Vatican
palace, the Pope has allotted a sinai
one to the famous Padre Curci, wht
was curtly refused hospitality by thu
monks OF Grottoferrata, near Frascati
on account of his recent book on tn,
policy of the Church.
At the recent fishmongers' banquet il
London, Mr. Gladstone declared til.
French and Italian cooks to be the hes
lin the world, and hoped that the En-