St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-02-26
Clippings.

| Claiborne Guardian: Webster parish
has surplus in the treasury of over
| twelve hundred dollars. Lincoln has IA
surplus of q thousand. Claiborne will
have a surplus one of these days, maybe.
Claiborne Guardian: In ward five,
Webster parish, the following is the
result of the vote on the whiskey ques-
ton, according to the Webster Tribune:
For License, Sc; against License, 80.
That settles it. The ward flyers will
take sugar in the'rn."
Natchitoches Vindicator: The total
vote in Sabine parish on the whiskey
question was $40, 116 being in favor of
license and 224 against. Majority against
license, 10S. Six out of eight wards
voted against license.
Natchitoches Eindicator: The cotton
crop of the entire South amounts to
about three hundred million dollars,
and gives support and riches to over
twenty million people, and yet Louis
lana, whose sugar crop alone amounts
to two hundred and twenty-six million
dollars, or more than twO-thirds of the
gross cotton crop Of the entire South,
complains of poverty, and cannot pay
six mills taxes. Is not this getting
rather stale, this cry of poverty strick-
Ell Louisiana 2"
Natclitoches Vindicator: Cox of
New York, is q Northern Democrat.
Cox, of New York, is bitterly opposed
to Louisiana receiving the $4,000 Sc
cured by Mr.. Acklen, the discarded
Democrat of this State, for her, in the
River and Harbor Bill, and Cox, of New
York, is further opposed to the million
dollars for the Mississippi river, also
secured by MIR. Acklen, and while we
are ON this subject, we may as we'll say
that Gen. Gibson, of Louisiana was
absent from his seat, and did not, in
consequence, vote when the bill was
up, and yet Gibson's main card when he
was elected Senator, was this very Mis-
sissippi bill.
We pause for comments from the
"Jetfersonian Democracy"
Natchitoches Vindicator: Morgan's
Joint Rule provides that the concur
renee of the two houses is required to
reject the vote of State ergo it re-
quires the affirmation of the two Houses
to count the vote of State, and yet we
hear the Democratic journals bawling
about Capitalization But three Dem
ocrlts in the House had the manhood to
vote against this measure, which would
have, it enacted and enforced, subvert-
ed the rights of the States to the will of
the party in control of both Houses. Eers
lily the Democracy is not so much in
favor OF the practice of anti-centralism
although they are great on the preach.
Natchitoches indicator: Here is a
small item for the consideration of the
temperance advocates. The revenue
derived from the tax on alcoholic
liquors in the United States in 1880,
amounted to S15,OOO,000. The money
expended to keep up the traffic summed
up $3.50, 00O, 900, an amount sufficient to
support 100000 people or over a quar-
ter of the entire population OF this
country.
The Police Jury Of the parish OF
Pointe Coupee has distinguished itself
in the esteem of all honorable Louisian-
ians, when it ordained the publication,
by the Tax Collector, of list of all IL
censes collected in 1880. The Pointe
Coupee Banner Of the 18th inst, pub
lished the collectors report; giving the
name, calling and amount paid by each
taxpayer, also furnishing &c ii Tie district
attorney with list of the delinanents
We applaud such legislation as tile only
legitimate way to prevent official fraud,
We take this as a fit opportunity to
suggest the passage of an act compeil-
ing all Tax Collectors to do the same,
The law heretofore and now in vogue is
for many reasons It Or
dams the publication of delihouents
only, which is the reverse of pure and
honest return of collections made.
Will the press assist us in pressing this
matter before our legislators atten-
Bernard Eagle.