Claiborne guardian., 1882-07-26
Mladeb's Tap.

In session last saturday. The Prrtihtnf
called the meeting for the purpose Of finally
deciding whether or not that b-ly would
give its consent for the v, s. & r. X. X.
to build bridge without draw across
Bayou Dorch.at where said railroad crosses
Dorchest near Minden.
A motion WAS made that the Police Jury
give H.. consent. This motion was dis
cussed for several honrs by Capt. 7. B
Neal and Hon }. J. Carter, both of Min
den, favoring the motion. Judge J. c.
Esgsn and Hon. A. l.. Atkins opposing The
motion. VIII ~ the discussion WAS closed.
member Of the Police Jury moved that
the motion I've tabled. Thi. la-t mo,ion
WAS put and prevailed. This settled the
question, at least for awhile.
The matter was fairly and sqnarrly dis
cussed. The representatives from Mindrn
were shown every courtesy before the
Police Jury and by the citizens of our
town, and il should he said 10 their honor
that they did Themselves credit. Their
case was well managed, and they returned
to their constituents with a clear con.
science that they had performed their
whole duty. although they failed To ac-
complsh their desires.
The citizen. Of Claiborne parish and of
Homer have canse 10 know that they
have been mnch more charitahlv treated
and dealt with by those delegates from
Ninden, Capt. r. Il. Neal and Hon. j. J.
Carter, than the prs. If Mndan has been
wont to do Of late. For at n previons
meeting of our Police jury called for the.
same purpose IL was decided not n act
upon the qnrstion for some weeks. and
the newspapers of Mindrn in commenting
upon that decision used language towards
onr citizens that was not only uncharirn-
Bile and unpleasant TO the people Of Clni-
borne and Homer, hnt nnhrcoming rs the
sentiments of the good people Of Mindrn
-lsngunge that falls far below the stand
ard 81 high-tonrh journalism.
The Webster Tribune said we were act
ing through spite" and then wFung in
something in an ironical manner about
the "dog in the mang"r," aud doing that
which was contrary to the interest Of our
citizens.
The Democrat says that Homer hns
acted upon "prcpostrrnus idea, the off
spring of the brain Of certain legal
gentleman whose ability as n railroad man
falls far short of his legal aftninnirnts,
and that I'll. same idea was caught up lay
the GUARDIAN, that "Iiomcr does not ha-.
her objections upon the liberal grounds
that il would be rohhng her uf nn nd
vantage, but upon narrow aud selfish
grounds" Nnw, these savings are all nn-
called for, and since we have heard this
matter discussed from Mindcn's stand
point by Mrssrs. Neal and Garter, both
before the Police Jury aud ou the streets
Of our town, we do not believe that these
newspapers have reflected the sentiments
of the representative men of Minden.
For however zralonsiy anh ably these mrn
worked here to carry their pnlnt. they
did nothing bnt what was commrndahlr.
b0u bbNu IllN lHfN
accorded to tue people Of Homer and to
our Police Jurors their endorsement HI
having acted hnnorahly aud cnuscien-
tiously. And these mrn were sent here by
the good people Of MAIDEN.
But these newspapers have attempted
to brand us with the stigma that we wrr,
prompted by "prrpnstrr"ns ideas" and
for selfish aud -ptrful ends We were play
ing the dog in the mangcr" We stamp
the charge as being utterly false and
grating upon the cars nf onr people, aud
We hope these brethren of the lead pen
ell profession will bc manly aud grneruus
enough to retract the harsh language.
Our people has looked at this matter
from their standpoint, ami it is believed 10y
rs that all parties concerned have done the
same thing Homer aud Claiborne parish
consider their interest in the bay on TO be-
worth something to them; they bold il ~
they wonld Sny other pirceuf proptrtv;,hry
have been called upon TO rrlinqni,h tha,
property they have demanded something
- a nnmrration for il. An equal consider
alton, in THEN opinion has not rs yet been
offered, and they refuse to make any rrin-
qushment This is the whole matter.
And We do not see why we should b.
charged with bad faith simply because q
railroad msgnate asks us for piece Of
property and We declined, TO give IT TO