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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-05-19

0ssDS $0O 0AtStNt u bRktU
we'd by the Board, created under pro-
visions Of Act No SO, Of the General
Assembly of the State of Louieiana, pro
muIgated April II, 1880.
LOUIS A. Wilt,
Governor and ex-oficio President.
500.
---Secretary.
The Constitutional Convention Of
1879 RENTED all interests, penalties.
costs. fees and charges due the State or
any political corporation thereon, prior
to the first day Of January 1879. that
were unpaid, provided the taxes were
paid BY January. 1881, and Act No. 90
was passed tor the benefit of th,.e Off
GERS Of tho State of Louisiana who had
rendered services in the prosecution of
said tax license suits aud who were
entitled to pay for same from the
State.
Section / of that Act authorizes the
Governor to appoint . Board of Eve.
of which he shall be ex.oficio
Chairman. whose duty it shall be to -
certain and approve the amount Of
such costs, fess and charges, legally
duo TO said officers, and thus RENTED.
When approved BY said Boardthe afore
said claims shall be received in pay
ment Of any taxes and licenses due the
State prior to the first day of January
1850.
We fnd no authority in the law for
issuing certificates. and haI the Board
conformed to the law, and approved de
tailed bills of costs. fees. etc., your
Committee would have experienced Ii.
tie difficulty in reporting on the legal
ty and justice of claims acted upon ; as
1t 10 we have no data. The statements
filed. and now in possession of the Aud:
tor, are not itemlzed, and are without
date.
The following parties were the bene
fciaries ofthe Board. Thomas D ufy
J. B. Aloee Gaashreauz. ]. &C, Egan.
W. P. Harper, Thomas. P. Handy,
ThomasL.. Maxwell. Ben Ambraster, \
W. GsMeCennsll. Eugene Wsggamsn
Allen Jasel, J. v. GsilIotte, A.sMicou !,
John Curry. E. E Buckner, James Ora
ham.
The claims of ex-Sheri6s Maxwell.
Harper and Waggaman. amounting to
hlty-six thousand one hundred aud
eighty-thres dollars. we're certainly
not remitted blythe constitution of 1879. |
These olfears were elected and served
~ follows Maxwell, 1868 to 1872 ;
Harper, 1872 to 1874 ; and Waggamsn,
1874 to 1876. They had ample time to
collect the taxes. fees and penalties.
md ifthey had any elainsat al, they
we're prescribed long before the adop-
Ion Of the Constitution Of 1879.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-05-19

SATURDAY. NAY 10, 1883.
REPORT ON C 90.

To his Excellenoy, Samuel D. McEnery. Gov
ernOr OF Louisiana.
Pursuant to . resolution Of tho Sen
ate of Louisiana, the undersigned Con-,
mittee have Investigated the wei kings
Of the Board appointed under Act No.
SO approved April 10 1890. aud beg
leave to report,
That the Board of Commissioner
met on the 30th Of April, 1880. with the
following members present : Louis A.
Witt, Governor aud ex-oficio Pre>i-
dent, w. J. B~han, Ad. Meyer. Allen
Jumel, L. w. Patton and Will A.
Strong.
Mr.. Jumel was elected Vice Presi-
dent aud Mr.. Strong was elected Secre
tary of the Board.
At hat meeting. they adopted rules
and regulations governing the Board
from which we copy>the following:
Fifth The vouchers or certificates
In favor of claimants, to be issued by
the Board shall be issued and delivered
to said claimants or their attorneys, in
the order in which they are approved
as provided for in rules second and
third. Said certificates shall be in the
following form, to bear :he signature Of
the Secretary and the seal of the Board.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11
Nem'Uork Daily Grihm,.e.
NETWORK, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IL.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRFIGN-Russian officers are said to have
crossed the frontier on the way to Bulgaria; and
for this and other reasons a revival of the Eastern
question IS feared. This Government has been
informed of the French blockade OF Anamese ports
e. Earthquake shocks were felt on the Island
of Ischia on Sunday. "A banquet to Victor Hugo
in Geneva is proposed - The provisions of the
will of the Comte de Chambord are made public.
DOMESTIC. Topographic dispatches yesterday
showed that the corn crop had been injured In
Minnesota. in Wisconsin, in Northern Iowa and in
Ohio. - Concordia College in st. LOUIS, was de-
dicated on Sunday Lord Chief Justice Colerldge
inspected the Institute Fair at Boston yesterday.
e. Ex-senator Herman Redheld committed sui
eide at Monroe, Mich. - j. H. Good. promi-
nent politician of West Virginia. died at Wheeling.
- Albert Williams accidentally shot his sister
ct Scranton. Penn. -
CITY AND sUBURBAN.-At the rehearsal OF
"Othellon IN the Fourteenth Street Theatre yes
terday bridge broke and several persons fell into
the cellar. 80 Before Senator Blal's committee
testimony IN regard to income and taxes was gwen.
g Colonel Austen filed his answer IL
the suit brought by Private Bockelman
- The charges against George j. Greene were
dismissed by the Excise Board. - The will of
David NJ. Chauncey was admitted to probate by
Judga Brown, of Brooklyn. - There were
some suspicious of foul play In connec-
ton with body found in the East
River. - Gold value Of the legal-tender
silver dollar (412l2 grainsl, So cents - Stocks
opened active and lower. butlater advanced sharply
and closed strong.
THE Manufacturers local observations in
dicate warmer and partly cloudy or fair weather.
Temperature yesterday: Highest, $50; lowest.
A6o; average, 55%'.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11
THE OHIO CAMPAIGM

The plight into which the Ohio Democrats
have fallen is indeed pitiable. They have taken
to themselves q candidate who is sure to be
braten and at this early stage of the canvass
they find themselves nearly bankrupt in hopes
and money. Naturally they are quarrellng
bitterly over the bar'l." and saddest of all to
them it is an empty "bar'l." Our letter from
Ohio this morning shows the straits to which
the followers of Judge Hoadly are reduced.
The Hon. David r. Paige, of Akron. an admirer
Of Judge Hoadly, has just been East trying to
raise funds to carry on the unhappy canvass OF
his friend. 1t would not work. The Eastern
Democrats have no money to waste and the
condition of their subscriptions In behalf OF
Hoadly is harmony among his followers. SO q
conference of leading Ohio Democrats has been
called 20 meet at Columbus to see If peace can
be patched up, and the bloody chasm bridged
over. The outlook for harmony is not bright,
and no wonder Mr.. Paige feels discouraged
An empty bar'l of all the chasms in the world Is
the hardest for hungry and angry Democrats to
shake hands across.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11

by unions as it was to stop the oppression CT
slaves by owners. Any workman who cannot
realize that all his dearest rights arc assailed Dy
such system of tyranny does not yet know
enough to pc fit for the blessings of free labor;
in his case there may be some need OF union
to order him and of q sort of guardian called q
"walking delegate" to act in place OF MS own
brains and conscience. Every free man has an
absolute right to work where he pleases' ior
whom he pleases, on what terms he pleases, and
with whom he peases, and to use the earnings
of bis labor for his own family, or fcr tho sup
mort of union, just as be Dleases. The denial
of that freedom to any workman whatever Is a
crime against free labor. Workingmen VINO
are worthy of freedom ought to be the flrst 10
resent it and to crush it.
Bnt the trades unions here, particularly ID
some branches, are stalking their very existence
and the prosperity of many workers ana the
food of their wives and children upon an at
tempt TO coerce those who are not members oil
any union to ION one. The immediate aud
most natural consequence is to make the unions
hated, both by employers and by laborers who
have a sense of independence is there any
man worth the name who likes to be klcked
and cuffed into doing anything The seed
sown here, within the past two months, VIII
sprinc up and bear fruit. There is room In
N.w-York for an association of employers vol
UNFAIRLY bound by mutual pledges to hire no
man who is member of any trades union.
They have an absolute right to employ or not
to employ whom they please, Just as the worker
ha, 70 work or to refuse. There is room IN
Nsw-York, too, for several thousand clear
headed industrious and thrifty wOrkingmen,
who prefer not to be members OF any union,
and who yolun tarily pledge themselves to JOIN
none.
The unions cannot complain If their coercion
is resented and resisted by these and other
methods. 1t would he entirely proper, Tor In
stance, for the Legislature to make it penal
offence to be a member or to contribute TO the
support of any organization that attempts TO
coerce any laborers, whether by personal vio-
lence or threats, or by strikes. In either OF
several modes, the power of civilized society
through its Government can properly 10
brought to bear upon the attempt to deprive
labor OF its freedom. Any kind of tyranny Is
offensive in this country. But perhaps the
most insuffeIable form of tyranny Is that oil
agitators who get paid for doing nothing, over
the labor and the happiness of others who arc
willing to work for a living.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11
I0AELNG DELEGITES.

MIR. Jarrett proclaims his belief that trades
unionism has been and is "a benefit to the work
Ipemen. Can he explain, consistently with
that belief, the recent behavior of unions in
this city 7 Or does he think 1t good til l. Tor
workingmen to become slaves7
The slavery OF labor owned by master had
at least this softening feature-the master
could not afford to starve or to cripple his
slaves. But the masters who get power to
tyrannize over labor through trades unions
have no such personal interest to restrain
them. Whether az salaried officials or as
swalking delegates" they live by keeping mp
nuarrels between labOrers and employers. The
one thing needful to them Is that as many men
as possible should be compelled to pay dues to
the unions, so that organizers and committees
and officials may live without work and WELD
much power. In the efforts of these men to
promote their own interest at the expense OF
laboring men, some acts of iusuf1erable tyranny
have been res0rted to of late-acts which will
90 far to make the managing .tTades-unionist
regarded as an enemy of honest labor and OF civ
ilized society.
For some weeks strikes have been in progress
which had no reason or occasion whatever IN
the relations between the strikers and their
employers. The men were satisfied, and the
employers satisfied. But the walking dele
gates" were not satisfied and declared war, be-
cause some workmen would not join their unions.
In order to cOerce these workmen and deprive
them of their right to Join or not to join, to pay
or not to pay, as they pleased, other perfectly
satisfied wOrkmen were ordered TO- strike
This attempted coercion, to begin with, is intol-
cradle tyranny. 1t destroys the most sacred
rights of free labor. If it cannot be stopped in
any other way, 1t will be as much the duty of
Government to stop the coercion Ut workmen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11
sEAsONABLE ADVICE.

Prom me 81 LOUIS OtVVe- D'"'V'' ALL
II 10 hecomIng evident that there is delnlto
on rcot TO unite the tns eom-
Ihe southern states and to practically deny .uc
hInaton with he Republican patty Tneie are
oh,ect enable features TO Bourbonsin anu INC ev
ina south is relieved from them the oetter ine
lean party ndorse any rephtdoe urns. bn aa
has in view the abrogatIon OF those ieasrant ming
ndorsement OF this purpose is very dnrrs ~ "a
from entering into close political eIi."soip nnlit cad
who rrofess TO be beat carry NJ II out ,nr
Initiation with some OF the elements when GU. Zen
The independent" movement In me sotn W" nortans
no newer of Repubcanisn to deal WITH tue I'D
economc questions that II s called upon ~ h alons
action viii tend TO destroy that ~ me
anIist the hearty support OF voters ID ,ue ,os
which decide the result of the next Pres
nn,ahIv Nav. York. Tne strength OF tue hePuun0i 4,
nrt lbs nor lie with the schemDg pODticins ea !,
,s demonstrated capacity TO serve pe'pSe h has beea
or .scrsf of It's success In the past When " asp ~
so ,s n Ia swiftly rebIked as We have seem "uvu
h W.. .IndependenIs" show themselves capsos
,dnS int.lligenty IN the cause OF good "a
. a. retrs some OF the men they pow slner 70 5rss
M fronf n will be time enough 10 talk OF )onns Ia
An, nntil that time the RepuDhca' parry ,.a 70
ag-rs will make great mistake II tlsy Nv N0'
accent the prorered incumDrance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11
and my Greek grammar, and pll try to max. -;
three trips this evenings II 1t does run me liit5
GENERAL NOTES.

A careful examination Of the ruins Of rscbf.
shows that the great destruction was duo in 49,
to tho ninsy manner in which tho houses vers An.
structed.
Great Britain Ia the only country in EuronA
which has forestry schools On the Continent thar
are numerous excellent and wellestabshed schools -
snss sssnsr T.
A man employed on the West Shore RAILWAY
was struck BY locomotive Schenectady tho obs,
day. and was thrown from the track It wss lsayn.s
afterxard that the engine had struck him squarely m
the pack of the head spot where no had been ,uet
years before BY large stone. The fellow yet yaa "A
puzzle the doctors by his abnormally tough skul.
A London clergyman, tho vicar Of st. Jude'a
whitechape. has boldly attempted to make Sunday =
cheerful holiday well rs holyday. On recent sunl
day he gave the playground Of bis parish exhiht
ton of choice dollhouse flowers. workingmsn ana tAss
families made up the bulk Of the visitors and the ycsS
belle yes that the unwont sight OF the beautiful foWe
had humanizing effect on them
According to recent reports, South Africa will
soon be important for something besides diamonds and
Zulu wars. Mr. David Jones, mining engineer, has uss
sent to England formal report In which he states so
there good ground for believing fat there sbund.
ant coal mines IN South Africa The coal which hss
already been mined Ia rather poor in quality, but tits
steadily becoming better II the supply Of coal ahould
prove be abundant an good South Africa will presuS
many attractions to the emigrant from GreaIBrtain.
Some months ago the charge was made IA
many English journals, and copied In some American
papers, the greater portion Of Church property 10
London occupied by publc-houses where intoxicas
ing liquors sold The select committee OF the Ecs
elesastca Commission has since been making careful
examination Of the statements and finds that thcy
false In some cases pubchouses found on prop,
erty which had belonged to the Church. but whiex
had changed hands.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11
UNVISE CONVENTIONS.

The Prohibitionists Of the State are invited
70 send delegate, to q convention which IS
called to meat at Utica tho latter part OF this
month. This convention Is to nominate q
State ticket. A call for Senatorial and As
sembly conventions is also being circulated III
some of the counties We trust that all friends
of temperance whose discretion mates with their
zeal will discourage these gatherings to the
.xtent of their influence. For it must be EVIL
dent TO any man of intelligence who is familiar
with the course of political parties in this State
and their present aims and tendencies, that a
distinctive Prohibition party is properly to De
regarded, 40 far IA practical political results
are concerned, simply as an annex to the De-
mocracy.
To-day tho Republicans of Ohio and Iowa
are making gallant fight against the rum
mower. Whatever progress by party temper
ance as an issue has made in this State Is due 10
Republicans Their influence invariably has
been on the right side. Through their repre-
sentatiyes in the Legislature they have steadily
resisted amendments to the excise law, In the
interest of rum. How about New-York De-
mocracy7 Is it not VIGOROUSLY friendly to the
LIQUOR trafflc7 Did not "A Democratic Legis-
lature last winter amend the excise law against
the protests of the reform sentiment but on the
invitation of the grog shOpsf
II is wise 10 be temperate in all things-even
in TEMPERANCE. 1t is unwise therefore, in
the present condition Of parties, to hold
these Prohibition conventions. All that they
can accomplish is to draw of votes from the
Republican tickets, and so help the Democrats
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11

the Svulgarest, shallow west, most uninterestins
people under the SUM-" Did PANTY Fair tninK
we would get angryi Bless You, no. Or deny
it'll No,'again, and bless you! We know our
countrymen well, and know how disagreeaole
somc of them can be. We know that some OF
them are keen and avulpine," and not alone
in their faces. But they are not all 80, dear
Vanity Fair. any more than all British noble
men are Dukes of GreenErin and Earls OF Ons-
low
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11
IJREL UPON INDIANA.

(fnn
The charge iterated ami reiterated 80 "a 91'e ~
by the Democracy Indiana was eatled ~ @ ,n-
the corrupt purchase OF votes snver he n.o,Ie
iicious pon he good name Of the state alu ie or.
Whe the Democratic leaders OF tue state ma sn IL
rupt and have always corrupty used Po s r v are
has bsen ntrusted 10 them, the masses o. .ns pa "A
honest and do not sell their votes, and they WIZ hsra
ne 1t election resent rheboe their party rng
ntiaring AGAINST them for three years ihe iai.at
man VINO have been Democrats will mol res.
under ths charge made BY their own parv Iii rs6 ,.s
sold their votes the pitiful sum OF @-' All" "'
lLa sandersr the first opportunity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11
wIPrNG our THE "oNLY."

The Democrats of Ohio, virginia ana Pena"
svlvana now have tue call the National Drn0elsy
A. linn of supreme portaDce 70 tue Nsuons' a II.
racy lew political adyentu!ers Win trg 1e men who
heretofore done the thinking Tor the party nna
proclaimed the heresy of ara for revenue OI o.ry
a time quiet. thoughtful men IN tne De,u ,y might bs
yera unca,y lest the haTmcny OF the party uisus ~
Gsturbed by the nose but in the ost quiet ana ~ ~
tentatous way. and without In tue lea,' s tSrrs
states wiped ont the little fool sdveio and sala ,ss
for revenue only gives the lie to the policy aa
Of democracy as practised through all the past ye~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11
PUBLIC OPINION.
ENDING UP A TREE.

Frorn me Indianapolis Times tRep.' - l..
When the Democratic papers hrst began "
acbo tha cry Turn the rscals OUT, they da " IL se.s
nriser black letter They soon dropped 70 pea a
IN long nrimer until they have got down 10 lue
AT faSe non parei Roman they can nnd lreipn w.
Horace Greeley's description OF street "a saet
it 49, nenced IN a boulevard one hundred iees
SySs tben narrowed avenue sixty reef wlde uee
10 an ordinary street forty feet ana rom tb mat 70
twenty foot country road then W +" ioo'P"''' W "
s0uirrcl track and ended up tree
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11

The Rochester Union still argues that the Democ-
racy Of this State. represented IN he last Legis
lature, ma pretty good record on the question Of
contract prison labor. The albany Times another
lea ing Democratic newspap r, az or quoting the
full ext of the law providing for suomi ting the
question OF such labor to the people ndulgos IL this
comment: "Thls act Is not ne TO which "A Demo-
CT tic lie gslatufe point with pr'e although it
is perhaps better than nothing. At best it is simply
an apology for not passing something better. II
WAS all that could wrung from the Legislature of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11

Mr.. George Blair, manufactures of packing
boxes, Yesterday gave the Senate Committee on
Labor and Education his ideas of the way to
solve the intricate problems of labor and cap
ital. A great point would be gained, he
Thought, il nobody were allowed to have an
income of over $4,000 year. This may be !;
but we think that if our leading dry goods men
we're not permitted to enjoy an income of more
than S25, 900 each. they would not be able to
buy so many of Mr.. Blair's packing-boxes as
they do now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11

Our special dispatches this morning show the
extent of the damage which the early frosts
have caused in various parts of the country.
While in some places considerable harm has been
done, yet, generally speaking, corn has not
been materially injured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11

for harmony are a sham, and what Is worse,
useless and that the "countrymen IN the
convention will admit just what delegates they
please, and in such proportions as they please.
Other Democrats could save good deal OF
breath and mental wear and tear II they
would only be as frank as the Hon. ill.,
Don Carlos, the Spanish Pretender, and his
son will have TO confine their mischief aking
after all. entirely to Spain. The will OF the
Comte de Chambord, which has just been
opened, makes no mention of these princes, and
their hope that Don Carlos's son would be
named as the Counts political heir is therefore
blighted forever. The COmte de Paris thus
remains undisputed possessor of all there is III
the Bourbon claim to the throne or France ano
the Legitimsts and the Orleanists as separate
parties will now disappear. Both have become
simply ROyalists.
An interesting table will be found in Wash
ington dispatch in THE TRIBUNE to-day, whicn
shows how the money appropriated oy ION
gress during the last eighty years for RIVER ana
Harbor improvement has been distributed among
the States. The figures do not sustain the cry
which has been heard 40 often in certain quar-
ters that the Eastern States are jealous lest the
South and West should get too much OF the
amount to be divided. The truth is that the
Western and Southern commemorative nave
already had more than the East. 1t will be
graceful and proper thing, therefore, for elo-
quent Representatives from the interior OF the
Union to pay some regard to these figures when
they make speeches next winter on the River
and Harbor bill When all the statistics on the
subject are published, in response to the resoiu-
ton of Congress, they will enable that body, II
it is so disposed, to exercise lust dlscrlmina-
ton in appropriation and denunciation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11

and Gilbert by observing that ignorance Is tho
mother Of lunacy and that the fools are not oil oeao
yet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-11

Governor Cleveland Is reported as observi ng tina
some OF the politicians have been disappointed.
but they q pretty philosophc sort OF men at the
bottom and respect what is done on principle even II
1t defeats their personal expectations" We wonder
if Tammauy has como to respect the nomination
of Murtha for Emigration Commissioner When
last heard from 1t evInced its decided dsrespect 70
1t by declining in the face Of sn an ry message from
the Governor to confirm Mr.. Murtha. 1t looks as if
Tammany was not absolutely Sphilosophle."