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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-07
THE Gagged SWINDLER.


Ferdinand Wards Behind the Bars Of Lud-
low Street Jail-He Occupies the Room
where the Famous William Nj. Tweed
Dled-Deputy Warden Herman Will
watch Well his Three Hundred Thousand
| Dollar Prisoner.
NEW YORK, May %.
ferdinand Ward, the captive swindler,
watched by Deputy Sheriff Brown, slept,
last night in the Sinclair House. He
spent most of to-day in Receiver Davies
| office. Mr.. Davis read and reread papers
with Ward and others to an unlimited ex-
tent. He said that he had heard that Mr..
Ward could easily have obtained the
| $780, bail, but had refused to accept
it, knowing that he would probably be
arrested Immediately on other suits,
which might run the bail up to two mill
lions. Deputy Brown sat all day
in one position, looking straight at
his prisoner. The prisoner represented
to him responsibility of 100000. At,
$500 the Office was cleared Almost the.
last to leave were Deputy Sheriff Brown
and his prisoner. They slipped quietly
out of the side door on Wall street and
walked to the offices of Butler, StillmaG
& Hubbard.
TAKEN TO PRISON.
There they were met by Sidney Green,
Wards brother-in-law, and by Order of
Arrest Clerk Moore, with whom they left
the office. Half an hour later a
hack, with two white horses, drew
up in front of Ludlow Street Jail,
rang the bell with all his might, while
Ward, Brown, Moore and Green stepped
out of the carriage. Deputy Warden Kier-
nan unlocked the three iron doors sepa-
rating the prisoner room from the street
and Ferdinand Ward preceded by his
faithful custodian, who still diplomatical-
ly said, 'Step this way, Mr.. Davis, and
take look at things" Mr. Ward was
led into an inside Office by
Deputy Brown, who still called
him Davis, and there swore that he
was able to support himself and would
pay for his board. Mr.. Herman gave
receipt for his body Ward sat for an
hour in the prisoners room with his
brother-in-law. At 80 o'clock they were
taken to the room which Ward IS to oc-
cupy, fronting on Ludlow street.
COMFORTABLE QUARTERS.
The gas was lighted and the room,
small, comfortably furnished, was very
CHEEKY. Ward frightened up forthe first
time since morning and his brother-in-law
laughed when invited by Herman to look
through the window and admire 'tGoose7
town." as that section of Ludlow street
is called. Mr.. Ward laughed, too, quite
81 guess" said he, 81 shall
be ell right here among the geese if no
foxes get in among them. Then
the warden went away to order
some supper for the new prisoner
and to see about getting him a bed, and
The couple were left alone. The room in
which Ward is to stay is the one in which
Tweed died April II, six years ago. The
watch of the prison will be augmented to
six men, and two will have the special
1utY of watching Ward, both asleep and
awake. CAT no time" said Herman,
twill he be left unguarded l am re-
sponsible for the prisoners, and I'll look
put for him as carefully as would $780,.
700 with legs"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

IN the French Chamber of Deputies a
bill will be introduced providing for the
taxation of impqoted cereals and cattle.
A FIFTY per cent. assessment has been
made % tie guarantors Of the Cincinnati
Dramatic SEestival. The Association has
to meet deficit of $i2, 100.
IT is claim by the London Times that
America haS been led into falsgYosition
by its reception of the African 1nterna-
tional Association.
THE Final Se Committee osshe Senate on
the Goth posShonssa for week considera-
ton Of the restitution oFdging an fnvesti-
cation intdthe pses Of the recent bank
failures.
RECENT reports from Matamoras, Mex.
leo, indicate that revolution is immi-
nent. Charges OF corruption ARE openly
made against the Government.
EFFORTS are making for an extension Of
the fishery clause of the Treaty of Wash
lngton and for reciprocity between the
Dominion and the United States.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-07

ON the 21sJ the fve-hundredth ami
vesary of the death of Wycliffe, the En-
glish retormer and translator of the Bible,
was held at st. Andrews Church, Black
friars, London.
FERDINAND WARD couldn't get bail and
was locked up in Ludlow Street Prison.
A MEMORIAL window has been placed in
Haworth Church by an American admirer
of Charlotte Bronte.
IT is said James c. Flood, of San Fran
cisco, is going to establish branch Of the
Nevada Bank in London.
THE Republicans of the Fourth Kansas
District, on the 22d, renominated Thomas
Ryan for Congress.
On the 22d Han1an was victorious in the
sculling match with Laycock in Australia.
GENERAL BUTLER has accepted the nomi
nation of the National Autobiography
party for President.
The Greenbackers of West Virginia
have nominated Judge Edwin c. Maxwell
for Governor.
THE Democrats of the Fourth Congress
sional District of Indiana have renom-
mated Hon. VIM. S. Holman.
A RUMOR that his son, Ulysses, Jr., had
skipped to Canada is denied by General
Grant. He was at home in Morristown,
N. j.
A WEALTHY Englishman named Falken-
bridge is supposed to have committed sui
eide at Winnepeg, Manitoba.
GOULD telegraphed Vanderbilt his idea
of the situation of the country, financially
and otherwise. He feels cheerful. So docs
Vanderbilt.
VICToR BoNAPARTE has fallen heir to
e40,OOO, and the rupture between himself
and father is said to be complete.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-07
THE REPLY.
LONDON, May 22, 1884.

NJ LONDON, May Y, 1884.
Very much Obliged for your message Ny
adyices look as it the depressing influences Of
the past were about over. I think Won will
nnd the results will be in accordance with the
views expressed in your Dispatch
[SignedI w. H. VANDERBILT.
The pools referred to by Mr.. Gould in
his dispatch to w. H. Vanderbilt are
those at Peoria and Indianapolis, the
agreement respecting which was signed
on Monday. So far as can be learned no
definite steps have yet been taken toward
an advance in east-bound rates. At the
Windsor this evening it was matter of
gossip that, as furnished for publication,
both dispatches had been slightly expur-
gated. It was said that Mr.. Gould con-
Guided his by wishing Mr.. Vanderbilt
pleasant journey and safe return, and that
he also placed the cable service at his
disposal. Regarding Mr.. Vanderbilt's
reply it was insisted that he also said that
his brokers had their orders before he,
left New York.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-07
THE RAILROAD KINGS

Commune by Gable on the Situation-NotIl-
ing Further in the Outlook of a Threaten
Ing Nature-An Quiet Along the Lines.
NEW YORK, May %
The following cable correspondence
passed between Gould and Vanderbilt on
the financial situation:
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-07

NEW YORK, May q, 1854.
Io W. II. VANDERBILT, London-Since your
departure the failure of Grant Il Ward, the
Marlne Bank, the Metropolitan Bank and 9TH
ers nave SO greatly disturbed confidence that
good securities have suffered large depreci-
alton in common with poorer ones, but to-day
we nave steadier market and q better feel
ing, with no further failures and none likelyto
accepted all Of his outstanding privileges.
th4nk matters will continue to I'm
prove. The new pool between the trunk
Lnes on money basis were COM
plcted and signed to-day. MIR. Fink is now
considering an advance of eastbound rates
70 twenty cents, which he will probably order.
AL the threatened disturbances among. the.
me crop prospects throughout the West and
South and Northwest were never looking
more prosperous than now, Whichwill guaraI.
tee large fall business.
[SignedI lay Gnnrn
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-31
The White Republican Party.

In their address TO the public, the
sponsors of the white mans Republi
can party make an admission that be-
trays the inconsistency of Republican
profession and practice. They say that
lit Is true that some degree of intelli-
gence has been attained by some of the
colored race" and complain that the
negroes are determined that plumbers.
not intelligence, shall control, and that
the color or race line shall be drawn. !"
The GAZETTE is not going to draw In
question the correctness of tue princi-
pie advanced in the protest agai nst IL.
norant numbers overwhelming the in
telligent minority, but we wish to re-
mind the white mems Republican
party that they and their partisans in
vested the negro, in all his ignorance,
with that power which they say now
enables numbers, not intelligence, %
to control them. And we desire
further to have them keep in memory
that they and their party carried this
measure into the constitution and en-
franchised million or more densely
Ignorant blacks against the appeals OF
the Democratic party to desist from
their purpose. When the Republican
party, in full possession of every de.
partment Of government. enacted that
the vote OF negro, just emerged from
slavery, aud profoundly ignorant of
the simplest duties of citizenship.
should balance at the ballot.
box the vote of an In.
telligent and discriminating white
citizen, the Democratic party of the
nation resisted the outrage and pointed
TO the depl,rable consequences that
must ensue upon the investing of an
ignorant and irresponsible people with
such power. Their protests went UNI
needed. That was twenty years ago.
The white Republicans OF Texas come
now, when the negro has advanced
UNNECESSARILY In education, experience
and sense Of responsibility, and say,
Us was insisted by the Democrats
twenty years ago, that It was lnexcus-
able political folly to invest the negro
with equal influence In politics with
white men, II It is wrong at thi,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-31

time, as the white Republicans In their
address hold IL to be, for numbers,
not intelligence, to control, how much
greater was the wrong perpetrated
upon the people of the South twenty
years ago in turning their institutions
over to the government of negroes just
released from bondage, Ignorant as
savages, led by vicious whites from the
North in their career of oppression,
robbery and plumber. The negro of
to-day is another creature from the
negro of twenty years ago. The race
has progressed greatly in intelligence
and knowledge Of civic duty in these
twenty years; yet members OF that
party which thought them capable oil
self government then say that they are
incapable of self government now, with
all of the advancement that they have
acquired in that period. 1fthey are un-
fit to vote now, they were mora unfit
then. If it was right to give PEN
niless and ignorant negroes who pos
sessed numerical superiority the
power to make laws for the govern
ment of an entire state, to impose taxes
on property holders, TO vote appropri-
atoms, and to shape the policy of a
commonwealth, 1t cannot be very
wrong to give the same people, ele-
waited by the influence of twenty years
Of freedom, the power to control the
caucuses of a minority party and vote
for or against whomsoever they choose.
And if 1t is oppressive now for the
black majority to outvote and control
the white minority of the Republican
party, which cannot affect the affairs
of state government and is limited to 8
scramble for support in federal Office
getting, how inexpressibly outrageous
it was to set the blacks over the dis
franchised whites of the South twenty
years ago J,
What are the white Republican.
going to do about it? suppose the.
kick the 'niggern out of their party
\ or kick themselves out OF the "nig
gers" party, as it may result-wha
will be the change? The right t.
vote, and the right to vote in soil,
body, and to overweight by numbs rs
if they have them, cannot be abridged
The power of the negro is not broken
The evil of which the white Reput
licans complain-the evil of the dom
ination of an ignorant majority owe
an intelligent minority-can he ovel
come in only one way. That is b
Acknowledgement of the negro. Is tn
white mems Republican party pr,
pared to recommend this plan?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-31
As to Mr.. Patton,

Correspondents should not give Mr. Patton
all the creoit.-HoustOn Post Austin special
Correspondence.
Mr.. Patton claims no credit for ten
cheering the land fraud legislation
through the Eighteenth legislature
but he certainly deserves credit for his
able support of Hon. A. w. KenGall's
resolution TO appoint a land fraud in
vestigating committee. He certainly
deserves credit, as one of the land
fraud board, for his bold and fearless
exposition of the frauds, by which 15O,-
600 acres OF school lands were Illegally
appropriated (as the Galveston News
says), lin open and contemptuCus yio-
lation of law" He certainly deserves
some credit for formulating the first
land fraud bill that passed the house of
the Eighteenth legislature, with only
three dissenting voices-a bill, too, that
possessed none of the weakness or i'm
PROJECTIONS of the bill that was "engi-
neered" through the senate. Itrequired
no engineering TO pass the bill drawn
by Mr.. Patton, as ii came from the
house investigating committee, for the
house was almost unanimous in its
support. Engineering and manipula-
ton were only required to pass the
bill through the senate.
Mr.. Patton is quiet, unassuming
gentleman, of fine scholarly attain
ments and well versed in the land laws
of the state. He would pluck the
plume OF honor and distinction from
none, but rather add to their great
ness. His friends know that he has
not sought or expected promotion. He
has been called to the front ard in
front he will remain, both before and
after the next state convention.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-31
Give Us Fair Representation.

The Examiner and GAZETTE want n reap
portionment OF representatives In congress
and legislature. lit is lawful. the prec edent
OF changing congressional districts, after once
made, ought not be set unless very great in
Justice has been done. a congressional reap
portionment would have to be made on the
same basis of population as the existing one,
aud consequential change would not help
matters much. Alegisative reappoTtionment
would have 10 be preceded by q state
census. The cost OF this would be very heavy,
and 1t Is exceedingly doubtful II the next
legislature Will be willing to foot the bills
Cieburne Chronicle.
The GAZETTE has not discussed the
congressional redistri ting phase OF
the question. That was the work of
the Examiner. TIE GAZETTE wants
the people of Texas represented in the
legislature according to population
The injustice of the present apportion
ment will annually grow until in lS9.
it will be simply shameful. A proper
a just representation would go far to
wards allaying sectional bitterness ano
sectional danger. 1t would also pre-
vent the attempts of a minority of pop
ulation, by means of majority in tn,
Legislature, to fasten upon the stat
class or discriminating legislation. o
course, "a congressional reapportion
ment would have to be made on tn
same basis ofpopulation as the existin
one;" but if the population did chang
congressional districts to the gain o
some sections and to the loss of other
would it not he just to make tn
change?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-31
wAYsIDE NOTES.
A Look Over the Field by a Gazette
Correspondent.

Correspondence OF the Gazette.
CLEBURNE, May 2S.--During the
past month 1 have visited the counties
of Bell, Coryell, Lampasas and
portions of Hill. Everywhere have
found crops very fair: corn Is fine; in
many places wheat and oats have been
injured by the rains and in some loctli-
ties by the hail. Yet, there is ii lie
prospect of this being year of plenty.
| find THE GAZETTE wherever ] go,
aud its stand on the grass and lease
question meets with general approval.
This county holds its convention on
Saturday next. Every beat in the
county has selected full delegations, all
composed of their best men. Mr. /. A.
Patton, in Lampasas, Bell and Hill, is
undoubtedly the first choice for COM
missioner OF the general land Office.
and it is thought that his friends will
make the effort to have him Endorsed
by the Fort Worth convention.
Mr.. w. G. Mcfarland of this
city will be presented to the con-
vention as a candidate for
the position as representative from this
district to the Chicago convention.
The discussion as to the most availa-
BILE man as the Democratic candidate
for president i hear on all sides, Cleve-
land of New York, with Morrison as
second on the ticket, / think has the
strongest following, and 1t is generally
conceded that it would be stronger
ticket than Tilden and Hendricks.
The wheat harvest has commenced
and numbers of reapers are leaving the
CITY daily.
On Saturday the children of the
Methodist Sunday school will hold
their annual picnic.
The Greenbackers are anxiously
awaiting the action of their conven-
ton, and many declare that if Ben
Butler receives the nomination they
will bolt the party. There is one thing
certain that Ben will stand poor
show in this portion of the Lords
vineyard.
Capt. Sam Upshaw is in the city, a
guest at the Cleburne house.
We have four candidates for district
Judge, Col. DeBerry and Col. Hall of
this county. Lumpkin of Bosque and
Capt. Sam Upshaw of Hill. Judge
Abbott is not candidate for re-elec-
ton, and like the Georgian who re-
ceived his first wound during the war,
exclaimed "Glory enough for this
war;" So Judge Abbott is satisfied
with the glory of his term; but we
honestly believe that he would be re-
elected by a handsome majority If he
would permit the use of his name.
to-day met Mr.. Holman at the
Pennington hotel on his way to deliv-
Ell an address at Add Ran college,
Thorp Springs, tomorrow.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-31
THE GAZETTE: FORT WORTH TEXAS SATURDAY, MAYsl

yxrrE wants property Instead of majority
of the voters TO control the state, and virtual
~ tosubstitute cattle and land for men. The
temcrity OF such n suggestion, with menace
TO divide the state ifit Is not adopted, Is amaz
ing. Galveston pays more tuxes according to
population than nuy other county, hut viii
never assent to the suggestion OF TuE GA.
zErrE.-Galveston News,
The News misrepreseuts THE On
zErTE. This paper advocates u state
census to demonstrate the growth of
population In the different sections
and an pportionment of the state rep
resentatives fairly according to that
population. There is no way to ascer-
tain the population, or estimate 1t, ex-
cept by showing the taxable wealth,
az, presumably, the growth of popula-
ton keeps step with the increase of
wealth. Perhaps If that "directory
census taken by Galveston was correct
the Galveston paper would not be so
opposed to an apportionment based on
population. The present representa-
tive districts are based on the United
States census of 1880; If we wait eight
years for another United States census
1.-THE injustice of the present apportion-
ment will have reached shameful pre-
portions. Simple justice is all that the
people ask, and the Galveston News
can find no answer to just demand
but Misrepresentation. 1t is misrepre-
sentatlon in the legislature that The
GAZETTE is fighting, and II is journal.
isti, misrepresentation that seeks to
perpetuate Legislative misrepresenta-
ton. The Galveston News will never
stiile the voice of the people and the
voice CT Justice by Misrepresentation.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-31
JACKsoNvlLLE.
The Escape OF Desperate Penitentiary
Birds.

The Escape OF Desperate Penitentiary
Birds.
Special to the Gazette.
JACKSONVILLE, TEX. May 3O.-Dick
Greenwood and James Bennett, lately
convicted at Decatur for theft of
horses, escaped from Penitentiary
Agent Oglesby this morning about
four miles north of this place. The
two prisoners We're chained together
and were aboard the Missouri Pacific
passenger EN- route to the Rusk prison
together with other prisoners
They entered the water closet
and while the train was
In rapid motion they broke the mana
Giles from them and leaped through the
windows of the water closet and made
their escape. These are said to be the
two worst characters ever sent to prison,
having broken five pair of shackles
within the last few days.
Injury to crops from the recent floods
are not so disastrous as at first reported.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-31

In seems that the resolutions of the
Virginia legislature, requesting Ma
hone to resign, reached the president
of the senate, Mr.. Edmunds, and there
they remain-in Mr.. Edmunds' pocket.
In old times state would not have
been treated in this way. In latter
years, according TO the Republican the
ory, a state is rather small potatoes, as
compared with congress. OF course
nobody expected Malone to comply
with the request OF the Virginia legis-
lature. The Malone style is TO get all
you can and hold fast to all you get;
but IL would have been common de,
cency, at least, on Mr.. Edmunds' part
to have laid the resolutions before the
senate.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-31
A Card.
DENTON. TEXAS, May 80.

DENroN, TEXAS, May 80.
To the Editor of the Gazette.
i see from this mornings issue Of
THE GAZETTE that a dispatch from
Pilot Point regarding the robbery of a
safe in the Office of the Post accuses
my son, T. ]. Cody, of theft. i wish
to correct the error. The money ex-
tracted from the safe belonged TO my
son. Admitting that he did 1t, the
removal of his own money from the
safe could not be regarded as theft.
1t is not positively known that he
took the money, as he is absent from
the city. IL is his absence and other
circumstances that are regarded as
evidence that he took his own money
and absconded. Respectfully,
Il. p. CODY,
Foreman Pilot Point POST
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-31

WE again call the attention of our
correspondents to the necessity of ex-
ercising care in preparing their mat
ter for publication, especially in the
all-important particular OF writing on
one side only OF the paper. The man
ner in which copy" is cut up and dis
tributed around in the composing
room renders it impossible to use man
uscript which is written on both sides
of the paper. Many excellent COM
munications find their way daily into
the waste basket on this account.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-31
Why Do They Smother It Z?

The house ways and means commit
tee, with singular and pertinacious in
consistency, continues to hold back the
bill to perfect the Mexican reciprocity
treaty. Even Mr.. Mills, the Texan
member of the committee, who ought
to know that the treaty is Endorsed
and demanded by his constituents
display S degree of Indifference that
is inexplicable when one considers
how eloquently Mr.. Mills has argued
for the very principles involved in the
treaty. And Mr.. Morrison, the chair
man of the committee, acts as though
the defeat OF his own tariff hill relieved
him of any further responsibility as to
efforts In that direction. Why do
these gentlemen pursue such q course /?
The Mexican treaty is not party
measure, In any sense. 1t has the in
dorsement Of the business interests of
the country, and in the case OF Mr..
Mills 1t Is heartily approved by his
constituents. That II is tariff reform
by piecemeal is no argument. worthy
the name. against 1t. The house COM
mittee should lay aside piques and in
difference and take the necessary steps
to put the treaty before the house,
which body there is good reason to be-
lieye will ratify the action of the SEN
ate. When Mr.. Mills comes home he
VIII learn, II he doesn't know it now,
the extent of the feeling in Texas In
favor of this treaty.