The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-05-10
STATE NEWS AND VIEWS

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stand. The plans is backward, and
sosne al that planted IN March Is not
promising Pioneer Of Assumption |
The State Legislature meets here
on the twelfth, aud after organizing |
viii co.llsf HE vote for Governor and |
declare che result. The inaugura
ZION Of Governor McEnery will pro
Oably take place on tile thirteenth
! or fourteenth Very likely, on the
| tbirteentL.--IU apiIolian Advocate.
! The citizens at RacconrcI and Old
/ River are making every effort TO
close the crevasse iii trout Lakeside
4 plantation, on Old River, and the
crevasse Oh Racv0urci Lagoon, IN
! front Ut Mr.. a. j Lacoui's house.
4 MI. I. q. Bachelor Went down 10
New Orleans on .the twenty ninth
4 ult., 70 procure materials tD effect
the work desired. Point Ooupee
4 Democrat.
Information reaches US this morn
ling, that Messrs. isewall 81 BfDthers
Ebv i means Of their own devising
succeeded iii closing the Belle Air
Crevasse In West Baton Rouge Par
Iish iii 1O1 working days with less
. I'than fits hands. Depth OF water
) seven feet ID tleepesI places length
Of break 1902 feet. Messrs' Sewall
q Brother are nephews OK Ex Gov
0 lern0r Hebert Of Louisiana, aud are
i, Young men upon whom too much
:. nr,,iSe cannot be bestowed fOrstbeir
heroic enaesS or and signal success.
{, Let the press throughout the State
sound their names. RI Ascension
d Democrat
Ie Assumption parish was carried by
the Republicans last Tuesday, the
majority fOs nearly all their acandi
V dates exceeding 700. Inthe jNdicia
b district composed Of Assumption
Is and LafOurche, Hon. Taylor Bsatti'
i defeated Judge Al. f. Knobl6ck fv
Z District Judge, and Hon. John $
s BilIin was elected District Attorney
N over MIR. Il. "A. C'Suifivan, the pre-
re sent incumbent. A shooting atfra.
he occurred at the first ward p0li i
Assumption, d colored man wound
iP ing two others, hut the difficulty wa
soon suppressed. The man who di
the shooting was pursued and ~
rested, EOhief.
The Louisiana Sugar Bowl speal
), ing of the election frauds In Ne
y Orleans, says: The ring which ha
1n. 80 longrmled and robbed tile pro-
IDS ertv- holders of New Orleans, q
y, election day eliminated their wOT
- by actually stealing the sUffragps
~ the pe0ple---all IN the naue Of Dem
nd cracy. The better class of citizel
itylI and Republicans combined to 0Se
IN throw the ring element, but top
@ vent this, tho latter deniett atlIhissiG
ny and in sulnp cases elected legal
lie chosen inspectors, whose preseil
wonId have prevented fralfas Aft
,ni. this, they had things their own wa
~ aud il there were not votes. enoul
~ OH their side to satisfy their pl
out poses, there il no doubt they 81
can piled them.
A. Can such outrageous acts be toll
81, atedg lf there il any virtue lett
S0S the courts this election in New
leans will be declared illegal.ss MAY
ees, Behan issued his proclamati
"a before the close of the polIss .prott
guy ing and so declaring it, and we hS
9th that some means will be found
ker, thwart the ring, or what has b
ian, pened in New Orleans will next ii
! q happen TO the whole State.
ria McENERY AND CAUcUs;--G
ernOr McEnery made q speech
'ory his return to Baton Rouge, II
and which we take the following:
and sEIe said he would tind it exec
l;rad ingly strange if those WHO
claimed victor, III East Baton she
be admitted into the DemOcri
caucus when the General Assem-
ran convened on the twelfth Of May,
+ of he rather believed they would
New placed alongside of those DARK i
the of toll at whose feet they had
49, Gently worsliiped.p
lasr We find it s.eNceedingly strRl
nee. that the executive head of the 3
NJ in government should be concprl
AMI himself about the Legislative taau
M and that he should think it inc
ure'l bent upon him to make suggest
and like the above, so long IN advals
loved the meeting Of the Legislature.
i his there been a counting of heads,
~ i -. has it been found out that az
wye IniniStration machine caucus
poor not be gotten, unless indepen'
relin Democrats are excluded from II
Since tho Governor takes sn
49, deep interest In the 0rganizatiN
New tho caucas, it may be well to inc
what good Gid the last capea
n re. the last session do the party. q
az. Statel The police jury law anC
'"" election law are fruits Of that ca
sn ~ two acts that stultiIy aid pI
,st of the blush the Democratic p
True Democrats will not sure
their obligations to The constitl
and their duty to the people 81