The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29
STATE NEWS AND VIEWS,

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The frsends of the outlet theory are again to
the front. It. may not be GENERALLY known
that there is anoutlet bill pending IN Congress,
but such Is q fact. u is identically the same Us
the old Cowden bill m Truth.
The Police Jury, in special session to-day,
appropriated the sum of five hundred dollars
to assist closing the Gauthreaux crevasse
and similar amount to be expended on the
levees in West Baton Rouge.-[ Pioneer Of
Assumption.
If we understand the sugar planters at their
last Wednesday meeting, Louisiana has but
one congressman who is worth anything to u.s.
and that one is Hon. w. P Kellogg. Well,
we are willing to leu it go at that.-l Morgan
City Review f#>
How about our telephonel Now, your
honor, please don't give it up--we need 1t very
badly in our business, right new. Some sayit
won't pay-well, we don't care, but we want
it, aud will use it all the same, but twill pay.
flake Charles Echo.
well-knOwn residential CarFOllton remark
ed to States reporter that, so far as he was
personally concerned, he would be willing to
suffer loss by crevasse for the sake OF the
lesson it might teach and toinsure good, strong
levees for the future - Estates.
As we go to press this morning soaking
rain has set in, which will greatly retard the
progress of work on the break at Mullatto
Bend, besides doing serious damage to our
levees that we're weakened by last Mondays
storm.-IPort Allen Sugar Planter
The waters from the MorganZa crevasse have
already reached Morgan City, and before many
days overflow will be upcn us. Our people
should lose no time in having their levees
placed in good condition and tinsely action
on their part might avert great calamity.
| -lTerrebOnne Times.
The breaking OF the MOrganza is a sad COM
mentary upon the policy of the "Leyee Gov
ernor." The contributors to the levce fund
will naturally want to know why such an
ifou a11nh aI,i
work. The State has been robbed out OF
| $8O,0OO.-[ Morgan City Free Press.
| The vacancies on the Republican State ticket
were filed by the appointment of Messrs
Alfred Shaw for Attorney General and NJ +.
| BonzanO for State Treasurer 1t require a
some time for the vacancies caused by the
Withdrawal Of Messrs. Stone and Duperier to
the fact that the Republicans wished to select
influential men.-[ finest Democrat
An intolerable nuisance, which is great
| Inconvenience and annoyance to ladies and
o her passengers on street cars. is the driving
of vehicles on the track just behind the cars
SO that no passenger can get out with safety
and when he does, must haste to get out of the
way of the vehicle or be run o. e.. Is there
not some city regulation to prevent this9 Is
| it not police duty2-[ Item.
Mr.. w, j. Grady. who has been connected
with the courts for many years, and who is now
an alderman from the third ward has been
favorably mentioned. as candidate for the
|
Mr. Grady is a most estimable gentleman, and
/ If the party should conclude to select him as
the successful candidate, its confidence wonld
not be misplaced, and the public would secure
an officer Of capacity, experience and pop
ularity States.
+ A special to the PicaNane announces that
Senator Gibson and Representative King have
secured from the Secretary of War and Gen.
Colnst0ci, president OF the Mississippi Com
mission, full authority, which has been sent to
1 IN fraa .c L.
4 $1,000, 600 lately appropriated by Congress for
the Mississippi riverin repairing levees which
are found insufficient 10 Withstand the pressure
of the present foOd.-IItem.
4 The advocates of the Cowden outlet theory
are putting on very knowing look, aud
snndry 'I-told-you-so" winks are being ex-
changed over the breaking of the Morganza
leyee. OF course the captsin and his support
ers are not joyful over the mishap that has
| occurred, but in their minds it proves beyond
q doubt that the Lake Borgne outlet would
| have averted the disaster. Why not give
Capt. COwden an opportunity to prove his
faithl-IChronicle.
| Last year man named j. b. Watkins
bought one million two hundred and twenty
| five thousand n ,225, 000l acres of Louisiana
pablo land. for mere song The money we
believe was expended on the levees. The
work on the MofgRnza leYee alone cost $50 0O0
and the first high water sweptit away. Thus
| the land lie gone, the mOnev received for it is
gone, the levee built with it is gone, and the
country that the levee Yves toprotect is covered
with water, Such is the craftsmanship of the
great levee Governors administration.-TS
| Landry Democrat.
Peter Kaiser turns up again from the
| Eleventh Ward as Councilman. Shame
upot such nominations as this for position
to control our city and make it's law! The
i more shame since Mr.. Buekner was a member
| of the ward delegation which put such poll
tieal tramp up for the sutfrages of decent PEG.
| pie. There are other men with not so bad a
| reputation, but almost equally Objectionable
/ to the community who are desired as ''eity
iatners" because they are King tools.
We say ''God save us" froia such representa-
tives, ifthey might be called such.-I picayune.