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, 1886-09-23
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In the District Court of the Third Judicial Is
trict of Washington Territory, holding terms
at Port Townsend. Jefferson County for the
Counties of Jefferson. Island ClaIlam and
, 1886-09-23
English Remedy

Is i NEVER FAtL
i ING Cure for NeT
vos Debility, Exhaust-o
Vitality, Seminal Weak
ne SIS, SpermatOuhaH
Lost Manhood. In
potency, Pros n e
tOTTiiUn Paraiy-i-
qpd all the terrible of
fects of self-abuse. o.
youthful folliSs, auc
excesses in nature
years. such n Lsss Gi
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-10
Our Legislature.
Webster DemOcrat-Trib

Our Louisiana Legislature is queer
body. 1t seems to want to do right and
does do right as long as there is no
strong opposition to the right, but let a
strong corporation or monopoly appear
before it, and it will tuck its tail and
cause the people to blush with shame.
1t passed a Sunday law. That was a
good thing and the people We're glad to
see it, but there can be no strong oppo-
sitlon to Sunday law anywhe ere and it
does not take much moral courage t0
stem the little tide of immortality and
theory that opposed it. 1t has given the
people some relief and few minor is
sues but when it comes to tackle big
thing like the Lottery or the Peniten-
tiary lease, or the whiskey traffic it
proves to be a body destitute, as a
whole, OF moral courage and without a
sense OF moral responsibility to the
people or higher power. It postponed
the Lottery question and because few
lawyers believed that the James Peni-
tentlary lease could not he annulled, in
spite OF the fact that he works to death
one out OF every seven men per wear,
they quietly let this barter in human
beings continue. We are also told and
lead to believe that a majority of the
legislators were prepared to give this
rum-ruled State some
relief, and they were preparing to do SO.
but when delegation from sinful New
Orleans made its appearance before
that body with a corruption fund, the
majority who were preparing to give us
50 much relief in this direction faded
away into an insignificant minority, and
the high license bill was defeated.
This will give prohibition big boom
however. and may be the best for the
State hereafter The whisky men will be
glad before the people get through with
them to sell liquor under any consider
alton.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-10
Ehe Governor Stands by the
Land Office Stealage.
PicayuIle.


A bill providing for the revision and
correction corr OF the books of the Land
Office, and for replacing lost Or mutia-
ted documents and maps, the expense
therefor to come out OF sales of State
lands, has been vetoed by the Governor.
committee has just reported on the
frauds in the Land Office, and the
Wretched condition in which it's busi-
ness has been kept, certifying to the
necessity OF some such measure of re-
form Considering the connection the
relatives of the Executive have had
with the State lands, this veto is some-
what peculiar.
The Picaynne has shown where frauds
upon the people were perpetrated to
the extent OF many thousands of dollars
by lnterceptlng money intended to be
paid into the State Treasury for State
Mr.. Richardson. The Governors broth
er. John McEnery, was on the bond of
Registrar Richardson. The Governors
brother was the party that would have
been held responsible if these direct
and shameful frauds had been rectitied.
The Picayune has documentary evil
dence to prove that money sent to the
state office for the purchase of land was
intercepted at the door of the treasury
by Registrar Richardson, the predeces-
sor of Mr.. 1.obdell, and has published
these facts.
W e not only showed that the Govern
or'S brother was plundering the levee
fund by the contract, or alleged con-
tracts with the State, but that his war
rants were used at the very doors of the
Treasury to intercept honest money
sent there to pay for lands, by Richard
son.
That the Governor never took steps
to recover these moneys thus stolen
from sacred fund-one designed to
buld the levees of Louisiana, the safe
guards of the peoples certainly re-
markabie.
That the Governors brother was the
contractor whose warrants were thus
fraudulently put into the treasury in
place of cash sent there, is bad enough /:
but that the State and people should be
made the shield of protection for this
fraudulent administrator of the Land
Office, the official bond should have
been signed also by the Governors
brother, and the Executive fraternal
protection extended so far in so shame
less manner. goes beyond the bounds
of credibility.
Any effort to cover up the Miere,y in
the State Land Office must react upou
those who are afraid of the truth,
whether it be the Governor or his rela-
tives.
These are very plain words, but we
feel called upon to express them for the
public good, and in the interests of the
people.
We have undoubted proofs of these
frauds and of the Governors knowl-
edge of them.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-10
The Gall of A Georgia Judge.
States.

In an interview published in the
Philadelphia Times few days ago,
Judge A. A. Lochrane, of Atlanta, Ga,
says:
NO. sir Mr. Cleveland has no admirers i'll
the South except those whom he has appoint
ed to office, and so far as strengthening his
party he had better have left the Republicans
in than to have named most of the men he has
so for selected His whole policy bas been a
disappointment TO our people. My impression
is, however that he will be renOminated /
don't see what else the party can do. In fact,
| expect to see both Blaine and Cleveland re-
nominated. Ii such is the case. my faith is
that Mr.. Blaine will be the next President"
Judge Lochrane is man of legal
talent and prominent gall" and is
at the head of a small clique of job
bers in small town, but he does not
represent the South or its sentiment,
and, therefore, his assumption of the
right to speak for the South should not
be allowed to go unrebuked. If Judge
Lochrane represents anything at all
it is the gang of carpet-baggers that
struction era. Mr.. Cleveland is ad-
mired in the South, and is daily grow
ing stronger with the people and his
party, despite the whines of the Geor-
gia Judge and the groans of the small
faction of disgruntled Democrats who
had hoped to fatten at the Govern
ment's corn-crib.
In the South Mr.. Cleveland has ap-
pointed not the chronic office seekers,
but truly representative men of known
integrity and ability, and he has made
very few mistakes. The Democratic
party is perfectly satisfied with his APP
pointments, and the statesman-like
manner in which he is administering
the affairs of the country, and it is Civ
ing him the cordial support that his
honest and patriotic efforts in behalf
of good government deserve.
The Georgia Judge" belongs to the
tattooed element of the Republican
party, and as far as his opinion that
Blaine will be the next President is
the though is merely ather
to the wish, and is not worth consider
ing.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-10
Singular VacillatiOn.
Picayune.

1t was natural to expect of the Legls-
latnre more or less of crude and i'll
considered action, but the House has
surpassed all antici pations in that res
pect, and has indulged in what might
be jocularly termed monkey business"
to Il remarkable degree. The transac-
tions of one day are sufficient te estab-
lish this fact. On Wednesday the
House deliberately went to work and
cut down the appropriation to pay the
interest on the State debt to rate
that was manifestly insufficient to meet
the demand. On the next day, Thurs
day, the July interest was dne, but the
State having no money to pay with, the
associated banks of this city agreed to
advance the funds on condition that
the appropriation bill would provide
for the interest. As soon, however,
as the action of the House was learned
the banks refused to put up their mo-
ney and a default was about to be made
on the payment Of the interest, but the
House, at the last moment, reversed its
action, and the banks finally came to
the rescue, on the assurance that the
Legislature would make the necessary
appropriation. 1t may we'll be asked
why such absurd vacillation on the
part of the House 1t is no better
than child's play, if it be not some
thing worse. Fortunately there are
left but few more days for displays Of
this sort.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-10

and fortunately we have ample time to
work it up before the next election.
The main difficulty we have to contend
with is to so present the truth that it
will become a stimulating principle Of
action, The stated Indifference that
possess the common mind on strictly
moral subject is appalling to all who are
anxious to bring about a great moral
reform, to do this mems minds are slow
to take hold of great moral subjects.
Great moral reforms are always brought
about by small minorities but when the
people are thoroughly aroused, nothing
can stay their onward progress: This
must be brought about by wide dis
semmination of the facts OF the great
existing evils with conscientious con
victions and christian sympathy shall
open flood of light of the existing
evils. The liquor question is worthy OF
our steel, the misfortune is thousands
OF we'll meaning people underestimate
our adversary as was the case few
days ago in the Louisiana Legislature
upon the subject of high license which
is always wide step to prohibition. On
the other hand there is a class of timid
and over-conscious good people who
Over-estimate the power of our foe and
that will take no hand in the fight for
fear of defeat, but the fight has been
forced upon us, it is now a square back
down or fight for victory. since the
defeat of high license in the Legislature
a whiskey man makes his boasts that
one large whiskey dealer has more
power to control elections and even
members of the Legislature than all the
churches in Louisiana. And we candid
ly admit the whiskev power generally
wins in the first battles but that is no
reason why the war of determination
should not be waged. the sooner the
better, in this we do not assume the
right to force a man to be moral by
Legislation but we do intend TO teach
and to prove the right of the Legisla
ture to shut up the bar-rooms. By try
ing again and again and keeping up
courage many things seemingly impos-
sible may be attained.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-10
Sugar and Protection.
Inter-Ocsan.

The proposition before the Senate
was to appropriate $4,000 to expert
mentatiOn in the manufacture of sugar,
and a clause was included requiring
the use of American machinery in max
ing the experiments. Both Senators
from Delaware warmly favor the latter
proviso for although bitterly opposed
to protection in general, they cordially
support it when, as in this case, a Della
ware firm is tine domestic manufactu-
rer. Great is free trade, but it must
not be allowed to interfere with any
interest in their baliwick which happens
to need protection.
Perhaps the most significant fact
brought out during the entire proceed
ings was the remark made by Senator
Vance, of North Carolina, another
free-trader, that the planters of Louisi-
ana had spent S5OOOO0 in foreign ma
chinery and had to throw their machine
ry away.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-10
CrOOkedneSS i'm the State Land
Office.
Plcdytlne.


The Picayune has not been silent ON
the inefficient and unfaithful admins
tratlon OF the State Land Office, and the
many questionable transactions that
have taken place in connection with
the lands in the past half-dozen years,
and exposed the great land grabbing
job.
\ joint committee from both branches
OF the Legislature, appointed to exam
inc the affairs of the Land Offie, has
just reported that "the records are in-
complete, mutilated aud worn out, and
need a thorough overhauling and re-
vision by experts Also, "that 100 600
acres of State lands have been sold
with no entry or record on the tract
book - and that hundreds of thou
sands of acres are covered by frauds -
The present incumbent in the registrar
ship is exonerated, as the frauds and
Irregularities are credited to preced-
ing period. 1t would be difficult to find
in any country, any branch OF the pub
lie service in condition as shameful as
that depicted by this committee. The
wrongs that have been perpetrated up
on the State in the matter of the public
lands can never be righted, but the
Legislature should never adjourn until,
as far as possible, steps shall be taken
to set aside all these illegal contracts
and fraudulent transactions.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-10
Interesting Experiences.

Hiram Cameron, Furniture Dealer OF
Columbus, Ga, tells his experience,
thus: For three years have tried
every remedy oE the market for Sto-
mach and Kidney Disorders, but got no
relief, until | used Electric Bitters.
Took five bottles and am now cured,
and think Electric Bitters the Best
Blood Purifier in the word.n Major A.
B. Reed, of West Liberty, KY, used
Electric Bitters for an old standing Kid
ney affection and says: Nothing has
ever done L.e so much good as Elec-
trio Bitters." Sold at fifty cents bot
tie at NJ. P. Young g. Co.'S Drug store. 4
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-10

ing the necessary revenue to any pen
sion bill. This is clearly and almost
confessedly done to catch the soldiers
vote.
After a good deal of speech making
which changed no votes, Fitz John
Porter has again gotten safely through
the Senate, having passed the House
some months ago. Unless President
Cleveland interposes a veto, Congress
has at last, after twenty years wrest-
ing, finally disposed of this question
and Porter will be restored to the army
and placed upon the retired list.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-10
A Captains Fortunate Dis.
cOVcry.
cOvcry.

Capt. Coleman, schr. Weymouth,
plying between Atlantic City and N. Y,
had been troubled with a cough so that
he was unable to sleep, and was induced
to try DIR: Kings New Discovery for
instinct relief, but allayed the extreme
soreness in his breast. His children
were similarly affected and a single
dose had the same happy effect. DR..
Kings New Discovery is now the stan
dard remedy in the Coleman household
and on board the schooner. Free Trial
Bottles Of this Standard Remedy at
NJ. P, Young e. Co.'S Drug Store. 4
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-10
Where ''The Prayer Test
Failed.
Chicago Telegram.

CHlCdSO ItItgFallI.
Mosquitoes recently broke up a
prayer meeting in Pittstield, Mass. 1t
has long been suspected that mosqui-
toes were emissaries of the evil one,
and this exploit but confirms the fact.
The circumstances, by the way, is
rather hard on the prayer test"-that
is, it the worshipers prayed that the
mosquitoes might go away.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-10
The Ring of Democracy i'm It..
Boston Herald.

There is a good deal of the ring Of
Democracy in Mr.. Gladstone's declara-
tion in Liverpool that wherever truth,
justice and humanity are concerned it
has always been shown that the masses
were in the right and the classes in the
wrong"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-10
When She Kept Boarding
House.
Pittsburg Commercial- Gazette.

The Prince of Wales took dinner at
Mrs Mackey's house on Monday night.
Uimes have changed since she kept a
bOrding house for miners, but she en-
tertaiued just as COED men then.
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EXPRESSIONS OF THE STATE PRESS.

Madison Courier The Democracy hold their
power by virtue OF the Solid South, the reorgan
lied and improved form of the Southern Confed
eracy.
Shelbyville Republican: the Democratic ap
pointments in Indiana have been so uniformly
weak or vicious that it is relief to occasionally
be called on to congratulate the accession of a
Manson or Turpie.
Evansville Journal: Until there is mere man.
aging ability amongst our State military digni
taries, militia or legion reunions ought to be
discontinued. The Lafayette affair was fail
ure; so is Adjutant-general Koontz
Frankfort Banner: The Republican party has
financial policy; it has tariff policy; it has a
policy of internal Improvements, while the Dem
ocratic party has neither; and because this is so
is why the people will return it to power in 1888.
Shelbyville Republican: We can't blame
Bailey for being little suspicious about walk
ing into this pretty net spread for him by the
Bynum spider. 1t is only scheme to sprinkle
little salt on gooses tail preparatory to catch
ing him.
Logansport Journal: 1t is only moral blind
the terrible misery and agonzed wailing that
of the liquor traffic while abiding the fnllness of
timc for its entire suppression.
Princeton Clarion: The various discordant
elements heretofore united under the common
name. Democracy" seem to be unable longer
to adhere together even in form. They all have
the same desire-the same end in view--and .hey
all know that the end in question is not suff-
GENTLY numerous TO 90 round II there were
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land of the living. All OF them but Mrs. HAYES
are widows, and each receives an annuity of S.
600 during life.
THE term ''mngwump" has been taken up in
England Henry Labouchere applied it recently
to the Unionist Liberals. Now that it's .sEn-
glish, you know" there should be no doubt
about its getting into the dictionaries.
A PREACHER in southern Indiana is mentioned
by the New Orleans Picayune as the owner Of q
horse so spirited that no blacksmith could shoe
him unless the owner stood 3t his head and sang
lively camp-meeting hymns while the process
was going on.
NINE VIALARD, upon whom the French mill
tary medal has been bestowed for distinguished
services upon the field of battle, is a widow,
hfty-hve years old, and is-as for thirty five
years past-the cantiniere of the One Hundred
and Thirty-frst Regiment.
Miss ELLIoE, the founder of the White Cross
movement in England has accepted an invita-
ton from Miss Frances E. Willard to visit
America and to attend the annual meeting of the
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
to be held at Minneapolis, Mimi. in October
next
AN atheist named Reynolds, who was once a
preacher, went to Boonton N j., the other day,
to give lecture 1t was of the Ingersollian or
der, with Ingersoll left out, and SO exasperated
the goOu people OF the place bnat tHey cdusou MS
arrest. He is now going about under the cloud
of $500 BAIL
Mr.. PETER A. B. WIDENER. the millionaire
street railroad operator, is about to build for
himself what will be the finest private residence
in Philadelphia. It will face Broad street with
frontage of one hundred feet. eighty feet high,
and will extend along Girard avenue one hun
dred and sixty feet
GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, it is positively an
nounced by the Jacksonville Herald has re-
Florida for 500 000-$200 900 cash in hand and
$500,000 to be paid in few weeks. This, with
the prospect of the governorship of Georgia for
the next four years ought to make General
Gordon reasonably contented man.
WILLIAM OBRIEN, editor of United Ireland,
has at length consented to 60 to the Chicago
convention as chief representative of the Irish
party. OBrien is perhaps. next to Parnell, the
member of the Irish party in whose keen intel
lect and uncompromising patriotism the Irish
people have most thorough reliance. There will
go with him Mr.. Deasy, NJ P, possibly John
Redmond, NJ. p, and Mr. Leamy, NJ. 2.
THE Englishman sometimes exhibits at home
the qualities that make Yankee of him when
he comes to this side of the Atlantic. man
who had been summoned to serve on a jury, a
duty he did not like, recently came staggering
into the courtroom and sat down, retaining his
hat on his head An officer soon shouted Hats
off, +" but the juryman took no heed of the warn
ing. Whe he refused to uncover, after having
been personally requested to do so, two warders
took hold of him and escorted him into the open
air. His ejectment released him from acting as
juror, and he explained the trick he had played
upon the court with great glee to the officers
who had turned him out.
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| enough offices to supply the want Of each indi
vidual Democrat, there would DO no serious
party divisions at their congressional sconven-
| tions.
| Logansport Journal: This the off year in pol
ltics, and very good time for the people TO call
| to account the management that has cursed the
| State with it's misrule for several years past,
| dsfranchising political opponents pllng up
debt deprecating property and increasing the
| burdens of taxation
Goshen Times: There are sincere prohibi-
tionists in the third party, but they cannot see
that all they ever nave accomplished and all
they ever can accomplish, is to help the Demo
Gratis, party which is in the hands OF the
Whisky League. Prohibition is one thing. and the
third party is quite another thing.
Franklin Republican: The real temperance
sentiment of the country will not make itself
felt in all its strength till it is divorced from pol
itics. Each political party fears giving the other
some advantage by taking decided stand on
this question. 1t will never have fair chance
till it goes before the people freed from party
fuences.
Marion Chronicle: The charge that the Re-
publican party is whisky" party is untrue in
every sense The strongest argument that it is
not is the bitterness with which it is fought by
the Liquor League, and the strongest argument
that the Prohibition" party finds favor with the
league is the encouragement which its organs
are constantly giving it
New Castle Courier: A good ticket and ring
ing platform that voices the honest convictions
of the party are necessities to Republican sue
cess this year. Haf-hearted words framed to
hide rather than express convictions not need
ed now. The party has no principle and cher
ishes no conviction of which it need be ashamed,
or that it need fear to submit to the popular
test.
Lebanon Patriot: The only consistent feature
OF the Democratic party is that its members are
in constant disagreement. This would make no
difference if it were not for the fact that hush
ness men and capitalists cannot know what day
may bring forth. They therefore shut down
their business and lock their capital in banks
and await the return to power Of party with a
policy
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The River and Harbor Bin.

New York SUM-
Mr.. Cleveland's hesitation over the bogus
river and harbor bill and his hesitation over the
bogus revenue measure known as the oleomar
garine bill, ended in the same way. He signed
them both.
The river and harbor bill, over which the
President shook his head and to which he then
proceeded to attach his signature, appropriates
l4,473, 9OO-au amount, a rough estimate,
about one thousand times greater than the saw
ing effected by all of the Presidents pension We
toes taken together.
General Grant never signed river and harbor
bill half 80 big as this. Hayes signed none that
came within $5.000,OO0 of it. Mr. Arthur signed
none that approached it in magnitude.
In the whole history of river and harbor legis-
aton, the efforts of the log rollers never but once
achieved job SURPRISING that of the present
year IN the aggregate of the appropriations or in
the shameless character of many of the items.
That was four years ago. and when the bill
went to Mr.. Arthur he took stub pen and wrote
across the face of it, in bold black letters: 'Veto
/ forbid"
And that is just what Mr.. Grover Cleveland
has not done.