St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1890-11-15
La, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1890.
According to the late census there

According to the late census there
are about 63,o00,0o0 people in the
United States and of this great mum.
Der it is said that the small fraction o.
10000 own more than half the wealth
of the country, leaving less than hall
that wealth to be divided in varying
proportions between all those millions
Of people, thousands of them having
nothing, and thousands being absolute
paupers. It is good thing for wealth
to be accumulated by individuals to a
limited extent but when the bulk Of
the wealth Of very large, populous
and rich country, is lodged in the hands
of a few, and that too to a great extent
by legislative agency, the great mass o1
the people feel oppressed and become
discontented While it might not be
proper to pass laws taxing heavily the
wealth of individuals after it reached
certain figure in the thousands OF
millions, yet the laws favoring this con-
cen tration of wealth should be repealed
and no more should be enacted. There
is but one way to do this keep the very
rich, and those who would sell their
services to them, out of the legislative
Offices. Those who will serve the peo-
pie should fill such places.
Last Saturday two colored men rid
ing, and each leading horse, appeared
in Grand Coteau, and offered to sell the
horses SO extremely low as to excite
suspicion. They gave false names, but
their real names are Pierre Stevens and
Alphonse Stevens, brothers from Bel
'lair's cove, and the two led horses were
stolen in that neighborhood. They
were arrested and brought to Opelou-
sas. In the streets here, still mounted
they madea dash for liberty. Pierre
Stevens reached Mr.. III. C. Comeau' s
place half way to Washington, with an
officer closely pursuing, when he left
the horse and jumped into the field !;
after repeated cries to halt he was shot
at and he fell, but he could not be
found after close and thorough search
there nor in the neighborhood. Al
phonse Stevens attempted the same
trick here in town, after lodging his
pursuer in the streets but he failed to
get over wire fence and was caught.
He confessed that his brother had stolen
the horses.
The Louisiana congressman elected
last week are: First district; Gen.
Adolph Meyer, Democrat, defeated IL.
G. Warmoth, Republican /: second dis
trict, NJ. D. Lagan, Democrat, defeated
II. Dudley Coleman, Republican third
district, A. H. Price, Democrat, no op-
position fourth district, n. G. Blan-
chard, Democrat, no opposition fifth
district, c.. J. Boatner, Democrat, no
sixth district, S. NJ. Robert
son, Democrat, no opposition.
As will be seen by reference to anoth-
er column, Miss Adah Hollingsworth,
the sweet singer of the South, will fill
the stage of our Opera House on the
evening of the 18th inst, ably assisted
by our local artists. It is rarely indeed
that one'of Miss Hollingsworth's vocal
powers visits a country town, and we
congratulate our music-loying readers
on the treat in store for them.
The contractor for the u. S. building
here has been engaged for two or three
weeks in making brick and he is now
having materials sand and lumber
put on the ground, the first site selected
near Lacombe's hotel, to start the
work.
We understand that the circus here,
week before last, took in $4,000. A
small part of that sum would build a
school house.