St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-04-11
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since; and an indignation meetin
was held to protest against, or de
nounce the appointment. The Senat
1 adjourned, without confirming th
appointmenttaad sthe President ha
re-appointed him. Notice of the az
/ pointment of Henry Bloch, as post
master at Opelousas, appeared here il
the daily papers, on Friday, Marcl
9th. Except, in the way of gossil
and street-corner talk, no notice wa
taken of it in Opelousas. Probabl
the reason for inassioN was, that s.
many people in opelous are tainted
with negrophilism that ey fel
bound by the law of estoppel. 4 Fol
many years, before the term Of th.
present town council, the custom VA
to put from one to three colored mer
on the opposing tickets for member:
to that body, and white men voted fol
them; and some who are now crying
for white supremacy sat on the board
with them. If only those in Opelou-
sas, who are sinless in this matter, cast
the stones, there will not be many
thrown. Besides, Opelousas or the
first ward elected at the last election
one colored justice of the peace and
two coloreR constables, and no efforts
were made to prevent their being COM
missioned. The same thing, as to
colored constables, transpired on pre-
vious occasions. About a year since,
Bloch applied to be appointed through
Congressman Coleman, OF one of the
New Orleans districts; and coleman's S
efforts to have him appointed were
opposed by Gov. Warmoth and Mr..
Louis Desmarais. The appointment
vas prevented until recently by this
Mr.. Coleman's term as
Congressman expired on March 4th,
and therefore he could no longer have
any practical influence with the Feder-
al administration. This left the power
to have the appointment made, in the
hands of Gov. Warmoth and Mr.. Louis
Desmarais. Without their influence
it would not have been made. When
Gov. Warmoth was appointed Collec-
tor of Customs for the part of New
Orleans, there was sufficient opposition
to him in the Republican party to
prevent the confirmation of his APP
by the Senate which had
majority. He could not
nave been confirmed without the sup
port of Democratic senators, and that
support he actually got. Now the
same influence that moved these DEM
ocratic senators to make Gov. War
moth collector of customs for the port
If New Orleans, could move Gov. War
moth to have Henry Bloch appointed
postmaster at Opelousas, or have any
'ther Republican appointed, or have
my Democrat appointed, or have the
present incumbent retained, just as
las been done in other postoffices in
Louisiana. One thing
S certain, the Democratic officials,
me or all, in this parish, had no infiu-
nee with GOV. Warmoth or Mr.. Louis
)esmarais for the latter opposed them
n this parish at the last election, and
iov. Warmoth took the trouble tol
ONE here and make speech against
hem. The key to the appointment is
n the question who had the ear of
iov. Warmoth and of Mr.. Louis Des-
narais?
The Italian government has greatly
moderated its demands in regard to
he New Orleans lynching. Only
hree OF the victims were claimed to
e Italian citizens, and the naturaliza-
ion papers OF one of them has been
ublished. 1t is thought there is
vidence that one or both of the
theirs had voted in New Orleans. The
emand OF the Italian government
leant that the lynchers should be
and that an indemnity
1ould be paid the families Of the
ictims. Mr.. Blaine convinced theI
Italian government that the European
espotic way of governmental execu-
on of supposed criminals, without
le intervention of judge or jury, did
OF prevail in this country. The peo-
le resort to that mode of doing busi-
ess sometimes but the national, or
ny State government, would not dare
, it. That is one of the reserved
ghts. As to the indemnity, that is +,
, be seen about.
Messrs. FL. & L. b. Chachere, having i
cured the services of a competent
-uggist from New Orleans, desire to
ate to the public generally that their :
Jug store on Landry street, between .
ain and Court streets, is now opened ,
Drugs, medicines, fancy