The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-07-18

wednesday, July loGn, was d Eeu-
letter day in the chronology of YER
million Parish, for on that day the
sturdy farmers, with their good wives
and rosy-cheeked daughters, from all
sections of the parish, assembled with
the jewellers in the towns and their
families under the inviting shelter of
the outrageous oaks at Perry's Bridge
in a grand Farmers Alliance and anti
lottery Democratic union mass meet
ing. Never in its eventful history has
the little town held within her borders
such a large and representative crowd,
numbering as it did over 900.
Howard Hoffpauir was elected presi-
dent, with the following vice-presi-
dents: Henry Harrington, ]. B. Becker,
Lastie Broussard, M. L. Morton, Edwin
Lee, John G. White, George Hayes
and Gus Godchaux.
Julien Mouton, of Lafayette, was the
first speaker. He addressed the audi
ence in eloquent tones in French and
handled the Louisiana Lottery Conn.,
pany without gloves, clearly demon
stratiug the utter impossibility of any
Democrat supporting the lottery e
enue measure without violating the
cardinal principles of the party.
Professor G. Vincent, the great Kan
sas Alliance lecturer, followed in a
speech of over two hours in length, in
the course of which he reviewed in a
mastery manner the evils of the money
power and ~monopelies, together with
the baleful influence they have exerted
in causing the downfall of nations.
The old fraud, the Louisiana State Lot
terry Company, was fayed to the bone.
Recess was taken for dinner, which
was a real royal old barbecue, with
bear meat as one of the deficacies.
Every one did ample justice to the bill
of fare.
After dinner Judge o. c. Mouton de-
livered a stirring address in English,
succeeded by n in French, portray
ing in a most vivid manner the dire
evils which would certainly follow in
the train of the rechartering of the lot
terry company. He closed with an i'm
FASHIONED appeal to the voters not to
barter away their liberties for a few
paltry lottery dollars,
The committee on resolutions then
presented the following report, which
was unanimously adopted.
Re-afirming u allegiance to the
doctrines of Democracy az laid down
by Thomas Jefferson and Andrew jack
son therefore, be it
Resolved, That We are unalterably
opposed to all monopolies, which in
evitably tend to the destruction of the
principles of true Democracy. which
are necessarily opposed to the granting
of privileges to the few against the
of the many, among whom are
the toiling thousands of the Farmers
Alliance, which is destined to sweep
from American soil the last vestiges of
monopoiistie power.
Resolved, Further, that we specially
denounce the Louisiana Lottery as a
monopoly which is tending to destroy
the sacred rights of citizenship and the
upon which are founded our
government and civilization, and as the
grandest scheme of fraud and corrup-
ton vel attempted to be fastened on a
free people. and which is sought to be
effected for the privileges of John A.
Morris and six unknown confederates.
Resolved, That we bind ourselves to
do our utmost against the rechartering
Of the Louisiana Lottery, which If al
lowed to be rechaftered will in the
course of twenty-five years virtually
enslaVe the people of u grand old
State. BE it furtherIe
Resolved, That we extend our INDY
ing gratitude to that noyle Spartan
band Of Legislators and the Chief Ex-
ecutive of the State for the noble man
ner in which they stood for the welfare,
honor and liberties of our people in the
bour Of need, as became men true to
the principles of eternal right embedded
N the doctrinesro of the true Democracy
Of our State.
MARTIN SARvER. BASH BRoUssARD.
+. ID. LEGE. LASTIE BRoUSSARD.
I'll. J.STANsBURY. G. GoDCHAUx.
MINos 7. GoRDY. DR.. J. B. RAMSEY,
JULIEN M0UTON.
District Attorney Minos T. Gordy
then proceeded to pay his respects to
The gigantic Merrfs- Herwig- Pinchback-
Baldwin gambling monopoly in vigor-