St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-09-19
THE FLIGHT OF THE PROS.
Acadia Ants Capture Their Meeting,
Making Them Withdraw.
A Grand Democratic Rally Results in
a Majority Opposed to the
Lottery.
New Delta.

u New Delta.
: Rayne. La, Sept 12-To-day has been 1
field day for the ants of Acadia parish. i
was horrible snow storm sweeping owe
the lottery henchmen at this place, com
7 pletely burying them under its velyety
carpet. The usual aGrand Democratic
here, and this being the professed strong
hold OF the lottery gang in the parish, ne
doubt was entertained of its proving q
bowling success. 1t did prore so, but moi
in the manner expected ey tf1a lottery
The meeting had no sooAar been an
nounced than w. G. Chevis, JoheE e. Pelton
B. FL. Harman and NJ. ]. Andrus Savbehaf1
of the antis sought out the eoterie sf lot
terry ward politicians who were engineer
ing the meeting for the enhancement o1
their own personal interestsI and asked the
privilege of contributing towards defray.
ing the expenses of the barbecue, on con-
dition that the lottery question be dis
cussed by speakers on both sides, each side
to be accorded an equal showing.
THIS WAS pEREMproRILY REFUSED.
Upon this, B. H. Harman, who had been
appointed on one of the lottery commit
tees, asked to have his name stricken from
the list as he was too true Democrat to
take part in such travesty on Demo-
cracy,
Seeing that justice could not be secured
at the hands of the lottery gang, and that
| the meeting was lottery affair pure and
/ simple, the wicked antis at once laid their
| plans to prevent any lottery resolutions
/ from being passed.
Like Jobs ssarhorses the antis sssniffed
the battle from afar,' and when Saturday
arrived there also arrived with it upwards
of two Thousand of the honest yeemanfy
Of Acadia, all vowing vengeance against
the lottery and its methods
| The number of persons present was esti-
mated by conservative men on both sides
of the question to be
AT LEAST TWO THOUSAND,
| all of whom were antis with the exception
of a few of the yice-presidents and little
handful of men who clung around the
speakers stand.
DR.. Mouton opened the meeting and
Laurent Dupre, who is candidate for de-
fem by Judge Lewis, made np-snorting
sTsech of some length, which elected no
applause.
The euphonious Castellanos of New
Iberia next told the dear people in French
what he didn't know about the lottery.
(Vociferous applause from few vice-pre-
sidents)
The late lamented John N. Ogden then
informed the people of his illustrious an
cestry, how his coat of arms dated back to
the DAYS of Charles II, and what
A GREAT MAN GENERALLY HE WAS,
which of course nobody disputed
When Mr.. Ogden subsidized the applause
was not SO vociferous among the yice-pre-
sidents, owing to the fact that he had act
ed part in applauding the other speak
sers, somewhat similar to the part usually
performed by q drum major in torch
light procession. Mr.. Ogden is also a
frantic candidate for defeat for the Office
1f rku 1f n&f n{ aa4,s
election.
Gilbert i. Dupre was next introduced,
and after informing the people what q
simon pure Democrat he was he went off I
into mysteries over the munificent offer Mr..
Morris had made for the honor Of Louis
lana
William Campbell of Lafayette then had
q frightful story to tell of how the lottery
was going to be counted out, and how he
and his associates are just going to
PUT THEIR LITTLE GUNS
on their little shoulders and go out gun
ming for anti returning officers-an of
which provoked but the faintest applause
from the drum major and the yiee-presi-
dents on the stand
Judge Estilette Of st. Landry consumed
few minutes and succeeded admirably in
can be said in favor of the lottery, after |
which e. North Cullom took the stand.
By this time the crowd began to get im-
patient and leave the grounds, which
caused the Judge to cut off his usual two
hours
SPEECH BEHIND THE HORNS.
At this stage of the proceedings the fun
began.
In an evil moment the president intro
duced a set of lottery resolutions, thinking
that sufficient number of antis had left
the grounds, thereby giving majority |
present of the lottery people, who had been
kept on the grounds for that purpose.
Never did mortal man shoot wider of
the mark. At the mention of resolutions
the
ANTS RALLIED FROM ALL PARTS
of the ground and prepared to vote them
down. Seeing their mistake, the resolu-
tions were read. The ayes were called for
and feebly responded to by the drum
major and the vice presidents, and without
putting the nays the ayes were declared to
have it.
The antis seeing no disposition to act
with any fairness, made the welkin ring
with noes" A discussion was demanded
by the antis and it was refused. B. III.
Harman, E. L. Wells and Sam Holbrook
and numerous others protested against
this one-sided arrangement but to no pur-
pose; their voices we're
DROWNED By THE BRASS BAND.
Seeing the antis preparing a set of resolu-
tions and knowing that they would putt
them to vote, have division and carry
the day, the pros, consisting of the brass
band and yice-presidents, the drum major
and the speakers, beat hasty retreat tear
ing down their platform much after the
fashion of general burning his bridges
behind him.
Thus ended the adventers of the lottery
in Acadia.