St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-02-28

bearing upon the course or opinions
the party to whom he leased it. TIL
assumption, allegation, or whatever
may be, is unworthy of the man wh
wrote the card and is an underserve
placing in IL false position OF the other
who signed it. AS matter of fact, tn
| Democrat, under Mr.. Goouwin's admin
istratlon, carried the lottery's advertise
inent from the beginning and never "op
posed and denounced it. We submi
| that it makes absolutely no ditferenc
what was the attitude OF his predecesso
| toward that concern. AS to the attitude
! of the Courier towards the lottery, w,
! have only to say that when the question
OF revohing its charter in 1889 wa.
! being discussed, we favored the move
| ment; but since that corporation be.
came imbedded in the constitution OF
1879, recognizing the tutility of any eff
forts to dislodge it until the expiration
of its charter, we have regarded the
"Opposlng and denouncing" of it as
mere demagogism, and have taken no
part therein. Having settled this point,
to finally dispose of No. ,, we may be
permitted to add that between $4,000
per annum which the State received in
1883, and one million and a quarter
which it will receive in 1895, there is a
slight difference which mag account for
the difference of the views of some peo-
pie on the expediency of having a lot
terry in 1889 and in 1895.
3. The only point here that is worthy
OF attention is the statement that the
editors of the Courier said that
they did not believe that Mr.. Morris
would offer more than S50O,O0O
per annunl, thus making ar ahiect
surrender Of the revenue feature of the
proposition" This is false, and here is
the proof: On the Goth of April, 1890.
when Mr.. Morris first proposition was
placed before the public, in reproducing
the same, we made the following edi-
torial comment:
Our views are that the best interests |
OF the State would be materially advanced |
by the acceptance OF the prUpOsi ton as il tas
pF0rided more money CuHtt0t be SecpiFei tram |
the sane sOHcc-Irhich is not uHEtEeEI. In
that event-lt more money can be secured-we
think the best interests of the State viii be
III propUrtlOu.'
This Is all we had to say on that point
and 1t Is sufficiently clear and explicit to
demonstrate the talsity of
charge No 3.
To distinctly charge" aud even TO
lbundantly "prove' that both papers
avored the acceptance OF the lottery's
't1er ought not to be such tremendous
undertaking.. Nobody denies it.
1. The Individual" who wrote the
ard could not even get a plain state
nent OF an lndisputable tact down cor
ectly. The assertion that the partner
hip referred to existed for two wears.
nd up to Jan. 1st, 1891, is notoriouslv
Incorrect. 1t makes no difference that
We can see; and we only refer to it to
how how near the truth the writer can
.et when referring to this matter. AS
0 the moneys paid Us by Mr.. Goodwin,
Ihose lips are sealed in death, we have
his to say: The agreement between us
'as that we would do the mechanical
york on the Democrat and Mr.. Goodwin
7ould do the editorial work, keep the
OOks, collect the accounts, sc. A cOpy
t that agreement is in the possession of
lr. Geo. 0. Elms, the President of the
larlOn Co., before whom, as notary
ublic, it was passed. 1t reads as fol-
)Ws: {
Now therefore the said parties have agreed
ld do agree that the st. Landry Democrat S
ewspaper and job office shall be conducted as I
blows Goodwin takes editorial charge of
nyH nx.I,,- ,-,,
SUCH; Is to do the. reporting and clipping | q
SO mailing, soliciting, collecting, bookkeeping .,
Id proof reading. L
l.. d L. A. sandoz take entire charge of tl,e 1
department OF the newspaper- 8
pc setting, distributing, press work impos-
Z forms.
Twenty dollars to be allowed for incidental +
,penses to be deducted from gross proceeds !;
office, together with forty dollars Tor rent, II
aking sixty dollars; balance OF revenues of
fce to be equally divided between the parties t.
the first and second parts,
Now, if Mr.. Goodwin got money from y
e lottery, as charged, we assume that u
, legitimately earned it, without SELL o
g his opinions; and if he paid US any =
,rtlop OF that money it was because he Fl
it part OF the legitimate re-
,nues of the office, to which we were
we submit, would not o
I'VE been the case had he received it as p
e price of his editorial opinions. 81
1t seems strange that Mr.. Elms-the n
'som friend of Mr.. Goodwin, who liv- n
under his roof for years, and who
ed in his arms-Mr. Elms, who was 4
gnizant of all these facts, should have h.
rmitted the writer of the card to at 10
mpt to cast .odium, over his own sig h.
.ture, upon the memory of his dead -
lend, in order that faint, far fetched "a
d indirect suspicion might be thrown
ION US! 81
The card goes on to say that we, sup
our own notion" "have thrust this oil
'ue upon our readers" This is simply OF
liculous. Our readers are in possess "
IN of all the facts of the case, and can d'
termine whether we could have re-
aimed silent under such an outrageous pt
lputatlOn as the ClariOn's first article b.
ntaiued. M
We hope all men will believe US when VI
9 dire necessity which confronted us ii.
d could do no less than defend our fir
cd name. of
We beg to assure the genius who con-
'ucted this card that "the para
aphs quoted therein from them" were n
{ intended as "a satisfactory explana- OF
N" of our course. What onght to be re
explanation thereof, how d'
er, can be found in our columns each 10
,ek, and at the head fthose columns, or
like the Clarion, will be found the co
me of the responsible editor. " Ut
We also beg to correct one Of the con-
lding sentences of the card and to say tb
at here, in this parish, where we were tn
In and raised, it is perfectly we'll tn
own that our utterances on this sub lie
1t were not SILLY bravado." ou
LEOEcE SANDOz, Editor Courier. ha
l.. A. SANDoz, Editor Democrat. M