The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-30
General Notes.

| new S20,uuU Cathoile cnHrch IN
Monroe.
Twenty five law students graduated
at the Tulane Law School, New Or
/ leans, last week.
Hon. j. D., Coleman was reelected
4 president of the Supreme Council,
Catholic knights of America. The
next convention of the order will be
held IN Chicago.
Ruston Caligraph: The inmates in
the State Asylum number 522. The
balance of tho gang has not been ap-
| pretended and are out editing anti
lottery literature.
/ At this season of the year everybody
should use whitewash freely on their
premises. 1t not only adds to the ap-
pearance of out buildings, fences, etc.,
and protects the wood, but it is also a
wonderful promoter of health
/ Ruston Caligraph: Some fellow who
seem to have had lots of time at his
disposal has figured out that "a snail's
pace is one mile in Id years. This is
| the pace the New Delta is going at in
| its efforts to moralize Louisiana with q
stink pot.
For district judge of the district COM
/ posed of Lafayette, Vermilion and st.
Mary, Judge Mouton has declined re-
election. st. Mary has suggested
Winchester and Allen, Vermilion brings
forward White and Broussard while
Chargois and Cafrey from Lafayette
are mentioned. o.
The democratic party 10 in Thorough
accord with the farmers of the country
in their yiews on the tariff, the double
standard of money, and every other
question of public interest. save the
sub treasury rlan. and that has come
to be considere4 as wholly impractical
BILE by vast roimbers of the Alliance.
Relief to all oppressed interests in this
country will come through the seccess
of the Democratic party Montgomery
Advertiser.
n. o. City Item From the express
sions of opinion which reach the Item,
it is to be concluded that the anti-lot-
terry convention which sat here on
Monday was very unsatisfactory to the
leaders 10 its results. La numbers and
influence the attendance fell far below
expectation, while the large proportion
of Office holders present as delegates
seemed to indicate that direct executive
influence Tor fear of it) had inspired
such zeal as they manifested.
Alexandria Times: Are not those
who SO eloquently urge that the lot
terry is curse to the State arguing
}iIlogically when they claim there is a
steady ard rapid Improvement going
on, and this, too, in face of the fact
that the lottery has been ginning ahead
for nearisaagquarter of a century 2 If
there is this great progress when the
company is paying license of only
$40, 600 year is it not fair to assume
that the pace will be greatly accelerat-
ed when it pays million and quar-
ter a year, It will strike the ordinary
observer that the antis are recklessly
flinging boomerang:
Louisiana Review Oyerzealous and
partisan postmasters are inching up in
the enforcement of the anti-lottery
| mail law. Last week, the postmaster
at El Paso, who was charged with hav-
| ing caused large number of letters to
be opened, haa an issue of the El Paso
Times, seized and excluded from the
| nlails, on the plea that it contained a
synopsis of the decision of the Supreme
Court relative to the submission of the
amen ndment to the people The pro-
prletor of the excluded paper has sued
the postmaster Of Ell Paso, for damages.
The Herald will be represented, at
| the Press Convention and we trust
something else will be done besides
| giving up our entire time to pleasure
and sight seeing. The Lord knows
that Journalism is now at low ebb in
this State, ali on account of men who
| have their name enrolled at the mast-
head of their papers, who do not give
it the attention it needs. They go
| from town to tewn, solicit work at a
cut throat rate. Thai accept every
foreign 'ad' that Gomez along, regard
| less of its value. All this must be
attended To. Our parish work must be
lsattended to- Men who have papers
and refuse to join our Association,
| must be attended to. The Herald is
prepared to say something at this
meeting and cares not whose toe Is
pinched, so long as the truth prevails.
Trinity Herald.
The Baton Rouge Truth, though a
pronounced anti in principles, decently
submits TO the recent decision of the
Supreme Court. It is quite refreshing
TO see gentlemanly principles rise above
4 fanaticism and proclaim tue man,
Ruston Caligraph
Yes, and the more refreshing because
! somewhat rare. The average anti
editor fumes and struts and froths ut
/ the month-grows fierce as rat be-
cause he is silly enough to think that
when lottery editors counsel moderation
and decency the advice is prompted
either by timidity or becanse they
doubt the jnstic of their cause The
woods are full Of these Bombastes
Furiosos, who parade IN fuss and
feathers before an admiring constit-
uency. Alexandria Times.
Baton Rouge Advocate The New
] Delta is jubilant because the postoface
/ department refused to permit the trans
1 mission through the mails of extra
papers printed BY the New Orleans
dailies, containing the recent Supreme
Court decision. at regular newspaper
( rates of postage. IF the New Delta had
its way it would be the Caiigula oil
modern polities-the opposition would
/ have but one neck, and that would be
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