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REPUBLICANS INCONSISTENT.

Tested on the Force 1871 Issue They Are
FounI to be Very Weak.
The Republicans who favor the infam-
GUS force bill of Lodge and John l..
Davenport point to the Mississippi con-
stitutional amendment recently gone
into effect as an instrument devised for
the express purpose OF disfranc hising
two thirds of the voters of that state.
Here, they say, is case for federal inter-
vention TO protect the sacred rights OF
the citizen. One of the tests invented to
accomplish this destructive purpose is to
be found in the clause which provides
that no person may be registered as
voter unless he can read section OF the
Miss s5ippi constitution, or interpret
saction wnen read to him.
Our Republican friends, who believe in
intelligence as basis OF suffrage in the
northern and eastern states, and who in
sist upon it when they are in power, do
not relish 1t when it is applied to their
coio-ed hosts in southern common
wsalths. The white man. says the Bos-
ton Republic, should have at least an
equal chance with his colored brother.
In Massachusetts, no person can be reg
istered rs voter unless he can read
section o. the constitution and write
Eng ISL IN Lee b manner. Interpreta-
tion of tie constitu ion or any section
there OF IS not sufficient. Neither is the
ability to read. The applicant must be
quail fl I'd to wr tie, and to write clearly
and legibly. When objection is raised to
these tests as oppressive and arbitrary,
our f pu5l.can brethern reply that no
man should take part in the government
OF the state who is not intelligent and
competent to read and understand and
write bout the system under which he
&C $. When applied in Miss ssippi e test
OF far milder nature is denounced as q
deliberate conspiracy to disfranchise citi-
Eens OF that state.
What an inconsistent old party the g.
o. p. is, to be sure.
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PARTY AND CITIZEN.
Grover CIeveiand's Lofty Conception OF
Their Obligations.

let us resolve that conscience shall find
place in every phase OF our citizenship.
Parties are but the instruments through
which the people work their will, and
when they become less or more the peo-
pie desert and destroy them.
Every transfer OF allegiance from an
other government to our own should
signify the taking on at the same time OF
an aggressive and affirmative devo-
tion to the spirit OF American instita-
tions.
The influence which, more than all
other things, has made our people safe
repositories OF governmental power, and
which has furnished the surest guarantee
OF the strength and perpetuity OF the
repu bile, has it source in the American
home.
One fills place in our citizenship un-
worthily who regards it solely as a van
tage ground where he may Ill his purse
and better his condition. Our govern
ment is not suited to a selfish. sordid
people, and in their hands 1t is not safe.
I believe that our government, in its
natural economy, is exactly suited to a
frugal and econom ical people; and / be-
lievs it 10 safest in the hands OF those
who have been made strong and self
reliant In their citizenship by self denial
and the surroundings OF an enforced
economy.
The party which keeps pace with the
development and progress OF the time,
which keeps in sight its landmarks and
yet observes those things which ara in
advance. and which will continue true to
the people as we'll as to it's traditions,
will b. the dominant party OF the future.
An administration is only successful,
in partisan sense, when it appears to be
the outgrowth and result OF party prin-
ciples and methods. You who lead and
others who follow, should all strive to
commend to the people in this, the time
OF our opportunity, not an administra-
ton alone, but party which shall appear
adequate to their wants and useful to
their purposes.
All those who, with sincere enthusiasm,
celebrate Forefathers' day, will fail in
the discharge OF their highest duty il,
yielding to the temptation OF an un-
American tendency, they neglect to teach
persistently that in the early days there
was, and that there still ought to be,
such a thing as true and distinctive
Americanism, or il they neglect to give 1t
just Interpretation.
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FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 80. 1892.


After Corporal Tanner had misman-
aged the Pension Bureau in an intoler-
able degree he was dismissed by Presi-
dent Harrison, and Green b. Raum
was made Commissioner.
His record is one of corruption, dis
honor and shame. The facts given
are based upon evidence that cannot
be denied or evaded.
President Harrison knows it ALL He
has condoned it all Raum is still
Pension Commissioner
This is enough to condemn the AID.
ministratlon in the judgment of every
honest citizen. The liberation of such
rottenness is wholly inconsistent with
purity of motive.
Public Office is public trust
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Though some Republicans pretend to
entertain hopes of securing Southern
elect ral votes for Harrison and Reid it
is felt, says the Buffalo Courier, that the
force bill scheme is decisive obstacle in
the way Of the realization OF these hopes.
Many Republicans doubtless would re-
joice if the President were to declare that
he regards as final the defeat of that
measure which a Republican United
States Senator and Cabinet officer under
President Arthur condemned as Gin
famous" But as there is little prospect
O; such a retreat on the part of Mr.. Har-
rison, these republicans at present be-
little the issue to which year ago the
President himself attributed the greatest
Importance.
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penditures demanded by the Republi-
can oficenolders ard the Senate.
They were not able to return to the
Cleveland level, simply because the
Reed Congress had - enlarged the
pension list, and had enacted bounty
and subsidy laws TO such an extent
that it was not possible to force the
Republicans economically to admins
ter the Government.
IF the Democrats Of the country Will
do their duty, if they will stand to-
gether, if they will refuse to divide
their votes. they will not simply secure
the election of Mr.. Cleveland in No
vember, but they will also obtain con
troll Of the United States Senate. If
that be done their professions may
for the first time be put to the test.
Let our friends Of the Farmers ALI
ance, and men who are disposed to try
a new deal by voting for Gen. Weaver,
consider this declaration of Gov. Fora
ker's. 1t is as certain as anything IN
the future that the next President of
the United States will be either Cleve-
land or Harrison. Failure to vote for
Mr.. Cleveland is at least a half vote
for the election Of Mr.. Harrison.
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1t is hardly worth while to afford a
great deal OF attention to Mr.. Charles F.
Peck, who has no intrinsic Importance
in any other role than that OF political
striker; but the fact is brought TO MUD
says the Boston Herald, that this sam
man Peck, in q previous report, attrio =
ed the increase in wagessto the trequel..
strikes on tho part OF workmen, wh.cI
had extcrted such increase from employ
ers. Admitting his statistics to be true,
then, and Peck himself Is authority for
the statement that they are due to strikes
rather than the tariff, for it is notorious
that strikes are now especially frequent.
But Peck is not really authority for any
thing.
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CLEVELAND OR HARRISON ?

While one might hesitate to predict
the result Of the election in November,
It can be said without hesitation that
either Cleveland or Harrison will be
the next President of the United
States; which. depends largely upon
the canvass in the next sixty days.
There is disposition in certain
quarters where the Farmers Alliance
is strong, to abandon the Democratic
candidate and cast the vote for Gen.
Weaver. This is due largely to the
prevailing discomfort and follow prices
for farm products. Notwithstanding
the agitation for free trade little relief
has been obtained. In fact, the ex-
actions of the Robher Barons have
been increased.
Demagogues have used this dissatis-
faction for their own purposes. What
did the Democrats do, they say, when
Mr. Cleveland was in office
They cut down expenditures thew
put through the House of Representa-
tives a bill reducing taxes, and Mr..
Cleveland vetoed the Dependent Pen
sion bill.
1t is to be remembered that the
Democrats have not had since the war
control of the law-making power of
the Government They had at one
time the Senate and House again,
they had lie President and the House.
but did not have the Senate. They
have not been able to pass single bill
since the war that was Objectionable
TO the Republican party. All that
hey have been able to do has been in
the House to check the extravaqance
of the Senate: in the executive de-
partment, to introduce economy and
business methods.
The purposes of the Democratic
party have been fully defined. They
are written in the famous tariff mes
sage of President Cleveland they are
found in the message vetong the De-
pendent Pension bill they were fore
Swallowed in the Mills bill.
The Democratic party has moved
forward step by step. Every bill for
the reduction of taxes supported by
the party has been a step in advance
of all previous measures. The Demo-
Gratis presented first the Morrison hori-
zontal bill, which was defeated. Next
they offered the second Morrison bill
more thorough and logical measure,
and that was defeated. Then they
formulated the Mills bill, a still more
advanced measure, justified by the
conditions of the country, a bill which
should. as compromise measure have
been accepted by the Senate; it was
rejected.
The next bill will be as far in ad.
vance of the Mills bill AS the Mills bill
was in advance of the Morrison hori
zontal bill.
These are the premises of the Demo-
cratic party, and the promises that
they have made in every campaign
have been fulfilled as far as was in
their power when in control of either
house of Congress.
The recent Congress refused the ex-
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The Infant Industry.

There was an infant industry
No bigger than a streak;
1t needed some protection, for
II was so thin and weak,
And good old Uncle Samuel,
SO kindly was his heart,
Protected it, and nourished it,
Uptil it got a start.
A chap named Andy Carnegie.
He had the child in tow.
And said unless protected well
The kid would fail to grow;
And good old Uncle Samuel
He fed him tariff pap,
For he was very much afraid
He'd lose the little chap.
The years ran on. that little cnss,
he grew so very great,
He bossed old Uncle Sanity round
And nearly owned the state.
And Carnegie grew very rich
Upon that little chap,
With thirty millions in the bank
From selling tariff pap.
Old Uncle Sammy looked around
And was surprised to see
Some forty dozen fellows all
Like Andy Carnegie.
They didn't beg for tariff pap.
But sworc they would have some.
Or they would bust the whole concern
Clear into kingdom come.
Then Uncle 5ammy's dander rig:
He sent for Mr.. Mills
And DR.. Cleveland to consult
About his little ills.
They said to Uncle Samuel,
It's very plain to see
You've nursed that infant much too long,
You've grown monopoly.
Campaign Song!
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Wherever Reublicanism has held power
Its policy has been intolerant and
restrictive and in conflict with the Ger
man idea OF individual rights. In Illinois
Wisconsin and other states says the
Oshkosh, Wis, Times, it has been
especially offensive to the German Amer.
leans, and they are too intelligent to
believe Il. or trust to professions Of re-
pentancs and promises OF change uttered
On the eve OF election,
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DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET,

FOR SHERIFF,
GEORGE L. SENCINDIVER.
OF MARTINsBURG.
FOR LEGISLATURE,
HUNTER HARLAN,
OF FALLING WATERS.
FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY,
II. H. EMMERT,
OF MARTINsBURG.
FOR AssEssoR-1sT DISTRICT.
JACOB SISTER,
OF FALLING WATERS.
FOR AssEssoR-2ND DISTRICT.
w. F. LANDERS,
OF BUNKER HILL.
FOR COUNTY COURT COMMISSIONER,
d. S. GRIFFITH,
OF GERARDsTowN.
FOR JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
(Martinsburg District.)
PEYTON R. HARRISON,
JACOB S. TRAMMEL.
FOR CoNsTABLEs.
Martinsbnrg District.)
A j. CRISwELL,
THOS. LEMON.
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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TlCKET
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

FOR GOVERNOR,
WIN. A. McCORKLE,
OF KASAwHA COUNTY.
FOR AUDITOR OF STATE,
IsAACv JOHNSON,
OF BARBOUR COUNTY.
FOR STATE TREASURER,
JOHN NJ. ROWAN,
OF MONROE COUNTY.
FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF FREE SCHOOLS.
VIRGIL A. LEWIS.
OF MASON COUNTY.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
THOMAS s. RILEY,
OF OHIO COUNTY.
FOR JUDGES OF SUPREME COURT.
Uong Term-twelye years,)
MARMADUKE II. DENT,
orr TAYLOR COUNTY.
(short Term-eight years.
HOMER A. HOLT,
OF GREENBRIER COUNTY.
FOR ELECTORS AT LARGE,
EWOOD DAILY,
or BARBOUR COUNTY.
SAMUEL VINCENT.
OF WAYNE COUNTY.
FOR DISTRICT ELECTORS,
BERNARD s. BUTCHER,
OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.
JOHN A. PRESTON,
OF GREENBRIER COUNTY.
j. G. MCCLURE,
OF WOOD COUNTY.
FOR coNGREss-sEcoND DISTRICT,
VIM L. WILSON,
OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.
FOR STATE sENAToR-13rH DISTRICT,
ROBERT EARL,
OF JEFFERSON COUNTY,
FOR JUDGE CIRCUIT COURT, 18th JUDICIAL DISTRICT
E. BOYD FAULKNER,
OF BERKELEY COUNTY.
FOR DELEGATES AT LARGE FROM THE 7TH DISTRICT
STUART W. WALKER,
OF BERKELEY COUNTY.
JOHN B. BROSIUS,
OF MORGAN COUNTY.
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The WORLD.
pUELIsHED DAILY AND WEEKLY.

i. VERNON ALER, Editor d Prop'r
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uvOffCE WILSON BLOCK, PUBLIC SQUARE.

The HOgid NH bedeitgersd By cdyTtefS ~ M D9ffs
oftae eifu O1dors for Ddpers may be 9ioen 10 car
yisr. cdnSdsser. Or rent 10 he o15ce By postdf.
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THE WORLD at 10 cents per week.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-04-30
AROUND THE EMPIRE PARISH.
Bayou Cllicot.

April %, 1892.
What know:
That the Chas. NJ. Thompson iiGsticrs carried
the ward
mat 100 majority was counted against e. NJ
thompson III this ward; but didn't the Hust.
lers play havoc with it,
That Miss Katie Griffith Of Chicot is spend
ing several days on Elm Bayou.
That Dr. j i. Hawins ard bride, after spend
ing week i'll New Orleans, have returned
home.
That la grippe dad colds is very prevalent
here amongst the children.
That well known bachelor is suffering the
pangs of defeat by his best girl going back on
him.
That the man who tclagraphed the Delta
that the parish had gone $500 majority for the
Foster parish ticket must have been mistaken
Ihat It surprised several to learn that liOn.
&. M Thompson carried the BOSNIAN poll
That Major Frank Wharton has about tIiisl
cd assessing the ward
That since the election the weather has clear
cd off and became pleasant and once again
every thing is lovely and serene.
That Mrs. Francis Ferguson, wife of Calvin
W. Ferguson, died April 2;st aged 81 years
Her husband who is left behind has the deep
est sympathy OF the community.
Ihat Mrs. Willie Quirk will leave our city
this week and live in MaEou.
THAT am glad didn't run for office for nv
friends would have tried to elect ME and /
might have been traded off
That / would like some one to tell me what
constitutes The Democratic party of the parish
Of st. Landry.
That Tannehill is to be congratulated OH the
large vote lie received.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-04-30
The American Legion OF Honor.

! The American Legion Of Honor pays
death benefits, $1,000 to $4,000, paws
weekly sick benefits, 81 90 to $1,000, and
has an Emergency Fund of 57G,O15.43.
New mem beers admitted since Sept. /,
1891, pay only eighteen assessments a
year Ioi two years.
The American frate?nal beneficial So
cletles, have paid out during the last
twenty years to the beneliciaries OF de-
ceased members over one hundred ard
fifty millions of dollars.
1t is the duty Of every member to Sc
cure at least one new member every
year; in fulfilling this duty you are
bcnetitlng your neighbor, as we'll as
advancing your own personal interest
The American Legion of Honor will
live and flourish because it supplies a
real want, namely , insurance combining
the MAXIMUM Of safety with the mini
mum Of cost, and is based upon frater-
nal principles.
Having put your best men in the coun-
Gil IN oinceS, support them. Attend the
meetings, propose candidates, and do
your share to create enthusiasm. There
Is as much, more rather, to enthuse
them now than there was in 1881, the
tNt W IhltItilS1 aHtbty
Then the order was experimental to a
certain extent, now its perpetuity is as
surCd.
There seems to be something magnet
ic in the uame Legion OF Honor. There
are no less than four orders having that
title in the country, all Of them success
ful and paying every thing they prom
Use American Legion OF Honor, with
G3, 600 members; Legion of Honor, st.
Louis, with 1000 memb cys Iowa Lee |
glon OF Honor, 300 members and
Legion of Honor, able to
pay full benefits, but whose exact mcm-
bershlp we are not familiar With.
In the years that are to come greater
work is 10 be performed by fraternal
beneficial societies than has thus far
been accomplished. New ideas will he
put forward and new methods adopted.
In order that a society may continue to
exist and furnish protection, its mem
beTs will have to be alive to the cxig-
ency of the times; they cannot afford to
De retrogrtssive. The American Legion
)f Honor, with its emergency fund, its
system OF paying sick benefits and its
equitable plan OF assessing new mem
)els Is in the position Of Il leader among
rateInal societies, aud the public are
)eglnnlng TO realize that something be-
SIDES cheapness is to lie desired in the
natter of life insurance.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-04-30

ANY farmer would rather live in a
country where there are good roads, SO
ne could get his goods to market when
ptlces are most favorable; any mer-
chant would rather live in country
where there are good roads, so his Gus
toners could come and trade with him
az az times of the year; any physician
would rather live i'll a country of good
ROADS SO tnat he could make profession
al calIs without serious difficulty; any
munster, any teacher, any professional
everybody, prefers to live N coyn aru
nifty of good roada--.s~1~'+' Ill d commu-
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-04-30
WEATHER CROP RULEErsS
vi inc houisiana Weather Service, &C.
operating with the u. y. Weather Es u-
Feau, for the Week ending April 23.


operating will, the u. y. Weather Esu.
Feau, for the Week ending April 23.
Bulletin No 8.
Inc temperature and sunshine for the mast
week nave been normal From Monday Until
WEDNESDAY the weather was warm ard cloud
!eSs, ana out door work uninterrupted enahIihp
tarihers 10 put the ground in thorough coudi-
uOn. On the latter date the prevailing dryness
was broken by general rains which Continued
m . Friday morning, giving the heaviest falls
thaI nave occurred i'll this State since tic mem
S SsW or sorm o. August FL roa,
Clinton. DensFsasufcd 777 inches; Hammond,
ldsonvilie, Shriever, Jeanerettc
PalncourtVllle, and other stations in the central
anu southern portions of the State reported
1alis ranging from four to over six inches with
less heaVy falls generally throughout the north
ern parishes.
Cotton is up and will soon be ready for the
noe. Inc general opinion OF correspondents re-
mains unchanged DIS regards a probable de-
crease i'll the acreage.
Corn was hoed during the early DAYS of the
week, but the rains following naturally inter
Tered with this work. Worms have cut down
the stalks in some localities
Plant cane was suffering slightly for want of
moisture. but is now in splendid condition. The
Iate rams may change the verdict of il poor
prospect for stubble as yet it has not proyiess-
ed TO any promising extent.
the late rice crop presents a more favorable
appearance than he early plant, having escap-
ed the severe March weather. The crop will lie
generally bencfited by the rains
The prospects for fruit remain as heretofore
repOrted-shOrt OF fair crop. Figs, although
killed by early frosts, are coming out again. and
will make a small crop
GEO. T.. HUNT
Local Forecast Official Director.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-04-30
temperance Column.
nicer the auspices Of W. e. TLr.
MRS. HUDSrETH, Superintendt. Press Den

L
President, Mrs f. +. Settoon:
I liam: '-1t'o'i'"
cePrc@;dcnt Miss Fl. Andrus ,prcsbvtc
Tian; '' ~
Wee y,iice-IP'resident, hiss s. Truman Baptist;
R ,se rI inr Salo1,,-- ICatholc)
! corresponding Secretary, Miss Le0la White .
! Treasurer, Mrs. +. \ Iiudspeth
ne above Officers and members oil
the w hltc Rlbton' expect to enter.
tam their tlleli,s next week.
THE PLEDGE.
hereby solemnly promise, God help
lug me, to abstain from all alcohol,
/ liquors as beverage including wine
peer ana cider, and that | will employ
i an proper means to discourage the use
or ana traffic IN the same.
WHY SHOULD | SIGN THE
! PLEDGE?
Mrs. S. NJ. I. HENRY.
- I'm not a drunkatd.1
don't drink anything to sneak of. :"
II l Iront drink take it; if don't
| | let it alone
:" never take so much that | tou't
know what | am about
cdh titiuk Hue or much ; 1t never
hurts me-"
" can drink or let il alone"
- why should sign the pledge -
Dtcallsc-l on Gnn't want to be 4
drnukall. | never found man that
dld; ana the disappointment of men
who wake up to find themselves drunk
ards Is something too terrible to take
the slightest chance on, aud u pledge
or total abstinence taken and kent will
turn any man or woman from the path
OF the drunkard and the shame to which
it leads.
\ Deliberate PROMISE is the strongest
tether with which any man can bind -
good purpose. You have IL burmese m
DE sober, reliable, pure then bind the
bablts OF your life to it with a solemn
promise to abstain forever from all in
toXlcatlng liquors, including wine, beer
ana cider, and you are safe from that
dragon.
Oar roll calls for - names and more
10 come. Several ladies have sent their
names asking to join the White Rib
Oons III their efforts to put down vice,
and try to raise the moral standard.
lie Convention in session last week I
at Monroe was a most enthusiastic one |
ne laGies were royalty entertained. |!
They Will meet at Lake Charles next !
year. We hope to be ably represented |
there.
The w. c. L. U. fights rice, not the
men WHO traffic in if. Aims at thjn1s.
not people: Personalities have no part
Il our work.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-04-30
n. 0. States.

n. 0. States
We had hoped that after Hayes there
would never be continuing and gllast-
iy fraud perpetrated upon the Ameri
can people, or any portion of them,
But we were in error. Louisiana is to
be governed for four years by inst such
fraud. 1t is revolving, but it is a fact,
The Fosterites are just now iubilant ::
but long before the term of their power
is ended they will realize that their vic
tory has been dearly bought, and that
there is no glory in a domination ac-
companied with the contempt of man
kind.
To this day, Rutherford b. HAYES is
knownas "tilc fraudulent President,n
ana as time rolls on, and mankind re-
cedes from the criminal events of 1876
n, the public appreciation of bis infamy
VIII increase. In the history Of this
country, indeed, the name of Rutber-
ford b. Hayes, will be printed in letters
OF black, indicative that he, of all the
line OF Presidents, was installed Inv
fraud; just like the hated portrait Of
the traitor Doge Marino Faliero. is dram
ed with Grape and turned against the
wall IN the historic picture gallery of
tie Ducal Palace, Of Venice, to indicate
his treason.
:, And from now on, Mr.. Murphy 7. |
roster will enjoy IL like unenyiable
lame he will be known hepceforth as
= the Fraudulent Governor of Lonisi-
ana" "'''~